Adrian Gray <grayadrian3@gmail.com> wrote on Thu, 12 Sep 2013 at 09:44:38: >I've been reminded today of a photo I have that I'd love to track down the >date and person concerned - I drew a blank some years ago, but fancy >another go. > >However I'm spectacularly rusty these days, years behind on what records >are available online/elsewhere, so I'd appreciate some advice before I add >it to my list of things to do this winter. > >The photograph can be viewed here (if I have the link right): > >http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww269/gray1721/FuneralCornwall.jpg > >The location is Mount Charles in Cornwall, the date is fairly certain to be >1900-1914, and by the uniforms and double-brimmed shakos the dear departed >looks very likely to be a Post Office employee. > >So... Do I stand a cat's chance in hell of tracking it down, and if so >where might I look that I might not have thought of, or is newly available? The location seems to be Victoria Road, Mount Charles, St Austell, at the western end near the junction with Woodland Road, with the camera facing north east. A postcode of PL25 4QD gets you to the right area in say Google Maps and Streetview, as per <http://goo.gl/maps/dsDvO>. The tall roof in the top right of the photo could be Mount Charles Methodist Church. They might be walking towards "Watering Hill" cemetery between Alexandra Road and Eastbourne Road. Equally they could turn along Woodland Road to Saint Augustine of Hippo Catholic Church, or further into the centre of St Austell to one of several other churches. The prominent 3-storey house in the photo might be called Morwenna, going by the 1907 map, 1:2,500 scale, at <http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html>. The sun is quite high and due west, which suggests a mid-summer afternoon. You might try the Online Parish Clerk for St Austell at <http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/a_d/austell_st.php> HTH, -- Tony