Faded Memories

Oh, I'd love to see them!

Now THAT is cool.....:-)

That has got to be one of the best things left behind here, and there seems to be so many...

Why anyone would leave such interesting pictures behind, we'll never know...

maybe they didn't leave it behind, maybe they were forced to or it was just a painful memory of a happy time

This nplace is very interesting and in excellent condition. Lynne, you know so much about this stuff. Its faxcinating! Glad to see new picures!

Oh, you are lucky to find such a thing. I wish I could see the things that you see. I'd imagine it must feel sort of... personal, does it?

Makes you wonder if say 50-75 years from now will theses photos be looked upon as we look at theses pic's right now.
Or maybe they'll looked upon for their historic significance?

Thanks for all the pic's Motts all you hard work and dedication is truly appreciated all from simple and fascinating photo's such as these. Without you none of us would ever know any of these incredible places ever existed.

is that a film reel in the background Motts?

oh, too tempting. And so pretty.

I love that !

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Germany.

Every picture tells so many stories.

Seeing this picture almost makes it seem that all your trouble to find a 'good' spot to visit was worthwhile.

I think it was too lovely just to be simply left behind by the person who owned them. That's sad.

In the mid-70's my brother had moved into a house on the street I was born because the house was ' as they had been, before people changed them '
An old couple had died there , and he said you could still see the impression on the bed where one of them had died. The house came with all its' furnishings.
He had photo portraits he had found framed in the house, and he was using them ornamentally. They where of young women from the turn of(the last)century, and they were tinted blue and another color.(red?)
When I asked him who these people were, he just shrugged his shoulders.
There was also an old, wood, console short-wave radio in there that still worked, Boy!,do I regret not taking it.

I have to ask this, cause at a recent college interview the dean told me "In 10 years, film will no longer be used, everything will be digital and film is just too expensive." I found this utterly mortifying as film is absolutely astounding....

Anyone think it's possible? I just can't get my head around the fact that we will no longer using film because it's 'too expensive.' I mean, here is evidence that it will always be around, and we will have evidence of such past lives.

Will film become obsolete? I don't think so, it may become scarce and more of a hobbie, but not gone entirely. It may be possible that it becomes very expensive to take your film someplace to be developed. There are A LOT of non-recyclable, no safe way to dispose of them chemicals used in film developing. I do not support the "green people' but they may make it difficult for someone to open a film processing store in the future.
This is all speculation based on past recent curves, but, I don't think it will go away completely.

Its' amazing how much silver goes into making film.
In the mid sixties (heh heh) the Gov. started
taking short-cuts and that is when they started taking silver out of curency.
But our graphic arts teacher noted FILM was
needed for reconnaissance so "they'll take it out of the money before they take it out of film.
Here are we 40 years later and the printing
industry has been reduced to the size of a room,we have digital, amazing copiers, but we still have film so there still is hope.

that is awsome! i wonder who those people were!

Sadly most film will be gone quite soon. In many theatres they are replacing the projectors with digital versions where you download the movie through a computer. No more reels of film to be spiced together, which means my husband may have to find a new career as there won't be much call for a projectionist. =P
I think it's unbelievably sad, but hey, that's progress isn't it?

OMG!! Evidence of time stopping!

Isn't this location in England...? Funny that the photo should be called 'In the Fall' and not 'In the Autumn'.

I think there could be a lot less mystery behind this picture than first meets the eye. The frame doesn't look particularly old (we had a set of 6 in our house when I was a kid....I'm 28 ;), and the fact that it's titled leads me to believe that it's simply a decorative picture postcard. My Nan has Victorian postcards all over the place. Landscapes, portraits, animals, manors...the lot. They were really cheap and prolific; chiefly from market stalls all over the UK :)

You are right, they are postcards and were framed to be hung on the wall, still odd that they were left there

Maybe they were just random decorations put up by the staff. They wouldn't really have any personal meaning then...

(Love the way these photos make you think!)