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The full title in the catalogue is School treat, Fanny Mason, 1904. Group of school girls dressed in pinafores holding floral bouquets older girl holds larger bouquet, perhaps winner of competition. There is a Fannie Mason aged 10 in the 1901 census of Clonbrock, a farmer's daughter. From the title, Fanny is in the photo holding a bouquet, but not the oldest with the largest bouquet. I would guess the girl smiling in the middle?

Excellent!!

Great bonnets!

The catalogue has another shot, from the back of the crowd, of the judging: CLON927

Perhaps one of our horticultural contributors could identify the season from the (wild?) flowers. In any case, nothing to do with a Marian devotion, I suspect

Looks similar to the stone crushing machine we encountered previously -

Is that the Baron, Luke Dillon at left? If so, date is 1900+ish rather than 1860...

makes my mind wander and think of a Kate Bush and Donald Sutherland shooting the "Cloud Busting" video ... showing my age...

interestingly, there is a man at the front of the engine/carriage wearing a top hat, almost like a showman/ ringmaster ?

I have fond memories of traction engines towing threshing machines into the fields and working all dy non stop at grandmas in the late 1940s. Life was more fun then.

St. John's Church, Windlesham, Surrey. J.J. although born in Essex and died in Canada, "maintained a home in Surrey. Meanwhile:

Adair Grey Wigan was the son of Sir Frederick William Wigan, 2nd Bt. and Elizabeth Adair Grey.
Died age 7 and buried in Windlesham cemetery.


en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Robinson

Windlesham Cemetery

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