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Best Four Years Of My Life As A Kid

We moved here in 1978/9 when I was 4 to 8 - St John’s Crescent, and was heartbroken when my parents split 5 years later and we had to move with my mother back to Knaresborough. Lots of lovely memories. The old ...Read more

A memory of Bishop Monkton by Joanna Bentley

Woofy And The Bungalow.

I was in Founders house 1962 - 64. Mr Gentry (Duck Billed Platypus) was housemaster and Twiggy his wife (thin as a lathe she was). I decided to get into bricklaying and ended up with Mr Cliffe as our building teacher (Woofy) was ...Read more

A memory of Tiffield by Philip Kellett

Beginnings

My parents moved from Pentire to Crantock when I was about 3 and Crantock is certainly ingrained in my memory as being my first home. My mother had taken a position as housekeeper to a Dr Nicholas and with it came Rose Cottage. My father ...Read more

A memory of Crantock by Dianne Christopher

Croglin 1958

When my husband and I married in March 1958, he bought the cottage nearest the camera on the left; no electricity, no bathroom......it cost the  princely sum of £300! The building at the end of the street is the pub, and behind the trees ...Read more

A memory of Croglin by Kate Walker

St. Anselms Church In Hatch End

At the time of this picture in 1960 the church could only be reached by travelling along an attractive, tree-lined, unsurfaced crescent called Westfield Park. Beyond the church on the left of the picture is the vestry ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End by John Howard Norfolk

Born And Bred A Jersey Marine Girl

There's alot to be said about Jersey Marine,it will always be home to me. I come from a well known family "Huxtable" and most of them are still there today. I've very fond memories of growing up there, climbing ...Read more

A memory of Jersey Marine in 1974 by Rebecca Williams

The Buildings Have Gone

The building to the right hand side has gone but the long wall remains. The church spire in the distance is all that remains of St Marks Church near to the Carfax. The rest of the church was demolished to make way for the new ...Read more

A memory of Horsham by M

Sandbanks

Sandy banks in strelley village is a place in the 70s where we would build rope swings and camp

A memory of Strelley by Susan Lee

Working At Langenhoe Hall

Between July 1932 and November 1932 my Father, Mr F.G.Gaskin, worked for Mrs Judge of Langenhoe Hall, (Mr Hawkeswood) as an estate carpenter. He returned in 1933 to build a bungalow for Mr Baleman. I believe my Aunt and ...Read more

A memory of Langenhoe Hall by Angela Lawrence

Upper Heyford School

My father was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford 1949 to 1953.  My brothers, Peter, Michael and myself, Mary, went to the village school.  My older brother Richard went to school in Steeple Aston.  I remember the two ...Read more

A memory of Upper Heyford in 1949 by mooremary4

Captions

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Caption For St Annes, The Parish Church 1914

On 6 August 1872 the building of St Anne's parish church began.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place C1965

The amount of change since 1929 is surprisingly small, although Cookes the stationer's has become Austin's.

Caption For Cardigan, High Street 1968

The architecture of Cardigan is distinct from other towns in Ceredigion: many buildings were constructed from cut slate slabs from local quarries, or from different-coloured bricks from the nearby brick

Caption For Newbury, The Town Hall C1955

The original Town Hall building in Newbury dated back to 1742 and included a part known as the 'shambles'.

Caption For Wellingborough, Market Street C1955

The Lloyds Bank building on the right has been renovated, though the exterior is similar.

Caption For Hammersmith, Town Hall Square C1960

Immediately north of the Town Hall there used to be a small park or square.

Caption For St Ives, Church Place And Back Lane 1906

The building on the right was later replaced by another.

Caption For Winwick, The Church C1960

A local legend says that the people planned to build it on lower land, but each night, after work, a pig came along and moved all the stones back up to the top of the hill.

Caption For Barry, Wesleyan Church 1899

Porthkerry Road Methodist church was also built by Thomas Walker.

Caption For London, Old Curiosity Shop C1950

Just off Lincoln's Inn Fields, a small corner building is dwarfed by its neighbours (even more so now - the right-hand building has been demolished and replaced by nine-storey buildings of 1970).

Caption For Daventry, Sheaf Street C1950

The Marquis of Granby was another one of the many pubs and alehouses in the town centre that no longer exist.

Caption For Oban, From The South West 1901

With surrounding hills dominating the skyline, and substantial granite buildings, this view becomes immediately identifiable as Scotland.

Caption For Sutton, High Street C1960

This 1960s view is a taken a little further north from the station, with the entrance to Grove Road half-way along on the left.

Caption For Morecambe, The Promenade 1899

This lovely view of the Promenade looks north towards Hest Bank, with the Central Pier in the background.

Caption For Charlton, Woodstock House C1955

Woodstock House is a country house hotel nestling in the Downs below the heights of Charlton Forest.We are near Goodwood racecourse, hence the racing scene on the hotel restaurant signboard.

Caption For Guisborough, The Grammar School 1891

in London, to design the new Grammar School buildings and the headmaster's house (right), seen here shortly after their completion.

Caption For Mickleton, Butchers Arms C1960

The black and white half-timbered frame of the building at the rear of the inn shows the influence of the Warwickshire Vale building methods on this Cotswold village.

Caption For Aberystwyth, The College 1899

The magnificent neo-Gothic building on the prom began life as a triangular house designed by John Nash in about 1795.

Caption For Kettering, Library And Sheep Street C1965

A public library had been opened in 1896 in the Corn Exchange in the Market Place.

Caption For Lincoln, The Cathedral C1965

The cathedral is accepted as being one of the most beautiful buildings in Europe; it dominates the uphill area of the city and its surrounding buildings.

Caption For Alfriston, The Star Inn And High Street 1891

The tour moves south-west to Alfriston, situated in the River Cuckmere valley where the river cuts through the South Downs chalk.

Caption For Penarth, The Pier 1896

The building with a turret on the right is the Penarth swimming pool, which opened in 1885; the large impressive building next door is the Esplanade Hotel, which opened in 1887.

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Caption For Gilwern, C1960

This view of the village is now much more densely overgrown.

Caption For Leeds, University, Cloth Workers Court C1960

The university launched an appeal in 1925 for £500,000 to build a new medical school, departmental buildings, library and student union.