Coleford, Gloucestershire

This photograph shows a Home Guard exercise and show of strength in the centre of Coleford in either 1940 or 1941.

Image: Photographer unknown

The modern version was taken from the same spot by Terry Halford. Not much has changed in the intervening years – although the stone seat pictured in the earlier photograph is not there in the current one.

Image: Terry Halford

A merged version of the two images. Use the slider in the centre.

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