Bike Race

Once again, I have no idea when this is from as it's part of another series of unlabelled half-plate images. Late 1940s/early 1950s is the best guess for most of these. But, I think it's in Hull - one of the other images with it has a sign for "Cream Cabs" in the background, and a quick Google search shows that there's only one Cream Cabs, and they're in Hull (and still going). That would make complete sense, as my grandfather was a doctor there....
Read More

Rugby Player

This is from my dad's first labelled film (half-plate, not 35mm), which just says "Early Home". Given that the next one is from summer 1949, this must be from the 1948/49 rugby season at Towcester Grammar School.I assume this is the forwards, and that my dad played at lock forward - he was tall and thin so it would make sense. I had no idea he ever actually played until I saw this photo, although he was always a rugby fan and my parents used to watch the Saints in the 1960s....
Read More