Geoff Drew

Retired. Volunteer Researcher with Sandgate and District Historical Society and Museum Inc. Slowly documenting family photos going back over 100 years. I am lucky that my father's parents used photographs to communicate after they first met in the last year of the Great War, and even luckier that these photographs have survived to the present day. Those images alone show life in Picardy, East Devon, Pinner (Middlesex) and southeast Queensland around the first few decades of the 20th Century. (The photo you see here is me as a baby, with my Mum, at our farm house near Crows Nest, Queensland.)



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  • Street Scene, Bath.

    This is looking down Stall Street, the Colonnade and Pump Room is on the left, the old Grand Pump Room Hotel on the right. (read more)

    Bath in Time
  • Street Scene, Bath.

    I'm not sure this is Bath. (read more)

    Bath in Time
  • Bridge over the Otter, near Otterton

    Photo by Madge Dyer "The River Otter, S Devon. This bridge is quite near where one of my uncles lives." That leaves a number of possibilities, ... (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Harvesting in Fields at Pinn, near Peak Hill

    Madge Dyer's photo of her uncle and a workman harvesting in fields near Pinn, with {Peak Hill in the background). (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Passaford Farm

    An old photograph of Passaford Farm (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Passaford Farm, Devon. The Farmyard

    Photo by Madge Dyer of the end of the farmhouse and part of the farmyard at Passaford. (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Passaford Farm

    Photo by Madge Dyer of the farmhouse at Passaford Far, (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Harry Carter Dyer at Passaford Farm

    Photo by Madge Dyer of her brother, Harry, at Passaford Farm. (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Harvest, Otter Valley

    Photograph by Madge Dyer of one of her many uncles' workman harvesting somewhere near Otterton. (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Passaford Farm, Devon. The Farmyard

    Photo by Madge Dyer of the farmyard at Passaford Farm (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • White family members, East Devon

    A photo by Madge Dyer of "Two Devon Cousins with goat". No location given (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • White family members, East Devon

    One of Madge Dyer's White boy cousins and an unidentified relative on the lane outside a farm, that is not possible to match decisively.. (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Milking, Passaford Farm, Otterton

    A photo by Madge Dorothy Dyer, in the milking sheds at Passaford Farm. "Aunt just finished milking the cows". Whether the aunt is one of her ... (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Woodford, Ottery St Mary, East Devon

    A photograph taken by my grandmother, Madge Dorothy Dyer, of one of her White family residences in the Otter Valley. Identified on the back as Woodford. (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Passaford Farm

    Members of the White family outside Passaford Farm, on the road between Otterton and Newton Poppleford, East Devon. The small girl is generally agreed to be ... (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Cottage, Otterton, Devon

    Lamprier White's cottage in Otterton, Devon. Photograph sent to my uncle Ralph Drew in about 1936 (calculated by ages mentioned in the letter on the back). ... (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Fore Street, Sidmouth, Devon

    Dated 9th September 1932. The note on the back says "Do you recognise Mrs F Evans taken at the bend in Fore Street, Sidmouth. Mum (Sarah ... (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Fore Street, Sidmouth, Devon

    From left: Henry Dyer, unknown, Sarah Ann (White) Dyer walking along Fore Street, Sidmouth. (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Postcard of Lynton, Devon

    A postcard sent to my grandmother, Madge Dorothy (Dyer) Drew, by "Winnie" on 31st July 1922 from Ilfracombe. (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Angles, Eastbourne, Sussex

    Group photo of guests at Angles, Eastbourne. Said to be September 1921 by the date, but that is not possible as Madge Dorothy Dyer (grandmother) would ... (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Angles, Eastbourne, Sussex

    Group photo of guests at Angles, dated October 1937. Sarah Ann Dyer seated in white dress towards the left, son Harry Carter Dyer (male pattern baldness) ... (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Angles, Eastbourne, Sussex

    Group photo of guests in front of Angles Hotel/Guesthouse, Eastbourne. Sarah Ann Dyer nee White seated centre in greyish dress and dark necklace, Henry Dyer in ... (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Beach, Eastbourne, Sussex

    Henry Dyer (great-grandfather) relaxing on the beachfront at Eastbourne. (read more)

    Geoff Drew
  • Stone Crusher, Abbeville

    On the back " A stone crushing mill near Abbeville taken from the train. Jack." Taken by Jack Drew March 1919 on his way back to ... (read more)

    Geoff Drew

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