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Ann Fonsweer's Apple Limeway Haunts

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 The artist Ann Fonsweer, according to her diary, would often go for walks in the countryside around Apple Limeway. These photos maybe show what she would have seen on those walks. An unusal dip in a road, Cambridgeshire 1930 The generally flat Cambridge countryside A river near Apple Limeway An abandoned house in Apple Limeway, Cambridgeshire 1936 A bare tree, Cambridgeshire Abandoned farm building, 1934, Apple Limeway, Cambridgeshire Horse in field, 1937, Cambridgshire Though Ann's summer diary has a twee title, the contents are less so.   The Summer Diary of a Lady Artist is available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com .

Strange Discovery

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 A gentleman in Bedfordshire was listening to Cambridge105 Radio ,   and heard a mention of a reprint of The Summer Diary of a Lady Artist . He had lived in Apple Limeway briefly (where the events in the diary take place) so he investigated further and found an image on the title page of the book . Summer Diary of a Lady Artist frontispiece. Something struck him about the "logo", presumably of the publishing company: Two Sisters Publishing . Two Sisters Publishing logo It reminded him of something, something his grandfather had, an old black and white photo. He contacted me by email (at ckfonsweer@gmail.com ), with the scanned photo attached: Ann Fonsweer's cabinet?   The photo is old and the photographer was inexpert but it is clear what reminded him of the logo of Two Sisters Publishing. The gentleman thinks the photograph was taken in the 1950s or 1960s. It seems to be a (wooden?) cabinet, but what is inside is impossible to guess. And why his grandfather took a photo ...