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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer Ashbury 001.jpg en Postcard of Ashbury Berkshire England it is now in Oxfordshire due to 1974 boundary changes The photographer was Fred C Palmer of Tower Studio Herne Bay Kent ca 1905 �20 and of 6 Cromwell Street Swindon ca 1920 �36 He is believed to have died 1936 �39 The postcard is unused and un-postmarked ;Points of interest The village school in the centre has a child in the doorway and still has its bell tower leaded windows and chimney all now gone This building is now the village hall The Saxon-style butter cross has since become a war memorial by the addition of a plaque There is washing on the line next to the school possibly showing a woman's long knitted vest called undershirt in US The road is not made up with tarmac or ashphalt; it would be muddy in winter The tree in the centre appears to be at least two centuries old The bark of the trunk and the shape of the branches indicate that it could possibly be a pollarded beech Both trees are now gone and replaced by a younger tree; but this crossroads is still known as Crosstrees The thatched house on the left still exists and is still thatched Editing This is an unedited scan of an historical postcard print If editing please consider uploading your edit as a separate file Thank you Contrast This print has darkened with age but it would be inappropriate to adjust the brightness because detail in lighter or darker areas would be lost Border The remaining border of this image is important for researchers of this photographer Some photographers trimmed their images more than others and Palmer has a reputation for producing smaller postcards than other early 20th century UK photographers He took his own photos developed them in-house onto postcard-backed photographic paper and trimmed them himself It is worth adding that during hand-developing the border is actively masked with equipment which both crops the picture and causes the white frame or border to appear on the paper This frame is part of the design and is one of the reasons why the quality of Palmer's work is so interesting and why there is an article and category for him on English Wiki Researchers need to see exactly where the edge of the postcard is Thank you for taking the time to read this Scan of original postcard in my possession 1920 �36 Fred C Palmer died 1936 �39 out of copyright 2011 comparison shot of same view File Palmer sites 2011 Ashbury 032 jpg PD-art-70 Ashbury Oxfordshire Ashbury Oxfordshire War Memorial Buildings historically in Berkshire Butter crosses Fred C Palmer of Swindon Postcards of Oxfordshire DEFAULTSORT Ashbury Oxfordshire | ||||
