My great grandfather with his dogs...the shotgun is a 12 gauge Hollis and is still bringing down the odd rabbit or two...
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My great grandfather with his dogs...the shotgun is a 12 gauge Hollis and is still bringing down the odd rabbit or two...
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My great grandfather had a single barrel Hollis, still in my safe, haven't fired it for a while now!:cool:
great photo EEs ! REAlly nice to see this .I havent any of my pop hunting only one of him in the middle east in ww2
I see the lack of height runs in the family :D
@Pointer. Cheeky buggar!!!Quote:
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Sorry no spaniels ,in the only photo I have of my grandfather . Legend has it he did have a springer as a deer dog that was a cracker . Attachment 37510
Cool foto @Munsey...very neat...
EeeBees, what year would you say that was?
@sako75, I am not really sure when the foto was taken, but I do know that they drew a ballot under the Land Reform act of 1885...although they arrived here in 1902...
Was he Scottish?Quote:
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No, @JRW87, he was from England...Ormskirk, West Lancashire...
Looked like a bonnet on his head is all.Quote:
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I was going to say about 1910ish guessing he is in his late 20's or early 30's
Have you searched your family name in Paperspast?
Not good if your name is Smith. Got a lot of info on ours
@sako75, thank you for giving the Paperspast site name...I will do so...
@sako75, after talking to big brother, the dates for them arriving in this country was way too late as great grandfather's eldest son attended the Boer War...so I was completely up the wrong creek...but thanks to you sharing the link with Paperspast, and me ringing my brother in Oz, this lead on to searching for the Boer War etc etc and this is where our conversation ended up...the Wellington Amazons who fundraised to help with money for the guys in South Africa...it so cracks me up to hear women today proudly proclaim that they are feminists...whatever that means...look at these chickies...
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