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The Wiser Hatter

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The Girl on the left is a cutie.:)
 
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Very interesting! I like this quote from his niece's interview.

"Jean: Actually, if you look closer, Uncle Ray was wearing a jacket and a long sleeve shirt, and he had a hat on. If you ask me, that's a lot better than kids dress now."

Also at that time childeren smoking or chewing tobacco was not unusual.
 
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The Wiser Hatter

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Ah the Bowler makes one do strange things.

"James Dawson, arrested for Indecent Exposure. North Shields Police Station, 9th June 1902." Our first image from a photograph album of prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court in England between 1902 and 1916, now in the collection of the Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums.

The Shields Daily Gazette (dated 9 June 1902) provides a little more information:

"Today at North Shields, before Mr. J. Walton and Mr. T. Byers, James Dawson (38), a shoe maker, was charged on a warrant with behaving in an indecent manner in Albion Road on the 15th inst. Mr. G. R. Duncan prosecuted, and Mr. A. Whitehorn defended. Accused, who is a married man, was sent to prison for one month in the second division."

The 1911 census of England lists a likely candidate - James Dawson (46), a boot maker born in Leeds and living at 46 Sidney Street, North Shields, married to Mary Ann (45), with five children living at home - George Albert (25), James (18), Eva (14), Thomas (16) and Willie (4). An additional child, Amelia (12) is listed in the 1901 census; the family is living in Chirton, Northumberland, and James is listed as a boot repairer and shop keeper. In 1881, they are in Leeds (10 Prince of Wales Yard, Marsh Lane), with James listed as a boot riveter; also living with them is James's mother, Margaret (58).
 

Captain Lex

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This is excellent stuff. The photo currently on the front paged is a touched-up version of this, which depicts a street in my home town. I believe I recognize where it is, and I think some of the painted-brick signage in the background remains to this day!
 

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