George Garland Professional photographer, Station Road, Petworth Born 4 May 1900 - died February 1978. George Garland was a professional photographer who worked in and around the Petworth area from 1922 until his death in February 1978. During this 50-year career he covered all aspects of the agricultural year, through the seasons, during a time when rural life was changing rapidly due to mechanisation and many of the old crafts were slowly dying out. Garland seemed conscious of this and took detailed photographs of each stage in crafts such as such as hoop-shaving, charcoal burning, hurdle and cider making and other rural crafts which have now almost disappeared.

Donovan EH Box Professional photographer, Guildford, Surrey   premises - 1 Quarry Street, Guildford - 1930 premises - 80 High Street, Guildford - 1938 home address - 21 Farnham Road, Guildford - 1936 21, Farnham Rd. is now demolished - re Roger Clarke

Around 1936 he assisted with the camera work of two Public Service films by the 'Guildford Cine Society'. One was a short drama and one a factual film, from a pre-NHS era, both made to encourage the public to make donations and raise funds for the Royal Surrey County Hospital. During 1943 the Surrey Archaeological Society, Castle Arch, Guildford produced a book which included plates by the photographer. It would appear that many of the 1930's photos shown in the Guildford Cathedral website were by Donovan although not credited. [awaiting confirmation]

Donald Ashley Birkinshaw 1922- 1988 Professional photographer Donald Ashley Birkinshaw was born on August 29th 1922 and attended Nottingham High School and Whitgift Grammar School, Croydon. From an early age the countryside, photography and classical music were his hobbies. His photographs were accepted for county magazines as early as 1938. He joined the civil service in 1939 working for the Home office, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Agriculture until 1946, the following year he produced his "Ashley Series" of postcards and calendars.

He stopped production in about 1953 as purchase tax made his profit margin too small to continue. From then onwards he only took photographs for his own pleasure. Donald never married, living with his mother on the Hogs back near Farnham, Surrey until 1970 when she died. He later moved to Wiltshire, Somerset and Cornwall where he died on June 25th 1988.

Wilfred Williams Ball 1853-1917 AKA - Wilfrid Ball

Born 4 January 1853 in the East End of London his parents were Benjamin Williams Ball and Sylvia Ball nee Good.
Although born in a poorer area of London, Wilfreds family was part of a very successful trading and banking family. His uncle, John, was a founding member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a further uncle, Thomas, was a Sugar Trader. Wilfrid's earliest career was as an accountant but he spent his spare time at the Heatherley School of Art in Chelsea and by 1877 was exhibiting his work, subsequently working with James Whistler.
For 20 years he painted landscapes and marine subjects and exhibited widely. He became President of the Society of British Artists in 1886. Living most of his life in London, he travelled widely throughout Europe and developed a close relationship with the counties of Sussex and Hampshire. His book 'Sussex - Painted by Wilfrid Ball' published in 1906 and 'Hampshire - Painted by Wilfrid Ball' published in 1909 brought his paintings to a much wider audience and significantly enhanced his popularity. Many of his paintings were used, and still are, on postcards and greetings cards.
He married Florence in 1895 and they moved to Lymington. He died in 1917 of heat exhaustion in Khartoum, Sudan, during WWI whilst working as an administrator for the British Army.
 
thanks to- Ashley Clarke, Belfast, 2012