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Woman seated on velvet chair

Woman seated on chair

Carved arms covered in leather top half of back chair turned spindles

Woman seated holding small thin book

Woman seated holding a fan

Lizzie ran Newspaper Shop Jamaica Place Heamoor

Marjorie dressed in a raincoat, standing outside a cottage.

Woman sitting on rocks

Woman identified as Marjorie Beckerleg, on a wooden bridge, in the rain, holding a white cat. There is a thatched cottage in the background.

Woman in long dress holding lance in right hand, having collected rings suspended from gantries. Large crowd watching on and stewards also in field. Location unknown.

Woman on a chair by a table

Woman in a raincoat and sou'wester hat, standing on a wooden bridge. She has been identified as Marjorie Beckerleg. (See also MG.512). She is holding a white cat. There is a thatched cottage in the background.

A woman making up fireworks at Standard Fireworks. Not the protective coverings on her shoes. (In 1988, Standard Fireworks was purchased by Black Cat Fireworks which brought an end to UK production. The Huddersfield site now houses the UK…

Location is the Royal Naval flying boat (seaplanes) station built on the beach south of Newlyn Harbour, the period of operation being 1917-1919.
It is believed the woman lived at St Peters Hill - an unusual story, well documented.

The bottom of the photo has been cut off but the name E Bandeux, Jersey, appears to be the photographer.

Woman , believed to be Marjorie Beckerleg, wearing raincoat and sou'wester hat