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.