Category Archives: Old Photograph

Do you have CREED’s from Norfolk or WILDSMITH’s from Warwickshire in your family tree?

Posted on May 25, 2020 by

A lovely old photograph I found on my travels in London in 2018 was of a young man with the name Stanley Norman CREED 13 years written at the bottom. It is such a good clear photograph I decided to … Continue reading →

Posted in 11 Malden Road, CREED, Downham, Leamington Spa, Norfolk, Old Photograph, One Name Study, Photograph, Postcard, Social History, Warwickshire, WILDSMITH | Leave a comment

Are you related to the BLANDFORD family from Risca in Monmouthshire, Wales?

Posted on May 7, 2020 by

A while back I found a lovely old photograph postcard, as below, of three boys, possibly brothers, with the names T BLANDFORD, Alf BLANDFORD and H BLANDFORD on the back and today decided to start trying to research it further. … Continue reading →

Posted in BLANDFORD, LEAMAN, Monmouthshire, Old Photograph, One Name Study, PARSONS, Photograph, Postcard, Risca, Wales, World War 2 | Leave a comment

Could Albert LUKINS be Charles Albert LUKINS born in Shirehampton Gloucestershire in 1894?

Posted on May 5, 2020 by

On a trip to see family in Bristol last year I was able to visit an Antiques Fair and picked up a few old postcards and photographs whilst there, which is so unlike me!! One of the lovely old photographs … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, FENNELL, Gloucestershire, LUKINS, MARSHFIELD, Old Photograph, One Name Study, Pilning, Portsmouth, S S Stonepool, Shirehampton, Social History, Wesley LUKINS | Leave a comment

Are you connected to the COWLISHAW or CUTTS families from Sheffield?

Posted on January 31, 2020 by

This recent old photographic postcard find was postally unused although it had a name and address on the back – the photograph shows what could be a father. mother and possibly their three daughters standing in their garden – could … Continue reading →

Posted in 257 City Road, BOWER, COWLISHAW, CUTTS, Old Photograph, One Name Study, Postcard, Sheffield, Social History, WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Are you related to the HILLS family from Enfield Wash?

Posted on January 30, 2020 by

A recent old photographic postcard find was this lovely image of a smartly dress young man which had written on the back Mr C HILLS, 34 Uckfield Road, Enfield Wash – could I find a family link? I started by … Continue reading →

Posted in 34 Uckfield Road, Enfield Wash, HILLS, MADDER, Old Photograph, One Name Study, Orsett, Photograph, Postcard, Royal Small Arms Factory, Social History, WW1 Photograph | Leave a comment

Do you have a LUCKETT from Reading in your family tree?

Posted on January 7, 2020 by

One of my recent old photograph postcard finds was this lovely old image of a mother and son and on the back although there were no names there was an address and a month and year: The reverse of the … Continue reading →

Posted in 61 Coventry Road, Berkshire, BUSBY, Huntley & Palmers, LUCKETT, Old Photograph, One Name Study, Photograph, Postcard, Reading, VIVIAN | Leave a comment

Are you related to Hogarth George MACK from Norfolk?

Posted on December 31, 2019 by

On Sunday I visited the Tolworth Postcard Fair in London and among my minds was this lovely old photographic postcard of a young man very smartly dressed in his naval uniform as below: On turning the postcard over I was … Continue reading →

Posted in 13 Olive Road, FORSTER, Great Yarmouth, Hogarth, M V British Union, MACK, Military, Navy, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich, Old Photograph, One Name Study, Photograph, Postcard, SMITH, Social History, World War 2 | Leave a comment