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Found - purse with family photos. Do YOU know these names?

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Vallhala · 08/05/2010 23:55

A few years ago I bought a purse in a Cambridge charity shop. It was filled with cuttings and photos, some going back to the 1920s, some of children in 1970's clothing. There were many photos of a lady at various ages... I can only assume that she was the owner of the purse and the children her grandchildren.

I think that perhaps she had passed away and the purse had been handed over by mistake. I've posted on local and genealogical websites over the years and even had an article in the Cambridge press about it but no-one has ever come forward to claim it.

I'd love to reunite it with it's family so if the names Kearney or Kitson ring bells with connections to Cambridge, Alexandria in Scotland or Barclays Rock (in the Isle of Wight??) please let me know.

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BikeRunSki · 08/05/2010 23:59

How lovely of you to try so hard to get the purse back to it's family.

SoMuchToBits · 09/05/2010 00:03

I know a Kearney family near Ipswich, but have no idea if they would have any connection with the other places you mention.

YourCallIsImportant · 16/05/2010 10:00

I'm in Alexandria but I'm not from here originally. DH's mum knows everyone so I'll ask her if she's heard of the names.

Vallhala · 31/05/2010 00:17

Thank you YCII. If it helps, the photo of Alexandria was on a newspaper cutting about the disruption caused by the nearby travelling fair upon what was either ordinary flats or older people's accomodation. There was a hand-written cross on one of the windows of the flats, marking where the writer was living/staying.

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KristinaM · 31/05/2010 00:21

maybe the lennox herald would do an article on it?

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