historicalsoton.bsky.social
I’m Russell and local history is my hobby.
👤 Joined on 13 October 2023
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@historicalsoton.bsky.socialA view of the Statue of Liberty, posted in 1904 to young William in South Lambeth Road, London. #PostedInThePast
Show PostFrom the archives in Blandford Forum, Dorset for #PostboxSaturday.
Show PostClifton Suspension Bridge, a view sent to Miss Middleton, High Street, Exeter: "We have Miss Head up here from S. Hants. Says she knows you." Miss Middleton worked in Hadland Davis's draper's shop – which used a 'cash railway' system. #PostedInThePast
Show PostHampstead, Church Row – 1921: To Winnie, the interior of old Hampstead church was decorated by Italian artists especially sent for. I remember you saying that it is 'more like a ball room than a church'. I have walked to Highgate and back. #PostedInThePast
Show PostI'd probably seen this photograph a hundred times before noticing that you can see where Admiral Yamamoto has lost two fingers on his left hand, the result of wounds suffered at the battle of Tsushima in 1905.
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