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@iamtimbo • 4 years ago

Shared an update: Sainsbury's Archive shared this picture of their store in @ashford-kent-england-tn23-1 - there's even a Rumbelows - whatever happened to Rumbelows?!

https://twitter.com/sainsburyarch/status/1242386614682353665

@iamtimbo • 5 years ago

Shared an update: Shared an update: Some amazing photographs of Glasgow (@glasgow-glasgow-city-scotland-g1-1) by Oscar Marzaroli have been donated to Glasgow Caledonian University...

Marzaroli's important Glasgow archive donated

Thousands of photos by Oscar Marzaroli - including some used on Deacon Blue's record covers - are given to a university.

Source: @BBCNews

@iamtimbo • 5 years ago

Shared an update: BBC News reports on the closure of a handful of M&S stores, focusing on Bedford (@bedford-bedfordshire-england-mk40-3), with an old photo of their M&S....

The M&S stores closing their doors

The century-old retailer is closing shops as it plans to make a third of clothing and homeware sales online.

Source: @BBCNews

@iamtimbo • 6 years ago

Shared an update: Great piece in the Guardian about an ice house discovered under Park Crescent in @marylebone-westminster-greater-london-england-w1g-8 :

Chilling discovery: ice house found under London street

Cavernous 18th-century store reveals link to lost trade in ice blocks from Norwegian fjord

Source: the Guardian

@admin • 6 years ago

Shared an update: Want to post your pictures? Find out how here...

Adding images to Our Town Story

You add images to Our Town Story from your profile page, and your photos will always 'live' here, in galleries. To...

Source: Our Town Story

@admin • 6 years ago

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@iamtimbo • 6 years ago

Shared an update: Some beautiful photographs of Wapping ( @wapping-tower-hamlets-greater-london-england-e1w-2 ) here’s on the Retronaut site...

https://retronaut.com/content/1948-docklands-before-docklands

@admin • 6 years ago

Shared an update: We’d love the images within Our Town Story to find uses in all sorts of areas, but few more so than in reminiscence therapy with those coping with dementia. This article from the Alzheimer’s Society discusses RT with South Asian residents in Coventry ( @coventry-west-midlands-england-cv1-2 ):