sylvia131 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Hi does anyone know of a photographer around 1940 probably located within a small distance around warrington centre, Any suggestions would be appreciated thanks x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Friarsgate Studio? I think they were in Cairo Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Fred Arthur's Studio, 9 Egypt Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Les Waterhouse, Mersey Street, John Mounfield, Peter Street? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylvia131 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Thank you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 John Mounfield, Peter Street? Didn't he do all the photographs at Wilderspool matches for about 30 years, I remember him walking round the pitch with a camera the size of a microwave ps...Where is/was Peter street ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylvia131 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Crikey more than i thought lol, who was likely to do family photo shots and if so do you think by anychance old photos will be around somewhere on the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 From my book of Warrington Photographers and I've listed the ones a bit before and after 1940 too.....Fred Arthur Ltd - 9 Egypt Street (1914-c1934) then moved to 10 Cairo Street (c1934 -1960/61)J E Birtles - Legh House Studios, Sankey Street (c1930 - 1951)Thomas Birtles - 76 Sankey Street (1880 - c1930)Edgar Brown - 4 Arpley Street (c1924 - c1932)F Cholerton - 4 Arpley Street (1931 - c1950) then 53 Sankey Street (c1950 - 1956)W Hodkinson Ltd - Bridge Street (c1935)Lily Studios - Friars Gate (1935 - 1952) - managed by Lilty Seymour and she was a wedding and portrait photographerH Morris - 43 Scotland Road (c1932)Studio Roland - 79 Bridge Street (1948 - 1955) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 I forgot to say that J E Birtles was the son of Thomas Birtles (photographer at the same address from 1880 - 1930). Warrington Museum hold hundreds of the negatives/prints of their photographs including weddings, portraits, buildings, streets and industrial scenes (says my little booklet).I'd imagine all the other photographers listed would have done family photo shoots too but no idea if any would be help by the museum too.As for finding family photos online... doubtful unless you are lucky enough to find someone else doing the same family tree online and they have added photo's.... The 'Ancestry' website is the best place to look and hope for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylvia131 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 I live in hope that someone connect with me that has photos, with all your help i have a past now but sadley no faces so to find photos would be a dream come true, the one im after was of my mum stood next to a motor bike, she had a long coat on to below the knee, it was in black and white. she gave it one of my brothers and he lost it, it must of been a studio shot which is why im asking x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylvia131 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 From my book of Warrington Photographers and I've listed the ones a bit before and after 1940 too..... Fred Arthur Ltd - 9 Egypt Street (1914-c1934) then moved to 10 Cairo Street (c1934 -1960/61) J E Birtles - Legh House Studios, Sankey Street (c1930 - 1951) Thomas Birtles - 76 Sankey Street (1880 - c1930) Edgar Brown - 4 Arpley Street (c1924 - c1932) F Cholerton - 4 Arpley Street (1931 - c1950) then 53 Sankey Street (c1950 - 1956) W Hodkinson Ltd - Bridge Street (c1935) Lily Studios - Friars Gate (1935 - 1952) - managed by Lilty Seymour and she was a wedding and portrait photographer H Morris - 43 Scotland Road (c1932) Studio Roland - 79 Bridge Street (1948 - 1955) thanks i can rule out a few by the date it would of had to of been around 1950ish x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 LATCHFORD LOCKS Yes - you are right. John Mounfield was a distinguished local press photographer who covered not only RL matches, but just about every other sport and literally hundreds of news stories in the Warrington area. But he also did weddings and commercial photography. Peter Street no longer exists, but memory tells me it was somewhere near the bus station, possibly next to the Hop Pole pub. Wherever it was, John had a little shop with a window full of photographs and, presumably, a dark room at the back. Anyone who remembers Britain's then worst-ever motorway crash, which was on Thelwall Viaduct, in dense fog. There were pictures in all the national papers of the devastation - and John took them after walking out onto the viaduct to get them. My recollection is that he ended up giving a bed for the night to one of the motorists trapped in the chaos! He was one of the great characters of Warrington journalism. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 thanks i can rule out a few by the date it would of had to of been around 1950ish x Stop confusing me... you said 1940 at first and now you say 1950 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 LATCHFORD LOCKS Yes - you are right. John Mounfield was a distinguished local press photographer who covered not only RL matches, but just about every other sport and literally hundreds of news stories in the Warrington area. But he also did weddings and commercial photography. Peter Street no longer exists, but memory tells me it was somewhere near the bus station, possibly next to the Hop Pole pub. Wherever it was, John had a little shop with a window full of photographs and, presumably, a dark room at the back. Anyone who remembers Britain's then worst-ever motorway crash, which was on Thelwall Viaduct, in dense fog. There were pictures in all the national papers of the devastation - and John took them after walking out onto the viaduct to get them. My recollection is that he ended up giving a bed for the night to one of the motorists trapped in the chaos! He was one of the great characters of Warrington journalism. Thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylvia131 Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Stop confusing me... you said 1940 at first and now you say 1950 sorry i remembered she would of been 10 in 1940 lol so at a rough guess she was about 20 lol, x anyway you know me by now so you have to either add a few or take some away or make up a name or place lol x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 ... or have another large sip of my 'medication' x 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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