Photograph, Paddy Craine Panning for Gold

Historical information

Ira Gelling ("Paddy") Craine (1877-1940), born at Linton to parents William and Jane Craine, and sometimes referred to as "Linton's funniest man", had a mine in Carngham Road, Linton, in the years between WWI and WW2.

Physical description

Sepia photograph of a man wearing working clothes and hat, squatting at stream with a gold panning dish.

Inscriptions & markings

"Paddy Crane"

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