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Fred Spalding and Bell's 100,000 series

Bell's Photo Co. Ltd. of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex also issued many postcards from around Laindon in a six digit series. These appear in two numbering sequences beginning 112xxx and 143xxx.

Fred Spalding
Frederick Spalding (1858 - 02/02/1947), photographer of Chelmsford.

Title	Number	Colour	Publisher	Date	View	Detail
"St. Nicholas" Laindon	647	B/W	Fred Spalding, Chelmsford		St. Nicholas Church.	Fred Spalding copyright notice to front bottom right corner.
Laindon	708	B/W	Fred Spalding, Chelmsford	1908	Early High Road view. Few buildings main exceptions being Cottenham (Parkinson family home) joined to Devonshire House, Manor Hall, Alpha House and Avondale.	Fred Spalding copyright notice to front bottom right corner.
Laindon	709	B/W	Fred Spalding, Chelmsford	1908	Station Approach view of High Road.	Fred Spalding copyright notice to front bottom right corner.
Laindon	710	B/W	Fred Spalding, Chelmsford	1906	Laindon Hotel.	Fred Spalding copyright notice to front bottom left corner.
Laindon	711	B/W	Fred Spalding, Chelmsford		Laindon Station.	Fred Spalding copyright notice to front bottom right corner.
Laindon, Looking From The Church	712	B/W	Fred Spalding, Chelmsford		View looking towards Markhams Chase, Nicholas Lodge can be seen.	Fred Spalding copyright notice to front bottom left corner.
Saint Nicholas Church, Laindon	713	B/W	Fred Spalding, Chelmsford	1906	Distant view of St. Nicholas Church.	Fred Spalding copyright notice to front bottom left corner.
Manor House, Laindon	714	B/W	Fred Spalding, Chelmsford		Manor House in Manor Road.	Fred Spalding copyright notice to front bottom right corner.
Laindon, Looking From The Church	715	B/W	Fred Spalding, Chelmsford		View of bend in Church Hill.	Fred Spalding copyright notice to front bottom right corner.
Fortune of War, Laindon	716	B/W	Fred Spalding, Chelmsford	1906	Original Fortune of War public house.	Fred Spalding copyright notice to front bottom right corner.
New Century Road, Laindon	85875	B/W		c.1915	Various wooden weekend bungalows.
Bell's 100,000 Series
112xxx Series
Laindon	112404	B/W			View from Church Hill. Nicholas Lodge can be seen in the distance.	No publisher credit to rear.
	112405	B/W
	112406	B/W
	112407	B/W
	112408	B/W
	112409	B/W
	112410	B/W
	112411	B/W
	112412	B/W
	112413	B/W
	112414	B/W
	112415	B/W
	112416	B/W
	112417	B/W
High Road, Laindon	112418	B/W			High Road view looking south dominated by Laindon Picture Theatre. Also seen are the two small joined single storey shops between cinema and Devonshire House and street paving on west side only.	No publisher credit to rear.
	112419	B/W
High Road, Laindon	112420	B/W			High Road view looking north. Good view of Hiawatha and North Parade shops.	No publisher credit to rear.
High Road, Laindon	11242?	B/W			High Road view looking north towards Laindon Hotel from Windsor Road junction.	No publisher credit to rear.
Greetings from Laindon	112440	B/W			5 picture multi-view incl. St. Nicholas, Laindon (59434).	No publisher credit to rear. Original real photographs by Bell's Photo Co. Ltd., Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
143xxx Series
High Road, Laindon	143762	B/W		c.1930s	Sparse High Road view.	Postmarked 1936 example known ro exist.
	143763	B/W
	143764	B/W
	143765	B/W
	143766	B/W
	143767	B/W
	143768	B/W
View from St. Nicholas Church, Laindon	143769	B/W			Churchyard view over open countryside, houses in the distance.
	143770	B/W
	143771	B/W
	143772	B/W
	143773	B/W
Station Approach, Laindon	143774	B/W		c.1930s	Station Approach with three buses waiting.	No publisher credit to rear.
St. Nicholas Lane, Laindon	143775	B/W		c.1930s	View from (Church Hill). Council Houses can be seen in what is now Weymarks.	No publisher credit to rear.
	143776	B/W
	143777	B/W
Laindon	143778	B/W			5 picture multi-view: Dry Street, Langdon Hills; Hall Woods, Langdon Hills; St. Nicholas Church, Laindon (59434); High Road, Laindon (11242?); St. Nicholas Lane, Laindon (143775).	No publisher credit to rear. Original real photographs by Bell's Photo Co. Ltd., Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.

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