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Corkscrew Shuttle, Wimborne Minster, 1974
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In Gallery: Railway Pictures, Wimborne Minster, 1974
The last passenger train into Wimborne Station, was the Corkscrew Shuttle, a special charter.
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Hampstead High Street, London, late 60s/early 70s
Added by @iamtimbo 3 years ago / Views: 5137
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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St Martin's Church, Tipton, c. 1900s
Added by @iamtimbo last year / Views: 645
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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Added by @iamtimbo 3 years ago / Views: 988
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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High Street, Sittingbourne, c. 1900s
Added by @iamtimbo 2 months ago / Views: 380
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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H. C. Farrant, Baker, Wimborne Minster, Date Unknown
Added by @iamtimbo 3 years ago / Views: 950
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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Church of St James, Holt, c. 1900s
Added by @iamtimbo one month ago / Views: 130
In Gallery: Dorset Miscellaneous
According to the Wimborne Minster website, this building is a rebuilt chapel of 1834, and includes a pulpit and bell formerly belonging to the...
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Wimborne Police Station, Poole Road, October 1984
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In Gallery: Wimborne Police Station, Poole Road, c. 1984
In 1756 the Chief Magistrate of Westminster, Henry Fielding, set up the first full-time police force. In 1856 the County and Borough Police Act was...
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“Practical Jobbing”, Unknown Location, Date Unknown
Added by @iamtimbo one month ago / Views: 55
In Gallery: Forgotten Photo Friday
Great picture of a cobbler, complete with hammer and shoes in hand. Sadly no idea where it is, or who, or when. If you have any thoughts, then...
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Wilton Cemetery, Wilton, 1990’s
Added by @Noswar 4 months ago / Views: 224
In Gallery: Wilton cemetery next to Ugford
This is the cemetery where a lot of gypsy burials took place. I remember watching from the road which looked down into the cemetery. I expect the...
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@iamtimbo • one month 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:@iamtimbo • one month ago • comments: 1
Posted a new comment on “Practical Jobbing”, Unknown Location, Date Unknown:
"It has been suggested that to me that since ‘Jobbing’ can be a surname (especially in the North East), ‘Practical Jobbing’ might be a pun on his name..."@iamtimbo • one month ago • comments: 1
Added/updated: “Practical Jobbing”, Unknown Location, Date Unknown in their gallery Forgotten Photo Friday
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Added/updated: Church of St James, Holt, c. 1900s in their gallery Dorset Miscellaneous
@iamtimbo • 2 months ago • comments: 1
Posted a new comment on Rochester Road, Burham, c. 1900s:
"Posted this eBay find yesterday, but the more I look into it, the less I think this is Burham - despite what the postcard says! There seems to only be one..."
