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Old 30-04-20, 11:28 AM
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I thought I would put these on the thread for those of a Naval persuasion to view.
I found them on a market stall in Totnes a few years ago in an old sandwich bag with only one of the epaulettes showing. Imagine my surprise when I found the service record, photographs and letter
Sad that this mans career should end up on a stall in a flea market.
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Old 30-04-20, 11:33 AM
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But great that they've been rescued.
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Old 30-04-20, 01:46 PM
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Cool Totnes Market

Third Tankie, was this the Friday market at Totnes?

If I am in the area I always try to attend, a guy called Rick Broad who used to sell up in the room above had lots of good badges, I think he lives abroad now.

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Old 30-04-20, 02:19 PM
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Great to read they've been saved - well done!!!

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Old 30-04-20, 03:33 PM
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Amazing find, thanks for showing them. Now to throw a spanner in the works. I would assume that the CPO badge is for Edgar St John, lovely badge and it appears to me that he was commissioned as a Warrant Officer, hence the shoulder straps. He would therefore not have been a Midshipman so I wonder if the portrait photo is of his son or another family member. Usually Middies were commissioned to Sub-Lts.
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Old 30-04-20, 03:35 PM
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Rob,
Yes the Friday antiques market, and yes I remember Ricks stall upstairs.
This Navy group however was on a stall in the main market, an older trader from Dartmouth. The story he told was that the family just wanted to sell them so I didn`t haggle on the asking price as I did think that it was sad that this proud young officers career had ended up in a sandwich bag amongst a lot of old "Tat".

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Old 30-04-20, 03:42 PM
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Alex,
You have mirrored my thoughts as the single photo looks to be quite modern compared to the group photo. So yes probably an incomplete family collection.

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Some of my very best finds have come from market stalls as house clearance people use them as as outlet. They are nearly always worth attending.
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Didn't even know there was an antiques market in Totnes (bonkers place with its own monetary system - nicely summed up by the graffiti on the Welcome to Totnes sign to which someone has added "Twinned With Narnia"). Is that still going (well at least up to lockdown)

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Old 01-05-20, 10:26 AM
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I haven't been to Totnes for many years but there was a general antique collector's street/covered market on the day that we visited. I imagine that it was a regular event.
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