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Various

We lived in Derrinton Road, it was a very long road. I remember the sweetshop that we called 'the old girls'. She had a window full of toys that we used to spend ages looking at. Even at the age of 5 and 6 we had so much freedom, we went ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1968 by Deirdre Rayment

Vague Memories

I remember when the pub was on the other side of the road to where the Shoulder of Mutton pub was built. I'm sure the pub changed it's name to Three Trees after a tragic incident. Where The Cutting Corner barbers is now, was a ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley

Update Of Those Memories Of The 60,S.

And so i became a full teenage worker, ha ha , off to earn all that fabulous money, to buy all i wanted and roll around every where in style, be like the grown ups , drink beer down the pub or up the pub in my ...Read more

A memory of Menithwood in 1966 by Nicolas Fumarola

Tyn Y By The Sea

First stayed there in 1951. My dad rented the chalet opposite the green corrugated Chapel aside of the sandy path which lead to the beach. Apart from the shop and chippy there was a Welcoast ice cream kiosk on the corner that closed a ...Read more

A memory of Tyn-y-Morfa by ukip.lowe29

Tuck Shop Opposite

I remember Mrs (fatty) Parson, she put her foot through the floor one day much to the classes delight. I live up by the heath and took the penny ride to the National School every day on the 467 bus.

A memory of Dartford by grahamgrumbridge

Transport

That must be a No 132 bus pulling away from the bustop. Used that frequently. Corner shop used to be an Express Dairy where you could have a cup of tea.

A memory of Eltham in 1945 by Mary Donnachie

Train.

I remember I used to put a penny in a slot on the window frame of the toy shop and watch a train go round in the window.

A memory of Beckenham by Roy Trunchion

Traffic Policeman And St Hilds Demonstration School

I remember the traffic policeman very well. I lived at The Morlands (25) from c1945 to c1953. I went to Framwellgate Nursery School, and the to St. Hilds Demonstration School until the age of about ...Read more

A memory of Durham in 1950 by Patricia Hardy

Tracing My Ancestors

Hello all, my name is Steve Lane and I found this site whilst tracing my family. As a kid I lived in [Conningsby Court] Armfield Cresent. My dad Alf Lane used to drink in the Buck's Head and as a kid I remember sitting outside ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1960 by Steve Lane

Toy Shop

From 1964 I occasionally took the No. 691 bus from Ilford to Barkingside to shop. I used to buy my toddler son a Matchbox car from a toy shop. He didn't talk a lot but within a couple of years he could name most of the cars on the road and ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside by Carol O'shea

Captions

3,478 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Liss, Memorial Corner C1955

The names above the shops are recognised throughout the area as old Liss names - the name Langrish also appears on the memorial for World War I as one of those who gave their lives for their country

Caption For Porlock, High Street C1960

This is another scene that has little changed: there is still a chemist's and candy shop on the right and garage on the left, minus petrol pumps.

Caption For Castleton, Cross Street 1932

Cross Street is the main shopping street in Castleton, where gift shops still specialise in selling jewellery and other items made from the town's unique semi-precious stone, Blue John.

Caption For West Hagley, Worcester Road C1960

The store that was Bridge's shop in W305026 (pages 68-69) is now five years later run by F Park.

Caption For Preston, Cheapside C1960

Stylo Shoe Shop, John Collier ('the window to watch'), Richard Shops and Stead & Simpson are among the many varied shops facing the Market.

Caption For Kettering, Silver Street C1960

As neo-Georgian buildings replaced the older local shops, the shopping centre of Kettering also developed wth nation-wide multiple stores.

Caption For Woodmansterne, The Street C1955

Opposite, E Wynne`s shop has now lost its black and white appearance with rendering and is currently Mystique Hair Design.

Caption For Preston, Church Street 1903

Church Street, beyond Fishergate and the Town Hall, was a busy shopping area for the Fylde country all around.

Caption For Billingshurst, The Village 1928

The shop of W J Barnes (on the left) stands on the causeway; it was formerly the old family shop of Joseph Luxford, a carrier.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Cornhill C1950

On the right is the Corn Exchange of 1861, now with shops on the ground floor.

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, High Street 1906

Virtually every building has a shop front, but today the number is considerably reduced, and their uses are less practical - for instance, Hartley Chemist is now a restaurant.

Caption For Horncastle, Market Place C1965

Boots have changed their location to be in one of the new shops.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, The Shopping Precinct C1965

The shopping precinct was built when it was thought that the shopping centre for the growing suburb would be here.

Caption For Horncastle, Market Place C1965

Boots have changed their location to be in one of the new shops.

Caption For Brynmawr, Beaufort Street C1955

Lyndon Sims' well-advertised record shop (note the HMV banner, left) is now a beautician's.

Caption For Kippax, High Street 1959

This is the shopping centre of Kippax, much changed on the left, but untouched on the right.

Caption For Brynmawr, Beaufort Street C1955

Lyndon Sims' well-advertised record shop (note the HMV banner, left) is now a beautician's.

Caption For East Grinstead, Tooth's Shop 1927

This interior of a 15th-century Tudor house is part of Tooth's stationery shop, located on the south side of the High Street.

Caption For Berkhamsted, Lower Kings Road C1955

A bustling shopping scene of the early fifties, taken when the row of shops was fairly new.

Caption For Bangor, Main Street 1897

Along with the ice cream shop, there were other shops springing up to cater for holiday-makers.

Caption For Sleaford, Southgate C1965

This is the main shopping street of Sleaford, and the Handley Memorial was the ideal place for a set of destination signs.

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street C1950

Hancock & Wood and Roberts shoe shop are almost all that remain of this 1950s scene.

Caption For York, Low Petergate C1960

The pawnbroker has gone; instead there is a modern shopping block housing the furniture shop of Stevens and Goodall.

Caption For Basildon, Town Centre C1965

Shopping trends have changed since the early days of the New Town.