Farnborough, Camp Road c.1965
Photo ref: F9176
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Photo ref: F9176
Photo of Farnborough, Camp Road c.1965

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Looking towards the junction with Lynchford Road, a rather downmarket- looking Fine Fare supermarket with what appears to be a corrugated iron roof has managed to gain a toe-hold, next to the more substantial Linney's electrical appliance shop. Note, too, the pair of spectacles hanging from the shop on the right; these were the premises of Morton's opticians.

Memories of Farnborough, Camp Road c1965

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Unless I am mistaken, this shot is pointing due south in which the trees of Lynchford Road can be seen in the distance. The distant building on the left hand corner of the "T" junction at the end of Camp Road was "Boots cash chemists" and had by 1965 engulfed "Timothy Whites" which was situated next door to it on both Camp and Lynchford roads. When we arrived in Farnborough in the mid fities I was struck by the ...see more