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arista · 20-05-2014, 11:29 AM

[The photos, found in Mrs Gardiner's attic,
were carefully preserved between
small sheets of glass,
meaning they are still
of very high quality even 70 years on]

[Mrs Gardiner, 26 at the time of the photos,
was trained as a nurse and worked
in hospitals during the Second World War.
She lived to be 100 but died this year]

[One of the best-preserved images in the collection,
this photo shows the sign in the
Norfolk village of Shernborne,
not far from Sandringham. Mr Britton believes this
beautiful village sign may have been taken down
during the war to avoid assisting enemy forces
in the event of an invasion]

[A picture of the couple camping is one of few
to show their cat, Edgar, who also
accompanied them on the trip. Mr Britton
said: 'Edgar the cat survived the war but
only narrowly, thanks to a stray bomb
that took away at least one of his
nine lives during the London blitz']

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arista · 20-05-2014, 11:32 AM

City walls of York

are they still there?

Ramsay · 20-05-2014, 11:32 AM

I love stuff like this

20-05-2014, 11:33 AM

The good old days, when men could hit women without fear of reprisal.

Where did it all go wrong?

That car is fantastic, though. It's strange to think that there are people alive today who were alive when those pics were taken. Seems like about a million years ago judging by the pics.

arista · 20-05-2014, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Jesus.

The good old days, when men could hit women without fear of reprisal.

Where did it all go wrong?

That car is fantastic, though. It's strange to think that there are people alive today who were alive when those pics were taken. Seems like about a million years ago judging by the pics.

Protecting Poland
Hitler was leaving Great Britain alone
he would have been killed by his own men
after 5 years of war in Europe

20-05-2014, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista

Protecting Poland
Hitler was leaving Great Britain alone
he would have been killed by his own men
after 5 years of war in Europe

So now I have to blame Hitler for the fact that hitting women is seen as a bad thing, too? I was never his greatest fan before, but I think I'm starting to really dislike the guy.

Benjamin · 20-05-2014, 11:33 AM

Oh I love old photos like this.

arista · 20-05-2014, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Oh I love old photos like this.

When they in Color
its so much better

That Amazing Old Lady that lived to 100
just died ,
and stored each Agfacolor print with thin glass
on top of each one

Kizzy · 20-05-2014, 11:37 AM

Great pics

arista · 20-05-2014, 11:37 AM

Yes well done German Afgacolor film

Benjamin · 20-05-2014, 11:43 AM

Aww, I'm glad she preserved them so well.

arista · 20-05-2014, 11:44 AM

jackc1806 · 20-05-2014, 12:20 PM

So weird how in the last few decades we've progressed so much in terms of technology

Livia · 20-05-2014, 12:24 PM

The poor sods, they had no idea what was coming. I think it's fair to say we'll never see a generation of people like them again.

arista · 20-05-2014, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livia

The poor sods, they had no idea what was coming. I think it's fair to say we'll never see a generation of people like them again.

Very True
today they would have iphones calling for help.

[The honeymooners encountered a much slower pace of life in the countryside
than they would have been used to in London. Here they wait while a group
of farmhands clear the road after a spill from a heavily loaded cart and horses]

Z · 20-05-2014, 01:58 PM

Beautiful photos. It's like looking into another world. I suppose it's the problem with growing up in the technological age, we're so used to colour technology and being globalised that it's hard to imagine the past looking at black and white photos and just reading eyewitness accounts... seeing colour photos somehow brings the past into our present in a way that black and white photos just can't. So incredible to see these.