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12201161292?profile=originalThe BBC website reports that... An American couple whose 1960s wedding album was destroyed by wildfire have rediscovered their photos in archives held by an English council. Chris and Lindy Date, who married in Cambridgeshire in 1963, lost their home when fires swept through California in August 2020.

Mr Date, who contacted Cambridgeshire's libraries service, said he was "pleased and amazed" they had been found. The council had been given the archive by a photographic company in the 1980s.

The Ramsey and Muspratt collection of negatives, given to Cambridgeshire Libraries' collection in the 1980s, comes to the rescue.

See the full story here: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-56401868

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Spotlight Photos GB

I'm wondering if anyone might be able to throw a bit more (spot) light onto this company? Taking 'walking pictures' across the UK between around 1932 until 1937 I would love to know more about how the business operated, or whether it was an early franchise system. All the Spotlight walking photos I have seen have three consecutive frames so were clearly taken using an adapted cine camera. I'll add a sample here but you can read more on my site at Spotlight GB.

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