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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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St Martin's Church, Tipton, c. 1900s
Added by @iamtimbo 8 years ago / Views: 9486In 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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The Old Inn, Holt, circa 1900s
Added by @iamtimbo 8 years ago / Views: 2924In Gallery: Dorset Miscellaneous
The inscriptions under the eaves of the existing building read '1713' and '1898', and looking at the brickwork on the building on the right,...
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Transporter Bridge, Runcorn/Widnes, Cheshire, c. 1915
Added by @iamtimbo 8 years ago / Views: 498In Gallery: Cheshire Miscellaneous
According to Wikipedia: "The Runcorn-Widnes Transporter Bridge crossed the river Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal linking the towns of Runcorn and...
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Sparkford Road, Hampshire or Somerset, date unknown
Added by @iamtimbo 8 years ago / Views: 1362In Gallery: Forgotten Photo Friday
I thought this would be an easy one, what with the name being printed on the front. However, I can't track down whether it is Sparkford Road in...
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Coronation Illuminations, Bolton Town Hall, Lancashire 1911
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 939In Gallery: Lancashire Miscellaneous Photos
Illuminations at the Town Hall to celebrate the coronation of King George V on the 22nd June 1911
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The Square, Wimborne, c. 1920s
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 3004In Gallery: Dorset Miscellaneous
The real beginnings of the use of The Square for car parking can be seen in this photo, putting it in the Twenties, or thereabouts, I should think....
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Hotspur Tower, Alnwick, c. 1910s
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 530In Gallery: Northumberland Miscellaneous
Possibly taken between 1900 and 1920, the view of the 15th Century Hotspur Tower hasn't changed much in the last hundred years or so....
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Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, c. 1910
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 1140In Gallery: Lancashire Miscellaneous Photos
Not sure what's going with the perspective here, but, compared to the Google StreetView image, that church looks awfully close!
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Park Drive, Barrow-in-Furness, c. 1920s
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 890In Gallery: Cumbria Miscellaneous
Exact date of this picture is unknown, but probably taken in the early 1920s. Little has changed bar the growing of the trees...
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West Drive, Thornton-Cleveleys, c. 1913
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 1818In Gallery: Lancashire Miscellaneous Photos
Looking at the Streetview for this location, the prominent house in the foreground is just visible through the trees, which have grown considerably...
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Rochester Bridge, Kent, c. 1917
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 1849In Gallery: Allsorts
Posted in 1917, this picture, taken from the Castle walls, looks down on The Esplanade and towards Rochester Bridge. The balustrading along the...
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Chain Gate, Wimborne, c. 1890s
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 3300In Gallery: Dorset Miscellaneous
My best guess is that this is where the Cowgrove Road turns off the bottom of St Margaret's Hill, the large building in the picture being the St...
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The Sundial Bungalow, date and location unknown
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 1835In Gallery: Forgotten Photo Friday
This looks like a photo of a recently built bungalow, judging by how pristine it looks. Could have been taken in the Thirties, possibly. Text on...
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Shaftesbury Hotel, London, c. 1900
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 2529In Gallery: London Miscellaneous
This is the Shaftesbury Hotel, in Seven Dials, just off Shaftesbury Avenue. The building is still a hotel, the Radisson Blu Mercer Street, but...
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Farmer and Pig at White Farm, Moor Crichel, c. 1913
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 2394In Gallery: Dorset Miscellaneous
One of the larger specimens at White Farm in around 1913. Can you name the gentleman in the picture?
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