The images on this site were collected over many years by Godfrey Andrews and together with those kindly sourced by individuals and organisations connected with the town, they form a valuable historical record and fascinating insight into the buildings and the daily lives of the people who lived and worked in Alresford and the surrounding villages during the past century.
What began many years ago as a small collection of old postcards and photographs grew into a large digitised archive library. The aim has always been to build one central depository for old photographs of the town. The advent of the world wide web and the ever-increasing access to it by home users has enabled the collection to be viewed by a far wider audience.
Due to ill-health Godfrey was unable to continue with the maintenance of the site or his collection and passed the physical artifacts and the web-site code into the hands of Alresford Museum for safe keeping. Overtime it is the intention of the Museum to publish Godfrey’s work in its own image gallery but this involves a lot of work and in the meantime, we are presenting the site as it was as a testament to Godfrey and the work he undertook to ensure these images were kept and made available to the people of the town and the surrounding villages.
The site will be maintained as is but will not be added to. All new images will be published on the Museum’s web site and any contributions will be gratefully received by the Museum. We are particularly looking for images from the second half of the 20th Century. Please contact Roy Gentry if you can help. We are very happy to scan photos and return them.