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Ever since I was a small boy, I have been fascinated with the picture on a tray that my parents owned. I would really like to know where the image is from. Any ideas?
I have tried Google goggles but no luck.

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Posted : 20/12/2014 7:13 pm
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Midsummer


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 7:16 pm
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Not enough bodies.


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 7:21 pm
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So this thread isn't a follow up to the one about Wonder Woman and the lass in the Fall Guy?


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 7:24 pm
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Wiltshire ?


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 7:28 pm
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You were fascinated by a pic on tea tray as a lad 😯

I was fascinated by my mates older sister and the milf 2 doors down, each to their own I suppose.


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 7:31 pm
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It certainly looks like Wiltshire, the architecture and thatch looks right, but Wiltshire is a chuffing big county!
It looks very familiar, almost like around Lacock, but I know it isn't.
Bloody annoying, that. If it's OK with the OP, I'll post it up on my Fb page, see if anyone I know who lives in other parts of the county recognises it.


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 7:33 pm
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bruneep, just one amongst other, healthier fascinations 😉

CountZero, I know what you mean, almost like at the top of Sandy Lane. Yes, FB should be OK. Should put it on mine.

Just noticed that the whole photo stream is accessible instead of the specific picture. Will see if I can lock it down.


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 7:57 pm
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Swindon?*

*In all probability, unlikely.


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 8:14 pm
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I've just shared it on Fb, so it'll be interesting to see if anyone recognises it. There are a couple of biker friends on there who ride around Wiltshire a lot, so it might get a hit.
Finger's crossed I can put you out of your misery! 😀


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 8:16 pm
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Certainly not Swindon, that area, Thamesdown, is a bit too far north for that type of cottage, it'll be more Lacock and South-East from there, I think.
It's an interesting little challenge, trying to fix the real-world location of an anonymous photo taken years ago.


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 8:21 pm
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They would have figured it out already on Mumsnet...


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 8:38 pm
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It's Chard in Somerset.

Happy Christmas!
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Posted : 20/12/2014 8:42 pm
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Dorset? Looks like Hardy country to me.
Welford on Avon (Warwickshire)?


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 9:00 pm
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Arse - probably not Chard.

I found a picture of the same tray labelled 'Chard Youth Centre', but that would appear to be where the picture of the tray was taken, as opposed to the location of the scene itself.

As I said before - arse.
Sorry.

The picture of the tray is [url= https://www.pinterest.com/anniebee5/village-halls/ ]here. [/url]


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 9:08 pm
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It looks vaguely New Forest to me, the kind of village originally built by squatters, perhaps?


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 10:35 pm
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I am actually amazed that someone else has taken a picture of the tray and posted it online. It's all going a bit Dave Gorman.

My ultimate aim is do a streetview comparison.


 
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Posted : 21/12/2014 12:04 am
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This was my childhood fascination, Kays catalogue lingerie section in the late 70's/early 80's……..till our xmas ball/party in 1983 (Academy first year) as Judith Rawlinson let me touch her very early developed chest bumps and the Kays catalogue was soon forgotten about 😉 ….

[url= http://coffeelounge.kandco.com/catalogue-lingerie/ ]A world of wonders for a young boy[/url]


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 12:36 am
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I'd go with Dorset.
Could be Milton Abbas with the thatched roofs and the long slope to the road.
What does it say on the back of the tray?


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 1:18 am
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What do I win for my googling skillz ? 🙂

Boat Lane, Welford on Avon.

Can't quite get the angle of the original picture though. It must have been taken tight up to the wall on the LHS.

[URL= http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/ardsei/Houses_zpsca82691e.jp g" target="_blank">http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/ardsei/Houses_zpsca82691e.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]

The picture below is taken from the far end of your tray photo.

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Posted : 21/12/2014 3:58 am
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This place never ceases to amaze me.

Top work Mr Pips.


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 4:32 am
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Quaint.

Good stuff


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 6:18 am
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I am amazed. Thanks richpips, I can now move on in my life. I have a large stack of Kays catalogs to start looking through.


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 11:02 am
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Kudos Mr Pips, Kudos! 😯


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 11:31 am
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Great stuff!

How did you find it?


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 11:38 am
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I'd not a clue where it was, other than it must be a local popular view.

I knew if that was the case, there would be a postcard showing a similar view.

[URL= http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/ardsei/_57_zps6a073d39.jp g" target="_blank">http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/ardsei/_57_zps6a073d39.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]

You can even buy a jigsaw of the house on the R.H. side. Ten Penny Cottage.


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 11:49 am
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But how did you find the card?


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 11:52 am
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This is why the internet exists. Impressive skills, and I'm struggling with this coaster 🙂

[img] [/img]


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 12:06 pm
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Something like village + thatched + cottage in image search.

That brought up somewhere in Oxfordshire which in turn took me to Fotolibra, which showed a picture of Welford on Avon.

Francis Frith have a searchable archive of postcards which clenched it.

Why does that girl not have stirrups, that's what I want to know?


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 12:10 pm
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She's obv an Indian.


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 12:11 pm
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Awesome work!


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 12:15 pm
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Wow, very impressive.


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 12:33 pm
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Great work richpips!

Why does that girl not have stirrups, that's what I want to know?

Because she doesn't have a saddle?


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 12:40 pm
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Welford may have been mentioned earlier in the thread...just sayin' like. Not bitter or anything.


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 1:48 pm
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For those that remember that stolen Jones threa will know Mr pips is stws greatest living detective... 😉


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 2:01 pm
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I am in awe of Mr Pips l33t G00g13 sk1lz! That's much further north than I had imagined, but I'm not at all familiar with that part of the country at all.
Great work!


 
Posted : 21/12/2014 6:04 pm

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