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Woolies !

I found this site through a link on another, which had pictures of old buses - http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?cat=51 I commented there on some of the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport fleet, which my dad used to drive. I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury in 1974 by Gordon Sharpe

Benskins Brewery

I lived in Bushey and then in Oxhey Village for all of my childhood, first in Aldenham Road, and then in Oxhey Avenue, and later in Villiers Road. In the early 70's I was living in Oxhey Avenue and my friend Annette lived in Woodwaye ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1974 by Jackie Brewer

I Lived At Beechbarrow

I think the date at 1974 is correct but I would have been 6 then!! We owned all of what is Beechbarrow now and as a young man I had the run of the place! I hope the beech walk is still there, I built my first tree house in ...Read more

A memory of Wells in 1974 by Chris Styles

Ancestral Ties

My story is similar to that of Yvonne Parker. When I got married in 1974 we bought our first house in Victoria Road and raised our three children there. They all attended a playgroup in the Baptist Church on the other side of the ...Read more

A memory of Berkhamsted in 1974 by Roger Bowen

Then & Now

I remember during my teens to early twenties there always seemed to be gigs on. From The Green Man (where it must be said, I really shouldn't have been, not then being 18), where it was very bluesy music, plus of course the mighty ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster in 1973 by Dylan Mears

The Mount Boys Home?

I spent a few years at The Mount Boys Home (1 Heygate Street, Wellington) in the early seventies. I wonder if the building is still there, has anyone got any photo's of it?

A memory of Wellington in 1973

Trefriw 1973 78

We moved from Southampton to Trefriw on 5th November 1973. Mum & Dad bought the house 'Llys Llewelyn' opposite the village hall, Mrs Williams' Hair Salon (Harold Gas' wife) and the dreaded entrance to the coal yard. They stripped ...Read more

A memory of Trefriw in 1973 by Andy Philpott

The Beacons Cemaes Bay

I moved to Cemaes to a house called the Beacons; the views from the front room were fantastic - on a clear day you could see the Isle of Man, and in winter the waves would hit the windows and would be caked in salt. We ...Read more

A memory of Cemaes Bay in 1972 by Einir Roscoe

The Kidd's Alright

THE KIDD IS ALRIGHT The daylight had faded away and dusk was now dim enough to coax the streetlights to pop on, their vague orange light slowly getting brighter as their bulbs warmed. Meanwhile inside the Hamblett ...Read more

A memory of Moston in 1972 by Brian Hamblett

The Good Old Days

I remember as a child going to Litchard school, it was a good school, it even had a swimming pool. I had some good friends and I always remember going to the shops for sweets, loads of shops there then. I lived in Litchard Park. I ...Read more

A memory of Bridgend in 1972 by Gary Hankins

Captions

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Caption For Norton, Georgian Houses, The High Street C1965

Norton High Street is one of the surprise features in Teesside, with several elegant period houses nestling behind the trees which line the road verges.

Caption For Chipping, Wolfen House C1955

This was once the home of John de Knoll.

Caption For Warton, Washington House (1612) C1955

Washington House, on the main street, was the home of the forebears of American President George Washington.

Caption For London, Clerkenwell, St John's Gate C1870

‘The newest fashion newspaper and the oldest-style tavern still jostle each other now as they did a century or more ago.’This bustling street was once the home of the British press.The working day

Caption For Manchester, Piccadilly 1889

The area from the Duke of Wellington statue to Market Street was once a large ornamental pond complete with fountains, which had delighted Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on their visit in 1840.

Caption For Odiham, The War Memorial C1955

The wide, gently curving High Street is perhaps best admired from its lowest point and looking west.

Caption For Sudbury, Friars Street 1895

The street takes its name from the priory of Dominican friars, founded in the 13th century.

Caption For Dudley, Castle Street And St Edmund's Church 1968

The developers have struck in Castle Street.

Caption For Queenborough, High Street C1955

On the right is an Ind Coope pub, The Old House at Home, a landmark for bargees on the River Medway.

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Caption For Tredegar, C1955

The impressive building towards the middle of the picture was Penuel, a largely Welsh-speaking chapel; a nursing home is now on this site.

Caption For Gads Hill, Residence Of Charles Dickens 1894

Today the house and copious grounds are home to a private girls' school.

Caption For Southport, New Infirmary 1902

The only medical institutions listed on the Johnson & Green street plan of 1868 are the Convalescent Home & Sea-Bathing Infirmary, and the Hydropathic Hospital.

Caption For Devizes, Long Street C1965

Next to St Andrew's Methodist and United Reformed Church (left of photograph) is No 8 Long Street, originally the home of Joseph Needham, a surgeon who was described in his obituary as 'perhaps the most

Caption For Southport, New Infirmary 1902

The only medical institutions listed on the Johnson & Green street plan of 1868 are the Convalescent Home & Sea-Bathing Infirmary, and the Hydropathic Hospital.

Caption For Cardiff, General View 1893

With blissful symmetry the horizon here is occupied by Cardiff Castle - the iconic home of the Bute family, facilitators of the modern city and much of its wealth.

Caption For London, Fleet Street 1890

‘The newest fashion newspaper and the oldest-style tavern still jostle each other now as they did a century or more ago.’This bustling street was once the home of the British press.The working day

Caption For Elstow, Bunyan's Cottage And The Village 1921

The wooden plaque above the door of the cottage on the right proclaims it as John Bunyan's home.

Caption For Richmond, The Channel 1929

This street is so called because the Market Place, Frenchgate and Ryder's Wynd all drained into it.

Caption For Portchester, Castle Street C1960

A mother and her two sons head home (right).

Caption For Lancaster, Penny Street C1950

This is one of Lancaster's main shopping streets.

Caption For Lyme Regis, St Michaels Private Hotel 1925

St Michael's House, the Victorian home of Mrs Brandham at No 7 Pound Street, became St Michael's Hotel.

Caption For Skipsea, The Village C1960

Main Street here leads up to Beeford Road in the direction of the 13th-century church of All Saints, with its circular churchyard.

Caption For Peterborough, Bridge Street C1965

Mac Fisheries, far left, was a regular on TV ads; Marks and Spencer's, built on the City Cinema site, has been open a year, next to Woolworth's, the other High Street favourite.