Leonard Skingle was one of the few local photographers to take pictures of German soldiers in the early days of the Occupation and these were published by his grandson Tim many years later. He and his wife Mabel had a shop in Kensington Place in the early 1930s and then moved to Ann Street. They finally sold this shop in 1948.
As well as pictures of the shops and harbour scenes, Tim Skingle also posted pictures of his father Roy, taken by his grandfather. Roy Skingle was deported to Biberach in 1942 and returned to Jersey after the war to work for Walls Ice Cream.
Mabel Skingle at the Ann Street shop in about 1932. The shop was sold in 1948
Mabel Skingle in the Kensington Place shop in the early 1930s
The Kensington Place shop
Leonard Skingle (right) outside the Ann Street shop
Leonard Skingle's Kensington Place shop
Roy Skingle (right) on the beach at Grouville with a friend circa 1930
Roy Skingle at Fauvic in 1928
Roy Skingle (right) at Gorey with a friend
A German band performs in the Parade
German soldiers in the Parade
German soldiers outside the Town Hall
A picture by Leonard Skingle of German soldiers in the Parade
Roy Skingle (centre) with friends at Laufen internment camp. The ladies are thought to be nurses
Roy Skingle (third from left) with colleagues at the Walls Ice Cream depot in the early 1950s
The shipwrecked ss Caesarea photographed by Leonard Skingle
A picture by Leonard Skingle of potato lorries on the Albert Pier
Leonard Skingle's Occupation identity card
Mabel Skingle (left) and a friend in about 1925
Mabel Skingle
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