The Frith Blog
Articles, news and opinions from The Francis Frith Collection.
We are always looking at old photographs and quite often we come across fascinating stories, facts and scenes and we want to share these with you. This is why we created the Frith Blog - it could be a set of photographs connected with the current season, upcoming events or a theme. We hope you enjoy browsing what we've found and if you have any ideas of articles we could create in the future, please let us know.
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We mark the 60th anniversary of the launch of the Mini with a selection of nostalgic photographs from The Francis Frith Collection showing this iconic car in its 1960s heyday. Have fun finding the Mini cars in these views!
Specially selected photos of viaducts from The Francis Frith Collection
Here are some nostalgic photos of these early supermarkets in the past – some names are now long gone, like Fine Fare and the International Stores, but others are still with us, like Tesco, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s.
A special photo feature about the extraordinary legacy of Gloucester man Robert Raikes, the founder of the Sunday school movement, and some living memories of attending Sunday school from website visitors.
A nostalgic celebration in photographs and memories of the local department stores of the past that used to draw throngs of customers to towns.
A selection of nostalgic photographs of milk and dairy delivery carts and dairy cows returning "home" for milking time.
Celebrating Salisbury - our nearest city - with a selection of lovely vintage views of this delightful place.
A selection of archive photos of life on railway platforms in the early part of the last century.
We hope you enjoy these favourite football-themed photographs from The Francis Frith Collection.
A selection of both sweet and slightly excruciating memories of first loves and first kisses!
Celebrating the summer solstice with photographs of the famous prehistoric sites of Stonehenge and Avebury, and Glastonbury Tor.
Curious old buildings known as Buttermarkets or Buttercrosses can be seen in a number of town centres around Britain. In the days when most farmers sold their produce locally, these were specially built structures to provide shelter for the vendors, usually the farmers’ wives, where commodities such as butter and cheese could be sold under cover on market days in the town.