29 June 2014 Commonwealth frames: Rescued archive images and maps A collection of 1.5 million photographs, maps and other materials relating to the Commonwealth have been rescued from a defunct museum in Bristol. The images were taken for the Directorate of Overseas Surveys (DOS) from the 1940s until the 1990s, and show communities and landscapes in 55 countries. Now in Edinburgh, the photographs are being digitised and catalogued by the National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP). The organisation is hosted by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-28043056 ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

wonderful project - wish I was 20 years younger. There was a 1947/48 aerial photo survey of Britain by the RAF and the Norfolk archives hold this county’s original glass plates from which they make free copies on CD on request. They can also be viewed on line, along with a similar arial survey in ’88,, and can be overlaid with ancient maps: http://www.historic-maps.norfolk.gov.uk/mapexplorer/ takes a bit of getting used to. If you look up Watton, you will see the main cross roads. Our house is just south on the main road heading south and in 1940s had a wheat field behind it. The town grew! Scroll to the right and you will see the old RAF Watton - still functional in ’48 complete with aircraft on the hard standings. Back up for a larger view of Norfolk and you will see how many RAF airfields there were just after the war, with still quite a few in 1988 although not many were operational. Chris On 3 Jul 2014, at 07:00, Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar <bosham@gmail.com> wrote: > 29 June 2014 > > Commonwealth frames: Rescued archive images and maps > > A collection of 1.5 million photographs, maps and other materials > relating to the Commonwealth have been rescued from a defunct > museum in Bristol. > > The images were taken for the Directorate of Overseas Surveys > (DOS) from the 1940s until the 1990s, and show communities > and landscapes in 55 countries. > > Now in Edinburgh, the photographs are being digitised and catalogued > by the National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP). The > organisation is hosted by the Royal Commission on Ancient and > Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). > http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-28043056 > > ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Chris I have surveyed the map and I guess, that the larger towns are marked. There is no Swanton Morley for it has the status, I believe, of a village ( I hear) . I believe it used to be an RAF base during the war which adds yet another base to the many in Norfolk ! I wonder if the flatlands , have anything to do with the case ?! Have you always lived at Watton? The map of Norfolk just looked at, is full of place names well known to most of us who have studied British History. Re my maternal grandmother (Nora Kay) who raised me. Her Parents (Kay and Anderson) hailed from Norfolk - Swanton Morley then Rotherham. I was able to glean something about the Andersons from the 1881 British Census. The RAF base retains links to the armed forces and is now, I believe, home to the Light Dragoons (Robertson Barracks) - in 1996. I wonder if you have ventured anywhere near these places? The idea of ‘ancient maps’ sounds so interesting. Glad to have met a ‘traveller’ from Norfolk ! With good wishes ~ Sally Stewart On 5 Jul 2014, at 9:23 pm, Chris Woods <c.woods45@btinternet.com> wrote: wonderful project - wish I was 20 years younger. There was a 1947/48 aerial photo survey of Britain by the RAF and the Norfolk archives hold this county’s original glass plates from which they make free copies on CD on request. They can also be viewed on line, along with a similar arial survey in ’88,, and can be overlaid with ancient maps: http://www.historic-maps.norfolk.gov.uk/mapexplorer/ takes a bit of getting used to. If you look up Watton, you will see the main cross roads. Our house is just south on the main road heading south and in 1940s had a wheat field behind it. The town grew! Scroll to the right and you will see the old RAF Watton - still functional in ’48 complete with aircraft on the hard standings. Back up for a larger view of Norfolk and you will see how many RAF airfields there were just after the war, with still quite a few in 1988 although not many were operational. Chris On 3 Jul 2014, at 07:00, Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar <bosham@gmail.com> wrote: > 29 June 2014 > > Commonwealth frames: Rescued archive images and maps > > A collection of 1.5 million photographs, maps and other materials > relating to the Commonwealth have been rescued from a defunct > museum in Bristol. > > The images were taken for the Directorate of Overseas Surveys > (DOS) from the 1940s until the 1990s, and show communities > and landscapes in 55 countries. > > Now in Edinburgh, the photographs are being digitised and catalogued > by the National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP). The > organisation is hosted by the Royal Commission on Ancient and > Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). > http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-28043056 > > ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message