Sepia Saturday 824 : Saturday 2nd May 2026

 

This week is the 824th week of Sepia Saturday so it is time for a celebration, and what better way to celebrate than with a cake. If you are wanting a theme you can have celebrations or cakes or two splendid ladies - the choice, as always, is yours. All you need to do is to choose an old photograph, say a few words about it, post your post on or around Saturday 2nd May 2026, and add a link to the list below. And if you want to know who these two are - I'll tell you a bit more about them in my own post on Saturday. As far as what awaits us during the next 824 weeks - well here is a sneak preview of the next couple of weeks,

Sepia Saturday 823 : Saturday 25th April 2026

 

I remember back in the 1950s and 60s, people often wanted their television sets including in photographs; those box-like, round-knobbed sets were the status symbol of their time. There may have been a similar trend in the 1920s to include radios in photographs, but, even I, am not old enough to remember that. So for your theme this week you can choose television sets, or objects, settees or china elephants. As always, the choice is yours - all you need to do is to share an old photograph on or around Saturday 25th April 2026 and leave a link on the list below. Once you've done that you can settle down and see what is to come over the coming weeks on Sepia Saturday.

Sepia Saturday 822 - Saturday 18th April 2026

 

Our theme image this week features an early twentieth century motor vehicle (the body of which, coincidentally, was built by my father's Uncle Albert). Leaving aside the family pride, you might want to use the image to prompt reflections on vehicles past and present, or, noting that the wagon was used to transport beer, you might want to take a diversion into the realm of beer bottles. And, as always, you can take a completely unchartered diversion to wherever you want - all we ask for is an old image and some new thoughts. Deliver them on or around Saturday 18th April 2026 and leave a link on the list below. 

Before asking you to turn your eyes to what will come next on Sepia Saturday, can I take a moment to thank my good friend and loyal Sepian, Barbara Rogers, for reminding me to put the weekly call up on the all too many occasions where I forget. Thanks to her and to all of you for continuing to support Sepia Saturday.

Sepia Saturday 821 : 11th April 2026

 

We've always been proud of our houses. Once affordable cameras became available to the general public, we have highlighted that pride by having our photographs taken outside our houses. It doesn't matter whether we are talking about mansions or cottages, caravans or terraces: we want our photographs taking whilst we are lined up alongside them. This week on Sepia Saturday we are celebrating houses and you are invited to share your old photographs by posting them on or around Saturday 11th April and leaving a link on the list below. 

Sepia Saturday 820 (4th April 2026)

 

My Sepia Saturday theme image this week is a bit of a mystery. It is from my own collection and is simply captioned "B&C Male Voice Choir 1918". I have no idea what the "B" and the "C" stand for, but I am intrigued by the fact that so many able bodied men, not in uniform, have been able to gather together, given the date is 1918. The mystery of the male voice choir may never be solved but that doesn't matter - the picture provides us with a chorus of potential themes for your old photographs this week. There are choirs, there are groups, and there are mysteries. If none of those suit you, you can always choose the year - 1918. Whatever your choice, just post your post on or around Saturday 4th April 2026 and add a link to the list below. And then take a look at what is still to come here on Sepia Saturday.

Sepia Saturday 819 (28th March 2026)

When I chose this theme image a month or so ago, I never for a second realised how topical it might become! Let us, however, leave all current conflicts aside, because here on Sepia Saturday we have the pleasure of looking back and not looking forward. So search out your old photographs of military shells, sea shells, women workers or whatever ... all that matters is that it is old and you want to share it. You can do so by posting a post on or around Saturday 28th March 2026 and adding a link to the list below. Once you have done that, you can see what April has to offer.

 

Sepia Saturday 818 : 21st March 2026

 

You can't beat a string quartet - unless it is with a string quintet. This week on Sepia Saturday we are asking you to get your strings out or even your piano keys out. And if you have neither we will accept any instrument or indeed any reference to music in any form. And this being Sepia Saturday, you know that if you have no old photographs featuring music ... we will accept anything at all. The only rule is that it must be old (you can define what constitutes old) and it must be posted on or around Saturday 21st March 2026. Now take it away and leave a link on the list below. And while you fiddle with that, take a look at what is coming next on Sepia Saturday