Fascinating Photos of Downtown Somerset, Kentucky in 1980

These fascinating photos capture downtown Somerset, Kentucky, as it appeared in September 1980. The images show the streets, storefronts, local businesses, and everyday activity that defined the heart of the town at the start of the decade.

From parked cars and shop signs to pedestrians and familiar architecture, the photos preserve a clear snapshot of small-city life in south-central Kentucky more than forty years ago. They offer a valuable visual record of how Somerset’s downtown looked and felt in that moment in time.

Central Avenue looking north from E. Mt. Vernon Street, Somerset, Kentucky, September 1980

Downtown Somerset, Kentucky, September 1980

E. Mt. Vernon Street looking east from Central Avenue, Somerset, Kentucky, September 1980

E. Mt. Vernon Street looking west from Central Avenue, Somerset, Kentucky, September 1980

E. Mt. Vernon Street, looking east from Fountain Square, Somerset, Kentucky, September 1980

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Black and White Photos of Glastonbury Festival in 1982

Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, in England. In addition to contemporary music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and other arts.

Leading pop and rock artists have headlined, alongside thousands of others appearing on smaller stages and performance areas. Films and albums recorded at Glastonbury have been released, and the festival receives extensive television and newspaper coverage.

Regarded as a major event in British culture, the festival is inspired by the ethos of the hippie, counterculture, and free festival movements. The majority of staff are volunteers, helping the festival to raise millions of pounds for charity organizations.

After the 1970s, the festival took place almost every year and grew in size, with the number of attendees sometimes being swollen by gatecrashers.

These black and white photos were taken by Simon Evans that documented part of what happened in the 1982 Glastonbury Festival.

“This was my first Glastonbury. My first festival of any kind actually, and it was a muddy, wet one. A bunch of us set out from Carmarthen, no tents, just sleeping bags, a few quid, a supply of Golden Virginia and Rizzlas. It turned out to be a fantastic, traumatic, unforgettable experience!”

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Amazing Found Photos Capture Lovely Moments of Somerset Ladies in 1917

Somerset is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west. It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel, its coastline facing southeastern Wales. Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the River Avon. Somerset's county town is Taunton.

Somerset is a rural county of rolling hills, the Blackdown Hills, Mendip Hills, Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land including the Somerset Levels.

These amazing pics were found by fraser donachie that show the charm of Somerset ladies in 1917.

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The World’s First Wedding Car, 1903

The world’s first wedding car has been found at a British motor museum.

Experts believe the 1903 photo of a veteran Daimler shows the first time a motor vehicle was used in a wedding. Now 112 years on, newlyweds can recreate the retro look by having snaps onboard the 1897 classic at the Haynes Motor Museum, near Yeovil, Somerset.

A wedding party pose with a Daimier Wagonette in Weston-super-Mare in 1903.

Staff at the museum delved into the car’s history after it was donated by Bristol Museum. They found it was used at the wedding of James Andrews and Miss Rosa Gough in Weston-super-Mare in 1903 – and were able to track down the original photo to relatives in New Zealand.

“We believe it to depict the first documented use of a wedding car.” Mike Penn, Haynes Motor Museum.

The Daimler Wagonette dates from a time when cars were still known as “horseless carriages”. With a top speed of 11.6mph, it could get brides to the church on time – as long as they set off early enough.

(via Daily Express)