EPW061725 ENGLAND (1939). Tenbury Cattle Market and the Gas Works, Burford, 1939

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EPW061725
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EPW061727
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EPW061726
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EPW061723
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EPW061724
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EPW061939
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EAW029810
  335° 272m
EAW029805
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EPW061938
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Details

Title [EPW061725] Tenbury Cattle Market and the Gas Works, Burford, 1939
Reference EPW061725
Date 10-June-1939
Link
Place name BURFORD
Parish BURFORD
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 359707, 268578
Longitude / Latitude -2.5911255748654, 52.313441724446
National Grid Reference SO597686

Pins

Has this gable end collapsed or is it being rebuilt or demolished. What is that smoke?

Oliver Romain
Thursday 17th of October 2013 11:21:22 PM

Class31
Sunday 25th of August 2013 10:09:51 AM
A456 Birmingham - Woofferton Road

Class31
Sunday 25th of August 2013 09:41:33 AM

Class31
Sunday 25th of August 2013 09:08:35 AM
AA Place name and distance sign. These were erected in large numbers across the country by the AA. They were circular and enamelled in yellow and black with the place name horizontally across the middle in large letters. At the top of the sign was an AA badge motif with Automobile and Association on either side. Next down was a place name and distance in miles and quarter miles. This was a horizontal line in smallish lettering black on yellow. Next down was the large place name horizontally in large yellow lettering on a black band. Below this was another local place name and distance in black lettering on yellow. Then came a line giving London and the distance in miles in a slightly smaller lettering size. The last line at the bottom was "SAFETY FIRST" horizontally black on yellow. I shall attempt to show an example http://www.geograph.org.uk/reuse.php?id=466437 So far I am unable to read this particular sign but there is a remote possibility that we shall be able to make it using a larger display screen.

Class31
Sunday 25th of August 2013 08:43:59 AM

User Comment Contributions

An example of an AA Place name and distance sign on display in Wiltshire showing the standard layout.

Class31
Tuesday 3rd of September 2013 05:14:52 PM
There are said to be around 65 village signs still in use today.

Class31
Tuesday 3rd of September 2013 05:14:52 PM
Eureka I was able to make out a letter on the sign. The name started with the letter T. I made a leap and guessed Tenbury Wells which fits this series of photos.

Class31
Tuesday 3rd of September 2013 05:00:10 PM
Thanks for the location Class31. We'll update the catalogue and post your new data here in due course.



Yours, Katy

Britain from Above Cataloguing Team Leader

Katy Whitaker
Tuesday 3rd of September 2013 05:00:10 PM
View looking south.

Class31
Sunday 25th of August 2013 12:18:49 PM
EPW061723 to EPW061727 are a group of the Tenbury Wells gas works. All were taken on 10th June 1939 on a beautiful summer's day. Who would have guessed that within three months the country would be entering into another bloody war only a generation after the war to end all wars.

Class31
Sunday 25th of August 2013 09:59:43 AM