This is my great grand-uncle George Graham (1870-1956), from Ballynagilly, County Tyrone, Ireland. He bought "Woodview" - where I spent some of a magical summer holiday as a child, when it was being farmed by his son Robert.
George did some boxing in his youth, and still cut a formidable figure at the age of 85.
These really excellent photos come from a family history collection made by Anne - a second cousin, once-removed - who descended from the above George Graham (I am descended from George's older brother Nathaniel).
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I like old photos like this very much. You can tell right away that men like George were cut from a different cloth.
I bet George could have outworked or outdone any contemporary twenty-to-fifty year old macho guy in pretty much anything ... even at 85.
@Frank - I would like these photos anyway - I've always been interested in old agricultural stuff; but knowing he is a relative makes them extra special. He fought in the Boer War, then for a while alternated between farming in Ulster and (when farming was too depressed) being a miner in Northumberland. There's something impressive about the look in his eyes.
It looks like you have come from a breed of fighters!
@M - I think that trait must have fizzled-out somewhere en route to me.
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