Sepia Saturday 795 - 4th October 2025

 

We are going places at speed this week on Sepia Saturday. The speed, however, might just be dependent on how fast the little legs of the chap behind the driving wheel can. push along. At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter how fast you go, it is getting to your destination that matters. So, as Sepia Saturday motors towards its 800th week, why not join us by sharing an old photograph on or around Saturday the 4th October 2025, and then leave a link below. Where else might we be going in October - why not take a look:-

Sepia Saturday 794 : 27 September 2025

I decided that for October we should have a general theme of "Going Places" but looking at my choice of theme image for this week - the last Sepia Saturday in September - it looks as though we have already started on our journey. Of course, you don't have to be going places - perhaps you are just sat in a boat going up and down on the waves and feeling slightly sea-sick. Equally, you don't have to stick to the theme - this is Sepia Saturday where anything goes as long as it is old and photographic. Whatever your contribution might be, contribute it on or around Saturday 27th September 2025 and add a link to the list below. And then take a look at the places we are going to in October.

 

Sepia Saturday 793 : 20th September 2025

 

It's a team game, one where we all pull together, one where we share our favourite old photographs with fellow enthusiasts. That's Sepia Saturday - and that is also our theme for this week.  as this is Sepia Saturday, however, it is not like most other games. There are no rules. You can therefore either follow our theme image or completely ignore it. It's up to you. All we ask is that you share an old photograph on or around Saturday the 20th September 2025 and add a link to the list below. And during half time, you might want to look at the forthcoming fixtures here on Sepia Saturday.

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. 

Sepia Saturday 785 : 26 July 2025

 

According to my computer's Artificial Intelligence, "Berries, particularly blueberries, are often cited for their memory-boosting properties due to their high antioxidant content. Other fruits like oranges, strawberries, and grapes are also beneficial for brain health and memory". It6 is just a pity that the same Artificial Intelligence couldn't manage to remind me to put up the Sepia Saturday call this week. My eternal thanks to my friend and fellow Sepian, Barbara Rogers, for reminding me. Perhaps I could find the memory-enhancing fruit I need on this week's Sepia Saturday prompt image: there's oranges, grapes and pineapples there. Even if it doesn't provide you with a good memory, perhaps the image will provide you with a prompt for this week's Sepia Saturday. Post your post on or around Saturday 26th July and then add a link to the list below. And, whilst I remember, here is a preview of the August Sepia Saturday prompts.

Sepia Saturday 784 : Saturday 19th July 2025

 

Lovers of old photographs often suffer from a severe occupational hazard - an obsession with cataloguing. I have to confess that I am totally addicted to endless experiments with catalogues, filing systems, and indexing experiments. As soon as I look at one of my old photographs my mind immediately goes in search of a subject grouping, closely followed by a detailed inspection in order to identify potential key words. Most of my filing systems last a week or two, after which they are replaced by a new, better, improved approach. I could have been a great photographer/blogger/writer/philosopher/friend or whatever if it hadn't been for my addiction to cataloguing. This week on Sepia Saturday we celebrate our photographic filing systems and catalogues. All you need to do is to share an old photograph on or around Saturday 19th July and add a link to the list below. And so that you can see what is around the corner I have just done a search in my filing system for "Sepia Saturday" and come up with the following results!

Sepia Saturday 783 : 12 July 2025

 

Ella Jane and her cousin have a Coke in a Soda Fountain before they go to the movies - what scene could be more redolent of the 1950s than that? That is the beauty of old photographs - they are time machines that can transport us through time more efficiently than any H G Wellsian time mechanical contraption. Sepia Saturday provides you with an opportunity to fly your Time Machine and share the view with other enthusiasts. Just post your old photographs on or around Saturday 12th July 2025 and add a link to the list below. And, whilst you are up there in your flying Time Machine, have a look down to see what is in store for the rest of July on Sepia Saturday.

Sepia Saturday 782 : 5 July 2025

 

Our theme image this week is entitled "Saturday Afternoon Street Scene" or perhaps it should be "Sepia Saturday Afternoon Street Scene"! Of course, it doesn't need to be Saturday nor does it need to be a street scene. Just share any old photograph and tell us a little bit about it on or around Saturday 5th July 2025 and add a link to the list below. And when you have done that, take a look at what is to come here on Sepia Saturday.

Sepia Saturday 781 : 28 June 2025

 

Sometimes all you need is a name. You can be sorting through a pile of old family photographs, desperately trying to work out if the subject is your Great Uncle Joe or Cousin Mabel's young nephew, when you suddenly find a name pencilled on the reverse of the photograph and all your questions are answered. Of course, it is Harold Elk! And then you suddenly realise that you haven't the slightest idea who on earth Harold Elk is, and you have never come across that name before. And then you are back at square one: sat on one end of a plaster bench, lost and alone. Share your old photographs - whether you know who they are or you don't - here on Sepia Saturday. Just post your post on or around Saturday 28th June 2025 and add a link to the list below.

The prompt photographs for July all come from the collection of the US National Archives on Flickr Commons. Here is a preview of the month ahead.

Sepia Saturday 780 : 21 June 2025

 

Sorry, late again. Car broke down on a mountain road. Memo to self - buy a new car!

Sepia Saturday 779 : 14th June 2025

 

"Man With A Chair" is a familiar caption for all collectors of old photographs. If old photographs are anything to go by, the average man - and indeed woman - of the first part of the twentieth century did little else but stand next to a chair and have their photograph taken. There are reasons, of course, for the use of chairs as props in early photographs: shutter speeds were slow and subjects had to keep still for a long time. So this week get out your men standing, your women standing and even your chairs standing. Whatever is standing, post you post on or around Saturday 14th June 2025 and add a link to the list below. And whilst you are standing about, take a look at what is next on Sepia Saturday.

Sepia Saturday 778 : Saturday 7th June 2025

 

For those who like themes, there are plenty of themes in this week's Sepia Saturday image. There are swans, rivers, boats and food. Whatever olkf photograph you are wanting to share this week will probably fit into one of those categories. So share your old images on or around Saturday 7th June 2025 and add a link to the list below. And we have themes a-plenty this week because we not only have the future themes for the rest of June, there is the July collection as well.

Sepia Saturday 777 : Saturday 31 May 2025

 

Railways, photography, the motor car, film and radio: some of the key inventions of the last two hundred years that have done so much to shape the world we live in now. This week, on Sepia Saturday, we celebrate two of these - photography and radio. Our theme image shows a photograph from eighty years ago of a man using a radio transmitter. All you need to do is to imagine that he is inviting you to share your hold photographs on Sepia Saturday by posting a post on or around Saturday 31 May 2025 and add a link to the list below. After which you can look forward rather than looking back - and see what is to come on Sepia Saturday over the next few weeks.