Dorset, I Hope

Signs in photographs are often very useful. Signposts help with location, with this shot which, we are told, was taken two miles from Cerne Abbas, one and a half miles from Alton Pancras, four miles from Buckland Newton, thirteen and a half miles from Sturminster Newton, two miles from Piddlehinton and seven and a half miles from Dorchester. I think that makes it in Dorset, I hope!

The New Inn is, I believe, in Cerne Abbas. The signpost indicates that it is certainly somewhere between Buckland Newton and Dorchester.

Now the final shot for this post proves more difficult. There is one road sign on the far right but it is too far away to read. So if anyone recognises the thatched cottage and church, perhaps you could let me know.

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Moving East

The first photo this time is almost certainly on the Norfolk Broads but exactly where, I don’t know.
As for the boats, someone told me that the sailing boats were wherries but I thought that they were bigger. Perhaps you could leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

With this picture of the Rose & Crown Hotel I am more certain as I have found it in Google Maps Streetview. It is in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire and has hardly changed since this was taken in 1964.

Finally I have a photo that tells me where it was taken, Olney in Buckinghamshire. This is a view of Olney Station on the Northampton – Olney – Bedford LMS Line. It was taken in 1961.
You can see this very picture on the Olney and District Historical Society website where Mike Neale is using it to help illustrate an article by his father, Ivor, about the railway line.
Olney and District Historical Society

More photos from Grandad’s collection soon.
Please do leave a comment and tell any stories that may be related.

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To The Highlands

When on holiday in Scotland my grandparents often stayed in the Gordon Arms Hotel in Tomintoul.

I visited the village a few years ago and the hotel was closed but there was talk of it re-opening. Does anyone know if it did?

These photos are from the early to mid-1960’s. The local Post Office and general stores was run by C.M.Ross & Sons.

Just outside the village my grandad spotted a lady cutting peat for her cottage fire.

Come back soon to see where Grandad went next and, as always, your comments or stories are welcome.

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A Bit Further Away

The two images this time were not taken by my grandad but by a friend of his while on a trip, I believe, to South Africa.
All of the images on this film were very over-exposed so I have tried to pull as much detail out of them as I could.

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The colours don’t look too natural to me but, as I have never been to South Africa I wouldn’t really know.

Cambridge, I Think!

One of the problems that I have with my grandad’s slides is knowing where they were taken. In some cases he has written a location on the mount and in others he wrote index notes which were put in the original boxes. Unfortunately many of the notes have been lost or are not easily readable.

If you believe that the images are not where or what I have labelled them as, please, please, let me know.

Your comments are always welcome. Maybe you have visited  or live in these places, if you have a story to tell, please do.

OK, for the two images in this post I am reasonably sure that they are in Cambridge, am I right?

The Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge.  It was built in 1831 and is part of St John’s College. This image was taken in 1964 on Kodak Kodachrome.

This slide was also taken in 1964. Having searched the web I believe that this is St John’s College.

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Your Turn, Grandad

 

I thought that I would start having a look at collection of slides mostly taken by my Grand-father.

These were usually taken while on holiday in Scotland, Wales, the Lake District and other parts of the UK.

The slides cover a period from around 1961 to 1972. Unfortunately they have suffered a bit from poor storage with the colours fading and in some case a mouldy growth. I have worked on them a certain amount but it would take many hours to fully restore them.

I’ll start off with a shot that obviously wasn’t taken by my grandad because it shows him standing in a friends garden. There is no date or notes on this one but I think that it would be from the mid-1960’s.

The second image is from Faversham in Kent where he lived. It was taken in 1972 and shows the number of cars parked in the road by commuters using the railway at the end of road. Nothing changes!

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Back To Nature

No, not another set of nudes.

This time I have some wild flowers, a piece of woodland and fungi.

Can anyone identify these little flowers?

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Fancy a walk in the woods?

Plus two shots of fungi

Once again, these are all from glass negatives.

Where Did That Year Go?

 

Well time has flown by and I still haven’t finished working on the glass negatives.

Here are three more from the collection.