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Granada! I Am Under Your Spell

I was born in Battersea in 1938. We lived at 28 Forthbridge Rd near Clapham Common. With my mum and sister, I went to the Granada cinema loads of times on a Saturday night. Often you had to line up to get in and they had ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by tedpettit

The Awakening

On the right of the photograph the second shop belonged to Arthur Sansom, the Newsagents and Confectioners. It has a sign board above the shop front: PICTURE POST. In the Easter holidays of 1959 at the age of 14½, I took my first ...Read more

A memory of Locksbottom

Growing Up In Harold Hill

I Lived in Broseley Road and was a bit of a tomboy. My best friend was Jimmy Reynolds who went to Harrowfields, which made me a bit of a traitor as I was a Quarles Schoolgirl. My best girlfriend was Vivienne Davis who went ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by goodey.twoshoes

Woolworths

Woolworths for a small boy had a certain fascination, well for me it did. Firstly I remember being bought a tin plate trolley bus by my mum. It was Empire made. There were the arms on the roof just like the real one we had come on from ...Read more

A memory of West Ealing by Nick Beard

Bing Kee Chinese Laundry, Aberystwyth

As a student at Aber 1944-48 I used the Bing Kee (spelling as I remember it) laundry when I could afford it. Bing Kee and his wife seemed to be very old but there were two daughters (or possibly grand-daughters) ...Read more

A memory of Aberystwyth by anthonywaterson

Dai 'the Globe'

Dai 'the Globe' was friendly with Briyn Williams, Ifor Rees, David Alford. We all used to meet at the Coronation Ballroom, Coronation Road. This was the main meeting place for us all. We would listen to the Four Aces and dance the ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch by Sadie Mcturk

My First 21 Years

I was born on 5th July 1948, we lived in one of the houses behind the Wheatsheaf hotel. Our neighbours there were the Wilcocks and the Browns. My Dad, worked as a driver for a furniture company and a coalman and I remember he ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury by Ian Turner

Sparkhill/Sparkbrook

I grew up in Sparkhill between 1960s-1986, , My Father lived in Sparkbrook with his Grandmother Florence Stubley & Aunties, Flora, Dora, Freda & his mother Phyllis for many years before he met & Married my Mother ...Read more

A memory of Sparkbrook

Kiddy Times And Shuffle

In the fifties Kiddy bristled from dawn to dusk and back to dawn again as the Lowry-folk on 'six-'til two' grumbled and tumbled out of their beds and either cycled or 'legged it' (if they couldn't afford the early-bus) ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster

A Child Was Born In Bargoed

Born on the 15th April 1950 in my grandparents front room in Bristol Terrace I didn't realize until now what we had in those " good old days". I am a self made millionaire but I would trade all what I have now for those ...Read more

A memory of Bargoed by rthomas

Captions

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Caption For Burgh Le Marsh, The Windmill C1965

Built in 1813 by Oxley of Alford, it is a five-sailer owned by the County Council and often open to the public.

Caption For Romford, Victoria Road C1950

In the centre is a motorbike and sidecar, a popular and affordable form of transport.

Caption For Calshot, The Beach C1960

Calshot has long been popular with local people and holidaymakers for the views it affords of Southampton Water.This stretch of the Hampshire coastline is the perfect spot to watch all the comings

Caption For Alderley Edge, London Road C1965

The town developed in the 19th century as a suburb of Manchester for those who could afford to live away from the smoke and grime, and could also spare the time to travel.

Caption For Largs, The Church Of St Columba 1897

There is now a golf course here; and the shelter afforded by the Great Cumbrae makes Largs a first-rate place for boating.

Caption For Alfold, The Crown Hotel C1950

But in the 16th century, Alford was also a major glass-making centre.

Caption For Pembridge, Red Lion Corner C1965

Elsewhere people paid to follow fashion and cover their houses with bricks; here that was a luxury few could afford.

Caption For Morland, Riverside C1955

Though cars were more affordable by the 1950s, engines, being thirstier by today's standards, needed more frequent refueling.

Caption For Alford, West Street C1950

The thatched cottages of one or one and a half storeys with dormer windows are more villagey in character: there are remarkably few thatched houses in towns, but in Alford even the Manor House is thatched

Caption For Whitley Bay, South Lower Promenade C1955

The railway also turned Whitley Bay into commuter country for those who could afford to escape the grime of Newcastle.

Caption For Rothesay, The Esplanade 1897

Rothesay is the chief town of the County of Bute, and is situated in a well-formed bay, which affords safe anchorage in high wind.

Caption For St Peters, The Church Of St Peter In Thanet 1897

As a result it was afforded the rare privilege of flying the White Ensign.

Caption For Alford, The Church C1950

Alford is a most attractive small market town on the eastern edge of The Wolds, noted for its thatched Manor House in West Street, a 16th-century hall house with crosswings, all encased in brick in 1661

Caption For Uley, From Uley Bury 1900

Standing some 800ft up, rising in green terraces above the village, it affords panoramic views with the erosion caused by rivers and frost action during the Ice Ages evident in the isolation of the

Caption For Calshot, The Beach C1960

Calshot has long been popular with local people and holidaymakers for the views it affords of Southampton Water.

Caption For Whitby, St Ann's Staith 1886

The second shop from the left is T E Clegg's shoe shop; how many fisher families could have afforded shoes?

Caption For Turvey, Abbey From Gardens 1897

At the end of the 18th century, much of the village was in disrepair because the previous owners, the Mordaunt family, were unable to afford the upkeep towards the end of their tenure.

Caption For Durham, Old Elvet 1914

That at No 30 is of particular interest; it afforded the occupants the very best of views of the public hangings that used to take place on Court Green.

Caption For Helensburgh, Colquhoun Square 1901

Sir James Colquhoun of Luss developed Helensburgh in the late 18th century as a residential district for those who could afford not to have to live any nearer to Glasgow than was absolutely necessary.

Caption For Congleton, Little Moreton Hall From The East 1897

Its survival in its near-original form probably owes much to the fact that its owners were often very stretched for cash and could never therefore afford to alter it, add bits on to it or change it in

Caption For New Brighton, Lighthouse 1892

The pier affords fine views of the shipping and docks of Liverpool, the Irish Sea, and the mountains of Wales.

Caption For Portreath, The Harbour 1890

A rough sea is coming onto the beach, but the pier affords protection to the dangerously narrow harbour entrance beneath the cliffs.

Caption For Burgh Le Marsh, The Windmill C1965

Built in 1813 by Oxley of Alford, it is a five-sailer owned by the County Council and often open to the public.

Caption For Truro, Wesleyan College From The Bridge 1890

Now known as Truro School, the college was founded on the hill overlooking the city 10 years before this photograph was taken, 'affording a thorough English education at a moderate cost' for up to 120