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    @iamtimbo • 3 days ago • comments: 0
    Added/updated: Queen's Hotel, Hastings, c. 1950s in their gallery East Sussex Miscellaneous

    Queen's Hotel, Hastings, c. 1950s The Star and George Inns, Alfriston, c. 1930s The Star Inn, Alfriston, East Sussex, Date Unknown
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    @iamtimbo • 3 days ago • comments: 0
    Added/updated: The Star and George Inns, Alfriston, c. 1930s in their gallery East Sussex Miscellaneous

    Queen's Hotel, Hastings, c. 1950s The Star and George Inns, Alfriston, c. 1930s The Star Inn, Alfriston, East Sussex, Date Unknown
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    @iamtimbo • 6 months ago
    Shared an update: Shared an update: Some amazing photographs of Glasgow (@glasgow-glasgow-city-scotland-g1-1) by Oscar Marzaroli have been donated to Glasgow Caledonian University...

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    Marzaroli's important Glasgow archive donated

    Thousands of photos by Oscar Marzaroli - including some used on Deacon Blue's record covers - are given to a university.

    Source: @BBCNews
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    @iamtimbo • 10 months ago
    Shared an update: BBC News reports on the closure of a handful of M&S stores, focusing on Bedford (@bedford-bedfordshire-england-mk40-3), with an old photo of their M&S....

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    The M&S stores closing their doors

    The century-old retailer is closing shops as it plans to make a third of clothing and homeware sales online.

    Source: @BBCNews
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    @iamtimbo • 2 years ago
    Shared an update: Great piece in the Guardian about an ice house discovered under Park Crescent in @marylebone-westminster-greater-london-england-w1g-8 :

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    Chilling discovery: ice house found under London street

    Cavernous 18th-century store reveals link to lost trade in ice blocks from Norwegian fjord

    Source: the Guardian
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    @admin • 2 years ago
    Shared an update: Want to post your pictures? Find out how here...

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    Adding images to Our Town Story

    You add images to Our Town Story from your profile page, and your photos will always 'live' here, in galleries. To...

    Source: Our Town Story
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    @admin • 2 years ago
    Shared an update: Thanks for your patience if you recently signed up - we have to do our best to sure that everyone who signs up is real!
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    @iamtimbo • 2 years ago
    Shared an update: Some beautiful photographs of Wapping ( @wapping-tower-hamlets-greater-london-england-e1w-2 ) here’s on the Retronaut site...

    https://retronaut.com/content/1948-docklands-before-docklands
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    @admin • 2 years ago
    Shared an update: We’d love the images within Our Town Story to find uses in all sorts of areas, but few more so than in reminiscence therapy with those coping with dementia. This article from the Alzheimer’s Society discusses RT with South Asian residents in Coventry ( @coventry-west-midlands-england-cv1-2 ):

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    Let's chat: Reminiscence cards that draw on South Asian experiences

    From the June/July 2018 issue of Dementia together magazine, we speak to a Dementia Friends Champion in Coventry who...

    Source: Alzheimer's Society
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    @admin • 2 years ago
    Shared an update: New to Our Town Story? Find out what it’s all about here!

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    Where Do You Think You're From?

    What's all this about? Well, this project, named Our Town Story, aims to become a people's archive and local history...

    Source: Our Town Story
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    @admin • 2 years ago
    Shared an update: Apologies if you’ve experienced slow loading times over the last couple of days - all sorted now!
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    @iamtimbo • 2 years ago
    Shared an update: Great post on St Dunstan & All Saints in Stepney (@stepney-tower-hamlets-greater-london-england-e1-1) on the London Inheritance blog here:

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    St. Dunstan And All Saints, Stepney - A London Inheritance

    St. Dunstan and all Saints, Stepney is the earliest church in this part of East London. A church long associated with...

    Source: A London Inheritance
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    @iamtimbo • 2 years ago
    Shared an update: Hi, @maggford - thanks for signing up (and posting!). If you have any questions, please do post them in the Admin forums, the link is on the home page!
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    @iamtimbo • 2 years ago
    Shared an update: Good morning @david - welcome on board! Hope you’re having a good Easter.....thanks for joining up. If would like any help, just reply to this message, or post in the Admin forums and we will get back to you! You can find a link to them on the home page....
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    @iamtimbo • 3 years ago
    Shared an update: Blitz: The Bombs That Shaped Britain is on BBC2 right now - tonight looking at @bristol-bristol-england-bs5-6 ; I’ll post a link to the iPlayer version once it’s available....
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    @admin • 3 years ago
    Shared an update: Fixed a problem where maps wouldn't show on some gallery pages... :)

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