Sunday 13 January 2013

Sepia Saturday 159


A nice short one for this week's Sepia Saturday contribution.  It shows the contrast with the modern visitor to the seaside.  No chance of being scorched lobster pink in Union Jack shorts or less.

Great Uncle Jack and his cousin Billy Agars on an outing to the coast - probably Scarborough - some time in the early twenties I guess.

I don't know if they were on a flying visit because they haven't bothered with removing their shoes and socks and rolling up their trouser legs.  No knotted handkerchiefs either, or was that a post WW2 thing?

Perhaps they were waiting for the Pubs to open.

12 comments:

  1. Or possibly they were just girl-watching! :)

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    1. The look on Billy's face could mean just that

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  2. Maybe they were sweating off a few pounds, not that they needed it. Maybe going to the beach in a suit is the poor man's sauna.

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  3. I suspect that is the same beach as Auntie Miriam was sat on. And all that sea salt in the air makes a man thirsty for a pint.

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  4. The one on the left (Uncle Jack?) certainly seems to have been eying out the girls. Great contribution to join the slew over at Sepia Saturday this week.

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    1. Poor explanation on my part - Jack is wearing the cap. Billy is the one learing

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  5. The pub explanation seems the most likely. All that leering works up a thirst!

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  6. @Karen S
    They should be wearing sunglasses then. But maybe those did not exist yet.

    A priceless picture!

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  7. I've used a knotted handkerchief in my time and probably at Scaarborough too.

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  8. A perfect counter-spin to this weekend's theme photo! But for best effect, Aunt Miriam's image should be just below and to the right of Uncle Jack and Billy!

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  9. Knotted handkerchiefs make me think of one thing: Monty Python's Flying Circus!
    "Are you the doctor?"

    Kat

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  10. They probably had to remove their shoes to empty the sand out when they left the beach.

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