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Percy’s Parent’s Cycling Holiday in the 1890s

Percy’s parents went on a cycling holiday in the early 1890s (or earlier) and I presume it was Percy’s Father who took the photos here which he added to his Magic Lantern Slide collection, later to be inherited by Percy. I think from memory that Maud used to say that they cycled, from where they […]

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Stephen Last in Peddle Car.
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Percy’s Grandson Stephen Last – Slide Compilation

Percy took photos, and made up slides, showing Stephen Last’s development, as compiled below:  

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Margaret and Dig cutting their wedding cake.
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The Last Family Slides All in One Place

Margaret and Dig (William Last) cut the cake at their wedding reception. At Carshalton Beeches Baptist Church  

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Maud and Percy together after many years of happy marriage.
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Maud and Percy Together Magic Lantern Slide Image Compilation

Maud and Percy were married during the 1st World War in 1915. A marriage which lasted 49 years, until Percy’s death in 1964. Sue says: Photo of wedding Percy and Maudon reverse it says 17/7/15 also in my Dad’s handwriting  “Oval Road”,  “39 Anderson Road”.

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Percy's Children
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Percy’s Snaps of His Own Family

Percy’s Snaps of His Family are particularly interesting with posed images and images of the children in fancy dress costumes.

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Dennis and Jeannette and family.
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Jeannette and Dennis as a Couple and in Family Groups by Percy

These slides are first of all Jeannette and Dennis as a couple. The first must have been taken during or soon after WW2. There is then a progression of family portraits as the family grows up.    

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