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H. C. Farrant, Baker, Wimborne Minster, Date Unknown
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In Gallery: Wimborne Pictures
Presumably this is Farrant himself, stood with his delivery horse and van. The van says it's from the St John's Bakery, although I'm not sure of...
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Hampstead High Street, London, late 60s/early 70s
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In Gallery: Hampstead High Street, London, c. early 1970s
View from outside the greengrocers, with the Bird in Hand pub on the other side of the road. A newer building on the site is now (2015) a...
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Imperial Hotel, Blackpool, c. 1900
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In Gallery: Imperial Hotel, Blackpool, c. 1900
The Imperial Hotel on a windy day with two horse-drawn carriages parked outside awaiting fares. The hotel was built in 1867-8 by Clegg and Jones at...
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High Street, Chatham, c. 1900s
Added by @iamtimbo last year / Views: 829
In Gallery: Kent Miscellaneous
The High Street is virtually unrecognisable in this picture, with so much modernisation having been carried out in the intervening century. A...
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High Street, Sittingbourne, c. 1900s
Added by @iamtimbo 8 months ago / Views: 1477
In Gallery: Kent Miscellaneous
Traditional view down Sittingbourne High Street - not a motor vehicle in sight, but plenty of action. That ladder propped up against the clock...
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Blitz Bomb Damage in Highgate Road, Birmingham, 29th July, 1942
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In Gallery: Blitz Bomb Damage in Highgate Road, Birmingham, 1942
A general view showing the damage caused by bombing during the Blitz. Several people, including a policeman, are looking at the damage. A...
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West Street, Sittingbourne, c. 1960s
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In Gallery: Kent Miscellaneous
This shot looks east past the Convent of the Nativity Girls' School up the hill towards the old Shell Garage. Most of the buildings in the left...
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In Gallery: Blackpool Holidaymakers, c. 1950s
Holidaymakers make their way from the Promenade towards Talbot Road Station on the London & North Western Railway. The Church of the Sacred Heart...
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St Martin's Church, Tipton, c. 1900s
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In Gallery: Staffordshire Miscellaneous
This iteration of St Martin's Church in Tipton was known locally as the 'pepperpot' (for obvious reasons!), and was opened in 1795, closing in the...
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Unknown Place, Unknown Date
Added by @iamtimbo 3 months ago / Views: 905
In Gallery: Forgotten Photo Friday
Not a lot to go on here......but you never know! 1950s onwards...?
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In the Wimborne Minster forum, @ created a new Industry & Business forum topic: "Eclipse Works":"The Eclipse Works was in Eden Grove and made parts for brewers. Does anyone know how many people it employed?"@iamtimbo • 2 months ago • comments: 3
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"I think the van was in fact registered in Luton (Beds)."@admin • 3 months 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!@iamtimbo • 3 months ago
Shared an update: Some beautiful photographs of Wapping ( @wapping-tower-hamlets-greater-london-england-e1w-2 ) here’s on the Retronaut site...
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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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Shared an update: Apologies if you’ve experienced slow loading times over the last couple of days - all sorted now!@iamtimbo • 7 months 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:
