These amazing photos were taken by an American during his vacation in England in 1938. They show everyday life in towns, villages, cities in England, from rural to urban areas…
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| A sign for Hovis and The Golden Brown, Puttenham |
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| Abinger Hammer in Surrey |
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| Albert Weller store on Middle Street, Shere |
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| Albert Weller store, coal merchant and cars for hire on the right, Shere |
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| Bibury, Gloucestershire. |
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| Bibury, Gloucestershire |
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| Boy walking on street in Shere |
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| Bradford on Avon |
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| Capel, Surrey |
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| Church Street, East Hendred, Oxfordshire |
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| Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
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| City Gate, Salisbury |
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| Colebrook Street in Winchester |
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| Cycling in Shere |
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| East Street, Corfe Castle |
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| East Street, Corfe Village |
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| Elstead Bridge at the Wey River in Surrey |
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| F. Budden, Butcher & Grazier in Corfe Castle, Dorset |
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| High Street Winchester |
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| Ludgate Hill, London |
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| Man in front of Shiremark windmill in Capel, Surrey |
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| Man walking on street in Hagbourne, Oxfordshire |
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| Near Abinger Hammer in Surrey |
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| Nottingham Fee, Blewbury |
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| Penguin house at London Zoo |
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| Saint Edward’s Church on the right in Corfe Castle, Dorset |
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| Saint Edward’s Church Tower on the left in the village, Corfe Castle, Dorset |
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| Shere Norman church |
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| Shere, Surrey |
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| Shiremark windmill in Capel, Surrey |
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| Signs on streets in Shere |
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| St James’s church, Shere |
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| St Paul’s Cathedral, London |
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| Street in Shere |
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| Street in Tilford, Surrey |
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| Street with signs in Corfe Castle, Dorset |
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| The Bank of England in London |
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| The Red Lion pub, Blewbury |
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| The Royal Exchange of London |
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| The Steet, Compton, Guildford |
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| The Street, Puttenham |
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| The White Hart Hotel, Witley |
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| Tilford in Surrey |
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| Upton Grey, Hampshire |
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| Victoria Embankment, Hungerford Bridge, London |
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| Village from Corfe Castle |
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| West Street, Corfe Castle, Dorset |
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| West Street, Corfe Village |
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| Winchester Street with Cadena Cafe and Prall Jeweller |
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| Windsor, Berkshire |





















































