Author Archives: petegrafton

The German Experience 1937 – 1972 & The Arran Series

Posted on 31st Mar 2017 by petegrafton

From the Pete Grafton Collection The German Experience Photo-snaps from The Third Reich to the Munich Olympics Breslau: following the end of the Second World War, and national boundary changes, Breslau became part of Poland and is now known as Wroclaw. … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany, People, Scottish Rural, Vintage Photos | Tagged Atika brand cigarettes photo, Baltic Beach chair 1950s photo, Braunschweig 1950s, Camouflaged German Army quarters Eastern Front, Das Gewissen Steht Auf Mosaik-Verlag 1954, Flensburg Hitler Youth, German army butcher, German soldiers with bottles of beer in wood, Heimat The Good Years photo 1, Heimat The Good Years photo 2, Injured German soldiers in hospital, Isle of Arran, Lochranza, Lochranza black and white photos, Munich Olympics motorcade 1972, Plon Germany 1943, The Nemesis of Power by Wheeler-Bennett, Zum Beispiel 42 Deutsche | Leave a comment

A 1950s Scottish Photo Album + Soho London 1966 & 2007

Posted on 24th Feb 2017 by petegrafton

A 1950s Scottish Photo Album + Soho London 1966 & 2007. (Two Worlds) ____________________________________ A 1950s Scottish Photo Album Photo captions: Pete Grafton. A selection of photos from a Scottish photo album, bought in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, 2007. The black and white and … Continue reading →

Posted in England, France, Germany, People, Scotland, Scottish Rural, Vintage Photos | Tagged 11 Air Formation Signal Regiment, 127 film, 1950s Scottish photos, BAOR, Caffe Nero Old Compton Street, Compton News, Dirty White Boy Old Compton Street, Dundee tenement, Ford Anglia 1948, Ford Consul 1951, Ford Prefect 1953, Frank Norman, Harold Macmillan Never Had it So Good, Jeffrey Bernard, Lina Stores Brewer Street, Moulin Rouge 1957, Parmigiani Figlio, Police Internationale 1957, Purma Special camera, Queens Theatre Soho, Soho 1966 photos, Soho 2007 photos, Soho Books Old Compton Street, Soho London 1966, Soho Night and Day, Tony Abbro | 1 Comment

Coffee/Cafe

Posted on 27th Jan 2017 by petegrafton

Coffee/Cafe photos Pete Grafton _________________________________________________

Posted in England, Germany, Holland, People, Scotland, Switzerland | Tagged Amsterdam Schipol, Border Books, Buchanon Street Glasgow, Charing Cross Embankment cafe, Haarlem, Haarlem Grote Markt, Lavassa at Bern railway station, London Waterloo station, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, National Portrait Gallery cafe London, South Bank cafe | Leave a comment

Shop Windows at Night +amp; Women in Paris

Posted on 14th Dec 2016 by petegrafton

Shop Windows at Night + Women in Paris _________________ Shop Windows at Night photos Pete Grafton ___________________ *Unfortunately Veitches of Peebles is now closed. The ground floor is a Costa coffee shop now __________________ Women in Paris photos Pete Grafton … Continue reading →

Posted in France, Germany, Holland, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland | Tagged 1930s Mannequins Sweden, Almost French Sarah Turnball, Amsterdam shop window, Bern shop window, BHV store Rue de Rivoli Paris 4, Delicatessen window Peebles, Django in shop window Paris, Fashion on South Bank Paris 2010, Forsyth's Butchers shop window Peebles 2002, Girl on Pont des Arts Paris 1e, Gothenburg shop window, Ice Rink Hotel de Ville Paris 4e, La Domination Masculine poster, Lycee Didero Rue Francis Ponge Paris 19e, Marais District Paris 10e, Opera Metro Entrance Paris 9e, Ottenser Haupstr. Hamburg-Altona, Paris 9e, Trocadero Eiffel Tower Paris 16e, Veitch's Peebles, Woman at Trocadero Paris 16e, Woman by Anver Metro Bd. de Rochechouart Paris 9e, Women at Road Crossing Opera, Young women Avenue Secretan Paris 18e | 1 Comment

Girls and Young Women 1914 – 2006 + Scottish Rural: Carnwath Agricultural Show

Posted on 18th Nov 2016 by petegrafton

Girls and Young Women 1914 – 2006 & Scottish Rural: Agricultural Show, Carnwath ______________________ Girls and Young women 1914 – 2006 All photographs are from the pete grafton collection, except as detailed. ____________________________ The two … Continue reading →

Posted in England, Germany, Scotland, Scottish Rural, Vintage Photos | Tagged Calla Carnwath, Carnwath Agricultural Show, English Public Schoolgirls 1930s, Falconhall Schoolgirls Edinburgh 1916, FCUK Top High Street Edinburgh, Flensburg, Garry's Disco Van Carnwath, Ginestri's Ice Cream, Girl Scotland 1940, Girl with straw hat England 1914, Prize Rabbit, Scottish Country Dancing competition, Sheep shearing competition, Shepherds Crooks, Sisters 1920s Flensburg Germany, Swimwear 1930s, Texel sheep judging | Leave a comment