ALBUM BUREAU

The month of May is dedicated to my collection of old albums. I will be posting images and stories related to this collection, which includes some fascinating snippets of people's everyday lives. May's entries will include photograph albums, scrap books, sketch books, recordings of journeys, recipe collections, account books, diary's and scribbled notes.

Painting Album

The paintings in this anonymous album date from the 1900s through to the 1930s.

Favorite Recipes Album

There are plenty of traditional recipes in this album, possibly spanning a couple of generations. The baking and dessert section is my favorite with instructions for making Sponge Cake, Pound Cake, Macaroons and Beehive Biscuits.

Sketch Book Album

Sketch Book album with black and white photographs of someone's holiday and leisure time. There are many blank pages with pretty paper photo corners, indicating the many missing photographs separated from this album at some point over the years.

Jennifer Goodall's Diary 1951

Collins Pearl Diary with a small pencil stored in the spine.
Here is an entry from Monday 1st January 1951. Jennifer had quite a difficult New Years day.

Rough Notes

Pure Mathematics school book belonging to Alan Bruce.

Silvine Memo Books

My Great Grandad Fred always used Silvine Memo books as a diary. Here are a couple from his collection that were inherited by his grandson John, my father. My father continued the family tradition using the same memo books for recording his journeys and work related notes. He worked as an engineer for Burroughs Computers in the 70s and 80s, traveling around Lancashire and beyond to fix bank equipment. Below is a page from one of his many books.