Mystery of 100-year-old photographs 'solved'

Name: Mystery of photos on 100-year-old-camera 'solved'
Uploaded: 2025-02-09T07:19:58.750Z
Duration: 1 min 14 s
Description: It is believed that the crowd in the photo welcomed home a mum who delivered quadruplets in 1948.

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The mystery of 100-year-old photographs, that came to light after a local man bought a Kodak camera at Salisbury Antiques Market, could have been solved.

The century-old photographs show a large crowd gathered in what appears to be Chipping Sodbury.

History buffs and social media users were quick to guess what had drawn such a crowd, following an article about the photographs.

And now it looks like the mystery may have been solved.

Video journalist: Harriet Robinson

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