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1953 66
I was born in Hayes & lived on a council estate ,Kier Hardie Way. I had a happy childhood, lots of fields over the 'Greenway'& Kingshill Avenue. Went back in about 1985 & it was a bit shabby, then in 2000 & it all ...Read more
A memory of Hayes by
Not Much Remains Today...
If you stand outside Toymaster (in the Carfax) and look towards Boots this is about where this photo was taken. The big building to the right remains; King & Chasemore but the buildings to the left were demolished in the ...Read more
A memory of Horsham by
Betton A Rural Idyl
I literally stumbled upon this website and have been interested to read the memories of people who lived in Betton, a place well known to me. I lived there as a wartime evacuee in the 1940s, and Marc Chrysanthou's ...Read more
A memory of Market Drayton in 1940 by
Sainsburys And Hudsons
I also remember going into Sainsburys as a child in the 1960s when it was halfway up the High Street on the left, it had metal racks on the front of the counters to rest shopping bags on. The marble effect floors were a vivid ...Read more
A memory of Ashford in 1974 by
School Dinners
Well, this is just a thought , but school dinners have come to mind. I was like some who said they didn't like school dinners even if you hadn't tried them, in the early years of school this was a good excuse for going home for an hour. I ...Read more
A memory of Crook by
Draycott Police House
I was born in the Police House, my parents had moved into it from new. My older brother David, and my Dad (Constable Hind) made a garden swing for me out of railway sleepers. I can remember going to Sunday school and having to ...Read more
A memory of Pear Tree in 1959
The 70's At The Lake
My memories are of living at 37 pickmere lane from 1969 age 7. My mum Beryl Owen still lives there now and I still live in Wincham. I will always remember the "bob bob bob" of the motor boats which I could here from my bedroom ...Read more
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Childhood In Kensington
I LIVED IN CAMPDEN HOUSES, PEEL STREET, THOUGH THE FIFTIES AND WENT TO THE CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART IN BARNES. I LOVED SEEING THE PEOPLE ON THE TV AND RADIO WHO LIVED CLOSE BY BECAUSE THE STUDIOS WERE EASY TO GET ...Read more
A memory of Kensington by
Saturday Nights At Market Hall, Redhill
My memories of the Market Hall were around the smashing bands that used to play. The one that stands out is Joe Brown and his Bruvvers. We would dance the night away, jive being the most popular (if you could ...Read more
A memory of Redhill in 1963 by
Ambassador Cinema
Used to go to Saturday morning pictures. My dad, Jimmy Williams, was a projectionist there, and both my mum and my nan worked there; they had the torch to show you to your seat. Films like Zorro and Old Mother Riley were on. Also ...Read more
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The High Street, earlier called the Great Street, is lined either side with Georgian buildings which sit at the head of earlier burgage plots, much the same as at Uxbridge, Middlesex or St Ives, Huntingdonshire
Burgage Street, once the main street of Prestbury, is thought to be where the annual fair and the weekly market were held - they originated from a charter granted in the 13th century.
The ornate building on the right was then the New Inn; it subsequently became a Burger King, and is now a McDonalds.
Today's buildings still follow the lines of the original burgage plots laid out all that time ago.
It is likely that the town was then laid out along the east side of the stream, with its market place and burgage plots High Street, the older settlement being along Church Street.
These follow the patterns of old burgage strips, and on market days, sheep were driven in single file along the narrow ways to be counted.
All this rebuilding and re-fronting took place within the confines of the long, narrow medieval burgage plots, although a few were merged to create wider street frontages.
The word 'burgage' is an old legal term referring to a plot of land in a town for which a tenant paid a yearly rent in money or service to the landlord.
The Octagon (centre) was in 1890 private homes rather than burger, pizza and kebab houses.
The ornate building on the right was then the New Inn; it subsequently became a Burger King, and is now a McDonalds.
The ground-floor level of the picturesque building in the centre is now, rather unfortunately, a Burger King outlet.
This aerial shot shows the High Street; it is a wonderful illustration of a common style of urban development, with narrow medieval burgage plots running back at right angles from the road.
This aerial shot shows the High Street; it is a wonderful illustration of a common style of urban development, with narrow medieval burgage plots running back at right angles from the road.
The pub is the King Ethelbert; it is still there today, though it is now surrounded by amusement arcades, tea and burger vans and a car park.
The name of Burgate was used for the area near the church in 1486.
