Mystery location

[Small pumpkin]

Is everyone sitting comfortably? Then I shell begin the story :.

A few weeks ago we brought an old camera off flebay ( we intend on filling our new house with old things )




When it arrived we discovered it still had a film in it . After a little research of the film we found out that the type of film came onto the market in 1960 and had it’s name changed in 1962.
Then we found a company that still did developing of that sort of film. Took a punt and sent it off to see if there was any pictures recoverable.

Just 1 photo was any good.



It’s brilliant, we love it, considering the age ( some may think the photos not that old, I didn’t. until I realised it’s a decade older than me ). We’re very happy with it. The subject matter couldn’t be much better.
Does anyone have any idea where it is?

[veggiechicken]

My first thought was a fishing port and it said Cornwall/Devon to me, until I noticed the steep mountains in the background.
Could it be a Scottish island?

[Small pumpkin]

It looks Scottish to me too.
But it’s not necessary in the uk. It could be abroad somewhere.

[veggiechicken]

The other places it reminded me of are Nova Scotia/Newfoundland/ CapeBreton - the North east corner of Canada.

[Snoop Puss]

The buildings don't like very UKish to me. Do we have places with numerous buildings like that on stilts over the water? Holland? Scandinavia? Even a lake in Austria?

[Small pumpkin]

I don’t think the buildings are on stilts. I think it’s a re enforced harbour wall or pier in front of the buildings. Difficult to see especially after having to reduce the picture quality to upload it onto the forum.

[veggiechicken]

Could they be for fishing boats to offload their catch and process it in the warehouse-looking buildings?

Where was the photographer standing? On a boat or a jetty.
Would a camera like that have been on a tripod?

[Small pumpkin]

Could they be for fishing boats to offload their catch and process it in the warehouse-looking buildings?

Where was the photographer standing? On a boat or a jetty.
Would a camera like that have been on a tripod?

Yeah VC very possibly for fishing boats unloading & processing in the buildings.
Been trying to work out if the photographer was on a boat / ferry or in a building. Personally looking at the right side of the photo I’d say ferry. That frame looks like a ferry window. But that’s still just a guess.
The camera does have the threaded hole for mounting on a tripod.

[veggiechicken]

What about Norway - not that I'be been there!
Somewhere like this https://www.hurtigruten.co.uk/global...sform=DownFill

[Small pumpkin]

That’s very interesting. The buildings look very similar. Thanks VC. I’ll do a little more research in that area.

[Jungle Jane]

I thought Scottish with the hills in the background. The buildings & hills look a bit like this in Aberdeenshire,Goudon harbour?

[mothhawk]

A New Year mystery. How intriguing!

Have you tried contacting the seller to see if they might know?

[Nicos]

I'd be thinking it's European too.

[happyhumph]

Looks like dunmore east in Ireland to me, large building on the right looks like the pub where I got a last minute room after arriving by yacht with chronic sea sickness!

[happyhumph]

Mr HH thinks it could be Fishguard in North pembs, which would fit in with the ferry theory...