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Here are the first set of scans from an envelope of B&W photos. There is no information on the photos except what is below - sorry! Firstly, Monty's visit to GEC Witton in 1943 or 1944. Some of these may have been posted before, but the quality of these is good so I am posting all of them - no...

At least this one has a happy ending, with the refurbished Holte Pub now part of the Villa Park estate.

Great Photos! Stand by for lots more photos of Lucas Gt King St courtesy of Graham Privett - I will put these on the Lucas Rifle Club thread

All; many thanks to Graham who dropped off a box of photographs, negatives, books and memorabilia to me last night - loads of photos of Lucas and Monty, plus some wonderful old books on Lucas and GEC, and all the rifle club records, plus some badges! There are some absolute gems in this box!!! I...

Camera shop - lead me to it.....:D

If you could pull yourselves away from the footy last night, the planet parade continued in the western sky - this time Venus sitting just above a thin crescent moon:- Nice detail in the twilight:- At one stage you could also see Jupiter as well (bottom right hand corner:- And then, just...

See note on another thread possibly about women war workers

We used to run cubs and scouts back here in the 1980s - in the church (Bonner) hall at the back. Church Parades in here in the winter were really cold.......

A few photos of last nights Jupiter / Venus conjunction - low hazy cloud did not help but I got some:- Venus in close up through hazy cloud:- Same for Jupiter - low elevation and cloud blocked detail on surface and moons:-

CD and DVD I can do as I have a portable read/write device.

To explain something to our younger (or richer) viewers:- "on the knock" was when you had something and then someone would knock you door looking for the money owed to them. "To put by" was when you put a deposit on something and it was put by out of sight in the shop until you had paid the...

Co Op man, Solly Rose man, Practical man, Provident woman...... your whole life was lived on the knock..... and don't forget the rent man - ours was a big tall old guy with all the money in a big leather satchel - another sight you would not see today!!!

Hi Lyn - what type of disc - 5 1/4 or 3 1/2 inch floppy or a cd or dvd? If it is a cd or dvd I can help. If its a floppy I can check at work if anyone still has ye-olde-desktop computer lying around.

Exactly what we did............ think the bloke used to hate us..........

Remember folks - if we have a clear night just after sunset tomorrow (June 9th) - Jupiter and Venus will be virtually next to each other in the twilight western sky - a very rare sight. If you have a really good clear view west, you may also be able to see Mercury as (by coincidence) it will...

And Lancasters made other things apart from photographic equipment:- Binocular Microscope J Lancaster and Son 1850s

All these items are from the Science Museum national collection by the way. It would be fascinating to try a few of these out - they did a similar exercise with the camera Harry Burton used when he did the official photographs of Tutankhamuns tomb in the 1920s. Special Instantograph Bellows...

Some of these cameras and lenses are works of art on their own - I bet you could get amazing pictures with them. Lens J Lancaster and Son Achromatic Landscape Lens J Lancaster and Son 1885 International Folding Bellows Stand Camera J Lancaster and Son 1888 Instantograph Camera J Lancaster...

Lens and Box J Lancaster and Son

Lancaster Watch Camera 1892