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Ghosts of the Past

Have you ever wondered who or what may have stood in the exact same spot in years, decades or centuries past?

This project aims to bring this idea to life by selecting vintage photos from the museum collection and taking modern photos from exactly the same spot. The old is then blended with the new to bring the ghosts from Henfield's past into the present, superimposed exactly as they once were...  

Braziers Forge / T. Miles Forge

Continuity and change: an early 20th century group photo outside 'John Brazier Practical Farrier & Smith' blended with 'T. Miles Blacksmith', 2018.
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Image: Henfield Museum Collection/R. S. Gordon

Henfield Horses for the War / KT Nail Spa Opening

Henfield horses prior to what was almost certainly their final departure to the front in WW1 and the scene from 2018 just prior to the opening of the new K.T. Nail Spa in what was once the Eardley Hall Institute.
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Image: Henfield Museum Collection/R. S. Gordon

Henfield High Street Edwardian Era / 2018

How many ghosts of the past can you spy in the modern scene? They stand in exactly the spots they were in a single moment over a century earlier.
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Image: Henfield Museum Collection/R. S. Gordon
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Images on this page marked as from the Henfield Museum collection are licensed for educational and non commercial use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) . Please credit 'Henfield Museum' and contact us to use an image for commercial purposes or at a higher quality.
​Website funded by the Friends of Henfield Museum, built & maintained by R. S. Gordon. Credit to Mike Ainscough for moving the website idea from discussion to reality.
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  • Home
    • Our Vision
    • The History of Henfield Museum
  • Collections
    • The Marjorie Baker Photo Collection >
      • Those Who Served
    • Costume >
      • Costume: Current Exhibitions
      • Costume: Past Exhibitions
      • Costume: Features
    • Our Art Collection
    • Wade Family Watercolours
    • Historic Photograph Collection >
      • Henfield Past in Colour
      • Ghosts of the Past
      • Henfield's Royal Celebrations
    • Audio Library
    • Maps & Aerial Photos
  • Exhibitions
  • Henfieldians Past
  • Blog
  • Heritage Projects
    • Henfield's Natural History >
      • Arborea
      • The William Borrer Transcription Project
    • Oral Histories
    • A Favourite Object
    • Henfield Heritage Trails
    • Local History Research
  • Friends of Henfield Museum
    • Join Form: The Friends of Henfield Museum
  • Henfield History Group
  • Key Resources
  • Education & Outreach
  • Gift Shop
  • Contact Us and Opening Times