| Research shows he was born at Thrapston in 1886, son of Thomas M & Ellen E Chapman. Thomas was born at Titchmarsh, and traded as a greengrocer on his "own account", and his wife was born at Norwich. They were buried in 1904 & 1905, at Rushden cemetery.
Charles Frederick was a shoe clicker by trade, so perhaps his photography was for his own pleasure, alongside his shoe work? Several postcards taken in the 1920s were his work, as was the Sunday School Treat in 1913.
The postcard below was taken by Charles - postally used in 1929 - No 13 in a series. He must have been one of the first in Rushden to take a pleasure trip in aeroplane, perhaps when Alan Cobham visted Higham Ferrers?
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