Early 20th century photograph (or possibly earlier) of The Street, w:Wormshill by unknown photographer. Photograph is illustrative of (1) the post office in Wormshill, operational in its original location (2) a rural bygone era (3) the unchanged nature of The Street, Wormshill and the old post office building (one of the oldest post office buildings in the United Kingdom).
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Picture has been scanned from a published newspaper article (Kent Messenger Homes supplement, 5 October 2007) regarding the Old Post Office, Wormshill. Image is a copy of an original historic photograph and article did not attribute copyright. In addition, the historical depiction in the image would indicate the original photographer has been deceased since 1937. Accordingly copyright lapsed and image within public domain
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Early 20th century photograph of The Street, Wormshill by unknown photographer. Picture has been scanned from a newspaper article and shows a particular place in time, descriptive of a rural era. No free equivalent available