From a South Queensferry WW I
Photo and Postcard Album
The Crew of
HMS Columbine |
The Crew of
HMS Columbine
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Reproduced with acknowledgement to John Gordon,
Easdale, Oban, Argyll & Bute, Scotland
The Crew of HMS Columbine |
The Crew
Thank you to John
Gordon for sending me the photograph above. It comes from an
Album of Photos and Postcards that that was kept during World War
I by his great Aunt, Emily Borrowman, when she worked in the Post
Office at South Queensferry. |
John added:
"it
appears that Emily spent almost all of WWI at South Queensferry,
working at the Post Office. When the Grand Fleet was in the
Forth this must have been a busy Post Office."
John Gordon, Easdale, Oban, Argyll & Bute, Scotland:
February 5, 2013. |
Comparing this photo
with others with that have a similar backdrop,
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it seems likely that
the photo at the top of this page would have been taken at Peter
McGill's studio on Hawes Pier, Queensferry. |
The
Ship
Here is a photograph of HMS Columbine, probably taken somewhere
in the Firth of Forth. This also comes from the World War I
Album that was kept by Emily Borrowman.
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