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A Lost England?

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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 3 Dec 2016 21:41

I went back to find it - looking at the pictures very closely - there are some good looking people :-D

Found the shop - It spans two shop fronts!! :-D :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 3 Dec 2016 20:06

Maggiewinchester I don't mind at all Bainbridge is the store and my G G Grandmother was Georgiana Bainbridge and the store is thought to be the first department store in Europe or maybe the world, now a John Lewis. :-D

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

AnnMarieG

AnnMarieG Report 1 Dec 2016 18:35

Wonderful photos. Love all old photos. Thank you.

Researching:
arthur,tucker,king,harridine,robertson

Dermot

Dermot Report 29 Nov 2016 08:16

I sometimes wonder how many, if any, photos taken now on these new magical instruments will be available for publication in a couple of hundred years time.

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 28 Nov 2016 18:54

You could eat your dinner on that Infirmary floor Mr. M :-D :-D

Thanks for sharing <3 <3

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 27 Nov 2016 21:39

Really??!! Which one? (If you don't mind saying)

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 27 Nov 2016 21:17

I love it that there is a photo of my ancestors shops in one of them. :-D

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 27 Nov 2016 19:41

I was trying to be polite, Sheila :-D :-D :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 27 Nov 2016 19:37

I think just 'ignorant', Maggie :-D

Researching:
Gloucestershire, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, London, Lithuania, Russia

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 27 Nov 2016 11:55

Lovely pictures.
I'm always fascinated by the shoes and hats.

The 1960's and 1970's appears to be a decade that was determined to destroy beautiful buildings.

I read the comments underneath - unfortunately typically Daily Fail, and amazingly historically ignorant !! :-(

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 27 Nov 2016 11:18

Thanks Mr. M. another thing added to my Christmas list. I have it's partner book Lost London already, fantastic book.

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 27 Nov 2016 11:15

£38.49p for the book of 1200 pictures.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-England-1870-1930-Philip-Davies/dp/1909242799

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 27 Nov 2016 11:05

Lovely pics, thank you Mr M. :-D

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 27 Nov 2016 10:57

Incredible black and white photos reveal what life was like for people in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3969174/A-Lost-England-Incredible-black-white-photos-reveal-life-like-people-19th-early-20th-centuries-issues-faced-not-different-ones-today.html