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Just the two of us: a gallery of couples

In old photo albums and negative sleeves there are often photos of couples, having fun, clowning around or just posing for the lens. Here's a small selection from different decades. A fashionably dressed couple from the 1920s or 1930s, proudly posing in front of their car. The same pair, in a nice outdoor setting, with some young spectators. Here's a curious double-act Continuing the theme of the great outdoors Love on the beach Something a little odd about the lady?Newcastle lass Pam Parsons with well-known cartoonist Eric Jolliffe at a fancy dress party. It's the look…

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Fun on the beach: a gallery of vintage seaside photos

Most collections of amateur vintage photographs and negatives that come my way have beach pictures among them. People love the beach, and they love taking photos at the beach. The quality of the photos, I admit, is not always fantastic, but there's a nostalgic charm about these seaside pictures that draws me in. Here is a few examples from my collection - and some kindly loaned by other people too. Newcastle Beach, circa 1904. You could bathe without togs, if you were young enough, but the hat was harder to do without. Newcastle's Merewether Beach, circa…

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