Phil Sutters' photos with the keyword: Pritchard

Muriel is my late mother. The car is a 19 litre Mercedes Maybach tourer, which Percy Pritchard owned in earlier years and which formed part of his funeral cortege. The noisy aero-engined car needed special permission from the Hereford Cathedral authorities before it could enter the cathedral precincts.

There is no indication where this was taken, but the cars, what one can see of them, are clearly racers. Our Marjory was a bit of a speed freak! The only racing circuit I know of, from that era was Brooklands in Surrey. Having seen a couple of photos of the pits area, there are distinct similarities - enough for me to suggest that it could have been there. 10.9.2015 I have now had it confirmed by Andrew Lewis, Curator of the Brooklands Museum & Archive, that this is indeed Brooklands. He says of the figures on the right 'A second look at the photo leads me to recognise Sammy Davis, the noted Bentley driver next to Seagrave.' Henry Seagrave is in driver's overalls on the right. I have included this in the 'Family cars.......' album as it underlines Marjory's enthusiasm for motor cars.

I don't know who Mrs. Clarke was, but I assume that, as she only appears in the Brussels photos, she was someone the Pritchards visited, while on their travels.

Two of my Great Aunts 'doing' Europe.

Having searched for Berkshire Aviation Tours, I now know that after the First World War, there were a lot of trained pilots and a fair number of surplus planes about and so the aerial joy ride business evolved. Many of the concerns were very small with some only having one plane. Initially it was largely unregulated, but after a few mishaps, legislation followed. This could be an Avro 504 as is recorded belonging to Berkshire Aviation in this accident report from 1929 aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=25078

Once again I am only guessing at the people in the picture.

This looks like a view that would still be recognizable today. If you can pin it down that would be good. Having looked at the map online, I wonder if the community on the far bank of the Wye is Fownhope. The Wye has so many twists and turns that there are probably several places with similar views.

It's not the views that I need help with here, but the cars. There seems to be a distinct gender division here.The two gents and what looks like an Airedale dog have bagged the big car while the ladies are in the smaller runabout.

I am sure that this is a well-known landmark - probably in the countryside around Hereford. It certainly is a spectacular waterfall.

A neighbouring photo, with similar stonework, gives the location as on top of the Arc de Triomphe, so I assume that this one is also up there.

While I am fairly sure that the lady all in black, is Marjory's twin, Phyllis, I am not sure who the lady in the light-coloured hat is. It could be another sister, Doris, who was some years older than the twins.