Site last updated: 02/07/08 [more]
New to the site? Read our quick guide to Historic Farnborough [more]
Latest updates:
Gone but not forgotten - additions: the former Tile Barn House just before its demolition in 1980 added [more]
Gallery - Adverts gallery - a dozen local adverts from 1986/87 including Cove Motor Spares and The Joke Shop added [more]
Virtual Tour - additions: an undated photo of Lille Barracks and Highgate Lane from 1947 added [more]
Gallery - Sport gallery - Farnborough Town Football Club teamsheet from 1986/87 game against Kingstonian added [more]
Gallery - Adverts gallery - An assortment of old local adverts from 1986/87 added [more]
Gallery - Sport gallery - Farnborough Town Football Club programme from 1986/87 against Kingstonian added [more]
Videos - additions: a crash at the 1984 Farnborough Airshow (no-one was hurt), and Challenger 605 descending into Farnborough added [more]
Gallery - Aviation gallery (3) - an article from June 1953 about the Climatic Research Laboratory at the Institute of Aviation Medicine (IAM); and late 1980s/early 1990s photos from inside the IAM added [more]
Virtual Tour - additions: the former site of the RAE and the Victoria Road Chapel from 2008 added [more]
Virtual Tour - additions: two undated photos of St. Michael's Abbey, and the Clockhouse from 1971 and an undated photo added [more]
Gallery - Military gallery - 1919 photo of the beer tent at the Cambridge Univrsity Officers Training Camp on Farnborough Common added [more]
Gallery - Sport gallery - Farnborough Town Football Club programme from 1979/80 added [more]
Gone but not forgotten - additions: the former Oaks School in Cove from 1966/67 added [more]
Virtual Tour - additions: Netley Street from 1996; and St. Michael's Abbey from 2008 added [more]
Gallery - Aviation gallery (3) - Concorde's taking of from Farnborough in 1970 added [more]
Gallery - Weather gallery - Spring snow at St. Michael's Abbey in 2008 added [more]
Gallery - Miscellaneous gallery - TV filming in Netley Street from 1996 added [more]
Blog updated: 1000-up! [more]
Gallery - Aviation gallery (3) - the G-AYHS a BAC 167 Strikemaster, Singapore Air Defence Export, from 1970; and Concorde's last flight from Farnborough in 2000 added [more]
Virtual Tour - additions: two undated photos of Government House, and the former site of Malplaquet Barracks as it today added [more]
Virtual Tour - addition: ongoing demolition of Homelands on Victoria Road added [more]
Virtual Tour - new entries: former RAE recreation ground and sports club from 1990; Tarn Close from 1997; and the Queens Head from 2007 and today added[more]
Gone but not forgotten - additions: Whitehall Farm and pond from 1976 and today [more]
Virtual Tour - additions: an undated photo of the former Hillside Convent School on Farnborough Road added[more]
Virtual Tour - additions: Camp Road from 1990, Ferneberga House (the old town hall) from 2006, and the former Pinehurst Barracks from 2008 added[more]
Virtual Tour - additions: the former site of Castleden Hall (now Farnborough College of Technology) from 1957 and 1984 [more]
Gallery - Aviation gallery (3) - article from Flight from May 1953 about the Climatic Research Laboratory at the IAM [more]
Virtual Tour - new entry: All Saints Crescent from 1961 joins the tour [more]
Virtual Tour - additions: the former site of the RAE from 2008 [more]
Gone but not forgotten - additions: the former site of Farley House from 2008 [more]
Virtual Tour - additions: the Institute of Aviation Medicine from 1969 joins the tour [more]
Gallery - Miscellaneous gallery - photos from 1990 of the construction of the Blackwater Valley Relief Road (A331) added [more]
Gallery - Military gallery - 1978 and 1981 photos of army parades in Osborne Road and Lynchford Road added [more]
Gallery - Weather gallery - Spring snow in 2008 added [more]
Virtual Tour - updates: undated old photos Alexandra Road and Farnborough Road (mid) area; and the latest photos from the Queensmead demolition added [more]
Gallery - Aviation gallery (3) - New gallery added with press notes from 1950 about the Climatic Research Laboratory at the IAM, and photos from inside the IAM from the late 80s/early 90s [more]
Gallery - Maps gallery - Maps from 1955, 1959, 1974, 1982 and 1993 all added [more]
Family Histories - Jess Howell from the Cheshire Regiment during WWI [more]
Memories - The demise of the Rex Cinema and the NGTE [more]
Gallery - Weather gallery - photos from the Great Storm of 1987 added [more]
Gallery - Miscellaneous gallery - the former clock on the National Children's Home during its demolition in 1982 added [more]
Gallery - Aviation gallery (2) - an article from Aeronautics from 1960 about the Institute for Aviation Medicine (IAM) added [more]
Virtual Tour - updates: photos of the demolition of the National Children's Home on Alexandra Road from 1982 added [more]
Gone but not forgotten - new entries: the former sites of Brookhouse Farm, Eelmoor Farm, and Trunk Farm added [more]
Gallery - Sport gallery - three programmes from Farnborough Town Football Club's FA Cup ties with West Ham United in 1992, and Arsenal in 2003 added [more]
Gallery - Aviation gallery (2) - an airshow poster from the 1950s, the Lebaudy Airship disaster in 1911, and an undated photo of the Parseval airship added [more]
Virtual Tour - entries: Avenue Farm, Southwood House, Farnborough Common, the Sycamores Lodge, the Rex Cinema and Ardwyck House join the tour [more]
Gone but not forgotten - new entry: Homelands, once known as Amber Lodge Guest House, and which is due to be demolished, once housed returning WW1 soldiers [more]
Gallery - Cody Centenary gallery - high resolution photos of Cody's biplanes and war-kites added [more]
Gallery - Aviation gallery (2) - high resolution photos of Cody's biplanes and war-kites, and shots from the Balloon Factory from the early 1900s added [more]
Gallery - Cody Centenary gallery added - counting down to the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight [more]
Gone but not forgotten - new entries: Beeching's Garage, Forest Lodge, Stake Cottages, Stake farm, West Heath Farm, Southwood House, White House Farm, Sycamore Sewage Farm, Fir Tree Inn, Lynchford Farm, Parsonage farm, RAE Recreation Ground and social club, Hazeldene Farm and the old Saw Mill all added to the site [more]
Gallery - Sport gallery - six programmes from Farnborough Town Football Club's history from 1968 to 2004, including some interesting old local adverts added [more]
Videos - additions: including the Farnborough Vespa Club from the 1960s, Concorde's prototype flight from 1969 and ITN footage of an aborted take-off at the 1988 airshow [more]
Virtual Tour - additions: undated photos of Queens Avenue and the Queens Hotel [more]
Gallery - Miscellaneous gallery - a 1908 photo of the Public Schools Camp on Farnborough Common and a child's rail ticket from 1950 added [more]
Gallery - Military gallery - a 1943 photo of one of the Marlborough Lines barracks added [more]
Gallery - Miscellaneous gallery - an undated photo of the Basingstoke Canal and a photo of the 1947 Farnborough rail crash added [more]
Gallery - Entertainment gallery - the 1981 programme from the Farnborough and RAE Operatic Society performance of Brigadoon added [more]
Virtual Tour - additions: undated photos of Government House, Queensmead and Queens Avenue, and Queens Avenue from 1912 [more]
New Videos section added: the Farnborough Airshow from 1950, 1988 and 1996; Concorde at the Airshow; historical goals from Farnborough Town FC; and a drive around Farnborough [more]
Blog updated: Civic Society up and running [more]
Updates to the list of photos we're still looking for to include on the site [more]
Virtual Tour - additions: Camp Road from 1957, North Camp Fire Station from 1937 and an undated photo of the Clockhouse [more]
Gallery - Miscellaneous gallery - undated photos of the National Children's Home band and a camping ground at Farnborough Common added [more]
Memories - Memories of North Camp between 1950 and 1970 [more]
Virtual Tour - Elm Grove Road from 1965 and today added to the tour [more]
Gallery - Aviation gallery - SBAC airshow 1958 press pack and the 1952 crash of a DH.110 at the airshow added [more]
Gone but not forgotten - updates: Rushmoor Labour Hall added to the site, and updates to Grange Cottage and Kingsmead House [more]
Virtual Tour - Victoria Road from 1965 added [more]
Virtual Tour - the latest photos from the Queensmead and Concept site developments added [more]
Gone but not forgotten - updates: Doglets farm adjacent to Southwood Road added, and a photo of Whitehall Farm pond as it is today [more]
Gallery - Miscellaneous gallery - Details from a report into the derailment of a train between Farnborough and Brookwood in 1956, and a rail ticket between Farnborough and Woking from 1947 added [more]
Gallery - Miscellaneous gallery - photos from a wedding at Farnborough Hill in 1869 added [more]
Gallery - Sport gallery - A Farnborough Town Football Club programme from 1970-71 added [more]
Virtual Tour - Farnborough miniature railway photo from 1937, Connaught Hospital from 1918, and an undated and 1881 photo of Farnborough Hill added [more]
Gallery - Aviation gallery - An article and photos from RAE News in 1965 about the RAE railway and the Invincible locomotive added [more]
Virtual Tour - RAE photos from 1913, 1916 and 1918, and undated old photos of the former National Children's home and St. Michael's Abbey added [more]
Gallery - Religion gallery - An undated photo of a ceremony at St. Michael's Abbey added [more]
Gallery - Maps gallery - Aerial photos of the Hillside Convent School from 1935, and the Sycamores estate from the 1940s and 1953 added [more]
Gallery - Aviation gallery - More images from the 1955 RAE publication '50 years at Farnborough' added [more]
Gallery - Aviation gallery - An assortment of images from the 1955 RAE publication '50 years at Farnborough' added [more]
Memories - Life on the farm, doodlebugs, and the local flea pit! [more]
Gallery - Imperial gallery - Imperial gallery - A 1973 stamped letter marking the centenary of Napoleon III's burial in Farnborough added [more]
Virtual Tour - Cove Pond from the 1970s, Hillside Convent School from 1908 and Lynchford Road from 1913 added [more]
Gone but not forgotten - new entries: the former sites of Southwood Farm and Whitehall Farm from today [more]
Virtual Tour - Southwood camp from the 1976 and today joins the tour [more]
Gallery - School days gallery - 1925 advert for Belgrave House School added [more]
Virtual Tour - Cove Radio station site from 2008 [more]
Gone but not forgotten - updates: Southwood Camp from 1976 and today and the former site of the North Camp Theatre in 2008 [more]
Virtual Tour - Belgrave House School from 1925 and today joins the tour [more]
Gallery - Maps gallery - Aerial photos of Cove Radio Station and Southwood from the 1960s added [more]
Virtual Tour - 1960s and 70s aerial photos of Cove Radio Station added [more]
Virtual Tour - 2008 updates to Farnborough Hill, the former sites of Pinehurst Barracks, the Scala Cinema; and the latest from the Queensmead redevelopment added [more]
Memories - Avenue Farm in the late 1930s [more]
Virtual Tour - an undated aerial photo of the Hillside Convent School added [more]
Gallery - Maps gallery - Aerial shot of Avenue Farm from the late 1930s added [more]
Memories - The Rex Cinema, Kingsmead and the jail cells [more]
Virtual Tour - new entry: the Solartron factory from 1964 and Piper's Patch on Clockhouse Road from the 1950s join the tour [more]
Virtual Tour - new entry: Cove Radio Station from 1938 [more]
Virtual Tour - an undated photo of the Southern end of Farnborough Road, and a 2007 photo of the old manor house, Farnborough Place added [more]
Virtual Tour - new entry: Farnborough Miniature Railway from 1938 [more]
Virtual Tour - Queens Avenue from 1918 and the Queens Hotel from 1909 added [more]
Gallery - Miscellaneous gallery - 'Greetings from Farnborough' 1964 postcard added [more]
Gallery - Entertainment gallery - 1938 account of the Farnborough Miniature railway added [more]
Family Histories - The Potter family who lived at Avenue Farm, Sycamore Road [more]
Gallery - Maps gallery - Aerial shot of Farnborough from the early 1970s, and a map of South Farnborough from before 1938 added [more]
Gallery - Maps gallery - Aerial shot of Farnborough from the early 1970s, and a map of South Farnborough from before 1938 added [more]
Gallery - Maps gallery - Barnett Street plan of Farnborough from 1969 added [more]
Gallery - Miscellaneous gallery - 'Miles from Farnborough' demographic information from 1969 added [more]
Gallery - Adverts gallery - adverts for Symonds auctioneers and Williams, Caithness & Co from around 1969 added [more]
Virtual Tour - the old Town Hall from 1912 and north Farnborough Road from 1906 added [more]
Gallery - Adverts gallery - adverts for Longworth's Photo Services and Yeomans Builders' Merchants from around 1969 added [more]
Virtual Tour - new entry: Hillside Convent School from 1906 and from today [more]
Virtual Tour - Cove Road from 1918, Government House from 1906, and The Bifrons from today join the tour [more]
Blog - Facebooked! - Historic Farnborough joins the social networks [more]
Currently on the site.....
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Take a trip around Historic Farnborough and see how the town has changed and developed over the years at many easily recognisable locations.
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Did you know that more than 100 locations in the town have been demolished or heavily redeveloped in the last century? We remember them here.
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What are your memories of Farnborough? Whether it's from the 1930s, the 1980s or from today why not share your memories of the town with us?
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Is your family history closely linked with Farnborough's history? If so, why not share a few details of your association with the town.
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