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Frank
Newton Nield was born at Littleborough, near Rochdale,
Lancashire, in 1877, while his younger brother Randolph Calton Nield was born in
1888 at Crewe in Cheshire. They were sons of a Free Methodist
clergyman James William Nield and his wife Hannah née
Stott. In 1891, the family were living in Louth, Lincolnshire,
but by 1901 had moved to Ripley in Derbyshire. Frank Nield had left home and was working as an "operator and retoucher to (a) photographer." He also moved to Ripley, and appears to have opened a studio in Oxford Street in 1906. He also had a branch studio at 83 Middleton Road in Loughborough (Leicestershire) in 1908. Randolph Nield joined his brother in the business prior to 1912, and Frank appears to have withdrawn in 1913. Run by Randolph, the studio continued operating in Oxford Street, Ripley, with a possible branch in Bakewell, until at least the early 1930s. |
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Unidentified
young woman by Randolph C. Nield of Oxford St, Ripley Date Format: Post Card Size: Images © & courtesy of Roy Sims Notes by RS: Several portraits
(of whom only one was identifed) were all taken late twenties to early
thirties. My mother, prior to her marriage in 1934, was employed at
Strutt's cotton mill in Belper. It seems the practice amongst the
girls was to have photographs taken and then hand copies to friends in
the mill. This is undoubtedly how she aquired so many. I
hope someone might even identify the subjects who I feel probably come
from the Belper/Heage/Milford area. |
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References
Images kindly provided by Roy Sims 1841-1901 UK Census - online from Ancestry.com FreeBMD International Genealogical Index - online from the LDS church North East Midland Photographic Record - Picture the Past Anon (1912) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire 1912, Kelly's Directories Ltd., London. Anon (1932) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire 1932, Kelly's Directories Ltd., London. Adamson, Keith I.P. (1997) Professional Photographers in Derbyshire 1843 - 1914, The PhotoHistorian, No. 118 Supplement, September 1997, ISSN 0957-0209. Courtesy of John Bradley. |
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