Comments on: Postcard posers – August

By: Ron Mattey

Ron Mattey — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:42:42 +0000

I thought it was Bradford, around the turn of the century. A near miss considering I was aiming from 4,000 miles away in Canada. (Sorry, I’m metrically impaired)

By: John Stephenson

John Stephenson — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:19:10 +0000

High Street, Sheffield, in the summer of 1886.

By: margaret Frank

margaret Frank — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:33:23 +0000

Could it be Glasgow?

By: Margaret Gordon

Margaret Gordon — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:43:00 +0000

Love the new feature Ancestry! Thanks to Martin & Peter, it is so interesting comparing ‘the past with the present’.

By: Gill Chesney-Green

Gill Chesney-Green — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:59:15 +0000

I thought it might be Nottingham about 1901 – but I guess that the people who feel it was Sheffield are probably right.

By: Peter Russell

Peter Russell — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:22:12 +0000

Go to Martin’s suggested modern picture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Foster's_Buildings,_High_Street.jpg (or Google Foster’s Building Sheffield)
I like the fact that Boots is still there (just moved next door) and the sign warns of the new tramway !!

By: Rose Brown

Rose Brown — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:50:08 +0000

Great idea to add interest for ancestry to post picture posing question where is this place.
Weymouth 1900?

By: Robert Turner

Robert Turner — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:01:40 +0000

I think it is Fargate/High Street in Sheffield about 1880.

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By: Martin Tolley

Martin Tolley — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:26:10 +0000

It’s Foster’s building in the High Street in Sheffield.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Foster's_Buildings,_High_Street.jpg