Valencia of yesteryear
Jun 20th 2012 | 8:00 am
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Valencia of yesteryear
Jun 20th 2012 | 8:40 am
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Re: Valencia of yesteryear
Nice Steve, really nice. Love this sort of thing, our walls are covered in old black and white pics.
Jun 20th 2012 | 9:18 am
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Re: Valencia of yesteryear
http://realbenidorm.net/guide-benidormhistory2.html
Benidorm's changed a bit as well.
Still had fruit plantations almost down to the Levante beach in 1960
Benidorm's changed a bit as well.
Still had fruit plantations almost down to the Levante beach in 1960
Jun 20th 2012 | 10:25 am
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Re: Valencia of yesteryear
http://expediatenerifeproperty.wordp...y-it-once-was/
These old Los Cristianos shots are brilliant, really well worth a look, CLICK on the FIRST one to get a full size image,then CLICK on through them.
Amazing quality for old B&W photos.
Note the old straw houses, caves in Guaza mountain, (some waiters living in them when I first moved down there), also I recall the banana plantation right to the beach, a herd of goats used to wander along the prom, a farm just behind with some dairy cows and a military area close by where training exercises were still held.......also a few Spanish warships in the bay, should please Gib.Fred.
Las Americas didn't exist,not even a single building, just a gravel beach and a few salt beds.
The Swedes first got Los Cris moving with their rehab centre still going strong today.
Oh and a great shot of Liz Taylor and Richard Burton in one of the very first hotels.
These old Los Cristianos shots are brilliant, really well worth a look, CLICK on the FIRST one to get a full size image,then CLICK on through them.
Amazing quality for old B&W photos.
Note the old straw houses, caves in Guaza mountain, (some waiters living in them when I first moved down there), also I recall the banana plantation right to the beach, a herd of goats used to wander along the prom, a farm just behind with some dairy cows and a military area close by where training exercises were still held.......also a few Spanish warships in the bay, should please Gib.Fred.
Las Americas didn't exist,not even a single building, just a gravel beach and a few salt beds.
The Swedes first got Los Cris moving with their rehab centre still going strong today.
Oh and a great shot of Liz Taylor and Richard Burton in one of the very first hotels.
Jun 20th 2012 | 7:49 pm
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Re: Valencia of yesteryear
Nice pictures there, Dick! We sometimes forget how much has changed over the years.
Jun 20th 2012 | 7:55 pm
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Re: Valencia of yesteryear
I love old photos. There is a site with old photos of the CDS. Not just all the changes but how quickly they all seemed to happen.
