Ilford High Road.

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bow ties, Ephemera, F G Paget, High Road Ilford, Ilford, moustache, old photographs, studio portrait.

Exactly how this photograph made its way up to Lincolnshire from Ilford we will probably never know, but on the reverse is written “Alf & Billie, 1920”, so presumably it was either delivered to them by hand or in a letter that the photograph has long since been parted from.

The photographer, “F. G. Paget, 195 High Road, Ilford“, must have had quite a substantial studio, because that is a very impressive backdrop behind this charming couple. I think Mr. Paget must have taken on a lot of wedding related commissions, because the couple’s wedding rings are clearly on display and the composition of the photograph reminds me of the signing of the register photographs common to most modern wedding albums (either that or the position of the hands is a complete coincidence).

On The Fence.

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bow ties, Edwardian, Fashion, flat cap, Hull, Hull City of Culture 2017, old photographs, Photography, Retro, Skinny trousers, Vintage

I’m loving this chap’s tailoring, flat cap and the rural idyll studio background; complete with rustic fence. The back of the photograph is blank, but I guess he is a Yorkshireman (as all the other photographs in the box I found it in had connects to Hull, Scarborough and Sheffield). Perhaps I should get myself some skinny trousers…