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An article in the Belfast Telegraph - Friday 26 November 1999 mentions Francis Montgomery Moore, official chronometer maker to the government when he died in 1897. He began his horological business in Limerick, and later had branches in Belfast and Dublin. And,

One of their sons was Frank Frankfort Moore the novelist who lived in Sussex and whose first wife was a sister of the celebrated writer Bram Stoker.

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John Spooner Not even six degrees of separation!

And here's his moustache in a picture which accompanied news of his death which appeared in the on 16th May 1931 He died at his home at 97, Marina, St Leonards the previous Monday, 4 days before his 76th birthday

Perhaps this one?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frankfort_Moore

And in King and his Navy and Army` - Saturday 12 November 1904

Cairo replaced Gibraltar on Saturday 25th March 1809.

British Press - 16 March 1809:

Barker also had a Panorama in the Strand, where interesting views of Dover and Copenhagen could be seen in the summer of 1809 (Morning Post 28 July 1809).

Cairo and Dublin were still on view at the Leicester Square Panorama in September (Morning Herald (London) 30 September 1809)

The Dublin exhibit was closed on 27th February 1810, replaced by Flushing. Cairo was to continue for a short time. ( Morning Chronicle 17 February 1810). The Flushing view showed the recent attack by land and sea, with the town in flames.

A diagram of the Leicester Square Panorama building here

Some background to Barker and the Panorama in The Stage 17 November 1988

These were all the rage in the 19th century, spectacular artefacts made possible by a Scottish artist Robert Barker who discovered a means of presenting an all-embracing view, by painting on the inside of an enormous cylinder and placing the spectator at its centre.

It was a technical problem of considerable complexity. In a picture painted round a circumference of 360 degrees, straight lines had to be curved, and curved lines straightened. Distances called for finely graduated brush- work to create the illusion of depth and perspective had to be observed.

Barker called the picture a Panorama, patented the process in 1787 and first exhibited "Mr Baker's Interesting and novel view of the City and Castle of Edinburgh and the whole adjacent and surrounding Country" in 1788 exactly 200 years ago.

In 1789, Barker's Panorama came to London. It was so successful the artist had it permanently housed in a vast brick rotunda he built for it near Leicester Square in 1793. There it continued to draw the town at the moderate entrance fee of one shilling.

That’s what 16 days of internment in a British jail does for you

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Ever hear of Kelly’s Corner?

Wow, that's an unexpected backstory to a photo. Bowen -Colthurst really did get away with multiple murders.

Suck Diesel Did not know the origin of Kelly's Corner, so thank you.

Swordscookie And explains why Hanna would have this image of Alderman James Kelly.

So, date established - 1916. And we now know it was taken in London after Kelly's release from Wandsworth Prison.