Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian This site is simply amazing, thank you for pointing us to it. As an aside, we visit a favourite hotel near Bath when we get the chance to escape the ratrace life. It is run by a couple, the wife of which is French and you get good home cooking and excellent wines. Last year she asked me if I could copy some photographs from the family album that she had managed to acquire from her mother in Paris for a short period, and we struck a deal where I would do the images in exchange for dinner, bed and breakfast for my wife and I. And then I looked at the album in more detail - There were photographs of the Tsar and Tsarina playing with their children but they were 'family snaps' and not formal in any way. What is more they were hand signed by the Tsar in Russian with little messages. So I began asking questions and it turned out that whilst the woman was born in France her mother was Russian, and her grandfather was the Tsar's brother. The family were allowed out of Russia when the Revolution took place and they could tka eone suitcase each. The rather tatty album I had was the album of family photos that got put into that one suitcase. The messages read things like 'Happy Christmas to you all' and 'Here we are playing in the garden' etc. The photographs must be priceless from the historical point of view, and I had the great pleasure of copying them. Gerry Gerry Walden (UK) Corporate & Stock Photography Tel: (0)23 8046 3076 Fax: (0)23 8034 8542