Sunday, July 11, 2010

Hampton-on-Sea


I have intentionally left the ragged edges on this one.  It has been cut from a sheet of other prints.  The caption reads "Hampton, nr Herne Bay. Now long since fallen into the sea."  This is Hampton-on-Sea, which was abandoned in 1916 and drowned due to coastal erosion in 1921 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton-on-Sea
  The wikipedia entry also tells us that the Hampton Inn survives and that could be the building in the distance, more or less central in the photo http://www.shepherd-neame.co.uk/pubs/pubs.php/hamptoninn_hernebay
I believe Herne Bay was a holiday destination for the Mackie family and this picture, which must have been taken no later that 1921, could have been one of Uncle Jack's early attempts.

St. Chad's


The caption on the back reads "A snap of St Chads taken by Bro Hugh (Kenney?)"
The handwriting appears identical to that on the back of the Manilla photos.
UPDATE
I am indebted to Stephen Davies (see comments) for confirming that this is St. Chad, South Norwood
The photo on the parish website shows the 'flat' end of the church. But I have now had a look on Google Streetview and can see how this interior view fits into the outer shell of the building.

Ruins in the Walled City, Manilla

From the Crown Lane archive.  I cannot identify the handwriting, but more of that later.  And I do not know of any relatives who had any connection with Manilla. Top to bottom and left to right the comments read:
"Damaged Catholic church walled city - Manila" (sic)
"Ruins in walled city, Manila"
"Ruined church - Manila. Many of these buildings were unnecessarily destroyed by the Japs"
Presumably this damage was caused during the Manilla massacre of 1945 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Massacre


Sunday, February 21, 2010

Royal Visit


Slightly larger than A4 so I have had to scan as two over lapping sections. A Royal visit by King George V, Queen Mary and Princess Mary. Princess Mary was the third child and only daughter of King George and Queen Mary. The picture must predate her marriage on 28 February 1922, when she became the Countess of Harewood. Also in the picture is the Duke of Connaught, otherwise known as Prince Arthur, son of Queen Victoria and George V's uncle.

This picture came from the Crown Lane archive and I would take an educated guess that the location is the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.

Paul Fau's First Communion

This came from the Crown Lane archive. I don't know if there is any particular connection to my family, or whether it is just something that came into Ada's possession somewhere along the way. Translating as best I can, the front reads "The heart of Jesus, open for all. The balm that heals our wounds. Each wound of his divine heart, he suffered for the forgiveness of our sins." On the reverse, "Souvenir of the first holy communion of Paul Fau, made in the chapel of St. Joseph's boarding School, St. Omer, 20 June 1878".
This appears to be some sort of old boy's website for the school http://copainsdavant.linternaute.com/etablissement/247545/1/pensionnat_saint_joseph_la_malassise/

The Guild of the Blessed Sacrament

Don Mackie was a member of the Guild of the Blessed Sacrament. The picture above was taken at one of their processions at St. Joseph's Convent, Abbey Wood. That's Don with the moustache in front of the second window on the right. The picture was probably taken some time in the 1950s. The convent and school subsequently became part of Bexley College, but have now been converted to residential use as St. Jospeh's Court. Below is a GBS lapel badge.