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Bull Ring And Market

I have just been back to Wakefield for a short break. I knew what to expect before I set off. But still don't know whose idea it was to do away with the old Bull Ring which I thought made it look more like a city. Why take away ...Read more

A memory of Wakefield in 1959 by Kevin Wilshire

Childhood In The 1950s

It breaks my heart to see how the years, short-sighted councillors and rapacious businessmen have ruined this once noble and beautiful seaside resort. How could anybody have countenanced destroying this view for the ...Read more

A memory of Bridlington by Geoffrey Harrison

Caerphilly

I used to live in Bartlett Street next to the bus station. My first job in Caerphilly was as a delivery driver for Harris & Ash DIY merchants, they were situated in a double fronted shop opposite the castle, although I came across a ...Read more

A memory of Caerphilly in 1966 by Mike Ashcroft

Training To Be A Bricklayer

During my chidhood I was to perform lots of different tasks that would make life for my mother a little easier. I did not know it at the time but she was actually training me for my working life. Not ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1951 by Frank Mowforth

Service On Hms Impregnable 1877 1879

My grandfather, Uriah Hazlehurst, served on this ship from 2nd April 1877 until 2nd March 1879 with a short break between 6th to 19th August 1878 when he was with 'R. Adelaide'. He went on to serve in the RN until 4th October 1895 when he was discharged to Plymouth Hospital.

A memory of Devonport

Greyhound, Fox & Central Garage

This photo has the 3 places that were a big part of my early working life. I worked in the garage from 63 through 69, the owner was Charles Holland who lived next door, we used the fox pub most evenings & weekends and ...Read more

A memory of Keston in 1963 by Dave Harding

Wartime Evacuee 1939 1940

In August 1939 I was evacuated frm Salford to Caton. I had my gas mask, a small parcel of food and a label on my clothing. We arrived at the then beautiful station, adorned with flowers. Then we walked to the Village ...Read more

A memory of Caton in 1930 by James Maurice Blackford

East Kent Coastal Holidays In The 1950s/60s

As a child the East Kent coast was a regular destination for our 2 week family summer holiday. We usually stayed in Westgate. In the late 1950s the excitement started with the journey from ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea by Peter Leach

Happy Days

This photo shows what was known as the black shed just above the first bridge on the river Gele, to the left of the photo was the school field at the bottom of Berth Glyd where I was born. If you go up Gypsy Lane you will come to an old ...Read more

A memory of Abergele in 1950 by Peter Davies

Evacuated To Great West Farm

My mother Eileen and her brother Ian Carter were evacuated to Great West Farm, Quethiock in 1940. Here are her memories of that time:- On June 16th 1940 we were evacuated from Marvels Lane School, Grove Park, London SE12 ...Read more

A memory of Quethiock by Mark Lambert

Captions

405 captions found. Showing results 217 to 240.

Caption For Polzeath, The Sands 1895

Hayle Bay, with its lines of evenly-breaking surf and golden sand, is now a mecca for surfers and tourists, and New Polzeath has grown along the low cliffs on the opposite side of the beach.

Caption For Norwich, Old Cow Tower And The River Wensum 1891

Cow Tower was built on the River Wensum in 1378 as a boom tower, controlling the flow of river traffic at the point where the city wall ended.

Caption For Bramber, The Village C1955

The houses of Bramber are varied and picturesque.

Caption For Ickham, The Church 1903

This fine Early English church, set back from the village and behind a narrow green, boasts a raised 13th-century chancel and a tapering, shingled broach spire.

Caption For Prestbury, The Village 1907

Reputedly England's most haunted village, and a market town in the time of Henry III, Prestbury is now a residential suburb of Cheltenham.

Caption For Morecambe, The Clock Tower C1950

The marked two colours of brick are not so easy to distinguish fifty years on from our earlier photographs.

Caption For Fordwich, The Town Hall C1955

Now a National Trust property and open as a museum, this stone, brick and timber building is said to be the smallest town hall in Britain.

Caption For Puriton, Middle Street C1955

Puriton's brick and tile industry has now gone, but Middle Street is much the same today.

Caption For Wellingborough, River Nene And Victoria Mills C1965

Whitworth Brothers Flour Mills stand beside the A509 London Road bridge.

Caption For Cambridge, Girton College 1908

Cambridge's first women's college started out in Hitchin in 1869, and was moved to Girton three years later - sufficiently far removed from Cambridge and the temptations of its male students.

Caption For Cambridge, Girton College 1908

Cambridge's first women's college started out in Hitchin in 1869, and was moved to Girton three years later - sufficiently far removed from Cambridge and the temptations of its male students.

Caption For East Challow, Post Office And Village Hall C1965

Bristol cigarettes and Brooke Bond tea could be purchased at the Post Office Stores, run by M S Beevers at the time of this photograph.

Caption For Braunston, High Street C1950

Some of the houses are built of brick, some of stone.

Caption For Salisbury, Catherine Street 1906

Salisbury was founded in the 13th century: there was no earlier settlement here, consequently the wide streets were laid out on a grid pattern.

Caption For Rye, Mermaid Street 1888

The old hospital (1576) on the right, so called since it performed that function during the Napoleonic Wars, forms the main subject of this early picture of the most photographed of Rye's cobbled

Caption For Holton, The Mill C1960

This mid 18th-century post mill has 'I Swan 1749', 'W Bedwell' and 'John Swan 1754' carved on the beams.

Caption For Horsmonden, The Village 1903

Once a major ironworking centre, this village also boasts the first Fuggle hops to be grown.

Caption For Heacham, High Street C1955

This small village sits between the sea and fields of bright laven- der.

Caption For Upchurch, The Village C1955

Although actually very old, this is another Medway-side village that was left with a distinctly Victorian appearance by the 19th century building boom, when it was a source of brick earth and also chalk

Caption For Doddington, Church 1906

Doddington receives many visitors, for Doddington Hall, although privately owned, is often open to the public.

Caption For Liverpool, Ss Adriatic 1890

He put money, new ships and new life into the company, and brought in the right partners and associates to found the successful business.

Caption For Thornton Cleveleys, Marsh Mill C1955

Marsh Windmill is a large Fylde-type brick tower mill with four patent shuttered sails and a fantail.

Caption For Colchester, St Martin's Church 1921

The late 17th-century tower with its liberal use of salvaged Roman brick fell in the 17th century.