Today sees the launch of our second A House Through The Ages blog series by Sutton Archives volunteer Clive. This research has been completed entirely by Clive during lockdown from the comfort of his own home, and just shows what can be done with perseverance and a curious mind. We hope that these posts will…
Today’s post continues the story of ‘The Hilton’, and the lives of those that lived there through time. In Episode 3, Clive looks back to the first occupant of the house, which was situated on Benhill Wood Road in Sutton from 1876… Episode 3: A retired sea-captain comes to Sutton by Clive Orton If I…
Today sees the first of a series of publications on the blog by Clive Orton, one of our long-term volunteers, which is inspired by the ‘House in Time’ series on television. Last year, Clive set himself the task of researching and following the lives of residents from one particular Sutton property from its beginnings. When…
Today’s post comes courtesy of volunteer Clive Orton who has become a valued researcher here at the project and is a regular contributor to the project blog. Clive has made rather a speciality of researching family groups, of which there appear to be quite a few in the Knights-Whittome collection. In today’s piece, he tackles…
Today’s post is a wonderful piece of research by our dedicated project volunteer Kathy Nichols, who has an aptitude for historical research and always seems able to find a good story among our plates. Again, it is an example of how sometimes something which has a seemingly quite indirect connection to the subject of your research, leads you down…
Today’s blog was written by one of our project volunteers, Clive Orton. Clive has been volunteering for the project for a little while now, cleaning, cataloguing and scanning the plates but The Ainger Brothers have been the first sitters he has attempted to research for us. It can be a little demoralising when you first begin, to hit brick…
Today’s blog comes to us from James Crouch of the Banstead War Memorial Project. James’ work featured on the blog just after Christmas and we are pleased to have found additional cross-overs between our work. James contacted us having recognised the faces of two brothers among our Flickr feed. Using Flickr as a platform for displaying…
Today’s post comes from one of our regular contributors. Kathy Nichols has been volunteering with the project since we started in 2014. As well as being an integral part of the team that scans and catalogues the collection, she has also successfully researched many of our sitters and subjects and has also acted as a…
This is Cecilia Irene Louisa Elmes, aged 2, of 14 Beulah Road, Sutton. Photographed with her bunny by David Knights-Whittome in 1911. On the other hand, it could be Marcia Iolanthe Elms of Rosebank Cottage, Carshalton Road, Sutton. Today’s post started out very simply. I had no intention of going into great detail about this sitter.…
Today’s featured plate is of Private George Leonard Ingram. The information we have on this man is very limited. Indeed, it demonstrates the very little information we are able to uncover about a large number of the individuals in our plates. However, a small detail uncovered in the research of this man offers a poignant…
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