🚲🍞 Recognise this view? This is Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset – the steep cobbled street made famous by the 1973 Hovis advert, directed by none other than Ridley Scott. 🎬 The “Boy on Bike” pushing bread up the hill became one of the UK’s most iconic TV ads, even voted the nation’s favourite in 2006. 🇬🇧 With its historic cottages, stunning views over Blackmore Vale, and a place in TV history, it’s easy to see why Gold Hill is still one of the most photographed streets in Britain. ✨ 🎥 @ha

Bart Cummings #MelbourneCup record is the stuff of legend...but his most versatile horse might be one that never ran in the Race That Stops A Nation This is the history of the great Shaftesbury Avenue #StakesDay #CupWeekOn10 | 10 Sport

Restored footage from the 1940s showing a view down Great Windmill Street from Shaftesbury Avenue in London, England. Footage frame rate increased, upscaled and “colorized” by HistoryColored using AI technology. Footage originally from: PET 980 R 1 B London, Internet Archive, CC BY 2 . 0 Music: Tall Tale / Trevor Kowalski / Epidemic Sound #history #london #england #historicalfootage | History in Color

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