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Co-founder of Our Town Story. If you have any questions about the site, or wish to provide feedback, please visit the Admin forum and post in the appropriate place - we'll do our best to help you out as quickly as we can!
We really want Our Town Story to be an album for your old photos, to fill in the gaps in the history books of our villages, towns and cities. We would also love for those pictures to be able to help others - for instance by using reminiscence therapy in treating dementia .
We're still a work in progress, and we appreciate all suggestions and observations!
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Pearks Stores, Birmingham, c. 1910
Added by @iamtimbo 10 years ago / Views: 3352In Gallery: Shops
The staff pose for a picture outside Pearks Stores on the corner of Edgbaston Street. The perfect Victorian urban scene, complete with cheeky...
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The Square, Wimborne Minster, 1998
Added by @iamtimbo 10 years ago / Views: 532In Gallery: The Square, Wimborne Minster, 1998
Looking down the High Street from The Square towards the Albion.
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Liverpool Town Hall, Liverpool, c. 1904
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 1994In Gallery: Lancashire Miscellaneous Photos
This image is from a Raphael Tuck postcard, and shows the Town Hall seen from Castle Street, with the entrance to Cook Street on the right hand side.
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Post Office and Stores, Wilby, Northants, c. 1900s
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 395In Gallery: Northamptonshire Miscellaneous
The Post Office and stores in Wilby, now a private residence, but still with the in-wall pillar box to the right of the front door. The...
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The Peacock Public House, Kettering, c. 1905
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 881In Gallery: Northamptonshire Miscellaneous
What we can presume to be the publican and his wife stand outside the Peacock in Lower Street, Kettering in around 1905. The 1911 Census lists the...
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Crossways YC and Annexe, Unknown Location, 1908
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 1077In Gallery: Forgotten Photo Friday
This postcard from 1908 is noted on the back as being "Crossways YC and Annexe" - it was posted in West London, so could well be local to that...
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Possibly Thaxted Cottage Hospital, Thaxted, c. 1900s
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 1423In Gallery: Forgotten Photo Friday
A bit more information than usual for this picture - a pencil note on the back reads 'Thaxted Cottage Hospital'. I can't find any building with...
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British Railways Ferry, date and location unknown
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 728In Gallery: Forgotten Photo Friday
This is a British Railways ferry (later Sealink) at an unknown port, possibly in the southeast of the country. If you've got any ideas how we can...
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Ellingham School, Norfolk, c. 1900s
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 595In Gallery: Family Stuff
This photo shows my great-great-grandfather, the Headmaster of Ellingham School, outside with the pupils. He had had several teaching positions in...
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Trinity Lane, York, 1902
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 563In Gallery: North Yorkshire Miscellaneous
Houses along Trinity Lane in York date from between circa 1500 and circa 1750. The buildings seen here date from the latter end of this time scale.
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Easter Fair, Norwich, March 1948
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 1004In Gallery: Norfolk Miscellaneous
In addition to its market, Norwich held two fairs, one at Christmas and the other at Easter. Here a sailor demonstrates his skill at the shooting...
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Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead, 1903
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 913In Gallery: London Miscellaneous
An earlier image of the pub building which was replaced by the present one.
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Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead, c. 1910
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 1223In Gallery: London Miscellaneous
This info from Wikipedia: Jack Straw's Castle is a Grade II listed building and former public house in Hampstead, NorthWest London, England. The...
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Unknown House
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 715In Gallery: Forgotten Photo Friday
This looks like it could once have been quite a smart building for its period, although perhaps it spent time as a farmhouse. It looks like there...
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Unknown Building
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 683In Gallery: Forgotten Photo Friday
This building is made more intriguing by the words on the back of this unsent postcard. It reads: H.H. and V.C from road. Our window (last term)...
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Station Road, Chinnor, c. 1920s
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 1750In Gallery: Oxfordshire Miscellaneous
Date is a bit of a guess, as there's so little in the picture to date it with. None of the thatched cottages in the foreground remain, although...
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