iamtimbo

About


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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Gallery

Locomotive 'Humphry Davy', Harrow & Wealdstone Station, c. 1900


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In Gallery: Harrow & Wealdstone Railway Pictures, c. 1900

From an album of railway photos taken in and around Harrow and Wealdstone station at the turn of the 20th Century.

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Wimborne Road, Broadstone, c. 1917


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In Gallery: Dorset Miscellaneous

Always a fun challenge working out where old photo postcards were taken! Assuming that this is Wimborne Road in the Corfe Mullen area, as there...

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Arry & Arriet, Wimborne Minster, 22 June 1915


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In Gallery: Wimborne Pictures

This picture appeared for sale on eBay, and is labelled on the back: 'Arry & 'Arriet, Percy & Charlie, 22nd June 1911. Percy and Charlie have...

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Horton Manor, Dorset, c. 1905


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In Gallery: Dorset Miscellaneous

This is an enhanced version of a badly-faded postcard. The caption says 'Horton Manor', and the photo was taken near to St Wolfrida's Church in the...

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Christmas Greetings from Bath, 1905


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In Gallery: Somerset Miscellaneous

This Raphael Tuck postcard shows the view from Alexandra Park, with the river and railway line in the foreground, and Bath Abbey and the Roman...

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Donkey Carrying Groceries, Chipping Ongar, 1957


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In Gallery: Essex Miscellaneous

"A greengrocer on Chipping Ongar High Street looks through a basket of produce carried by a donkey, watched by the woman and boy who are in charge...

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Carol Singers Outside Norwich City Hall, 1957


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In Gallery: Norfolk Miscellaneous

Carol singers from St Peter Mancroft church gathered on the steps of City Hall. There is a large Christmas tree on the right.

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West Heath School, Richmond-Upon-Thames, London, 1923


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In Gallery: London Miscellaneous

Pupils in a carpentry class at the West Heath School for Young Ladies. The house became a 'school for young ladies' in 1879 under the guidance of...

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Kodak Factory, Harrow, London, c. 1900s


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In Gallery: London Miscellaneous

This photograph taken in the Developing and Printing Department shows women retouching glass negatives. Taking photographs was becoming far more...

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Moreton Morrell Post Office, Warwickshire, 1906


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In Gallery: Warwickshire Miscellaneous

A group stand outside the village post office in 1906. The girl has a very swish-looking bicycle! In the 1901 census, the residents are listed...

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Coventry Road, Dunchurch, Warwickshire, 1905


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In Gallery: Warwickshire Miscellaneous

This view, looking southeast, shows a man with a pony and cart and was taken in April 1905.

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Lomax Street, Rochdale, c. 1900s


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In Gallery: Lancashire Miscellaneous Photos

First impressions may be deceptive, as the folk in this otherwise immaculate-looking street in fact look as if they may be very poor indeed....

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The Square, Beaminster, c. 1939


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In Gallery: Dorset Miscellaneous

A Raphael Tuck postcard of the Square in Beaminster, first used in around 1939.

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West Street, Dunster, c. 1920s


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In Gallery: Somerset Miscellaneous

This old Tuck postcard, first used in 1927, looks along West Street past the end of Mill Lane. The shop on the left is now a private residence,...

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King Street, Huddersfield, c. 1905


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In Gallery: West Yorkshire Miscellaneous

First issued in 1905, this view looks across to King Street from Cloth Hall Street.

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King Street, Huddersfield, 1910s


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In Gallery: West Yorkshire Miscellaneous

Looking east down King Street on a Raphael Tuck postcard, probably in the 1910s - any more information gratefully received...

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