What must it be like to have your photo hidden in the pages of a book, used as a bookmark perhaps, and then to appear when a new person leafs through the pages.
I discovered a photo of Pope Paul VI (I think) amongst a copy of The Boys Own Sea Stories. On the back was the printed inscription, "Please pray for Owen O'Connor. ordained to the priesthood March 19th 1966. God bless you." Was this a favourite bookof his, or had it belonged to a proud family member?
The book itself had been a Sunday School prize in 1909 to a Douglas Yates. Clearly this had been passed from reader to reader, and there, betwen more pages was an order form from WH Smith for a Reverend in 1999 who had requested a book about the Wreck of the Whaleship Essex.