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Very atmosphericA recent snap using my iPhone…
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Indeed not, it’s Mauritius…Very atmospheric
I'm assuming it's not Southport?
Looks wonderful.Indeed not, it’s Mauritius…
This was reported in the Papers today!Bembridge last night (no idea who took the image lView attachment 156284
This is Heathrow Airport when you could park up and take photos from the top of one of the multi-story carparks.
Same here!I remember doing that!
Same here!
Queen's Building near Terminal 2 from memory?
TMW
I find stuff like that totally fascinating. Thanks for sharing your Dad's photos.We've been helping my 94-year old father clear clutter out of his house in preparation for a move to a Assisted Living apartment nearer to us and have found an absolute treasure-trove of old photos. He was always a keen amateur photographer and just as many did in the 1950's & 1960's did his own B&W developing and printing. Here are scans of a few samples.
This is Heathrow Airport when you could park up and take photos from the top of one of the multi-story carparks. Not sure of the year, but I'd guess at early 1960's (edited to add that a quick bit of research about the Qantas livery on the 707 reveals that the particular scheme shown first appeared in July 1964, so that dates the photo to mid-late 1960's):
These two are taken near the Clock Tower in Bexleyheath, south London. The building partially obscured by the bus in the first photo was Hides, a local privately-owned department store:
This one looks to have been taken outside the workshop of the garage he worked for and are three of his then workmates (note the collars and ties under the overalls!):
And finally, this one took a little tracking down in terms of location but it turns out to have been taken from the Fulham Road in west London, with Sydney Street on the right:
This is the nearest I can get to the same view today on Google Street View:
Edit:I find stuff like that totally fascinating. Thanks for sharing your Dad's photos.
Thanks for the link - much appreciated.Edit:
as a bit of an old-school jet nut, I had to do a bit of noodling around the web and found this history of the particular aircraft in your Dad's Heathrow photo:
VH-EBI Boeing 707-138B
The street scenes are terrific; remember Timothy Whites?Thanks for the link - much appreciated.
Bearing in mind that the version of the V-Jet livery on that aircraft (including the word "Qantas" on the tail fin) first appeared on any of their 707 fleet in July 1964 and VH-EBI had it's last revenue flight on 3rd September 1968, that narrows down the date the photo was taken to within that period.
BTW, glad you enjoyed the photos. I posted them as much for the social history they show as for general photographic interest and if I find any more along those lines (many I've looked at so far are unsurprisingly of family events so not something to share) I'll scan them and post them up.
Probably not, but the dates kind of tie up.It operated the inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - London (Heathrow) service via Vienna - March 31, 1965
Oh yesThe street scenes are terrific; remember Timothy Whites?
I doubt he'll remember after all these years, but I'll ask him when we next see him. It would be quite a find if it was.Probably not, but the dates kind of tie up.
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