When Ian passed away in 2022 aged 89, he left an archive of over 50,000 slides dating between the mid 1950's and the late 2010's. His primary interest was in Railway and Canal history with a sprinkling of family photo's
Unfortunately, he relied very much on his memory and encyclopedic knowledge when giving lectures and left few written notes - we have therefore been left the task of scanning and identifying many thousands of images before passing them on to a suitable archive ( ROMA or the RCHS Online Media Archive).
We welcome comments on potential location, subject matter and historical interest. Each image has a unique six digit identifier beginning with a "1" and ending in an "E" - if not using the comment feature in the gallery, please quote this ID.
You'll notice a number of albums on the site - These are driven by "Tags" on each image; "Overseas", "Rail", "Model" etc. We'll try and update the tags along with the description.
It's possible that Ian's collection includes slides which were not taken by him, but bought, donated, lent or given. If we have infinged anyone else's copyright, please let us know. It was not intentional but we will remove the image (and comments) from the site.
Unfortunately, he relied very much on his memory and encyclopedic knowledge when giving lectures and left few written notes - we have therefore been left the task of scanning and identifying many thousands of images before passing them on to a suitable archive ( ROMA or the RCHS Online Media Archive).
We welcome comments on potential location, subject matter and historical interest. Each image has a unique six digit identifier beginning with a "1" and ending in an "E" - if not using the comment feature in the gallery, please quote this ID.
You'll notice a number of albums on the site - These are driven by "Tags" on each image; "Overseas", "Rail", "Model" etc. We'll try and update the tags along with the description.
It's possible that Ian's collection includes slides which were not taken by him, but bought, donated, lent or given. If we have infinged anyone else's copyright, please let us know. It was not intentional but we will remove the image (and comments) from the site.
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Batch 12 uploaded
2024-10-24 Batch 12, another (fairly) mammoth one, has been uploaded. Divided into three parts to make searching manageable, it brings the total images to 26,698 or just shy of 27,000 - over half way there!Up to 22,000 images
2024-09-17 Batch 11 has now been uploaded with just shy of 22,000 images on site - nearly half way there!Site rebuild
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