3 INSANELY FASCINATING photo investigations. Paul McCartney, The Brontes and The Solway Spaceman.
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Three photos, three investigations and three INSANELY FASCINATING stories.
The Solway Firth Spaceman.
It's fascinated and intrigued thousands of armchair detectives around the world. It's been hotly debated for over 60 years but here's some new evidence that casts light on the mystery.
Were we really visited by an alien from outer space on 23rd May 1964 or is there a more earthly explanation to this riddle? It was 'debunked' some years ago but many still do not believe the explanation.
The photograph has been unexplained for decades - but this video gets us closer to the truth than ever before. It's one of the most famous photos of all time and we're going to deconstruct it like never before.
Image of moon used under licence from Shutterstock.com
The main photo in this presentation is copyright Jim Templeton 1964. It has been used for the purpose of criticism and review.
Copyrighted images are transformed and in a lower resolution. Care has been taken to comply with US fair use and UK fair dealing rules.
Fair Dealing.
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The Bronte Sisters. Les Sours Bronte.
The Brontë Sisters wrote some of the finest works in the English language including Wuthering Heights, Jayne Eyre and The Tennant of Wildfell Hall.
Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë and Anne Brontë were celebrities of the mid 19th century - There are no known photos of them.
Or is there?
In this video we're going to look at some key research into a recently discovered photograph that just COULD be them.
Researchers and arm-chair detectives have poured over every bit of detail of this photograph and many believe it IS them.
SPECIAL THANKS to Emily Ross - Independent Researcher.
Key research sources and further reading.
This is (what I understand to be) the original blog by the photo researcher who actually discovered the photograph. (Apologies in advance if I have got that wrong!) It’s incredibly well put together and a fascinating read.
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whatsupwithbrontania - Wordpress blog
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Making a Daguerrotype - A brilliant UA-cam video.
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The de-bunk by the Brontë Society.
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You may also be interested in this Facebook group - it’s filled with Brontë enthusiasts and Victorian photo-sleuths.
The ‘Bronte Photo’ - Who Are These Women?
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Images of the photograph in question (AKA Les Sours Brontë) have been treated as if in copyright - (some websites include a copyright credit.)
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The images of 'The Pillar Painting' have been treated as copyright of the National Portrait Gallery.
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Did Paul McCartney witness John Lennon's first gig without ANYONE noticing?
The main photo in this presentation is copyright Charlie Roberts 1957. It has been used for the purpose of criticism and review.
Research Sources
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I have always believed Annie’s head looks small because she is looking down at something in the grass (perhaps a flower) and, thus, her head is tilted forward making it so we cannot see her full head. I also thought perhaps the dome of the “space helmet” was simply a puff of clouds in the sky beyond…though I like your moon theory much better! Brilliant work!
I’m with you on the Bronte sisters! For me, there are lots of “connections” that support that the photo is of them. I wasn’t too sure until you mentioned the Daguerre-o-type and that cinched it for me because people went crazy over photography when it first came on the scene. It makes perfect sense that once the art advanced people would want to take photos of the Daguerre-o-types to have extra copies for family and friends who had passed on. Goodness, I do that today to preserve extra copies of old family photos!
Loved this!!
I really like your theory about the moon in the spaceman photo. I absolutely believe it was the photographers wife who had wondered into the background and was walking away to look at the view. I figured she must have been wearing something white on her head or maybe it was a cloud in front of her in the sky. But it does seem likely it was the moon base on your research. Great video 👍
Nice to see you again!!! Tez 😊
The apparent smallness of her head could have simply been the result of her looking down at some flowers.
Yes! To me it looks like she's wearing a thin, perhaps see-through white kerchief/scarf on her head.
She probably put on a white cardigan, as she was feeling chilly in her sleeveless dress
Oh yes, I agree.
The figure in the Quarrymen photo looks nothing like McCartney. He is still alive so ask him if he was there.
it looks more like buddy holly
That would be the logical thing but easier said than done.
Yes, just ask him. ?!
The photo of the Bronte sisters is most definitely them. I also believe they spent some time in France, for Anne's health, they taught at a school there. It really annoys me when these so called experts renounce things as not being them. Ladies in France have worn straw hats since the 18th Century. You can take a normal Breton hat and shape it however you want, turning up the sides make it easier to fasten with a ribbon for the UK weather.
Sounds to me like the Bronte Society have dismissed the photo because they don't own it.
You’re not the first to say that!
Regarding the "spaceman." I've been a photographer most of my life, and it's amazing what you don't see when you're taking a photo, that only becomes apparent when you look at it later. It could easily have been his wife who wandered into the photo, and whom he failed to notice at the time and to recall as having been in it.
Let's face it, we only have the Dads say so that his wife was behind him and that there was no one else around at the time🤨 But the reason for this discrepancy is there were 3 photos taken within a few seconds of each other, confirmed by the photo technician of the counter on the negatives. The moon, nor the 'wife' were present in either photo taken a few seconds before and after this one.
The Jenny Linde hat. Photographers may have had props, ie hats for clients to wear. And people would have wanted to wear the most current fashion.
The moon is a interesting theory but was there a moon visible in the 2 photos without the “spaceman “ ? You would have to see the moon in the other shots also.
Love these investigations! I'm with you on the spaceman being the wife, and the photo of "Les Seurs Bronte" being genuinely of the Bronte sisters. Not sure about Paul McCartney, though. Wouldn't Paul have mentioned seeing a gig by The Quarrymen in one of the gazillion of interviews he's given? Why wouldn't he have mentioned this gig?
Many working class people in the U.S. had their photo taken-and they weren't famous either.
Same here in England.
The Brontë photo analysis was brilliant!
This was extremely interesting. Could i suggest a future video on the obvious differences of the birth Paul McCartney and post 1966?
Definitely think it's the sisters
Outstanding. Smart, well written, and beautifully shot.
Wow thanks Steve, that’s so nice of you. Tez 😊
Fascinating. I want to point out that the first time I saw the photo of the girl and spaceman, I I identified it as it has been revealed here because that's just what it looked like to me. Being a photographer myself, I tend to see things in a photo for what they are. I can also identify the focal length of a lens and account for depth of field. I saw the photo and immediately saw a woman walking away from the camera, perhaps with her head tilted slightly down. What spaceman? Where? You mean that woman? I couldn't account for the white "dome," however. The moon has solved that mystery, thank you. People seem so quick to believe the fantastic before they will ever consider natural explanations. Oh, and in addition to being a photographer, I was also an investigative journalist, and am now an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker. Perhaps that helps. And yes, I subscribed. I don't want to ever miss one of these great videos.
Such an insightful comment and wow about the Emmy award! Thank you so much for watching and commenting, means a lot. Tez
Space man photo: I think you are correct, it’s a fake.
Brontë: I think It’s them! My daughter is a fan of the Brontes.
McCartney/Lennon: I think it could be him, why doesn’t someone ask him before he dies?
So, just a random observation here regards the Bronte photo. I am still 100% open as to whether or not it is the Bronte sisters, but .... with the reply from the Bronte Society asking 'why would anyone want to paint or photograph them?' and 'a comparison of the womens features with those of portraits in existence ....'. I am presuming from that there are, in that case, portraits, if not paintings, in existence! Wouldn't the answer to the first question be 'for exactly the same reason that they had their portraits done'?
I agree with your findings on the first two photos. Not convinced that's Paul in photo 3 but you make a good case. I thoroughly enjoyed your video! And I look forward to you asking Paul if that is him in the photo. Thanks!
Your moon theory seems to solve the conundrum perfectly.
Time stamps for any that need them. I apologise if they are already included somewhere.
Introduction.
The Solway Firth Spaceman: 0:57
The Bronte Sisters: 14:38
Is That Paul McCartney?: 38:57
That’s really helpful, thank you. Tez
I love your videos, particularly those about analyzing or debunking famous photographs. I'd have some suggestions. How about the tulip staircase or the Raynham House ghosts? 👻BTW, I'm with you. It's the Brontes on that photograph. 😉
Thanks Andrea! I will Google those things and stick them on my list! Tez 😊
Surely Jim’s wife would have said at the time that it was her after the development?
I really want it to be Charlotte. I’m having a hard time as it is from not knowing the real face of Jane Austen. As a massive fan of both writers I really need some closure 😅
I think the girl who could be Ann looks a lot like Patrick Bronte.
Me too…it has bothered me no end that we can’t know what Jane Austen really looked like (and to potential scolds out there, I know it’s silly to obsess on things one can do nothing about _but I shall continue to do so_). Siblings’ attempts at portraiture are appreciated, but it must be said that Cassandra Austen and Branwell Brontë seem to have had approx. the same skill level…
70M Yank here who's been around the block a few times and I love your videos. Your combo of curiosity and sharp reasoning is fantastic. Your tight video editing is frosting on the cake. Well done on all fronts, and I look forward to your next post!
Thank you so much Pete! Tez 😊
Plot twist: the wife has been trying to tell people that's her for sixty years but no one listens to a sixties housewife woman, lol.
I found the entire video smashing! Well done my friend.
Thanks Mark! Tez 😊
I've wondered about that spaceman photo for decades. Excellent job!
Thanks Elliot 😊
You definitely need to ask McCartney!
I have to say that when an “official” society or similar group sets their collective jaw against a new theory, I immediately think of what exactly they have to lose by new research. Think of Edward de Vere as the real Shakespeare. Is it likely a seemingly illiterate man wrote the “Shakespeare” plays and poetry or more likely that a member of Eliz I’s court did?
I think that is the Brontë sisters. The curators just want to protect their memorabilia profits.
I think Annie was also looking slightly down and to the right as he snapped the photo.. that is how it seems to me. This would account for the “shortening”appearance of the top of her head in front of the moon.Entirely plausible.. i am new here and already love this channel and your personality and presentation!! Great stuff!
This is where history is helpful. You can see some weather is suddenly rolling in. The clouds behind that particular photo and the wind blowing the little girl's hair all the way forward from the back. While there was no wind, the woman in the photo wouldn't have had a hat and scarf on. But you can bet the farm that as a woman of that time she would have run to the car for the hat and scarf she wouldn't leave home without.
Hairstyles then we're very meticulously coiffed, but they did not have the kinds of strong long-lasting hairspray that came out later. It was absolutely standard for middle class white women everywhere to cover their hairdo in the wind or even wear a cap and scarf to bed to keep it in place.
I remember that at about this time certain nylon blends that were shiny were very fashionable. Pulse scarves are several threads in a scarf would be almost iridescent sometimes.
I think that she, being a mother, notice the quick change of weather, ran to fix her hair with her hat and scarf, and then quickly ran up that knoll to look at the weather coming in. She was hurrying to see if there was any danger and that's why she was so quickly in the frame.
I have experienced all kinds of strange and interesting phenomena and so I always have an open mind. Play coming up with practical solutions to everything you can make those moments that are unexplainable all the more thrilling.
Having done some interesting play in a darkroom myself, we delighted in doing things like this in college. WAAAAY before photoshop,
We re-created some iconic supernatural photographs. The spaceman could also be an old woman in a white sweater and scarf, seen from the back. I actually DO believe there are many things that are unexplained at the moment. But having experience in "alteration" I'm VERY VERY skeptical of photo and video "evidence." They ARE out there.....we just don't actually have photographic evidence yet.
Agreed!!!
I’m a Believer x 3! You’re theories are spot on.
You watched all three!! 🏆
Even if it was Paul (which I think it was) I doubt that Paul would confirm as it goes against the official Beatles narrative since they hit the big time in 63 that Paul first saw John perform at the church fete where he met him for the first time too and played Twenty Flight Rock for John between sets. Paul did confirm though in the Philip Norman biography that he was aware of John as one of the local teenagers.
Great channel, keep up the great work😎👌
I definitely think you have a point here!!! And thank you, Tez
Interesting channel. Stumbled across it this morning while looking for Bronte related articles. I agree that it is them too. Charlotte has a very haunting look about her. Beatles photo, I agree also that this is indeed, Paul McCartney watching.
I am so pleased you stumbled upon us!! Thank you so much for watching and commenting, always nice to hear from a Bronte fan 😊. Tez
The 3 photos of McCartney in glasses “pre-Beatles” were not pre-Beatles. Probably why they were edited in so quickly 😂
Exactly 😆
Plus they were mostly pics of Paul actually wearing John’s glasses for a laugh
I really like the concept of your channel! All the research you put into it makes it VERY interesting.
And I'm very interested in all three of these topics and I've read extensively on the "spaceman" and the Brontës, a particular interest of mine (and I was a huge Beatles fan back in the 60's with a big crush on Paul LOL).
I think your explanation for the "spaceman" photo makes a lot of sense -- and makes me wonder why it took so many years for anybody to come up with it. I've read so many over-heated theories by paranormal researchers and now I'm just shaking my head at the simplicity of it all.
I can't agree about the photo of the 3 women, though. To me there is just no way those women are the Brontës, for numerous reasons but mostly it comes down to a gut feeling that the shy, self-conscious (and in Emily's case, highly reclusive) Brontë sisters ever would have posed for a photograph in such a stylish looking, self-assured manner. To me the photo just looks staged. But that's just my opinion. In any case I enjoyed watching yours.
As for Paul, I think it does resemble him though I have no idea if it is him or not (IMO Paul's nose is slightly straighter but could be the camera angle) and how did my 11- and 12-year old glasses-wearing Paul-obsessed back then self never know he wore glasses too 😂.
I'm with you. I love mysteries historical ones in particular. After reading Jane Eyre in fifth or sixth grade and I was hooked. I was also a HUGE Beatle fan - hell, I even watched them on the Ed Sullivan show and fell in love.
I think you’re spot on regarding the spaceman. As fun as it is to ascribe a spaceman to the image, I had more fun laughing at myself as your brilliant explanation melted away my imagined spaceman.
For the spaceman photo, my first thought was a woman walking away wearing a head scarf. I don’t see her head being part of the moon. Back in that time wearing a scarf over the hair on a windy day was very common. A two color headscarf is what I think it is. I don’t see how it could be mistaken as a “spaceman”. Especially seeing how the arm is bent.
Good point. Tez
Ask Paul! I'm sure he'd be interested - and he'd know! I think it's Charlotte, and Anne!
I love the Bronte section. Absolutely fascinating. Thank you!
My pleasure 😊
Thank you for watching
I think you raise really good points. I appreciate your channel very much. Many thanks!
Thank you so much Maria. Tez 😊
Only pic of the three that I'm interested in is Charlotte Brontë (real name Charlotte Brunty).
In fact, Charlotte's father Patrick changed the name from Brunty to Brontë because he believed it sounded more 'upmarket' 😂
This was after he discovered that Admiral Nelson had the title - Duke of Brontë.
Where Patrick Brunty changed his surname to Brontë by Deed Poll or simply just assumed it I don't know, maybe someone can tell me.
I think he just assumed it 😊
@@verynearlyinteresting Thank you!
Even the unsophisticated, drab & grey backwaters of South Yorkshire in the early 19th cent had its inhabitants who possessed delusions of self esteem & grandeur it would seem. 😂
Great stuff, I really would like to think it's Paul, i'm sold on the sisters and the spaceman photo was so well investigated that i'm convinced that the moon aligned with the lady's head. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Stuart. Tez 😊
Re bronte’s - I’d like to think it is,
Re spaceman - well broken down
Re Beatles - if it’s Paul wouldn’t Paul say it was Paul - like to be fair he is alive to confirm or deny
Wow! First time I’ve ever seen any of your videos. You have done so well with the Astronaut photo! Very smart of you!!!
Thank you very much, that’s kind of you. Tez
Fascinating, very well done! If indeed the apparent ages of the sisters correspond to those at the plausible time of the photo, the consistencies would be so uncanny it would be an even more stunning and implausible coincidence for them to have been anybody else.
Wow, your explanations are on point. You've definitely convinced me, on all counts.
Oh thank you! 😊
I just discovered your channel a few hours ago and I've been binging your videos non-stop since then. I think all of your research, and your conclusions are extremely compelling and I'm convinced completely, except for one thing that I vehemently disagree with...that these videos are not "nearly" interesting, they are absolutely fascinating, and brilliantly done. I'm hooked, and now on to the next video. I can't wait for more.
Thank you so much Giarcima, what an amazing comment to wake up to. Tez
Great vid. Really interesting. The Church fête meeting in Woolton in 1957 makes you realise that by the time the Beatles released Sgt Pepper John and Paul had been working together for 10 years!
Brilliant! Love watching and listening to you. You cause me to think. Horrors! Thinking, what a concept. LOL
Thank you James!!! :)
Its Jamie Davies I live in Carlisle City in the UK I'm very very very interested in The Solway Firth Spaceman photograph Very Nearly Interesting my mate and friend...
I m not sure i watched this one …but anyway, doesn’t matter I enjoyed it now and …Great video! I totally agree with u , it’s a photo of the Bronte Sisters alright! I m a visual artist, illustrator, I worked over 10years on the Bronte family subject, created a collection and had an exhibition in the Bronte Museum. For me it’s obvious it’s the sisters , and it is a great finding! Thanks for taking the time to seriously look into this matter! Best wishes
Ps The Beatles it looks amazingly like Paul on his bike…and probably it is and probably he doesn’t remember! It’s too a great finding!
Great observation about the space man photo. It is quite obvious it is the mother and the moon just happens to align perfectly with her head. Not a spaceman/alien for sure. I am not certain it is the Bronte sisters but it sure enough can be. I am a huge Beatles fan and as far as the Rosebery street shot of a guy who looks like Paul McCartney. I can say from an excellent source that it is 100%NOT Paul McCartney, as my source knows Charles Roberts the photographer and Charles knew that guy and said it was not Paul McCartney.
Well, Paul is on record as saying that "He'd seen John perform before he met him." This is the only event he would likely have seen him perform at, the person does look like they are astride a bicycle, which Paul would have ridden to the location, he is wearing a sport coat like one that Paul often wore, he is wearing glasses like Paul wore at the time, photos of Paul McCartney taken from the same time period match the hairstyle of the person in the photo. ...
Who does your friend claim the person in the photo is?
@@Lethgar_Smith Good question, I never asked this credited source but I can perhaps, it was to me the important part was it was not Paul, so I did not need to go any further with it, but now that you asked I can certainly ask soon.
I actually thought the explanations in this video claiming it’s Paul McCartney were weak. There weren’t other kids that age at that time that biked places and wore light colored jackets? I’m mean, it could be Paul McCartney. With how good the explanations were for the other 2 photos though, I wasn’t convinced with this last one. I think this guy wants it to be Paul McCartney and is biased
Also, he did a good job showing depth of field for the spaceman photo. I think depth of field may explain why this guy looks taller. The other people may have been closer to the stage. But even then, even if the guy was proven to be the same height, that could still be coincidental
@@AngelaMastrodonato The biggest piece of evidence is that Paul McCartney himself says he was there. And a photo appears that shows someone that looks a lot like him in the crowd. I think that's pretty compelling.
Fabulous editing. Subbed!
This video is certainly very interesting 🤔
Never mind the spaceman. What about the girl’s haircut
OH! Excited for you! You are well on your way and I am very nearly interested in watching you grow as a creator and a channel
Brilliant analysis of the spaceman photo. Can't really accept your takes on the Bronte sisters or McCartney photos though.
Wasn't ready to agree with the McCartney picture until I saw your evidence.
The other two make total sense.
It's quite incredible to think we could be looking at two weeks prior to two legends getting together. The odds of two talents being in the same place at the same time staggers me.
I remember that Simpsons episode 😆
THANK YOU! Little Women holds a reference of Jo wearing "an old wide awake hat" and I have never been able to find a reference.
I can sleep again.
Oh wow!! 😮
I think your analysis of the Bronte picture is really interesting, but I'd be interested in any extrapolation of their relative heights - Emily was a good 6+ inches taller than Charlotte, so if there's any way of guessing height from the photo it would be pretty key evidence either way.
Yes a very good point … Tez
Yes, that would be good but there is nothing to reference in the photo.
The “Spaceman” story always annoys me. CLEARLY it is the mom! When the dad says no one else was there, did he forget his own wife exists? Gah.
Sir! You've solved the space man photograph mystery. You need to go and collect your years supply of free Kodak film 😊
Wendy … I’m filling out my claim form as I type this. Tez 😉
1st picture, I always thought that the 'spaceman' looks like a seagull or equivalent bird in mid flight.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. I’d love you to contact Paul M to ask him directly. Take a punt and ask his agent. Big thumbs up for your channel
1. Makes sense to me.
2. Gotta be them. It looks like them
3. Can't you ask Paul? He's still alive.
The "spaceman" is not on a tilt relative to the horizon. The camera itself is tilted. The figure is standing perfectly straight.
You have convinced me about les sœurs Brontë photo. A motivation for Charlotte to have it taken might have been to send one to monsieur Heger in Belgium.
New subscriber!! The Algorithms have delighted me this Saturday evening! Great content!
Ahhh thanks so much Ghost Girl!! That’s a lovely thing to say. Thank you so much for subscribing 😊
One of the consistent ways to identify someone is the ears. The ears of the person in the video are much smaller than Paul's.
isnt paul.
Did anyone ask Jim’s wife where she was standing??? Lol
Definitely looks like Paul to me. Hope somebody has the opportunity to ask him about it!
Subscribed. More of this type of thing 👍
More to come!
… and thank you. Tez
This is very nearly my favorite channel!
Thanks Wendy. Means a lot 😉. Tez
Just discovered this channel. Bloody marvelous! Love it.🎉🎉🎉
Oh thank you Mel, that's so nice of you to say so. I'm so glad you found it! Tez :)
Umm that the pictures werent "developed" untill later, doesnt have to mean anything. Just as painters keep sketches of famous, influential, odd or otherwise prestigious and noteworthy, the photographer might have done the same. He might have heard about their writing endeavours, and maybe even read some of their work, or known them personally. And then, years later either the photographer, or whoever inherits their estate, thought, "could this be worth something?". Or maybe someone knew of a foreign connection to them, and asked "do you perhaps have any photos of the Brontes ? And it was payed and sent for, and then it either had a mishap on the way, had an incorrectly written adress, or the person who wanted it "passed away in the middle of his project". Painters kept sketches, for admirers, enemies, and fans to make copy- paintings, for others, OTHER than the subject or patron/customer that ordered it. And back then that was his right, as an artist. Why wouldnt a photographer do the same ? It might have been a travelling french photographer. Maybe he lost their adress, but kept the photos ? And someone present that KNEW OF the photo, perhaps even someone present, but, not IN the photo, might have asked for it, at a later point in time ? Or a publisher, with connections,maybe. The fact that its developed later, doesnt have to mean a darn thing. If you couldnt pay for the photos, for whatever reason, that could also be a reason. Or an old flame that got turned down, and then no longer wanted it ? Did France have a registry for photographers back then ? Or for the purchases of the chemicals used in the business ? Taxing ? Well, at least bureaucracy is good FOR SOMETHING. Also, they did as many things in a day as we do now, even if we are more fastpaced.Id be sceptical too though. It COULD be fake. But the whole, "it cant be it because it was developed later is BS". If it wasnt for housefires, we would have a lot more old pics today. And theres still a lot of treasures hidden in the nooks and crannies of old houses. Even inside walls and chimneys and such. Who knows what people might find as time goes on ?
What a brilliant comment. Thank you. Tez
Based on what is known about Emily Bronte's personality, I just can't imagine her going to a daguerrotype studio and sitting for a portrait. She was so reclusive. I think the photo is fascinating and does broadly resemble what they must have looked like, but ultimately, I am skeptical.
I can imagine her being persuaded if it was to be sent to someone they knew,rather than as a photo to be displayed in the home.
@@pheart2381 The photo said "Londres" (London) on the back. She couldn't be persuaded to go to the publisher Smith Elder & Co. to dispel rumors about her authorship, so I really do doubt she would go there to get her image taken.
Perhaps they had it taken to have as a future memento when one or more of them died. They weren’t strangers to untimely deaths in that family.
Looks like a bee keeper to me!
Certainly a fascinating thought
I always thought it looks like someone with their back to the camera, looking off to the side, wearing a head scarf which was the fashion of those days. I think I can just make out a bit of a glasses lens too.
how about a video of the village in a day in a life, during the 1800’s❤
That’s a really good idea. I’ll put that on my list, thank you. Tez
Great stuff! I just finished the vid. It took me awhile because I kept pausing to do a little side research. And to make more coffee.
I will def subscribe and dig through your vaults.
I can’t believe you were right up the street from me in the Woolton shots! I agree, I think it is Paul tbh.
On the Brontë Sisters…I *100%* think it is them. You can see that it’s Charlotte so clearly from the pillar portrait that we have as a comparison.
On the Spaceman photo…I think that you’ve made an excellent explanation of what makes it the wife…But as an amateur photographer myself, when I’m taking shots I’m *SO* particular & have to have the shot perfect that I do check the surroundings so thoroughly & make sure any friends or family are wayyy out of shot. So with that in my mind, I can’t imagine how he wouldn’t have remembered seeing his wife wander so so clearly from the background, right into the central backdrop/background of a picture that was planned as a portrait of his daughter. A photographer amateur or not, would immediately be aware & notice their companion or a stranger so boldly in view behind the subject. That’s what really throws me here.
Compare photos of Patrick Bronte with Ann in the photo.
I can certainly see a resemblance there.
It doesn't look like Paul. And height/jacket/bike are such lame attempts at "evidence" it's hilarious. And not believing the people who were there. Pretty desperate tbh
Wouldn't he have recognised his wife?
Tez, I really do enjoy your channel. That said, I find the incessant music a distraction from your narration. It’s all too busy and I wish you’d use more calm music, if any at all.
Hi Jay. You won’t be surprised to learn I get that a lot 😆. I’ll work on it, thanks so much for commenting, Tez
This was very, actually interesting ❤️
Just found your channel and like it! And Yes! Bronte sisters. Also Paul. And glad there's no spaceman.
You think like me 😉
Someone give this man a job solving crime🔍
😆😆😆. Inspector Tez … I can see it now 😎
Definitely the Brontes. I mean, the red telephone box, a dead giveaway. 👍
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I was getting out of my car in the early 70s and saw a very similar white clad figure walking down the middle of the road. It was around 2am . He had the white hat and visor too. He called out hello and I realised it was the local baker on his way to work. He was all suited up to prevent the flour dust getting in his lungs and mouth.
Awesome story 🤣
The shoe shiner is equally the first person to be photographed
A good point. And so is the little girl ...
"No two paintings of them look the same"... *proceeds to use a painting that happens to suit as reference* 😅😅
The Spaceman Pic is rubbish.
Look at the Pic. - the right arm is bending in the wrong direction for someone facing you.
All in all, it's an utterly unconvincing bit of nonsense.
The moon is certainly a possible theory for the 'helmet' appearance, however there's another which may be simpler, and more likely? In 1964, the fashionable hairstyle was short and set, fairly bouffant. Also, due to camera limitations, the photographer had to have the sun behind them, leading to a lot of squinty portraits, such as this. The helmet effect could simply be the sun shining through Annie's hair and creating a halo. I can recall a lot of similar photos in my childhood.
i skipped to a spot where I could look at the spaceman photo, before listening to the story. I can see why people could see a spaceman, but what I saw was a grey haired gentleman wearing a dress shirt and a cap, facing the other way, hand on hip or reaching into back pocket. Perhaps admiring the view.. He could use a haircut. It must have been a slow news day, and people are easily spooked. Now that I have listened to the story, I can see mom. I might suggest however, that in the 60s, ladies would often wear a hair bonnet.
I need this guy around when I lose my car keys...
A mans arm is on back to front if that was a visor over his face lol
Paul McCartney watching from the “wings” lol! Almost as funny as a guitarist named Denny Laine.
Definitely prefer longer videos to short ones😊
Noted!