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When We Were Young!

Way back in the early 1950's my friends and I went everywhere on our cycles. On one occasion three of us set out from Grays and went across the ferry at Tilbury to Gravesend then down the old A road to Canterbury where we had a ...Read more

A memory of Corringham by Albert Wm Gosnall

Downshall Secondary School

I have very fond memories of Downshall Secondary where I was between 1958 and 1962. I used to live in Downshall Avenue, and we used to walk everywhere, to school, to Seven Kings Park and the park up Meads Lane. We ...Read more

A memory of Seven Kings in 1960 by Pauline Garlick

No.1 Jetty And The Tsmv New Prince Of Wales 1, S.M.N.Co.

This twin screw motor vessel at the Jetty belonged to our family company, the Southend Motor Navigation Co. Ltd. She was built for the company in the 1920's by the local Hayward's Boatyard, ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1950 by Julian Wilson

East Anglian Marshland Memories

I sat and talked with a man of God, about people and places we have known and loved. As part of my life being spent on the Marsh, formative years that were oft-times harsh. Such happy memories tumbled back to ...Read more

A memory of Holbeach St Marks in 1960 by Sheila Parker

25 Parkgate Road

I was born in Battersea 1950, son of Mr & Mrs Redpath (Wally & Edith) I had two other brothers Terry & Garry. Fond memories of Battersea Park and of spending many days in and around the park with other kids from Elcho ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1950 by Allan Redpath

Almondsbury South Gloucester

Where do I start ? Living in Monmouth House on the top of Almondsbury Hill. going to Almondsbury village school sitting next to Tony Evans, head of the Patchway gang & a brilliant football goalkeeper. Gaffer ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1940 by Tex ( Adrian ) Woodward

Looking For Friends

55 years ago I went to a private school in Herefordshire, and during the breaks I used to stayed with Webb family in Rayleigh, Essex county. Aunt Mary was my guardian while being over there. She had two children, William and ...Read more

A memory of Rayleigh in 1958 by Ann Comeau (Nee Kieran)

Bomb Blast `siding` Margaret Street/Victoria Street.

I recall as a young boy of 7 or 8, that I was among a group of friends playing on the siding at the bottom of Margaret Street. We, as friends, found the bomb on the Rhigos Mountain and carried it ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert in 1943 by Ben Thomas

Barking... So Very Different Now

We moved to Hertford Road in 1971, I was 3 years old. I remember playing in our overgrown garden which backed on to the Burges road playing fields soon after we moved in. There used to be a horrendous smell from the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by abridgeboy

Cluggies Pond

I obviously don't remember the common in 1911, but I did live in Old Common Road number 15 from about 1943 until 1955. Where the children are sitting was The Common, and a herd of Fresion cows were often grazed there. Old Common Road ran ...Read more

A memory of Cobham by trevor.cole

Captions

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Caption For Great Chart, High Street 1908

Here we see some fine brick houses, some with decorative bargeboards and Flemish-style gables.

Caption For Three Bridges, Hazelwick Mill 1906

A brick arch to the right of the picture carries the London to Brighton main line railway.

Caption For Funtington, Hallidays 1965

An isolated village of flint and brick cottages, to the west of Chichester.

Caption For Godalming, Boarden Bridge 1906

Behind is the brick Borough Bridge of 1870, nicknamed 'Lunatic Bridge' because of its unnecessarily high arches.

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Village C1955

There is a white brick Gothic battlemented arch between the first and second group.

Caption For Tredegar, Largest Block Of Coal Plaque C1955

Aneurin Bevin, Tredegar's most famous son, wrote of the coalminer's lot: 'In other trades, there are a thousand diversions to break the monotony of the work - the passing traffic, the morning newspaper

Caption For Yetminster, View From Tarks Hill C1960

The gable-end (left) is thatched St Francis Cottage, and the brick, stone and tile cottages are Brookdale and No 5 (right).

Caption For Sherfield On Loddon, The White Hart C1965

Straight ahead is the White Hart, an 18th-century colour-washed brick building.

Caption For Wickham, Bridge Street C1950

A variety of architecture is to be enjoyed here, from red brick houses to timber-framed cottages.

Caption For Wootton Bassett, High Street C1965

On the left stands the Angel Hotel of chequered brick, which dates from the 18th century.

Caption For Caister On Sea, The Holiday Camp C1955

Holiday camps like Caister's offered inexpensive breaks for the whole family, with everything included in the cost.

Caption For Eastbourne, All Souls Church 1890

Romanesque Italy arrived in Susans Road, Eastbourne, with this remarkable church in yellow and red brick and terracotta funded by a great-niece of the Duke of Wellington, Lady Victoria Wellesley, and

Caption For Holt, High Street 1896

On the left is a fine Victorian shop- front imposed on a plain brick house.

Caption For Coxhoe, The Cross Roads 1951

The local limestone has been used in the past as building material, most notably to cement together the bricks of Durham Cathedral.

Caption For Rayleigh, High Road C1955

The Post Office building is solidly built of brick.

Caption For Kibworth Harcourt, Main Street C1955

It is a double-pile brick building with five bays of cross casement windows and stone dressings.

Caption For St Annes, Fairhaven Road 1901

The buildings were all good quality brick with stone cappings and gate posts.

Caption For East Ham, High Street C1965

On the left the taller Victorian brick buildings were demolished in the 1970s and replaced by bland flat roofed ones.

Caption For Walsingham, High Street 1933

There are early 17th-century buildings here, which have been considerably altered over the centuries; these have had brick façades built over their front walls.

Caption For Tattershall, The Green C1955

To the south, across the Sleaford to Skegness Road, an alley leads to Lord Cromwell's College just beyond the road frontage buildings; it is another 15th-century brick building, known as the Old College

Caption For Calstock, Viaduct 1908

The chimney of a fire brick works stands out in Calstock, and there is evidence of market gardening in the foreground.

Caption For Needham Market, St John's Church 1922

Beyond is Pillar House, a timber-framed building with a Victorian brick façade.

Caption For Debenham, High Street 1950

The brick building (centre) was Carter's cycle shop, and beyond it was Wells' the electrician.

Caption For Daventry, Dryden Avenue C1965

Looking down New Street to the Moot Hall, we can see on the right a brick Georgian house where many BBC trainees lodged in the 1960s.