Alfred and his twin brother were adopted by the Blayney family of North Bay Ontario. His birth name was Wells. His father was Arthur Wells and his mother's name was Ellen. Ellen died shortly after he an Albert were born. Arthur died in the Spanish Flu Epidemic in 1919. Three older brothers, Frederick, and twins Gordon and Harvey were sent back to England to be raised by family. My grandfather Alfred and his twin brother Albert were adopted here in Canada.
Who doesn't love a man (or woman) in uniform? Almost everybody has worn a uniform sometime in their life - these are the vintage versions of those uniforms.
Uniforms are worn by many kinds of people - children and adults - in all kinds of organizations. Police, firefighters, nurses, paramedics, the military, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, sports teams, prisone...