Gloucestershire
This group of images are mainly taken from postcards, most of which were never sent and are undated but seem to cover the period from about 1910 to the 1930s. Two of the images (St Briavels and Brockweir) are large format professional prints that were probably taken by Edmund Ballard, some of whose photos were given to Helen Kegie by his daughter (Ballard’s wife Ada was a sister to Helen Kegie’s grandmother). A larger group of similar topographical views from the same set appear in the Monmouthshire section.
Figure 1: Beachley Bay in 1914 – a postcard sent by George Child to Amy Child in Bristol
Figure 2: Beachley Ferry ticket office in a 1908 postcard sent to Stewart Child in Scotland
Figure 3: A derelict ship at Beachley on a postcard of around 1920
Figure 4: St Briavels Castle – a professional photograph perhaps taken by Edmund Ballard around 1900-10
Figure 5: Symonds Yat from the station – a postcard of perhaps the 1920s
Figure 6: Cinderford High Street – a postcard of perhaps around 1920
Figure 7: Cinderford Market Place, High Street – a postcard of perhaps around 1920
Figure 8: Interior of St John’s Church near Cinderford – a postcard of perhaps around 1920
Figure 9: Trafalgar Colliery near Cinderford with a cage about to descend – a postcard view taken before the colliery closed in 1925
Figure 10: Speech House in the Forest – a postcard of perhaps the 1930s
Figure 11: The old Grange near Littledean – a postcard of perhaps the 1930s
Figure 12: Brockweir on Wye – a large postcard of perhaps around 1910 that might be the work of Edmund Ballard
Figure 13: Beachley Ferry ticket office in 1903 – a Child family photo with Amy, Donald and George Child