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Link: London Borough of Merton, 15,000 old photographs
« on: Monday 24 March 14 11:02 GMT (UK) »
The London Borough of Merton have just completed a project of scanning and uploading 15,000 historical photos of the area.

http://photoarchive.merton.gov.uk
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Re: London Borough of Merton, 15,000 photos
« Reply #1 on: Monday 24 March 14 12:45 GMT (UK) »
How fascinating - makes me wish I had ancestors from the area.  ;)

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Re: Link: London Borough of Merton, 15,000 old photographs
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 28 November 17 14:08 GMT (UK) »
Another site worth checking out, especially the Eric Montague collection.

http://mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/photographs/
Lavender - Ruislip Middlesex / Mitcham Surrey
Ad(d)away - Burnham Buckinghamshire / Mitcham Surrey
Abrehart/Abrahart - Edmonton Middlesex / Mitcham Surrey / Victoria Australia
Lindsell - Braintree Essex / Morpeth Durham / Islington london
Donohoe/Donohue & Roche - Graiguecullen, Queens/Carlow Ireland