Family Photographs, Rochdale, Pease, and Others
In 2015, the Current Viscount Rochdale, Jonathan Kemp, received fourteen family photograph albums spanning about 50 years from around 1900. Before distributing them to relatives, he photographed some of their contents, covering a unique part of British and family history. Here is a selection.
23rd Company, Duke of Lancaster's Own Imperial Yeomanry, South Africa
C Cavage, A. Huntington and George Kemp
Keeping off the early morning heat. Going to church, S. Macnaughton and Beatrice Kemp.
The Yeomanry Post 'How come I have to do all the work here?'
George and Beatrice Kemp - on the ship home
September 1907
North Berwick, July 1915 - the latest in swimwear - dignity intact!
A summer's day - Joy, Elinor, Beatrice
The original front of Lingholm (family home) during the First World War
The nurses who helped at Lingholm when it was a recuperative hospital in the First World War
A group of nurses, staff, and soldiers
Relaxing on Derwent Water
A wicker wheelchair - 1914 style…
Despite the snow, there is time for a relaxed shot in the summer wicker chairs.
The stone room Inside Lingholm
A trip to Canada in 1928, helped by Canadian First Nations
The Indigenous tepee and the tent
Moving along Mystic Lake for some good fishing
Woman's suffrage societies - Keswick Branch - walking past the Cumberland Pencil Factory in Keswick
A proud moment, Beatrice Kemp speaking at Hyde Park Corner
A beautiful portrait
Trip to India 1926 - Clark's Hotel
Benares from the river
Tomb of Salim Chisti and Islam Khan, Agra
Looking for the Druids…
It looks like the chauffeur is the supervisor.
The little boy in the centre got a bit distracted by his shoes.
John Kemp, with his family on his formal coming of age celebration - June 1927
John Kemp with his parents, George, and Beatrice
John Kemp (who recently got his pilot's licence) and his wife Elinor about to go airborne
George Kemp decides it is much wiser to stay put.
George Kemp is catching a lift with Rona his secetary
You never know who you will meet on those hilltops.
Trip to Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania, November 1936 to 1937 on the Alexandria - Karachi route
Spectacular views - Lake Heron, South Island
Elinor and the Chevrolet in the Outback
A mob of 2 - 3,000 sheep near Scone
The first law of The Outback - Make sure the gate is always closed! Somewhere between Sandy Hollow and Rylestones
The family business Kelsall and Kemp had a site in Tasmania. The factory shows its branded 'Doctor Flannel' signs.
A beautiful portrait shot of Elinor and John Kemp on their way back
Arabia Sharjah The airport is fortified against Bedouin raids. Passengers are not allowed out of the compound without a personal invitation from the Sheik.
Territorial Army course in staff duties 1939
John Kemp, with a colleague
Nil desperandum' John Kemp, third on the right (moustache and glasses are the giveaway!)
Saipan June 1944 - the size of the carriers is remarkable.
The amount of fuel used is enormous.
Moving inland, complete devastation
Autumn 1944, Philippines, Leyte, John chilling…
U.S.S. Wasatch, 1944, John with some of his American Counterparts
John Rochdale is guarding what looks like the local marijuana population!
Rochdale 1946
For comrades lost
George Kemp with his grandson StJohn Kemp
Lucy, Petronella, and StJohn. StJohn is modelling the first known British version of the 'mankini.'
StJohn 1948
StJohn with his sister Bryony at the back of Lingholm 1952