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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The 1921 UK Census information will be published online on 6th January 2022. This will be the first time that this information will be available for anyone to search it, either online or in an archive, and is an event eagerly awaited by genealogists, historians and everyone compiling their own family history.
Will we have snow this Christmas? Perhaps... but if not, here is a seasonal selection of snow-scene photographs from The Francis Frith Collection to remind us what a frozen winter wonderland looks like in all its pristine glory!
Remember, remember, the 5th of November! Archive photos, some history and your memories about Bonfire Night.
Some weird and wonderful vintage photographs of clocks and clock towers from The Francis Frith Collection, with some fascinating history to help tell their stories. Some hand-coloured, but most in black and white, it's worth taking the time to read this one!
Wooden desks and inkwells, school milk and The Cane! We remember the best (and worst) of schooldays in the 1950s and 60s.
We hope you enjoy this selection of vintage photographs on the theme of fishing and angling from The Francis Frith Collection – cast a line and pull one in!
Whilst we all hope that everyday business will soon resume as usual, we bring you this selection of nostalgic photographs of shop fronts from The Francis Frith Collection, to celebrate being ‘Open for Business’!
A special selection of photographs from the archive of various designs of prams of the past.
With today being Valentine's Day, we propose (see what we did there?) this special selection of photographs from The Francis Frith Collection of Gretna Green, the site of so many romantic declarations.
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
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.