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The Farm On Broad Lane
I was four years old and lived with mum in a caravan parked in this farmer's field along with other caravaners. Mum and dad would have paid rent to the owner of the farm. I was the only youngster around and had no choice ...Read more
A memory of Burtonwood in 1959
That Morris Minor Traveller Has To Be Our Dad's Car!
My family lived at No 3 (the top flat), Corner House, at the top end of Broad Street, first on the left looking at the photo (but just out of the picture) for many years from 1947 or so. I ...Read more
A memory of New Alresford in 1947 by
Ledgers Greengrocers
Have just read about the gentleman who worked for Ledgers. I lived in Exeter Rd, and used to play with Joanne Ledger. I also remember going in the van with bench seats. I vaguely remember it being something to do with the ...Read more
A memory of Dagenham in 1960 by
Reading In The 60's
I was born in Caversham, Reading. I used to go to a riding school at Sonning Common, owned by Rosemary Drayton and remember the riding school and farm at Bugs Bottom owned by Frank Stokes. I loved the ice cream sold at The Regent ...Read more
A memory of Reading in 1968 by
Broad Chalk Garage
My uncle Fred Moon had this garage from the mid 1930s till he retired, he was also the village blacksmith. He was a great prankster, if a rep came to the garage that did not know Fred and asked for Mr Moon, Fred would look ...Read more
A memory of Broad Chalke in 1950 by
High Road Shops
I lived in No 2 Shabden Cottages with my mother and grandfather. Our name then was Wood. I was 6 years old in 1952 and this is my memory. The shops on the left of the road were: the newsagent/sweet shop run by Mr & Mrs Butcher. ...Read more
A memory of Chipstead in 1952 by
Scales Street Seedley Salford 6
Seedley, Salford 6 God, how this page is bringing back memories! I'm a demob baby! Mind you, a lot of men coming back from the war celebrated the that's why the baby boom happened! Although born in Old Trafford, my ...Read more
A memory of Salford by
Though Tis Dorset, I Thought Twere Devon
When I was a child, I lived at Axminster. My favourite seaside resort was Lyme Regis, about 6 miles away from home. Even though I was told, on countless occasions, that Lyme lay in Dorset, I would not ...Read more
A memory of Lyme Regis by
Silvery Ouse
I was a summer season driver of these boats during my college holidays in the early 1960s. We operated four boats, Silver Foam, Silver Stream, Silver Crest and my own boat, Silver Dawn, which I believe came from the Norfolk Broads. The ...Read more
A memory of Bedford in 1960 by
Not Much Money But Plenty Of Happy Memories
I moved to Dagenham with my family in 1949. We lived in Cartwright Road off Hedgemans Road. I have memories of long hot summer holidays off from Finneymore Road School. The days were filled with trips to ...Read more
A memory of Dagenham in 1950 by
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Horse-drawn carriages and motorised vehicles had to take a much longer nine-mile inland route via Blythburgh.
Here in the right foreground we see the Tolsey building raised on columns, with its broad clock projecting from the gable.
If you are a fan of open markets, Moreton on a Tuesday is your birthday and Christmas all rolled into one!
A pleasure steamer, the 'Queen of the Broads', crowded with tourists and well equipped with life belts, ploughs her way round the wide bend of the river Bure and down towards the sea.
This panorama of the river through broad lawns and lofty trees reveals the bridge's graceful character.
Crowds stroll along the pier, beside the original Pier Pavilion, which is advertising the popular French conductor Jules Rivieres and his grand orchestra.
With its magnificent 12th-century priory church of St Mary, its market cross and broad cobbled square, it is perennially popular with visitors.
This broad junction is now occupied by a mini-roundabout, but in 1911 it appears that nobody was too bothered about which side of the unmade road traffic chose to use.
It is one of the late 18th-century settlements which developed on commons and wastes lying on the flat-topped ridgeways, after leases were granted to anyone who wanted to settle there.
The broad street of the village, with its grass verges, is lined with brick and weatherboarded houses.
Holt, between Fakenham and Cromer, boasts a wealth of fine Georgian houses, which huddle haphazardly around its broad market place.
Holt, between Fakenham and Cromer, boasts a wealth of fine Georgian houses, which huddle haphazardly around its broad market place.
Crowds stroll along the pier, beside the original Pavilion, where the popular French conductor Jules Rivieres and his grand orchestra are playing.
The view shows how most of Broadstone looked before the heathland was engulfed by housing estates in the 1960s and later.
One of the three main rivers which drain the Broads, the Bure is typically slow-flowing; a large number of cruising boats from Collins & Son (in the background) confine their cruising to the River Bure
The proprietors are after the visitors' holiday money: there are signs for chocolate, cards, Kodak film, millinery, soft drinks, toilet requisites... and in the distance hoardings advertise trips on the
Today, it is still almost entirely enclosed by water - the English Channel lies to the south-east and south-west, Pagham Harbour to the north-east, and a brook, known as the Broad Rife, to the north-west
The Bowness ferry carries a coach and four across Lake Windermere.
At Wroxham, the capital of the Broads, there is a full mile of shimmering open water, which is thronged with pleasure craft in the summer months.
Typical sailing cruisers glide majestically along the River Thurne, passing one of the essential wind pumps which drain the fields throughout the Broads area.
Beyond the Bay Private Hotel and Madeira Cottages (left centre) are Hardown Hill, Stonebarrow Hill (centre) and Golden Cap (right).
The proprietors are keen to get their hands on the visitors' holiday money: there are signs for chocolate, cards, Kodak film, millinery, soft drinks, toilet requisites … and in the far distance hoardings
This panorama of the river through broad lawns and lofty trees reveals the bridge’s graceful character.
The broad pathway on the left was the main route through the Park, leading from Scarbrough Avenue to Sea View Road, and is now the line of the present Park Avenue.
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