Now I am a great fan of the work of Mr Llwyd Roberts.
He was born in Borth in Cardiganshire in 1875 and was articled to a Derby architect later spending seven years as a draughtsman in Burton Upon Trent before working for a series of Welsh newspapers.
After war service and a period in the British army of occupation he settled in Eltham at Bloxham-gardens working as a topographical artist and concentrating on drawings of the ancient buildings of Kent.
And it will be during this time that he produced the drawings in the book.
Now I have to say that they fascinate me. Some are quite clearly drawn from his direct observation of the buildings while others may be from earlier pictures and a few are a careful attempt to reconstruct a scene from an earlier period.
All of which may mean that some at least may not be an entirely accurate depiction of the past, but that said I suspect they are as close as we going to get.
Many were published in the Kentish Times in 1930 and as you do I went looking for copyright permission but given that the Kentish Times has now ceased to publish and the pictures are over 85 years old I think I should be OK.
I featured some of my favourite deawings earlier in the year and over the next few days I shall show so more.
According to Mt Roberts this "was the old parish Church.and the Kings' Arms as they might have loked between 1840-1860."
Location; Eltham
Picture; Eltham Parish Church; drawn circa 1930, Llwyd Roberts
After war service and a period in the British army of occupation he settled in Eltham at Bloxham-gardens working as a topographical artist and concentrating on drawings of the ancient buildings of Kent.
And it will be during this time that he produced the drawings in the book.
Now I have to say that they fascinate me. Some are quite clearly drawn from his direct observation of the buildings while others may be from earlier pictures and a few are a careful attempt to reconstruct a scene from an earlier period.
All of which may mean that some at least may not be an entirely accurate depiction of the past, but that said I suspect they are as close as we going to get.
Many were published in the Kentish Times in 1930 and as you do I went looking for copyright permission but given that the Kentish Times has now ceased to publish and the pictures are over 85 years old I think I should be OK.
I featured some of my favourite deawings earlier in the year and over the next few days I shall show so more.
According to Mt Roberts this "was the old parish Church.and the Kings' Arms as they might have loked between 1840-1860."
Location; Eltham
Picture; Eltham Parish Church; drawn circa 1930, Llwyd Roberts
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