The Unknown Photographer ...then and now

• Could the winner be Sidney Fletcher's son Dennis?
• Dennis Fletcher was born 1901.
• The runners look about 7-10 years old, so the year could be 1908-1911.
• Was it 1908? Perhaps the sports day took place to celebrate the  1908 London Olympics ?
• The 1908 Olympics were originally to be hosted in Rome, but were relocated following a violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906 that killed over 100 people.
• In 2021, the field is essentially the same, with the distinctive flint-walled barn in the distance.
• There are now much larger farm buildings with some housing at the end of the field.

Location: Village sports day, Yapton, West Sussex (Photo #2)

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There are several other photographs of the sports day:

 Photo #24  ,  Photo #43  ,  Photo #101  ,  Photo #114  ,  Photo #130  ,  Photo #184 

To see where the other photographs were taken, go to the Locations Story Map at the end of this sequence of images and search for 'Yapton, West Sussex' (see tab above for a quicklink).

• An exciting photo-finish to this girls' race.
• Was it 1908? Perhaps the sports day took place to celebrate the  1908 London Olympics ?
• The 1908 Olympics were originally to be hosted in Rome, but were relocated following a violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906 that killed over 100 people.
• In 2021, the field is essentially the same, with the distinctive flint-walled barn in the distance.
• There are now much larger farm buildings with some housing at the end of the field.

Location: Village sports day, Yapton, West Sussex (Photo #100)

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Further details:  Twitter thread 

There are several other photographs of the sports day:

 Photo #24  ,  Photo #43  ,  Photo #101  ,  Photo #114  ,  Photo #130  ,  Photo #184 

To see where the other photographs were taken, go to the Locations Story Map at the end of this sequence of images and search for 'Yapton, West Sussex' (see tab above for a quicklink).

Location: Bognor Regis pier

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• The Gatehouse at Waltham Abbey, Essex (Photo #126).
• Then and now...at least 110, possibly 140 years between these photos.
• The recent image was taken in 2019 by BC.

Location: The Gatehouse at  Waltham Abbey , Essex (Photo #126)

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•  St Thomas The Martyr Church , Winchelsea, East Sussex (Photo #175).
• Compare images taken over a century apart: Early 1900s with 2019.
• The famous comedian  Spike Milligan  (co-creator, main writer and a principal cast member of the British radio programme The Goon Show) is buried in this churchyard.
• The recent image was taken in 2019 by BC.

Location: St Thomas The Martyr Church, Winchelsea, East Sussex (Photo #175)

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• Summer house, Yapton, West Sussex (Photo #238)
• Believed to be the younger brother Geoffrey Fletcher, posing in the doorway of the summerhouse at Berea Court, Yapton. Circa 1910
• Compare images taken over a century apart.

Location: Summer house, Yapton, West Sussex (Photo #238)

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• Balcony view from Castel Sainte-Claire, Var, France (Photo #241).
• Compare images taken over a century apart: Early 1900s compared with 2019.
• Île de Porquerolles is on the horizon, the furthest W of Îles d'Hyères.
• In the up to date image  Toulon–Hyères Airport  can be seen on the coast.

Location: Balcony view from Castel Sainte-Claire, Var, France (Photo #241)

Further details:  Tweet thread 

• Place de la Liberté, Toulon, France (Photo #280)
• Compare images taken over a century apart: Early 1900s compared with 2012.
• Were the cars lined up for the start of a race? e.g. the first  Monte Carlo Rally  was in 1911.
• The sign at the building on the other (east) side of the Place de la Liberté is for the department store ' Aux Dames de France '. This was the company's first building in Toulon, opened in 1904. They moved to a new building in 1912.

Location: Place de la Liberté, Toulon, France (Photo #280)

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L'église du Sacré-Cœur (Church of the Sacred Heart) Place d'Allier, Moulins, Allier Département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (Photo #292)

• Compare images taken almost a century apart: 1920s with 2019
• NB: Roads reconfigured in recent years

Location: L'église du Sacré-Cœur (Church of the Sacred Heart) Place d'Allier, Moulins, Allier Département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (Photo #292)

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Further details:  Tweet thread 

Explore the other images in the Unknown Photographer @FacesInTheLight collection using this interactive story map, showing all of the photographs with the locations identified so far and as yet unknown locations.