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Juliet with her camera

Juliet Haddon - Family Photographer - St Albans

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Born Gertrude Juliet Haddon ( Juliet Haddon )  12th June 1902 in Clapham[1]

Died 28th February 1986, aged 83 St  Albans, Herts.

Family

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The fourth and youngest child of Arthur Trevor Haddon

Nephew Richard

and his wife Emily Blanche ( Olivia ) Haddon

Trevor Haddon was a portrait painter and painter of Venetian & Spanish landscapes.

Julie grew up in Earls Court, where in Penywern Road and where her father had his studio.

(Her uncle was Alfred Cort Haddon, Father of Anthropology, known as '' Haddon, The Head Hunter'')[2]

Howard Sommerville who painted 'Julie with Oranges', which now resides in the Bradford Art Gallery.

Julie followed in the footsteps of her elder sister, Joyce, to study at Notting Hill High School.

She wanted to be singer and studied hard but took it on the chin when she was told her voice was never going to be strong enough.

Prior to WWII, along with her married siblings, Juliet lived on The Ritchings Park Estate in Iver, Bucks.[3]

She was a member of the local sports club, captaining the Hockey team; and, also threw herself into amateur various Plays with the Ritchings Players.[4]

Career

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At the age of 32, she joined Ramsey & Muspratt, well established Cambridge Photographers.[5]

Brother Geoffrey

She stayed three years, and after being told by her employers that she was too good,

she then branched out on her own and moved to St Albans around 1940

from where she opened her own Photographer Studio at 101 Victoria Street,[6]

whilst living in Cambridge Road with her mother.

The Shop in Cambridge Road

It was during the war that the locals believed they were both Russian, as they had draped The Hammer & Sickle flag out of their upstairs window once Russia had joined the Allies!

Juliet joined the St. Albans Soroptimists' Club,  becoming President in 1949.

Over the years she became renowned for family and, in particular, children's portraits.

''I have tried to be a Portrait painter with the camera. Having watched my father in his studio I have tried to get the essence of the person I have pictured rather than an outline''[7]

Prices
Baby Nicholas

''Any picture I did I did it my way, you have to spend time with a person. You have to give them consideration and time to relax''[7]

I am very fond of children and although I have had some that have screamed and yelled, they were the exceptions rather than the rule''

Maintaining  a connection with Cambridge, she was in demand for photographs accompanying various university publications

She also photographed various local Council dignitaries, whose photos are archived in the St Albans Museums

''I suppose you could say I have hunted heads as well now!''[7]

She continued her photography business well beyond the usual retirement age until 1977,[7]

and lived quietly in retirement until her death in February of 1986

Nicholas aged 3

References

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  1. ↑ M.A.Haddon, Ann (1966). The History of the Haddons Of Naseby and their Descendants (1ST ed.). Market Harborough: Tilleys, Printers, Market Harborough. p. 49.
  2. ↑ Quiggin, a. Hingston (1942). HADDON The Head Hunter (1st ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Unversity Press.
  3. ↑ anon (1957). "Abandoned Music for Photography". The Gazette. pp. Page4.
  4. ↑ "The History Of Ritchings Park - Gllery" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Helen Muspratt Photographer".
  6. ↑ "St Albans Own East End one for the album". 20 December 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Payne, Steve (1 April 1977). "Miss Portrait Quits". The Herts Advertiser. p. 14.
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