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Posted 1 year ago
walksoftly
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This is an RPPC from 1908, the man holding the book & the woman next to him are my Grandfather's Uncle & Aunt. This picture was taken in 1908, in Sittingbourne, Kent, England, this is a Hop picking crew. The way that the man on the left is dressed, I would assume that he is the land owner, or the farm manager.
The second photo I can't date as the corner is missing, & it was never posted, on the back is written "With kind love to all from Mrs Mudge"
Kent is known as the garden of England
Real Photo PostcardsReal-photo postcards (sometimes called RPPCs) are the result of developing …
I love this photos there Priceless!!!! walksoftly, you have Amazing Beautiful photos of your family. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for the love & the comment bratjjd, it's nice to know that they bring pleasure to others.
I was born and raised in Manitoba :)..(Steinbach)....looove the old pics!!..I have some amazing mennoite ones I will post soon! xoxo
@ xxmagsxx, hello there ex Manitoban, I'll be looking for them.
Thanks for the L & the comment.
What a great slice of family history, thank you for showing it.
Thanks for the nice comment, & the L, Signaholic.
A big thank you to packrat, Mani, mikie, & Lao for the L's.
you always have great old photos:)
Thanks Bellin for the compliment & the L.
Thanks for the L, tlmbaran.
@ scandi did you notice the children poking there heads out of the vines?
Thanks scandi for the compliment & the L, how are things in your part of the world?
Did you take these photos?
I love the photos, I will have to show them to my Mother, she has always wanted to go to England, but feels that at the age of 85 she will have to be content with pictures of her Fathers homeland.
I wondered if they still grew hops in Kent.
Did you read comment 10?
I've been waiting five days to see if anyone noticed but I guess they were to well camouflaged :)
They call that photo bombing now, I don't know what they called it in 1908.
I don't know what cob nuts are, but the plants are to small for hops.
Cobnuts AKA Hazlenuts
@scandi thanks for the previous comment, a postcard would do. :)
Thanks for the L's, toolate & trunkman.
High scandinavian_pieces, Just found this post, browsing through your collection; wonderful pieces of our history. It's a small world, I spend two weeks every year painting commissions at Paddock Wood (War & Peace Show), thats only a short 40 mile hop (joke) from where you are! :) (Love your pictures you left at comment .12)
Thanks for the love, antiquesareamazing, Mani, Ted_Straub, & Hems.