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Mary Moore Collection - Farnborough

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The Bulls Head opposite Pratts Bottom Common. The scene has not changed much since this was taken in April 1965.

Rural Tubbenden Lane at the junction with Beechcroft Road in 1965.

The junction of Tubbenden Lane with the A21 Farnborough Way before the roundabout was installed.

The area's first main road "Drive-In" restarurant, the Ox-in-Flames in 1965. It opened on 16th September 1960.

Another view of the Ox-in-Flames on Farnborough Way, now Frankie and Benny's restaurant.

St. Giles church, Farnborough, looking from the south west in 1965.

Clock House Farm, near High Elms, in 1965 and still to be found just south of the entrance to the golf course.

Goddendene in 1965, home of the well known March family, faced the A21 but was demolished in the 1970s to make way for the Sainsbury's store.

Cars turning out of Crofton Road into Farnborough Common in 1965 before traffic lights were installed. Goddendene in the distance.

The A21 Farnborough Common junction with Croydon Road and, in the foreground, Holwood Park Avenue. Again no traffic lights but they were being planned.

Crofton Road at Locks Bottom, the Old Forge in 1965,

Cottage at the junction of Crofton Road with Starts Hill in 1965. Currently (2021) there are plans to demolish it.

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