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Memories Of Benson
My memories of Benson started in 1946/7 when we moved to Sunnyside, which in those days did not have the recreation field. Nor did the village have street lighting apart from a couple in the High Street, one of which was on the wall ...Read more
A memory of Benson in 1947 by
Lancing In The Fifties And Sixties
My family moved to Lancing when I was six months old, living first in Orchard Avenue and then Tower Road, which had a bad reputation - totally undeserved! I liked the fact that there were always children to play with, ...Read more
A memory of Lancing by
Talke A Forgotten Village
As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more
A memory of Talke in 1959
Foggy Beacon Park
When I was 5 yrs old I can vividly remeber getting lost in Beacon Park in a real pea souper with friends from the farm in the Sandford Street corner of the park and also remember digging old stone jars up from the brook that runs through the park!
A memory of Lichfield in 1956 by
A Long Way From St Pauls Road
Hi, my name is Susan Thompson, formerly Hawkins and I'm 54, I was born in the above address and lived there for 18 years although my parents lived there for over 40 years. I went to Brook St. school finally ...Read more
A memory of Northumberland Heath in 1967 by
Holidays In Uley
My Uncle Gus and Aunt May lived in South Street and I spent a number of holidays with them at Easter and during the Summer for 2 or 3 years in the early 50's. I loved climbing up to the Bury with my Aunt's nephews, Tony and Reg, where ...Read more
A memory of Uley in 1953 by
The Printing Works Premises.
The property on the left of the photograph marked 'Printing Office' is where I grew up and lived until my student days. My parents operated a bakers and confectionery business from the premises. In 1890, when a printing ...Read more
A memory of Ingleton by
Postcard
The cyclist in this picture is my father John G Heward. He would have been 35 at the time and we lived in Brook Street.
A memory of Driffield in 1955 by
Beanz Dreamz...
Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more
A memory of Abbey Hulton by
Cheadle In The Second World War
I think that we must have moved to Cheadle around 1938, because I was born in Newcastle under Lyme, but my younger sister was born in Cheadle in 1939. At that time we lived on Leek Road. We had various ...Read more
A memory of Cheadle in 1930 by
Captions
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These are the premises of the bank run as Cunliffe Brooks & Co, one of Manchester's private banks.
We now turn left from the High Street into Sheaf Street and look back down the hill to Brook Street.
This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.
The old coaching inn, half way down Brook Street on the left, had the unusual name of the Farmer's Man.
This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.
One of the many streams that cascade off the moor - this is the beginning of Mill Ghyll, which flows down Wells Road and then underneath Brook Street.
We are looking from the Cross Street / Corporation Street corner.
The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.
Brook Street c1955 Bensington is Benson's proper name; it was once an ancient British city.
'Slaid' means 'flat marshy ground', 'burn' is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.
We can see the horse carriage gently manoeuvring out of Brook Street, only pausing for a few solitary cars.
This view along the main street towards the Market Square displays an air of rural pragmatism, with several of the shops displaying their wares for inspection outside.
Further south, the High Street becomes Brook Street as it heads towards the unromantically named Hog Dyke.
The Daventry Civic Society was formed to preserve this historic street from demolition.
The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.
Even Brierley`s boatyard on the corner of the Hen Brook (right) is back in business.
Slaid means 'flat marshy ground', burn is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.
This view looks up Olde Barn Passage past Brookes Court.
The Horse and Gate pub (left) has been redeveloped into shops, the Lion Hotel (right) is now flats, and parking is only allowed on the left-hand side of the street.
A feature of several East Devon villages is a brook running alongside a main street.
Originally, the fire station was at the southern end of Mill Street, next to the Salvation Army Hall.
In this photograph, taken a few years after 56473 (pages 30-31), horse carriages still await their fares in the centre of Brook Street.
This view shows Brook Street with its cantilever railway bridge, removed after the line closed between Ilkley and Morecambe.
Litton Cheney has a charming collection of Stuart and Georgian cottages strung out along its winding streets.
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