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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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@iamtimbo • 7 years ago

Shared an update: Just goes to show that you never knew what you might find!

Flea market photo 'shows Billy the Kid'

The photo purports to show the western outlaw seated beside his future killer, experts say.

Source: BBC News

@iamtimbo • 7 years ago

Shared an update: Still in working order, a couple from Exeter (@exeter-devon-england-ex1-1) finally decide to ditch their 50s white goods...

Couple finally ditch 1950s appliances

A tumble dryer, boiler, cooker and washing machine are all still in working order.

Source: BBC News

@iamtimbo • 7 years ago

Shared an update: Save Britain’s Heritage’s Building of the Month is an assuming building, now a Millets, in Leicester (@leicester-leicestershire-england-le1-5). A former temperance hotel, it is the premises from which Thomas Cook built his travel empire....

https://www.savebritainsheritage.org/campaigns/item/467/Building-of-the-Month-November-2017-Former-Temperance-Hotel-Granby-Street-Leicester

@iamtimbo • 7 years ago

Shared an update: This is how I remember the Arndale Centre in @poole-dorset-england-bh15-2 !

PICTURES: When the Dolphin Shopping Centre was known as the Arndale

IT was the shopping centre that changed the face of Poole and has even been credited with saving the town.

Source: Bournemouth Echo

@iamtimbo • 7 years ago

Shared an update: Dorset Archive Trust is crowdfunding in order to save an important local photography collection...

Bid to save 'fascinating' photo horde

Graham Herbert's collection of thousands of images are at risk of being lost due to decay.

Source: BBC News

@iamtimbo • 7 years ago

Shared an update: Some of England’s most vulnerable buildings are highlighted in this new report from Historic England...

England's most at-risk buildings

Historic England reveals the places added and removed from the the 2017 Heritage at Risk register, providing a...

Source: BBC News

@iamtimbo • 7 years ago

Shared an update: I haven’t finished updating all the details yet, but @tonygray and @TheresaHRGS, you might be interested in some of these.....

http://ourtownstory.co.uk/iamtimbo/gallery/old-cottages-and-farm-houses-in-kent-and-sussex/all

@iamtimbo • 7 years ago

Shared an update: Reviving Chance Brothers Glassworks in @smethwick-west-midlands-england-b66-4 - via Australia....

The man keeping the world's lighthouses shining

How an Australian is preserving the legacy of Black Country glassworks.

Source: BBC News

@iamtimbo • 7 years ago

Shared an update: BBC piece on a London zeppelin raid 100 years ago, affecting Piccadilly, @hither-green-lewisham-greater-london-england-se12-8 and @camberwell-southwark-greater-london-england-se15-6.....