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|	The SPEIGHT FAMILY of PHOTOGRAPHERS - Publications Edward Hall Speight, headmaster turned photographer, worked in Rugby from the early 1870s.  His subjects ranged from town scenes to family groups, from the workhouse poor to local worthies, including the Brooke family and their son who was the famous Poet, Rupert Brooke.  Edward Hall Speight had eight children: his six sons and elder daughter all became photographers, as did one of his grand-daughters.  The sons were sent out “with five pounds, a bible and a tin trunk” and set up studios in Market Harborough, Exmouth, Nuneaton, Kettering, Leamington Spa, Redditch and Sutton Coldfield.  Thanks to the generous assistance of the Speight family and members of the public, in Rugby, around the UK and as far away as the USA and Australia, and the cooperation of museums, galleries, libraries, archives and record offices, the story of the lives and work of the members of this talented family can now be told. Back to Speight Family of Photographers Page The Research Report: Edward Hall Speight and his Family - Rugby’s Photographers. ISBN:   978-0-9563350-0-5   A4 channel bound [left], card cover, c. 170 pages, with over 380 photographs, drawings and illustrations, most previously unpublished, and many in colour.  A comprehensive study of the Speight family of photographers and their work.  Price per copy: £45.00 – or direct from the publisher at £40, including UK postage.   The Booklet: The Speights of Rugby * - Photographers [* and at Market Harborough, Nuneaton, Kettering, Leamington Spa, Redditch and    Sutton Coldfield] ISBN:   978-0-9563350-1-2   A5 stapled booklet [left], card cover, c. 65 pages, with over 160 photographs and illustrations, most previously unpublished and many in colour.  Price per copy: £6.99 – or direct from the publisher at £5.50, including UK postage.   To obtain further information or to order copies, contact: John Frearson Publications, 7 Curie Close, RUGBY  CV21 3PE     Tel:  07976 577723      Email:johnphfrearson@btinternet.com To order please fill in the form and send, with payment, to the above address.  .