tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post7875791541803911676..comments2023-09-14T18:07:21.937-07:00Comments on Wirreandah Wandering: Aunty Pat's Postcards: Episodes of What?Jofeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-64913569954266560542016-02-12T23:21:06.643-08:002016-02-12T23:21:06.643-08:00Geez, it was solved before I got to the end of the...Geez, it was solved before I got to the end of the post! I was just about to say that surely someone somewhere would figure this out. How fantastic that it was a Sepian! Great fun!Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-67632248600703034742016-02-12T12:12:34.169-08:002016-02-12T12:12:34.169-08:00This is what's so great about Sepia Saturday. ...This is what's so great about Sepia Saturday. So many wonderful sleuths are involved ready to solve our mysteries. <br />North County Film Clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683794164957833415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-42443337710642663472016-02-07T11:32:02.471-08:002016-02-07T11:32:02.471-08:00Thank you, Jo, for your interest in my story this ...Thank you, Jo, for your interest in my story this week on the Marvellous Corrick Family Entertainers. I found so much material on this musical troupe that it was difficult to select. However I was inspired to review the Trove website again and was excited to discover another history of the Corricks from 1968 which I have now added to the story. It makes a super coda to my story and has a few new images and history as well. Thanks for the enthusiasm!Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-33469146693910263312016-02-06T19:09:31.887-08:002016-02-06T19:09:31.887-08:00The postcards are indeed a fascinating mystery tha...The postcards are indeed a fascinating mystery that, though now explained, is still a very interesting event. I read the story on the link and was intrigued by the preparations and concerns over the post-war austerity. I like the idea that the St. Albans pageant was a tradition that celebrated the place as much as anything. Few places in America could produce a similar observance of history.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-64255256556370012922016-02-06T19:03:45.332-08:002016-02-06T19:03:45.332-08:00Yes, it is amazing. Aunty Pat would simply not hav...Yes, it is amazing. Aunty Pat would simply not have believed we could do it. I wonder why she didn't have a complete set of the cards.Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-25242917032893777262016-02-06T18:43:40.871-08:002016-02-06T18:43:40.871-08:00How wonderful is the internet! 20 years ago, we wo...How wonderful is the internet! 20 years ago, we would not have dreamed about being able to share our information or being able to get such instant assistance from the other side of the world! How good it is to have a story (or potential story) to go with the postcards.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636761469099608281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-83706232467036884362016-02-06T12:21:31.424-08:002016-02-06T12:21:31.424-08:00These are really interesting and isn’t it hearteni...These are really interesting and isn’t it heartening to read that a fellow Sepian has helped out with identifying the scenes?Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-26139750356960505322016-02-05T22:48:24.514-08:002016-02-05T22:48:24.514-08:00I thought some reenactment of a history event, ala...I thought some reenactment of a history event, alas I am not familiar with them! It's done and sorted.Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-57814927799036341932016-02-05T13:26:57.954-08:002016-02-05T13:26:57.954-08:00Yes, we don't have many similar pageants here,...Yes, we don't have many similar pageants here, unlike in the UK. I might print out the information from the web site and put it in an envelope together with the postcards. Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-80957913314248123502016-02-05T12:45:33.290-08:002016-02-05T12:45:33.290-08:00I'm glad to see the mystery presented and solv...I'm glad to see the mystery presented and solved, all in one sitting. If only I had such luck with my photos! Well done to you and Barbara both!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-4373991200323097422016-02-05T06:03:57.241-08:002016-02-05T06:03:57.241-08:00Oh it's great to be able to see the answers as...Oh it's great to be able to see the answers as well as the questions, at least as to what the event was and where it was, and why it happened. Do repost please, if you find out captions for each card!Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-58570857420202340502016-02-05T05:48:57.138-08:002016-02-05T05:48:57.138-08:00How wonderful that Barbara solved your mystery. M...How wonderful that Barbara solved your mystery. My village held a pageant in 1934 in the grounds of a nearby country house to celebrate centuries of local history. The photographs I have seen are similar in style to yours, though it was not such a large scale a production.ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-76663192602040003502016-02-05T03:52:12.265-08:002016-02-05T03:52:12.265-08:00Wouldn't it be lovely if all our family myster...Wouldn't it be lovely if all our family mysteries were solved so easily ? So the next big problem - how do you make sure that the solution stays with cards into the future. Is it right to now write on the cards when it was Auntie Pat who owned the cards and that wouldn't be her writing. They seem to be praying in the final card - heads bowed. It woud be lovely to see such a pageant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-15316704375692372952016-02-04T16:17:57.435-08:002016-02-04T16:17:57.435-08:00I'm sure she could have told me all about the ...I'm sure she could have told me all about the pageant. I do have quite a few postcards of hers, but many are just scenic views.Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-54956254306986537892016-02-04T16:07:31.889-08:002016-02-04T16:07:31.889-08:00You have to love the web (and webbers like Barbara...You have to love the web (and webbers like Barbara). It's an amazing resource. Your Pat would perhaps have been amazed at our interest in her handful of postcards.Boobookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395043246338753023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-89665547377784542842016-02-04T12:26:42.070-08:002016-02-04T12:26:42.070-08:00Yes, it doesn't seem to have been too much of ...Yes, it doesn't seem to have been too much of a mystery for Barbara!Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-18662819867797769422016-02-04T12:25:38.582-08:002016-02-04T12:25:38.582-08:00I've emailed copies of the cards to the web si... I've emailed copies of the cards to the web site that Barbara so helpfully found for me and have asked if they can tell me the titles that describe what's happening in each of them, as they have a description of Ep. 3 on their site.Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-58257584055687732412016-02-04T10:58:44.108-08:002016-02-04T10:58:44.108-08:00In the second episode, it looks as if it might be ...In the second episode, it looks as if it might be a funeral procession? And in the fifth, there's obviously some dancing going on there. :)La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-12624842869731324972016-02-04T08:36:37.546-08:002016-02-04T08:36:37.546-08:00What a quick solution to your mystery!What a quick solution to your mystery!Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-90866427629787834322016-02-04T01:53:41.797-08:002016-02-04T01:53:41.797-08:00Thanks Barbara, that's fantastic! I was just t...Thanks Barbara, that's fantastic! I was just thinking perhaps it was a pageant of some kind and then your comment came in. Aunty Pat was studying at Oxford in 1948 so she could very well have witnessed a performance of the pageant at St Albans. That site includes a copy of Episode 3, one of my missing postcards, and also one of Episode 9, so clearly 7 and 8 must also exist somewhere.Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-72145994425254120842016-02-04T01:34:07.180-08:002016-02-04T01:34:07.180-08:00This might solve the mystery - The Redress of the ...This might solve the mystery - The Redress of the past blog<br />http://www.historicalpageants.ac.uk/featured-pageants/st-albans-1948-austerity-pageant/<br />The Millenary Pageant of 1948 was the second time a historical pageant had been staged in St Albans. The first was in 1907, during the wave of ‘pageant fever’ that swept Britain before the First World War. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-20306815575173744022016-02-03T23:49:25.914-08:002016-02-03T23:49:25.914-08:00That sure is a mystery. Hope you solve it.That sure is a mystery. Hope you solve it.diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.com