Sepia Saturday 792 : 13th September 2025

 

That's what we like to see, a bit of good housekeeping! We may be in the middle of a field, it may be pouring it down with rain, there may be ants running up and down your pants, but let's keep those plates clean. We also like to see your old photographs, whether they are in line with any theme you may spot in the above photograph or not. Just post your posts on or around Saturday 13th September 2025 and add a link to the list below. And then take a look at what is to come here on Sepia Saturday.

Sepia Saturday 791 : Saturday 6th September 2025

 

Life isn't always a picnic on the beach - but when it is, let's take a photograph of it. Our theme image this week features a group having fun with a picnic on the beach. The date could be the 1930s or it could be the 1950s; it really doesn't matter. It's an old photograph being shared with the world, and that is what Sepia Saturday is all about. Share your old photographs on or around Saturday 6th September 2025 by posting a post and adding a link to the list below. And then have another pork pie, another glass of lemonade ... and take a look at what comes next here on Sepia Saturday.

Sepia Saturday 790 : Saturday 30 August 2025

 

Travel has always been a central theme in photography. Ever since the days of the first Box Brownies, we have got our cameras out at weddings and when we go on holiday. Our theme image this week features a couple of motorcyclists from 90 years ago, with their motorbikes and set against a faded seaside scene. The lady is my mother, the gentleman was a family friend - and the chap with the camera would have been my father. They were travelling - in this case to the village of Blue Anchor in Somerset. You can go where you like for Sepia Saturday 790 - the destination is yours to choose. All you need to do is to post us a link to your old photographs on or around Saturday the 30th August 2025. And when you have done that, take a look at our September programme of theme images in order to decide where you will travel to next.

Sepia Saturday 789 : 23 August 2025

 

There was a period at the beginning of the twentieth century when family photography moved out of the confines of the studio and into the open air. This was the age of amateur photography: cameras and film had developed to such an extent that ordinary people - enthusiasts, at least, could afford to buy cameras and start taking photographs. Cameras and films had not progressed far enough, however, to enable such photographs to be taken without a plentiful supply of natural light - and so garden photographs suddenly became popular. This week on Sepia Saturday you can share your photographs taken in the garden, of the garden, outside the garden .... or nowhere near the garden. Simply share an old photograph on or around Saturday 23 August 2025 and add a link to the list below. And then you can pop out into the garden and see what is coming in the next few weeks on Sepia Saturday.

Sepia Saturday 788 : 16th August 2025

 

It's the middle of summer (well, it is in the Northern Hemisphere) and here on Sepia Saturday we are paddling in the seas of nostalgia. To protect our bodies from the sun we are hiding in the shade of countless memories, represented by a host of old photographs. Join us by sharing an old photograph or two either on themes (bathing suits, beaches, sand) or off theme (giant vegetables, top hats, or whatever you want) on or around Saturday 16th August 2025 and add a link to the list below.

And whilst the salty waves wash over your sun-tanned toes, take a look at what is around the next corner here on Sepia Saturday (and the one after that and the four after that!)

Sepia Saturday 787 : 9th August 2025

 

It's a sad state of affairs when you are so old you become a Sepia Saturday prompt. Nevertheless, that is me in the centre of the picture - not the one with the long ears, but the little cute chap taking his first ride on a seaside donkey. I don't look too thrilled at the prospect, and, if truth be told, neither does the donkey. However, like the brave little soldier I was, I posed for the photograph in the knowledge that it would come in useful over three quarters of a century later as a Sepia Saturday prompt. Find in it what you will - cute little chaps, donkeys with big ears, seaside sands ... or whatever. Whatever old photograph of your own it brings to mind, share it on or around Saturday 9th August 2025 and add a link to the list below. And here is a reminder of what is to come for the rest of the month.

Sepia Saturday 786 : 2nd August 2025

 

It is summer. We are sat on the pier. We have our overcoats on because it is Britain and it is cold. Everything is all right and everything is as it should be .... except the world seems to be tilting to the left. For those who like to look for themes for their Sepia Saturday offerings, there are themes a plenty here - from flat caps to straw baskets. For those who just like sharing old photographs why not get yourself off your seat and share your photos on or around Saturday 2nd August 2025 and add a link to the list below.