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Christine Atkins asks: Please can you help with these family photographs? The posed lady in the studio photos might be my great-grandmother Emily Weston (née Brayban), b. 1864. She could also be the s

Q I’m trying to work out whose wedding this is. The lady fourth from the left on the back row is Mary Wright, my great grandmother, who died in 1933. The bridesmaid in front, fourth from right, is her

The British merchant service was renamed the Merchant Navy after World War 1 to mark the vital role its sailors played in wartime. That role continued in World War 2 as merchant ships carried troops a

It was completely by accident that I came across what is possibly the most mysterious ‘ghost’ photo I have ever seen. This strange image was to become quite the Forteana Forum sensation in the summer

Our annual summer camp for many of my East Kilbride Scouts in 1977 was a choice between an expensive long distance coach trip to Switzerland or a cheaper and fun district camp at Glentrool, just an ho

Q My grandfather, William Francis Young (1896–1949), enlisted in Bristol. He was in the war from 1914 to 1918, and was wounded and gassed. Can you tell anything from this photograph? Stuart Leslie-You