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I was born in Plymouth in January 1959 and when I was just two we moved to Coventry, where we lived in the Finham area until 1966.

My father had a ciné camera, which he used quite extensively, mainly family films but he did also shoot the surrounding area and several attractions such as zoos and parks. Before he died I borrowed all his old ciné films and had them converted into DVDs. When my father died I inherited several large boxes of old photographs and about two dozen albums as well. A lot of these are of the Bletchley area in the 20s through to the 60s, although there are some older photographs as well. It's going to be a labour of love to scan them all in and name them. A lot of them contain people I am unable to name, but if I have the information I will add it. I simply had to buy a pro account as I have thousands of photographs of my own I want to share.

As well as the old photographs I enjoy taking photographs of things that interest me such as old lamp posts and red telephone boxes and old buses. Please keep watching as my stream is going to be growing for quite some time.

I find Flickr a very good way of summing up my life in terms of the photographs that have been taken of me and relating to me and also the photographs I have taken during my lifetime. Flickr helps me to me to understand the structure of my life!

Regarding my name, Impy, this was given to me by my Grand daughter, Scarlet, when she was three. Grampy – Ampy – Impy.