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    Hampstead High Street, London, late 60s/early 70s

    Hampstead High Street, London, late 60s/early 70s


    Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 14927
    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

    St Martin's Church, Tipton, c. 1900s


    Added by @iamtimbo 7 years ago / Views: 8978
    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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    Imperial Hotel, Blackpool, c. 1900

    Imperial Hotel, Blackpool, c. 1900


    Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 7750
    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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    The Crown Hotel & 'Lillies of the Valley', Wimborne Minster, c. 1910

    The Crown Hotel & 'Lillies of the Valley', Wimborne Minster, c. 1910


    Added by @iamtimbo 7 years ago / Views: 5156
    In Gallery: Dorset Miscellaneous

    A detailed close-up of the front of the Crown Hotel - where Costa Coffee and Barclays are now - complete with coachmen and footmen on hand. The...

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    High Street, Chatham, c. 1900s

    High Street, Chatham, c. 1900s


    Added by @iamtimbo 7 years ago / Views: 5076
    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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    Staff of Mac Fisheries, Wimborne Minster, c. 1930s

    Staff of Mac Fisheries, Wimborne Minster, c. 1930s


    Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 4333
    In Gallery: Wimborne Pictures

    The staff of Mac Fisheries stand outside the shop on the High Street. Image courtesy of Winston's Blighty Barber Shop.

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    J J Allen's Auxiliary Depository, Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, c. 1920

    J J Allen's Auxiliary Depository, Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, c. 1920


    Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 4295
    In Gallery: Dorset Miscellaneous

    Taken looking north along Holdenhurst Road, showing J J Allen's Depository, along with the many shops fronting the street. Shops discernible...

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    Drake Street, Rochdale, c. 1930s

    Drake Street, Rochdale, c. 1930s


    Added by @iamtimbo 4 years ago / Views: 3865
    In Gallery: Lancashire Miscellaneous Photos

    The Wellington on the left is still there, and the opticians on the right is now a Dallas Fried Chicken. The domes on the buildings up Drake Street...

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    H. C. Farrant, Baker, Wimborne Minster, Date Unknown

    H. C. Farrant, Baker, Wimborne Minster, Date Unknown


    Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 3823
    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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    Victoria Road, Ferndown, c. 1930s

    Victoria Road, Ferndown, c. 1930s


    Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 3743
    In Gallery: Dorset Miscellaneous

    Taken from Wimborne Road, looking south across the junction. The postcard was first issued by Raphael Tuck in 1938, dating the card to around that...

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