Today’s post is written by one of our dedicated Volunteers, Colin, who was researching the history of Manor Farm in Hilliers Lane, Beddington. It had been occupied by the Mighell family (pronounced “Myall”) and two residents, both called Philip Mighell, had remarkable stories – tragic and heroic – that illustrate much about the development of …
Archive / Archives / Carshalton / digitisation / Edwardian / Glass Plate Negatives / Knights-Whittome / local history / Sutton / Uncategorized / Women
With a few months worth of reflection under our belts, it is wonderful to look back on some of the work that the Past on Glass project has achieved. It is something we do with a real sense of pride. Perhaps nothing makes the experience more worthwhile however, than when we are contacted by a…
As we enter 2019, the funding of the Past on Glass may have officially ended, but that hasn’t stopped activity here at HQ. Our dedicated volunteers continue to research and publish research into our sitters and we hope you will continue to follow us on our new look blog ‘The Past on Glass & Other…
Archive / Christmas / digitisation / Sutton / Uncategorized / Volunteers
4 days to go and Christmas has suddenly reached us, so today we’re finishing for the holidays and would like to wish all our followers and supporters a wonderful break too. Whether you have shared a post, attended a talk or simply been inspired, we are always so appreciative of any contributions, and as…
Archive / digitisation / Glass Plate Negatives / Knights-Whittome / local history / Sutton / Uncategorized / Volunteers / Work experience / WW1 / ww2
After four amazing years, the funded work of the Past on Glass project is finally drawing to a close. We’ve scanned over 10,600 glass plates, nearly 3000 were sent to a wonderful conservator, researched several hundred lives, and matched up families with photos of relatives they had never seen. Work will carry on as…
Amongst our very dedicated research team is Kathy, who will have been volunteering for us for 4 years in December. In her time with us she has specialised in researching the soldiers and Nurses of WW1. As 100 years since the ending of the First World War was approaching I knew that Kathy, with her…
As digitising our main collection of plates has slowly but surely come to an end, we have lastly come to look at a lovely surprise we were gifted with earlier in the year, thanks to Rob Williams and Janet Rice. Below they have kindly put together an introduction to the plates and their history… We are…
Today’s post is brought to you by our dedicated research volunteer, Elizabeth, who’s writing and discoveries are always a treat, and is today uncovering Winifred Knaggs’ story. On first glance it would appear that the two photographs we have of Miss Knaggs in Nurses uniform, would be a big clue and we would hope that her…
Research for today’s post comes from James Crouch of the Banstead War Memorial Project, who often brings us wonderful insight to the lives of our sitters of which we are incredibly grateful! Demolished around 1980, Banstead Hall was a Boys School for a century and we have several Knights-Whittome photographs of its students in our…
Today’s post is written by one of our dedicated Volunteers, Margaret, who became involved with the project when she stumbled upon a portrait of her Great Aunt, Winifred Lilian Garman, amongst our collection. Upon discovering the Past on Glass project Margaret has since been a keen Negative Digitiser and Researcher and is today bringing us…
This week marks the return of London Writers Week, a celebration of new writing in the UK, and also 106 years since a particular David Knights-Whittome photograph was taken of the Carshalton Convent School boys. An unlikely connection it may seem! However, as you may know, over the last year we are proud to have…
Today’s post is written by our volunteer Elizabeth, who was inspired to research 4 plates titled ‘baby Sparenborg’, and unravel the lost story of a British family with German origins, living in England during WW1. It is often impossible to tell how the sitters came to have their photographs taken, and this is a key…
