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The Capitol Cinema
I used to look forward to the weekend so I could pay my 'tanner' and go to the Saturday morning pictures at the Capitol (now Marks & Spencer I believe). I was born and raised in Barking, Sutton Road (off Movers Lane). Went to ...Read more
A memory of Barking in 1956 by
Greenham's The Butchers & Brewer's The Grocers
In 1954, as a 17 year old cashier bookkeeper, I started work for Mr Greenham, whose butcher's shop was near the top of Broad Street. Some years later (in 1958), I went to work at Brewer's, the grocers, ...Read more
A memory of Lyme Regis in 1954 by
Boat Road, Barnton What Happened To The Houses?
Hello. I've just been looking at a picture of the canal and houses at Boat Road, Barnton. The photo was taken in the very early '50's and I was thinking what a lovely-looking 'canal village' it looked - ...Read more
A memory of Barnton in 1953 by
Broad Parade Shops
My parents bought a house in Willow Walk, which is on the right of the photographer, in August 1954. At that time there were no shops, no pavements, just muddy concrete roads. We were the first to occupy a house in the road, and ...Read more
A memory of Hockley in 1955 by
Childhood Memories
I was born in Hereford County Hospital in 1945 and together with my twin sister was bought back to Broad View, Llangrove where I lived with my Mum and Dad and older brother from 1945 until I got married in 1965. My Dad had lived ...Read more
A memory of Llangrove in 1950 by
The Odeon
Every Saturday morning my brother Frank and sister Lorna and I were there for the children's matinee so much fun. We were born during WWII and I remember how close our neighborhood was and the Odeon was part of it. When I got a little ...Read more
A memory of Hounslow in 1950 by
Power Boats
The wooden clinker built boat, painted white in the lower right of the picture, was one of a pair of fast boats that the late Arthur Shippey and Tom Louis ran from coffee house end steps. They would call loudly ""half hour trips round the ...Read more
A memory of Whitby in 1953 by
Artists
Groups of artists would visit in summer and stay at The Feathers Hotel. After breakfast they would choose their locations, some at the church, some at the castle, others would be in the middle of Broad Street. They would set up their stools ...Read more
A memory of Ludlow in 1955 by
My Memories Of Salford
I was born in the upstairs back room of my maternal Gran's house at 20 John Street, Pendleton. I was told there was an air raid going on at the time. My first school was John Street where there was a play ground on the roof, but ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1951 by
An Unappreciated History
When you grow up in an ancient city such as Hereford and have really no other frame of reference you don't fully grasp the enormity of the depth of history that buildings such as Hereford Cathedral embodied. The Romans built ...Read more
A memory of Hereford in 1957 by
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