Category Archives: Grandpa’s Old Slides

This famous monument, situated at the top of the Mall outside Buckingham Palace, will be prominent over the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend so I thought I’d post a picture probably taken by my gran, Ivy Alice Hibbitt (nee Dando), some … Continue reading →

The previous slide which I posted from Grandpa’s collection showed the most easterly point of the UK, Lowestoft. Now I’m posting a photo of the most westerly point on mainland England, Land’s End in Cornwall. My gran, Ivy Alice Hibbitt … Continue reading →

Lowestoft is the most easterly point of the UK. This old photograph of Lowestoft Sands was probably taken by one of my grandparents, Charles George Hibbitt or Ivy Alice Hibbitt (nee Dando), some time during the 1950’s or 1960’s. (From … Continue reading →

This old photograph of the Clock Tower, which houses the great bell of Big Ben, was probably taken by my gran, Ivy Alice Hibbitt (nee Dando), some time during the 1950’s. At the time, the tower was undergoing maintenance and … Continue reading →

(Click the images above to enlarge) These photographs of Weston-super-Mare were probably taken some time during the 1950’s or 1960’s on a family holiday. The Sandringham Hotel (top left) is still there today. (From my grandpa’s collection of old slides … Continue reading →