Stonehenge around 1961

Schitterende opname ,Rosa,wat was jij trots op jouw kleine broertjes.
Heel origineel, de jongens met de stropdas....
Hartelijke groeten.....Frans.

Not sure I was very proud of them back then Frans. LoL...but I get on well with them now ;-))
We were always very smart on outings in those days!
Best wishes, Rosa.

Wow, what a treasure! Thanks for sharing!

My pleasure Erhard. It says 1961 on the back of the photo :)

A little hint, when it was Rosa? Definitively not in September 2010 like ip tells me. ;-)
Beautiful captures.

I thought it was 1959 Leon but it says 1961 on the back of the original photo, so I have changed ip date to that. Thank you for your kind comments....Rosa.

An excellent shot Rosa - have never been that close !!!

Neither have I since then Jeff.

Nostalgic pictures Rosa.

They certainly are Jaap.

the tomes goes on :-))

Time goes on very quickly Anna!!

Lovely B/W images, Rosa. I remember 1961 like it were yesterday. LOL. Cheers, Joe

I remember a lot Joe. I loved the 60's. Especially my teens. Cheers, Rosa.

Delightful photos Rosa...........I love rooting through old snaps - you never know what you're going to find.

Thank you Keith. I must get myself a slide scanner as I have so many that my father took, mostly in the 60's and 70's.

That's a good idea................we found hundreds of photos when my Mother passed away and they're still in the boxes we found them in. I keep meaning to get them digitised, but never seem to get round to it.

Documents ! Very nice you show us these old views !

Some don't scan too well Ulrich but as I mentioned to Keith, I must get a slide scanner as I have so many that my father took.

A beautiful souvenir photo in one of the most famous sites in the world!!!!!!!
Great shots!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Nouchet....great memories :-))

Yes Rosa, we too had a free run of the place in the fifties and there were rarely many people there if any.
Thanks for the memories ~ All the best ~ Nick

Amazing to think that now Nick! You can usually see it for free now with the traffic jams! I wish they would hurry up and get that part of the A303 sorted!! Still, mustn't moan...great memories!
All the best ~ Rosa.

All very smartly dressed in your Sunday Best do you remember what the camera was ? you didn't have vast amounts of visitors then I had been at work for four years then where has all that time gone? enjoy your evening should be nice in the summer house now !!

I don't remember the camera Peter, but my dad used to take wedding photo's and portraits and always printed them himself, so it must have been a good camera. I do have a photo of him with it somewhere and will dig it out when I have time. No chance of relaxing in the summerhouse at the moment, unfortunately.

Great photo, Rosa..... I remember this shot you posted on the old Pano site!!....Lovely PiP shot too. I must get some really old photo's my sister has scanned.

Good memory John! My scanner broke a while ago so I must soon replace it. Would love to see some of your old pic's :-))

Wonderful recall from the Albums Rosalyn, made me think what I was upto then, I was just 16.

If I have the date right I was ten Maurice. Yes some great memories. There were two more children to come soon after this photo was taken!

Those were the days. Lovely to see. I visited much later but was still able to walk among the stones then on another visit a few years after everything had changed. I suppose one of the advantages of Callanish is that it's on an island and more difficult to get to.

I don't know exactly when the stones were cordoned off Jean, but I think it must have been sometime in the late 70's. Have you ever been to Avebury? You can walk all around the huge circles there and it's such an interesting village. I lived 6 miles away from there for many years.

I well remember many times just pulling up onto the roadside and playing around the Stones !

I actually don't mind too much what English Heritage have done. It does keep something very special safe. They have also finally come to a good place with the people that want to be there come the Solstices.

There is apparently a good visitor centre but I am told it's quite expensive now. I much prefer Avebury. Last time I was there some Druids were doing their thing around a particular stone. Very interesting to watch! Yes the Solstices are much better managed now.

I went when I was last able to go Home.. that was March 2011. I also went back to Avebury (which wasnt far from where I once lived) and then to Stanton Drew. I hear you say "Where" look it up. It is THE third place.. just as important as Stonehenge and Avebury.. free and forgotten. A huge area.... The magic is still there.. and you can have the place to yourself... plus the cows in the field !

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanton_Drew_stone_circles

My pics of that day snowdropsanglosaxonchronicals.shutterfly.com/pictures/1985 and a short diary snowdropsanglosaxonchronicals.shutterfly.com/blog/122

That's interesting. Where did you use to live near Avebury? I lived near Woodborough which is not far from there from 1975 until 1981. Oh yes, Stanton Drew is wonderful and a place my daughter and I are going to before the end of summer! I haven't been for many years, so will take plenty of pictures! Thank you for the links....I'm taking a look now and they are wonderful!!

Firstly in a little village off the Ridgeway and then in Newbury. Avebury and the Kennet Long Barrow and Wayland Smithy / Uffington White Horse etc used to be summer evening rides out and winter fun in the snow !

The whole area is converging Ley lines . I am pagan to my core !

Thanks for showing Rosa....this is one of the places, I really long to see...although it´s not possible to walk around them....I think that´s good for keeping them safe!
Great to share your memories to us ;)

My pleasure Tanja. I suppose it is so familiar to me that I take no notice of it now. I much prefer Avebury. There is talk about replacing the main road past the stones with a tunnel, but I think a duelled by-pass further away would be better....You know how long it takes councils and governments to decide on these things! It's only been about 30 years ;-))

Fascinating family photos and great memories. Isn't it interesting how people used to dress up for outings in those days. Sadly, by the time I visited, it was already "keep back".

Thank you George. When I look at photos from the 50's and 60's even at the seaside we would all look very smart and often in our school uniforms!

A sweet, ancient memory in this magical location.
All the best
Fabio

Thank you Fabio. Do you have to remind me that I am ancient ;o)
All the best, Rosa.

Sure a place to see ... and more especially when you saw it. Unfortunately I missed it ....
How I love this kind of old family photographs !
Have a lovely evening, Rosalyn.

I have been sorting through all my parents early photos Christiane. Many of them in boxes or their original folders from the printers. Many have brought tears but so nice to have the happy memories. My best wishes to you.

hoe oud was je op de foto met je broers....12 of 13 schat ik...klopt dat ??
Ik was 18 toen

Prachtige herinnering voor jou

Goeden HFF Avond!

I was 10 Fred. Thank you for all your kind comments. I will be away for a while and will view all my friends galleries in ipernity in a week or two.

Beautiful historic site and great moment photo, Rosa, with memories, if we could turn back time, I know it's not possible, time flies, I see it in my life too...
Congratulations for this wonderful family photo,
I wish you a great week ahead !

Thank you for your lovely comments Sonia. I am so sorry for the late reply. I still do not have time to get on Ipernity very much, but I am hoping in a weeks time I will be able to give it the attention it deserves. Have a good weekend. Best wishes, Rosa.

Fine images from yesteryear Rosa. It must be great to have such a photographic record of childhood days. Most of our family pictures from those days were lost in one of our many house moves during my fathers service in HM forces.

All the best, Doug

What a shame so many from your childhood are lost Doug. I treasure them and am lucky to have them. Thank you for your kind comments.
Best wishes, Rosa.

I remember walking among the stones in the 80s, coming back a few years ago was quite a shock.

That is interesting Gudrun. I didn't know you were still able to walk among them in the 1980's.

An impressive capture!

Thank you Rainer.

I too remember unrestricted access on a school trip in 1975. I was 17. It's a pity but necessary these days I suppose.

With the volume of visitors it is inevitable I suppose Andy.

Rosa, esos dólmenes son importantes, por eso he tenido la curiosidad de verlo en Internet y te paso el enlace conseguido... en español que podrás ponerlo en inglés: es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge
Por otra parte, la del PiP podría ser una de tus primeras fotos, si como supongo están tus padres y tus dos hermanos mayores, ya que tú estabas allí según se ve en la otra foto.

Así que “Stone”, ahora recuerdo que significa “piedra” o “roca”.

Yes I took the second picture. It's not as good as my fathers :-))
Thank you for the link. Stonehenge is a very important site.

Great photo of a sweet memory and fascinating place.

I got to do a drive by of Stonehenge this year on the Solstice - didn't even think about trying to park and walk up to the 'fence' around it, but the traffic was so slow I did get to enjoy it even at a distance. Interestingly we have an exact copy of Stonehenge overlooking our Columbia Gorge (It's made out of reinforced conrete because when they tried to use local stones it didn't work, but looks very much like the real thing). It's almost 100 years old now. It looks different than the original because it's made to be as it was first built - so nothing fallen down. thegorgeguide.com/stonehenge-in-washington-state

Thank you for your interesting story raingirl. They have been talking about a by-pass for at least 30 years! The latest is to build a tunnel, but there have been so many objections. I wish they would just take the dual carriageway a few miles away and it would give Stonehenge the landscape it deserves.

Your solution sounds best to me - move the "dual carriageway" (2 lane highway - if you were American, haha). I personally have always disliked underground roads for varying reasons, though they can be useful.