Ancient family shots from long ago...priceless

[Vaughan Brean]

My wifes ancient famuly shots, the first is my mother in laws, mothers shop in Birmingham England circa 1900 or maybe even earlier, the second shop was her daughter Dories bicycle shop in Niechells Birmingham, Dorrie died a few years ago at age 101....priceless, her mother (in the first shot) is long long gone

[Birma]

Priceless indeed Vaughan - what great historical shots and it must be brilliant to have that family connection with them.

[bakubo]

All of those are great! I love seeing old photos of normal life. That first photo is my favorite though with the age-old question, "Does it pay to flirt?"

[Dr. Harout]

I love old shots too.
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[Greg Beetham]

Wow great stuff. The Daily Sportsman was one penny and the Weekly Times & Echo also, I wonder what the confessions of a north-roomer were? That was a good action shot of skipping as I don't think shutters were all that fast back then.
Greg

[David Kilpatrick]

When you wonder where those old tobaccos disappeared to, and why they had such odd names, it's worth remembering that in 1900 cigarettes and tobacco could be freely admixed with cannabis, opium poppy, and any number of herbs. The plain tobaccos and cigarettes of today are a 20th-century imposition. and life was not necessarily as grey as it might have looked in those wet streets

Very well preserved family shots Vaughan. Make sure you leave some for the future of your own generation!

David

[Anne_LilyofTheValley]

These are wonderful shots.

[Vaughan Brean]

Hi Anne, they are great aren't they, I have many many more, this is the city centre of my home city Birmingham around 1930 (looks very different today)


And heres another of my mother in law who died aged 74 around 5 years ago, she really was a beauty and had a kind of film star glamour

[aster]

Vaughan, you've completely taken us aback...literally.

Thanks for sharing.

Your mother in law is absolutely gorgeous in these shots. She does have the aura of Rita Hayworth's Gilda in her looks and poses; very rebellious to a certain degree.

The street shots are amazing too. Nowadays, not many would shoot or spend a negative on such a random shot but look how indespensible that photo of the tram and street life is to us today.

Very inspiring. We should all shoot more often. : )

Yildiz

[bakubo]

I love old shots too.
Henry, look at this site

Thanks. I looked at a bunch of the old photos on that site. Cool.

[aa los banos]

priceless indeed! i like seeing images like this, inspiring

[bakubo]

The street shots are amazing too. Nowadays, not many would shoot or spend a negative on such a random shot but look how indespensible that photo of the tram and street life is to us today.

Yes, I really like street shooting too. I figure that no one 100 years from now will care at all about any scenic, flower, etc. photos I take, but some of my photos of people on the street may be of some interest -- if the photos still exist.

[David Kilpatrick]

Vaughan, here's one of my mother, who died in March aged 98 (very nearly 99, missed by a few days). It shows her on my father's motorcycle around 1933, when she was 21 or so. She said she was not just posing, she did ride the Rudge - a very expensive and huge machine, but they had both just graduated from Oxford. Despite humble origins on both sides, they were scholarship students, so I guess their expenses were minimal and somehow my father managed to afford this beast!

[aster]

Great one, David. : )

Your mother and yourself share the same forehead and brow... I like the way they used to dress up; the socks inside semi-high heels, which is in trend nowadays also...Fashion always revisits early ages to sample the looks and this photo prooves that.

The motorycle is very impressive also. : )

May she rest in peace.

Yildiz

[Vaughan Brean]

Super shot David, she looks great, love the clothing, and that bike....what a monster, Like me, I am sure you treasure these old shots