Monthly Archives: September 2011

Interesting People From The Past…

Posted on 29/09/2011 by Patrick

PORTAL of Hungerford, Marshal of the R.A.F. Viscount; Charles Frederick Portal. He served for a time in the Army in the First World War, and before it ended was a Colonel in the Royal Flying Corps. He commanded the British … Continue reading →

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Posted on 25/09/2011 by Patrick

Home Thoughts of Enid Stamp Taylor… I stood outside The People’s Palace on The Mile End road, one hot July afternoon in 1980. Somehow standing there I could feel her presence on that wintry evening all those years ago. She would … Continue reading →

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Interesting People From The Past…

Posted on 21/09/2011 by Patrick

Charles Spencer Chaplin – Dear Charlie Chaplin! Dear Charlie became Sir Charles Chaplin, receiving his knighthood from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 1979. His film career had spanned 54 years, and in that time Charlie made a total of … Continue reading →

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Interesting Movies From The Past…

Posted on 19/09/2011 by Patrick

Carnival of Souls… Made in 1962 ‘Carnival of Souls’ was shot as a ‘B’ picture in three weeks, and since has become a huge cult film! After a fatal car accident a young woman played by Candace Hilligoss finds herself trapped between … Continue reading →

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Interesting People From The Past…

Posted on 15/09/2011 by Patrick

Thomas Henry Cotton was a Golf champion. He became a professional at Langley Park in 1927. He won the Kent Professional Championship 1926-30; British Open, 1934, 1937; also Italian, German and Czechoslovak Open. He also represented Great Britain v. America … Continue reading →

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Mitchell and Kenyon…

Posted on 11/09/2011 by Patrick

Found in the basement cellar of a shop in Blackburn Lancashire England were over 800 short films of Edwardian life in the North of England. They were made by the partnership of Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon and the films they … Continue reading →

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Enid Stamp Taylor… Actress

Posted on 08/09/2011 by Patrick

Polyfoto and Enid Stamp Taylor… This remarkable and until recently unpublished set of pictures taken by Polyfoto in the 1930′s show a more unguarded and natural Enid Stamp Taylor and are thought to be taken in one of London’s large … Continue reading →

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Interesting Quotes From The Past…

Posted on 06/09/2011 by Patrick

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is like a lie that makes us realize truth. Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 Spanish painter. I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about. Jean-Jacques Rousseau … Continue reading →

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Posted on 04/09/2011 by Patrick

Three Generations… Three Generations… This shot taken in 1934 depicts three generations of the Stamp Taylor family… Agnes Stamp Taylor, mother to Enid Stamp Taylor, and Enid’s daughter Robin Anne. The picture was loaned to me from Robin Anne’s own photo … Continue reading →

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