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James CH Balmain Recreation |
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Cycle Outing with visitors from USA
© Reproduced by courtesy of the Yerbury Family. Click here for link to web site. This photo has appears in the book: 'Yerbury- A Photographic Collection 1850-1993 (Malcolm Cant and Trevor ER Yerbury), Page 75. The photo includes JCH Balmain (3rd from right) with his wife (third from left)* and an American party on a cycling trip, visiting Edinburgh around 1898. This photograph was taken outside Balmain's studio. James CH Balmain was Captain of Merchant Golf Club (as was Douglas May, EPS President 1996-99). He was also a member of several other golf clubs and Mayfield Bowling Club. He was a keen curler and a member of the Scottish Arts Club. [SE] * No, they are not! Please see 'Replies 1, 2, 3 below |
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Reply 1 Geoff Dawson |
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Geoff Dawson, great Grandson of James C H Balmain, wrote: |
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Mrs Balmain "According to the family letters that we have, Kate (wife of James CH Balmain) was born on December 21, 1859 and died on May 19, 1917. So she would have been about 38 or 39 when this photo was taken. The lady mentioned above as being Mrs Balmain looks younger. What is slightly surprising is that she’s the only person in the photo not wearing a hat. I know it sounds a small point but in those days for a photo, that’s most unusual. As James Balmain is wearing a hat, I’d have thought he’d have insisted his wife wore one." Geoff Dawson: August 24, 2011 |
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Geoff added: Mrs Balmain "Could Mrs Balmain, perhaps, be the lady on his left (on the right as we look at it in this photo)? James has linked his arm with her and they very much look like husband and wife – and the lady looks about the right age. Geoff Dawson: August 24, 2011 |
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Reply 2 Peter Stubbs Edinburgh |
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Mrs Balmain I mentioned the points made by Geoff Dawson above to Malcolm Cant who wrote the caption for this photo in the book mentioned above. On looking at this photo again, Malcolm told me that he was inclined to agree that Mrs Balmain was likely to be the lady standing next to JCH Balmain. Malcolm will look at his original notes and try to discover the source that he used when he captioned this photo in his book. Telephone call to Malcolm Cant, Greenbank, Edinburgh: August 24, 2011 |
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Reply 3 Geoff Dawson |
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Thank you to Geoff Dawson for writing again. Geoff wrote: |
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Collection of Balmain Photos "I've recently been in contact with an elderly 1st cousin who lives in Edinburgh, and have discovered that she has a huge collection of James C H Balmain photographs and letters. She has offered them to me but is reluctant to post them – so I hope to visit her fairly soon so as to allow me to go through her collection. Balmain Cycling Photograph "My cousin mentioned she has a copy of this Balmain cycling photograph, and confirmed that the couple 2nd from the right in this photo are definitely James C H Balmain and his wife, Kate Field:
© Reproduced by courtesy of the Yerbury Family. Click here for link to web site. My cousin also told me that: - the young boy on the far right of the photograph is one of their sons, George Balmain (1886-1958). - the young girl on the far left is the sister of George Balmain on the far right. She is my grandmother who I remember very well. (She lived at 6 Salisbury Road) - the other four people in the photo are apparently friends of James C H Balmain from the USA (where he was born) who were visiting Edinburgh." Geoff Dawson: May 6, 2013 |
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James Charles Halyburton Balmain |
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Possibly by Balmain:
found in the Yerbury Collection. |
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Kenneth Field Balmain Son of James CH Balmain |
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