They haven’t seen the light of day for decades. They’re from a bundle of black and white news photos which were tucked away in the Gazette archives. Undated, they look like they are mainly from the 1950s and show scenes from the Thornton area. What were the stories behind them? Email us here
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The railway line which ran from Thornton, via ICI, is captured in this photo
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The flooding of Wyre Road at Skippool on the banks of the River Wyre
at high tide
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Families and people on bikes, possibly on their way to work at ICI, are photographed here in Burn Naze
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A fascinating picture of a field in Thornton which shows two people gathering the harvest. It looks like a bicycle is part of the machinery they are using