11 pictures of old Portland including a picnicking man who designed banknotes A forgotten Portland is celebrated in this collection of images. The 11 pictures show the isle at its most beautiful in its heyday of fishing and quarrying, It was a time when you could go to the fish and chip shop and order skate fresh from the boat that very day and a time when you would regularly see traction engines hauling heavy blocks of Portland stones. It was also a time when you d be likely to bump into luminaries of the art and literature scene. We have here a photo of the novelist Irish Murdoch enjoying a picnic with her friend Reynolds Stone, who famously designed the £5 and £10 notes from 1964, including the Queen’s portrait.
AMHERST – The former Boston & Maine railroad bridge over the Fort River on the Norwottuck Branch of the Mass Central Rail Trail provided an elevated view of the river and nearby Southeast Street for Jay and Louise Levy of Amherst enjoying a wintry.
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