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An Old Mans Memories

I was born in 1922 in the village of Mundford.  My Father was the village policeman. The village was then a self-contained society and provided all the necessities of life, including a doctor, blacksmith, carpenter and general ...Read more

A memory of Mundford in 1920 by Ralph Woodgate

Hornchurch, Wingletye Lane, Photograph C.1950

I lived in Glanville Drive, a residential road off Upminster Road about 100 yards to the west of Wingletye Lane, for the first part of my life from 1947 so I knew the area well. The building on the corner ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by John Fricker

Lennard's

Hi my name is Peter McGuire and i went to Lennard's from 1960 to 1965 My class was in upper 4A in the science lab at the back of the school. The teacher was Farrier (not sure of spelling) who left us in our year of GCE's . It may seem ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by Peter Mcguire

Dads Shop

This was my Dad's shop where he started his butchering business in the 1930's till, he closed in 1973. Both my brother Tom and I worked there. Tom from 1955 till it closed and I began in 1962 and left in 1966, for Australia. In those ...Read more

A memory of Guisborough by Robert Pallister

Brushing The Cobwebs Off

My mother, Mrs Pat Bishop, was Headmistress of Boddington C of E School from November 1949 until sometime in 1962. In the beginning there were only about 9 children in the school, 5yrs to 11, no mains water or flushing ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boddington by Peter Bishop

Happy Memories

I wonder if any remember the Bull and Bush 1960's Recall Steve Barr , Johnny Page Waldemar Hasko Trevor Deacon , Barmaids Carmel and Duffy . Also Girls Sandra who married Graham, Gaynor ,Jette and others. Would particularly like ...Read more

A memory of Hampstead by Rod Woolsey

Happy Days

My daughter used to go riding at Miss Bush riding school. I used to take Akki German Shepherd MISS Bush dog for a long walk over the common great fun good memories

A memory of Longham by Rosemary Wort

Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean

THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in the ...Read more

A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by Don Williams

Harold

I grew up in Abergele and I remember a man called Harold. He was a sort of 'tramp' I use this word rather in caution because he lived in a small shack by Slaters on what is now the Tesco car park. He helped out at the cattle market which was ...Read more

A memory of Abergele in 1971 by John England

Fulham Memories

I was born in 1951 at Parsons Green maternity home. I have many memories of my mum's family. My nan lived in Bayonne Road, Escourt Road, Heckfield Place, Bramber Road, Cassidy Road, Fairholme Road and latterly Charleville Road, then ...Read more

A memory of Fulham by jenny_blakemore

Captions

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Caption For Eton, College And Street 1895

At the junction of Common Road and Slough Road, two College schoolboys, one carrying a cricket bat over his right shoulder, are seen walking past the 'Burning Bush'.

Caption For Seaton, Main Street C1960

Three miles inland from Hornsea, Seaton was an estate village surrounding the old manor house.

Caption For Mullion, Poldhu Hotel 1899

This very austere hotel is seen in the year it was opened, out on the cliff top just south of Poldhu Cove.

Caption For Morwenstow, The Bush Inn C1955

The remote north Cornish coastal parish of Morwenstow is famous for Robert Stephen Hawker, the eccentric vicar, poet and writer.

Caption For Beer, Under Hooken Landslip 1927

This wild cliffscape midway between Branscombe and Beer was formed on a day in March 1790 when 10 acres of land tumbled towards the sea.

Caption For London, Buckingham Palace And The Mall C1955

In the time of James I, the leafy grounds where this celebrated royal place now stands grew mulberry bushes, intended for the silk industry.

Caption For Richmond, Castle Walk 1893

This Georgian promenade around the base of the castle provides impressive vistas of the river below and across to the other side.

Caption For London, Buckingham Palace C1890

In the time of James I the leafy grounds where this celebrated royal palace now stands grew mulberry bushes for the silk industry.The palace was built in its original form in the early 1700s and

Caption For Sutton, The Green 1898

This view, taken in the same year as 41713, looks northwards from beside the north bank of the pond.

Caption For Runcorn, Transporter Bridge C1906

The Transporter (or more correctly 'transbordeur') Bridge was a meccano- like structure below which moved a suspended cab.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Bridge End Gardens, The Dutch Garden C1950

The photograph was taken from a viewing platform and, bathed in sunlight, the neatly trimmed hedges are impressive.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Hazlewood Terrace

The plaque in the centre of Hazelwood Terrace bears the date 1889.

Caption For Hailsham, The Church C1965

Another view, similar to H6031 (above), shows the brick-paved path and the holly bushes.

Caption For Mobberley, The Bird In Hand C1955

The Bird in Hand stands beside the road linking Knutsford with Wilmslow.

Caption For Richmond, Castle Walk 1893

This Georgian promenade around the base of the castle provides impressive vistas of the river below and across to the other side.

Caption For Bakewell, C1955

It is quite remarkable how over 60 years can pass with so little alteration to the topography.

Caption For Waldringfield, The Yacht Club C1955

The club house, with its central lookout station, was built in 1935.

Caption For Souldern, The Pond C1960

The name Souldern derives from 'Sulthorn', meaning 'thorn bush in a gully'.

Caption For Abingdon, The Lock From Downstream 1890

The bushes to the left hide the site of the old abbey at Abingdon, founded in 676 and again in 955 after the original had been destroyed by marauding Danes.

Caption For Rochester, Cathedral From The Vines 1894

Two young boys, perhaps pupils from the King's School whose upper storeys and decorated chimneys are visible in the middle foreground inside the cathedral grounds, stand beside a table in the Vines.

Caption For Kersey, The Village From The Church C1965

We look down through the ironwork of the churchyard entrance to the water splash, and up to Stay Barn on the other side of the Brett valley.

Caption For London, Buckingham Palace C1890

In the time of James I the leafy grounds where this celebrated royal palace now stands grew mulberry bushes for the silk industry.The palace was built in its original form in the early 1700s and adapted

Caption For Enfield, Bush Hill Station, St Mark's Road C1955

One stop down the line from Enfield town, Bush Hill Park station was opened in 1880 to service this development by the Northern Estates Company.

Caption For Braunston, The Marina C1965

The marina was originally a reservoir to maintain levels in the Grand Union Canal; it was also used as a pound to moor working boats.