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Dublin Castle and the State Apartments from the lawn

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Shandon Bells over the Black Pool

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Photograph of Beatrice Kerr standing on a pier

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    She is gorgeous (and her suit is hideous and impractical, in my humble opinion!). I think it is at Blackpool (near Poulton-Le-Fylde). Possibly on North Pier (1 of 3) with the Big Wheel to the right. See this - www.englishheritageprints.com/low.php?xp=media&xm=458...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Lifesaver with "promptitude" at North Pier, Blackpool - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11621078 Worth quoting in full -
    SWIMMING. MISS BEATRICE KERR'S EXPLOIT Miss Beatrice Kerr, the well-known champion swimmer and diver of Victoria, who was one of the chief performers at Prince's Court, and who went to England about five years ago, had an exciting experience at Blackpool on August 25. Miss Kerr was giving her usual exhibition of swimming and diving at the north pier, when two lads, who were bathing near the jetty, were carried out of their depth by a strong-flowing current. The cries of the lads, whose ages were between 12 and 14, attracted the attention of Miss Kerr, who immediately went to their assistance. The lads were by this time about 100 yards from the jetty and 80 yards from the shore, and they were almost exhausted. Miss Kerr rescued first the elder lad, and then went to the rescue of the other, and landed both safely. The lads suffered greatly from shock, but otherwise were none the worse for their misadventure, and were soon able to leave for their homes. There is no doubt that but for Miss Kerr's promptitude the lads would have been drowned.
    From The Argus 3/10/1911 p.5
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Wow thanks Beachcomber - was very interested to read about Beatrice rescuing those two boys :) What a fabulous story!
  • Diane Marie Kramer said:
    very cool photo and story!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons Diane Marie Kramer Yes, it's a terrific story to go with this photo at the same time and place, and proves she was not just a 'show pony'. I thought I was the first person in 100 years to find it, until I read her Wikipedia article which refers to it too! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Kerr I find her face very striking and classically beautiful, particularly in the large size of this photo, and I wonder what colour her hair was?

Lieutenant Joseph Sidney Naphtali

from IWM Collections

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  • colin rogers said:
    Absolutely brilliant photo of a Royal Welchman ! Also , the whole set of photos is such a good idea . Well done I.W.M. and Flikr .
  • JAT51 said:
    Suggesting following death aged 64
    NAPHTALI, Joseph S
    Registered Salford, Lancashire
    Registered March quarter, 1946, Vol 8d, page 654
  • sarah khanz said:
    why is he angry?
  • Denise Jackson said:
    Son of Joseph S and Elizabeth A Napthali. Siblings Edith M (16), Nelly E (14), Charles E (12), Frank H (4) and Gilbert F (2) in 1891. The family were living at 350 Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester where Joseph Snr was a Furniture Dealer.

    Joseph Solomon Napthali died 27 Oct 1925 at 350 Stretford Road. Probate granted to his widow Elizabeth Ann. Effects £729 16s.

    Joseph Sidney married Alice Mary Cranshaw in 1906 and their son, Sidney Vaughan, was born in 1910 in Patricroft. Information via Salford War Memorials salfordwarmemorials.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=men&amp.... showed that Joseph Sidney and his family were living at 94 Shakespeare Crescent, Patricroft Lancashire maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.... Surname spelled Naphtali.

    Alice died in 1935 in Bolton and Joseph remarried the following year.

    Marriage: 25 Feb 1936 St Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, England
    Joseph Sidney Naphtali - full School Master Widower of 5 Bromwich St, Bolton maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf...
    Alice Booth - full Widow of 84 Hilden St, Bolton
    Groom's Father: Joseph Solomon Naphtali, deceased, Furniture Dealer
    Bride's Father: Emmanuel Stanley, Joiner
    Witness: Henry Humphrey; Rachel Stanley
    Married by Licence by: W.J. Havelock Davidson Vicar of Bolton
    Register: Marriages 1927 - 1938, Page 124, Entry 248
    Source: Microfilm of register at Manchester Library

    Joseph Sidney Napthali died 23 Jan 1946 at Hope Hospital Salford, He was of 13 Wennington Road, Southport maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.... Probate was granted to Sidney Vaughan Napthali commercial traveller. Effects £407 2s 5d.

    After Joseph's death Alice changed her name by deed poll back to Alice Booth according to a London Gazette advertisement of 1948.

    951034 Sidney Vaughan NAPHTALI (138944) (note the change of spelling of the surname) is mentioned in the London Gazette as a Corporal in 1943. He died in 1968 in Kerrier, Cornwall.
  • Shirley Williams said:
    Great photo. Royal Welch Fusilier Museum looking for photos of those who died in WW1 from the RWF. Contact us on rwfmuseum1@btconnect.com if you have a photo.