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Fate Led Me Here

Bell Street, Reigate. The address of my great grandfather, and until 2006 I had never been there. But on a nostalgic trip from Sweden, seeking my roots so to speak, I visited Reigate to see if any signs were to be found. Needing to ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 2006 by Barry W J Chandler

The Slate Islands Easdale

                                                  THE SLATE ISLANDS                                                         By Walter Deas Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old ...Read more

A memory of Easdale in 2005 by Walter Deas

Revistiing

I revisited Edern & Morfa Nefyn after my last visit which was in 1954 with my Mum and Dad as a 12 year old child. I remembered everywhere and my husband was worried I would be disappointed as things would have changed, but they had not. ...Read more

A memory of Nefyn in 2005 by Iris Bland

Morling's Ltd Music Shop

Very sad to see Morling's Ltd, the music shop shut its doors for the final time. I had been buying in there for over 20 plus years. The staff were very nice to you, nothing was too much for them, very helpful indeed. ...Read more

A memory of Lowestoft in 2005 by Simon Flaxman

Entertaining The Tring Christmas Shoppers With Morris Dancing

Tring hosts a lovely Christmas shopping evening each year when the High Street is decorated, the shop windows have illuminated Christmas displays and stay open late and the place is ...Read more

A memory of Tring in 2004 by John Howard Norfolk

Unchanged Lerryn

Lerryn is a place that one almost wants to keep secret so that it does not become a popular destination. It has barely changed in a hundred years. A beautiful and unspoilt village in a steep sided valley, Lerryn lies at the tidal head ...Read more

A memory of Lerryn in 2004 by Peter Marks

Recent Changes

Changes happen all so fast, about 10 years ago we were camping near Dickleburgh, a wonderfully friendly village and we bought the most wonderful sausages from there local butcher. Returning this Easter (2009), we returned to ...Read more

A memory of Dickleburgh in 2004

Alton 2003

A quite recent memory but I visited in 2003 thanks to the kindness of my relative Josephine Dixon [dec.]. We are both related to the Byatt and Collis families from Alton. It was great to see where our family lived and worked, ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 2003 by David Cassells

2002 To Today...

I work in this area nowadays, the SLCS is still going strong but is now a small branch of SAINSBURYS. The flats and shops look in pretty good nick for their age, though round the back they look a little seedy! The flat with the space underneath it now has a fish and chip in the space!

A memory of South Wigston in 2002 by Stephen Hebbron

Society Farm

In 2001 my husband Derek and I visited Assington. We had been researching Derek's family history, and had discovered that his great-great-grandfather John Crisell was the bailiff, in the middle of the 19th century, at Society Farm, ...Read more

A memory of Assington in 2001 by Rosemary Bennett

Captions

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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.