by Judith Ellis, 23 April, 2006
A few months ago an old photograph album was found in the Volunteer Inn, left behind by a customer. Expecting the owner to get in touch Mark Gibson, the landlord, held on to the small album but eventually he handed it over to Graham Greenall who is involved with the Community Archive of CADHAS, our local historical society. Graham and other volunteers looked at the photos, some of which were family snapshots and some were of ‘young ladies’ and their teachers at a college.
The photos dated from the 1920’s and some of the college ones were printed as postcards by ‘Hamilton, Staplefield, Bristol. The hunt began! Thanks to the wonders of the Internet a quick search revealed a local history society in the area. A scanned photo was emailed away, together with details of the few letters and date inscribed on the back. The photo showed a group posed in front of a Victorian building – back came the message that this was St. Matthias Ladies College. Our correspondent, who by chance had written a short history of the college, undertook to follow up the search for the owner and the package of photos was sent back home.
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