Hi Michael Never heard of a Danby Street in Leicester and there is no mention of one in the 1912 Kellys Directory Could it be Granby Street ? No sign of a photographer named DAY in Leicester The only DAY photographer I can find in 1911 is an Ernest Arthur DAY b1870 London who by coincidence is living as a boarder in Melton Mowbray Had he been trading from Melton Mowbray I do not see him having Leicester on his imprinter It is possible that this Ernest traveled around and thats how your photo came about, was it a studio photo ? If it was Granby street there was in 1912 Kellys 1912 Kellys 90 Granby Street WILLIAMS Saml A.C. photogphr Which by coincidence may be the site of Jeromes the Photographers which my brother was manager of in the 1960's Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >I have been trying to write a family history to include details of my > parents wedding in 1918 after they married in Birmingham. The marriage > photograph has an imprint on the bottom of the print and reads > > Day > Danby Street > Leicester > > I realize of course that they may no longer exist but I wonder if any > member familiar with Leicester history at the time of the First World > War may know anything about the photographers of this era. > I can only assume they must have visited Leicester shortly after their > marriage But a vague family memory has it my mother mentioned Melton > Mowbray which is only a few miles from Leicester. > The other possibility is that the Day Photographer may have visited > Birmingham on a regular basis in his business > > I would greatly appreciate any information about this photographer > > Michael McDonnell Adelaide Australia

Hello Nivard Many thanks for your information My very senior finger did indeed key in Danby and it should have been Granby. It was interesting to see that the that the current Jeromes may be on the same premises as the photographer in 1911. I guess it is too much to expect they would have any records of previous owners going back to 1918 The photographs was my parents wedding pose and I am sure it was in a studio. I am guessing it may have been taken a little later after their marriage in Birmingham which happened in August 1918 Just out of interest who was actually shown in Kellys at 90 Granby Street 1911? Regards Mike McDonnell On 6/12/2011 7:30 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Michael > > Never heard of a Danby Street in Leicester and there is no mention of one in the 1912 Kellys > Directory > > Could it be Granby Street ? > > No sign of a photographer named DAY in Leicester > > The only DAY photographer I can find in 1911 is an Ernest Arthur DAY b1870 London who by coincidence > is living as a boarder in Melton Mowbray > > Had he been trading from Melton Mowbray I do not see him having Leicester on his imprinter > > It is possible that this Ernest traveled around and thats how your photo came about, was it a studio > photo ? > > If it was Granby street there was in 1912 Kellys > > 1912 Kellys > 90 Granby Street > WILLIAMS Saml A.C. photogphr > > Which by coincidence may be the site of Jeromes the Photographers which my brother was manager of in > the 1960's > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > >> I have been trying to write a family history to include details of my >> parents wedding in 1918 after they married in Birmingham. The marriage >> photograph has an imprint on the bottom of the print and reads >> >> Day >> Danby Street >> Leicester >> >> I realize of course that they may no longer exist but I wonder if any >> member familiar with Leicester history at the time of the First World >> War may know anything about the photographers of this era. >> I can only assume they must have visited Leicester shortly after their >> marriage But a vague family memory has it my mother mentioned Melton >> Mowbray which is only a few miles from Leicester. >> The other possibility is that the Day Photographer may have visited >> Birmingham on a regular basis in his business >> >> I would greatly appreciate any information about this photographer >> >> Michael McDonnell Adelaide Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi again Mike Unsurprisingly the same Samuel A C WILLIAMS was at 90 Granby street in 1911 (given that directories are compiled in advance and may be a year out of date when they are finally printed) > 1912 Kellys > 90 Granby Street > WILLIAMS Saml A.C. photogphr Jeromes is looooooooooooooog gone <g> I hope you don't mind my saying but if the reason you are trying to track down the photographer who took the photo is to see if they have more pictures or negatives in their archives, I would suggest you are highly unlikely to find anything I have seen or been involved in similar searches many times and not once has anything ever been found , the nearest was a register of sitters from one photographer but there were no negatives or photos to go with them so gave up very little I think it fair to say that most photographers would have kept some sort of record themselves but as most were small private set ups , many were taken over and the previous records destroyed or have been lost over the years Only very few well known photographers appear to have surviving archives and I think you would have found them already if Mr DAY was one of them Then there is the case of degradation of the negatives should they have survived I would never say don't bother with any avenue of research but suspect you may be a fools errand with this one if thats your motive Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Just out of interest who was actually shown in Kellys at 90 Granby > Street 1911? > > Regards > > Mike McDonnell