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The cottage at Coate in which my father was born. Photo (81,807 bytes) taken about 1910 is the one from which the picture of my father as a baby in his mother's arms was electronically extracted and enlarged.
The above cottage and its neighbour after the fire in 1916. (photo 56,899 bytes).
St. Mary Magdalene Church, South Marston.
Photo (56,689 bytes) taken 28th April 1997 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f11, exposure 1/250th second, 50mm lens.
Christ Church, Swindon.
Photo (46,324 bytes) taken 7th August 1998 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f11, exposure between 1/125th and 1/250th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
St. Andrew's Church, Wanborough.
Note the unusual combination of tower at one end and spire at the other. In Britain, only Purton (a few miles away on the other side of Swindon) has a similar structure. A church at Ormskirk in Lancashire has both tower and spire, but in that case both are at the same end of the church.
Photo (63,803 bytes) taken 27th June 1986 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f16, exposure between 1/125th and 1/250th second, 24mm lens.
St. Andrew's Church, Wanborough.
Photo (52,917 bytes) taken 27th June 1986 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f11, exposure 1/250th second, 50mm lens.
St. George's Church, West Harnham, Wiltshire, where my grandparents married.
Photo (99,538 bytes) taken 30th December 1997 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f11, exposure between 1/60th and 1/125th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
St. George's Church, West Harnham, Wiltshire.
Photo (123,716 bytes) taken 30th December 1997 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f11, exposure 1/250th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
St. George's Church, West Harnham, Wiltshire.
Photo (74,619 bytes) taken 30th December 1997 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f11, exposure between 1/125th and 1/250th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
The cottage in West Harnham where my maternal grandmother grew up. English Heritage has it recorded as a Grade II listed building, which means it is subject to special protection against changes to its appearance.
Photo (41,229 bytes) taken 27th June 1986 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture F11, exposure between 1/60th and 1/125th, 50mm lens.
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