The Francis Frith Collection
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BrianH
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I love Frith's stuff - he photographed so much of the country
BrianH
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Is there a blue plaque on the wall?
Merlin the Magician
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Yes I have spent hours on there just looking having been to a lot of Cities/towns in my travels.........GLAD OTHERS FIND IT INTERESTING TOO
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Ardross
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Marvellous stuff, seeing the High Street of my home town in 1896 as compared to the armpit it is now makes me weep
BrianH
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It's brilliant. We have an address book illustrated with Frith photos, but on the site there are thousands. There are a couple of local pictures from 1903 which look the same today.
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Griffin
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I love all those old photos. I recently bought a postcard on Ebay which showed my shop years and years ago. To be honest, nothing much has changed. The pub still has the window boxes, my shop is still painted that white colour (on the right hand side half way up the road, the first white building) and the post office next to the pub looks exactly the same.
Brian, has your subscription to 'Pedantry Today' lapsed? Clearly the pictures will be the same today, unless you believe that mysterious forces have the power to alter them...
Curiously, I was searching for the locations in a horsey childhood book last night, and got the area to (possibly) around Wiltshire, and found loads of lovely Frith photos in the County Council's online archives. Very interesting indeed.
Curiously, I was searching for the locations in a horsey childhood book last night, and got the area to (possibly) around Wiltshire, and found loads of lovely Frith photos in the County Council's online archives. Very interesting indeed.
Merlin the Magician
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Diminuendo
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Frith's photgraphs are brilliant.
I collect vintage Dartmoor postcards and most of them are by Frith and others are by a family run business from the town I now live in. They were called Chapman and Son and their victorian photos were amazing.
I collect vintage Dartmoor postcards and most of them are by Frith and others are by a family run business from the town I now live in. They were called Chapman and Son and their victorian photos were amazing.
Merlin the Magician
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look here
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The Francis Frith Collection's "Glorious Britain" is a new, lavish and atmospheric book that conveys the essence of Great Britain, its history and heritage, its places and people.
Packed with stunning photographs, it is filled with fascinating extracts about the many places made famous by writers, poets and travellers down the ages.
From Windsor Castle to Wordsworth's Lakes, Henley Regatta to Hadrian's Wall, this book features over 300 beautiful Frith photographs and is specially priced at only £9.99 (rsp £24.99).
Came this morning.........................
The Francis Frith Collection's "Glorious Britain" is a new, lavish and atmospheric book that conveys the essence of Great Britain, its history and heritage, its places and people.
Packed with stunning photographs, it is filled with fascinating extracts about the many places made famous by writers, poets and travellers down the ages.
From Windsor Castle to Wordsworth's Lakes, Henley Regatta to Hadrian's Wall, this book features over 300 beautiful Frith photographs and is specially priced at only £9.99 (rsp £24.99).