1956

100 photos tagged 1956, from 15 members of Flickr Commons.

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1956
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CO 1069-20-7

from The National Archives UK

  • dango64 said:
    This are ambazonians or southern cameroonians there are two different countries. Not cameroon.

Trains at station, Valentia Harbour, Co. Kerry

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 17 older comments, and then…
  • O Mac said:
    25" OSI Streetview
  • Niall McAuley said:
    50 years or so after this one:
    Next stop, America!
  • O Mac said:
    A Mr Michael Kenna would have been station master at the time. www.flickr.com/photos/be216cd1/7653446174/in/photolist-cE...
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    There's a description of the last day of the railway here under "Caherciveen Closure." "The 39½ mile branch line from Farranfore to Valentia Harbour - one of the most scenic lines in Ireland - was closed to all traffic on and from February 1. As January 31 was a Sunday the last trains ran on Saturday, January 30, a day on which the Kerry weather, true to form, provided rain almost without a break throughout the day"
  • Mossy Carey said:
    The location is Renard Point. The Royal Hotel and other buildings in Knightstown, Valentia are to be seen across the harbour. A famous restaurant and bar are at The Point today and a fish processing plant. A modern ferry runs to Valentia on a constant basis during daylight in the summer. The Royal Hotel in Valentia is still in business and thriving. There are now plans afoot to create a cycleway where the trains once ran.

Central Gardens project

from The Library of Virginia

  • nundu1 said:
    Central Gardens in it's very early days. By the early 60s the roads graded but not paved would be finished and an elementary school built. We lived on Holly Street from 1963-1967, a block from the school. All of the houses in the newer section were identical, down to the two maple saplings planted on either side of the sidewalk leading to the front door. The only house that varied from this was the one built for the Kennedy's at the corner of Holly and Carneal. They (like us) had 7 children and had a house with 4 bedrooms. All of the other houses were 3 bedrooms with one bath, and eat in kitchen with a walk in pantry/laundry room off it, and a living room. I'd estimate the total square footage was about 1200 and heated by a single wall heater in the hall between the living room and bedrooms. The floors were tile over concrete. But it was a big move for us. It was the first home our parents bought.