A bit of a faded photo this one but the shape is the unmistakable one of a four valve four speed Rudge. Looks like the couple aboard the Rudge are on a holiday? The tents in the background are rather uniform, is it a holiday or is it a scout or army camp?
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| Mid twenties four valve four speed Rudge combination. |
Darkening the photo, the tents are "bell tents," used by British cavalry as early as the Crimean War. There are a lot of them in the photo but their arrangement doesn't look very military. More scout camp. The fellow may be in war-surplus great coat but he doesn't look very military either, given the ragged gaiters on his leg. He is bare headed and bare handed. I think we're on a summer holiday in the country.
ReplyDeleteOver reading the photo? Bell tents are common enough and you can still buy them, he may well have been on a vist here to a Military manouevre, possibly a Territorials unit; there was a lot of that on Salisbury Plain, and the public would come to watch, as well as the possibility of a scout camp.A scout camp would have been laid out every bit as regular as a military camp back then,it's the UK not the USA,;-) He is wearing leggings not gaiters,standard gear at that time,look how they continue over his knee and over his shoes, and thats not a miltary greatcoat.
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