Sepia Saturday 162 - young lads with caps on their heads

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Is it possible to post too much in one day?

Post, for tomorrow ye may die...or some such.

Anyway, I love this photo but please don't ask me for any details.

It was in my grandfather's album so I am hazarding a guess that it was taken in Bathurst or Orange in the early 1900s.

What these lads were doing I have no idea...feel free to extemporise....

Hanging about on a Sunday I reckon. 

Over to you.

This was in honour of Sepia Saturday....

Comments

tony said…
A Sunday? The Hats...did kids then usually wear hats on the way to Church?,,,,,& the young lad front/left/seated..whats that in his hand?A big Ball? A big egg? I wonder.They are waiting for something.............
February 3, 2013 at 7:25 PM
Unknown said…
Great photo, full of interesting characters (or little Herberts)

Two suggestions; Kids on School at playtime or an itinerant photographer has it in town and rounded up a bunch of urchins for a picture to sell (to parents or local paper)
February 3, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Brett Payne said…
It is indeed a wonderful image, worth extemporising on. It seems to have been taken rather early or late in the day, considering the length of the shadows. The lad with a stick is clearly up to no good - he has guilty written all over his face. They've probably been having a game of football after school, with the girls relegated to the small verandah of the one-room school. A guess, of course, but you did ask ...
February 3, 2013 at 7:49 PM
Alex Daw said…
Tony - it does look like an egg doesn't it? I wish I could say I can see my Grandfather in that photo but I can't...but it's a great photo...I love it.
February 3, 2013 at 7:53 PM
Alex Daw said…
Mike - I think you may be correct - kids at playtime - isn't it fun?
February 3, 2013 at 7:53 PM
Alex Daw said…
Oooh Brett - you are good...long shadows and all that...yes indeed...I think you may be on to something...well done...
February 3, 2013 at 7:57 PM
Peter said…
Could it be autumn? The leaves on the left hand side of the tree seem to have partly gone. And the boy with the "egg", could it be a fruit of some kind, a watermelon? Next to the chimney there seems to be a giant barrel. But no matter what, the picture is very nice!
February 3, 2013 at 9:50 PM
Alan Burnett said…
It is indeed a wonderful old photograph and for Sepia Saturday to spread it around amongst lovers of old photographs - the honour is all ours.
February 3, 2013 at 9:52 PM
Alex Daw said…
Oh Peter - you do make me chortle...the leaves do seem to have partly gone don't they...completely almost....and yes lets upgrade that from an egg to a watermelon :)
February 3, 2013 at 10:25 PM
Alex Daw said…
Dear Alan - what a lot of lovely blogs I have found this evening complete with Aunts who obviously were a lot of fun !
February 3, 2013 at 10:26 PM
Bob Scotney said…
A fine photo for a group told to keep out of mischief before everyone goes to church.
February 4, 2013 at 12:33 AM
Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy said…
What a great photo! I can't figure it out though ... all boys? Is that a school, all boarded up? What is that boy in front holding?

Thanks for sharing it with us. I am your newest follower, and welcome to Sepia Saturday.

Kathy M.
February 4, 2013 at 2:42 AM
Alex Daw said…
Yes, butter wouldn't melt in their mouths eh Bob? A finer cast for Oliver I've yet to see.
February 4, 2013 at 6:28 AM
Alex Daw said…
Hi Kathy - a very warm welcome and thank you for following my 'umble blog. Yes, what is that boy holding? It looks like a misshapen boulder in a sheeps's stomach, doesn't it?
February 4, 2013 at 6:30 AM
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