Photographs, vintage postcards and other ephemera


Saturday 9 February 2013

Enjoying the fresh air

Mum enjoying some snowy Yorkshire countryside in March 1933 while she was training to be a teacher at Bingley Training College. The college was founded in 1911 and trained over 16,000 teachers before it closed in 1979.

More of this week's offerings over at Sepia Saturday

11 comments:

Karen said...

What a lovely photo of your mother. Thank you for sharing.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy said...

She looks so happy! What a nice clear picture.

Kathy M.

Postcardy said...

It' nice to see someone enjoying the snow.

Mike Brubaker said...

Are you sure that's not the Eastern Front?

21 Wits said...

How exciting, and she's lovely!

Brett Payne said...

So what's the cannon for?

Peter said...

Was your Mum about to fire the canon? By the looks of it the photographer had the first shot :)

Alan Burnett said...

I wonder where the photo was actually taken. Bingley is just a few miles up the road from here but I don't recognise the cannon - although I suppose it might have been in the College grounds.I wonder what happened to the building - I must try and find out.

Bob Scotney said...

I wondered about the cannon too. I don't know Bingley at all.

anyjazz said...

A fine photograph and memory.

Bruno Laliberté said...

My first reaction when seeing this was , "What?...", but I see from the comments that I am not the first nor the only one wondering about the cannon. If it is something to be found on college grounds, there must be a reason for it.
:)~
HUGZ