Album Mum's auntie Marj from Phil Sutters

Percy, Doris & Marjory, Phyllis & Lizzie on motorcycles c1925

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 22:54:18 +0000

Marjory's Douglas and Percy's Harley Davidson seen together. There was room for the photographer on the pillion of the Harley, I guess!

Elsie, Marjory, Phyllis & Muriel c1922

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:59:38 +0000

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My mother survived 92 years after this exhilarating experience!

Elsie, Marjory, Phyllis & Muriel circa1922 - front view

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:26:42 +0000

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Obviously there was at least another motorbike in the family, presumably belonging to the photographer, who I guess was Uncle Percy.

Vendors of snacks tempt Marjory and Phyllis at a Swiss station - 1920s

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:52:51 +0000

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Uploaded to add the the Vintage Photos Theme Park - Milkmen or milk women or.......... food deliveries theme - slightly off theme but it seems to be the best I can offer.
Although it doesn't seem to be at a station (and it certainly isn't a home delivery) there is a second photo on the platform, with the younger vendor serving an older lady, beside the train.

Marjory and a Swiss calf c1927

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 19:54:32 +0000

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Uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park - awkward family moments theme.

Pritchards on the frozen Wye at Hereford c1915

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:00:30 +0000

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I have worked out that this is Hereford from the bridge and the fact that they lived there!
From another album there is another date - Feb 1917 - written on the album page. You can see that here - www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/49993096

Zermatt & Mont Cervin with railcar. Post Card from c1930

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 20:15:21 +0000

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Postcards collected by one of my great-aunts on a trip to Switzerland in the 1930s.

Chemin de fer du Gornergat et le Breithorn Post Card from c1930

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 20:15:17 +0000

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Postcards collected by one of my great-aunts on a trip to Switzerland in the 1930s.

Marjory in the pits - at Brooklands - c1926

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:02:49 +0000

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There is no indication where this was taken, but the cars, what one can see of them, are clearly racers. Our Marjory was a bit of a speed freak!
The only racing circuit I know of, from that era was Brooklands in Surrey. Having seen a couple of photos of the pits area, there are distinct similarities - enough for me to suggest that it could have been there.

10.9.2015 I have now had it confirmed by Andrew Lewis, Curator of the Brooklands Museum & Archive, that this is indeed Brooklands. He says of the figures on the right 'A second look at the photo leads me to recognise Sammy Davis, the noted Bentley driver next to Seagrave.' Henry Seagrave is in driver's overalls on the right.

I have included this in the 'Family cars.......' album as it underlines Marjory's enthusiasm for motor cars.

Marjory, Phyllis & Mrs Clarke - Brussels - 1925

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:02:52 +0000

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I don't know who Mrs. Clarke was, but I assume that, as she only appears in the Brussels photos, she was someone the Pritchards visited, while on their travels.

Marjory & Phyllis in Ghent 1925

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:02:46 +0000

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Two of my Great Aunts 'doing' Europe.

Marjory & Phyllis in Bruges 1925

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:02:43 +0000

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Marjory & Phyllis in Antwerp 1925

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:02:39 +0000

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Torquay 1924 - mainly Marjory - with Phyllis in one shot

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 19:31:43 +0000

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Although I have converted most of these images to black & white, as it seems to improve the clarity, I thought that this group looked classier in sepia. They were displayed like this in Marjory's album However, the page was faded and the prints had been trimmed with scissors so I have squared off the edges and put them on black.
I hope that this collage is acceptable to the Vintage Theme Park group. I have always presented this as they appeared in my great aunt's album. I have assumed that this was at an hotel.

The Pritchards take to the air with Berkshire Aviation Tours c1925

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 17:25:34 +0000

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Having searched for Berkshire Aviation Tours, I now know that after the First World War, there were a lot of trained pilots and a fair number of surplus planes about and so the aerial joy ride business evolved. Many of the concerns were very small with some only having one plane. Initially it was largely unregulated, but after a few mishaps, legislation followed.
This could be an Avro 504 as is recorded belonging to Berkshire Aviation in this accident report from 1929 aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=25078

French Fishermen on the Seine - 1923

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 17:25:31 +0000

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Marjory & Phyllis perhaps with Doris & Edgar on the Wye - June 1923

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 22:25:38 +0000

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Once again I am only guessing at the people in the picture.

The Pritchards picnic on the hills c1924

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 21:34:42 +0000

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The Pritchards picnic on the hills circa 1924

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 21:34:44 +0000

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Pritchards and their dog out for a spin in their motors c1925

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 21:34:40 +0000

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This looks like a view that would still be recognizable today. If you can pin it down that would be good. Having looked at the map online, I wonder if the community on the far bank of the Wye is Fownhope. The Wye has so many twists and turns that there are probably several places with similar views.