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per 2016 email from Martin Rush: "
I have long wondered who photographer Geoffrey E Peachy might be, and tonight I found myself accumulating lots of bits and pieces about him (as always happens once you have got the first few facts to search on). (eg Obituary 1965 aged 79 by Royal Photographic Society -- "he lectured frequently on Roman-British Archaeology". He was also a member of the JRS.) ...

You may just be interested in a match for his photo HEIR 43117 -- undated in HEIR but published by Peachey in the Ilford News (a small magazine for photographic societies) Series 1 number 6 April 1939. The photo was part of a cheery article Peachey wrote on photographing Roman Britain (attached and see below). On the photos, there could be a *very* slight difference in angle - hard to tell with a poor clarity magazine print - but surely the same time and position.


His short article ... ends with an call to the members of photographic societies to get involved with recording the many digs going on at the time. He assures them of a warm welcome from the diggers, and warns them not to worry about "the widely held belief that archaeologists are elderly long-bearded patriarchs"
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Here's how he finishes off: "What I have set out to do is to endeavour to awaken an interest in our great heritage in other photographers, and to get them to carry on and extend this type of work. There are excavations always being carried on in some part of the country, and proficient amateur
photographers, especially those who have taken the trouble to study the subject to some extent, are always welcomed by the Excavation Committees if they will record accurately the discoveries in situ as they are made. Who is better qualified to undertake this work than members of photographic societies ? Incidentally, the widely held belief that archaeologists are elderly long-bearded patriarchs will be rudely dispelled, as the majority of people working on such excavations are young undergraduates of both sexes. From a knowledge of a great many famous archaeologists, I cannot recall offhand any that are bearded !

Full exposure is necessary for all subjects, and over-development must be avoided, as it is nearly always necessary that all detail should appear in the final prints. Panchromatic negative material should be employed for preference."

per email from Martin Rush 24/08/2020: "Here Peachey styles himself ARPS (Associate of the Royal Photographic Society): he became an RPS Associate in 1930."