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Broadway Lido.....My Home

Yes.....the Broadway Lidi was my home. I am Stuart Smith, my father Gordon Smith was the first manager (well, they called it superintendent then) at the Lido. We moved there when I was about 3 years old, and lived in a ...Read more

A memory of Bridgwater in 1960 by Stuart Smith

Growing Up At Coombe Place

My family and I moved to a bungalow at Coombe Place in 1960. My father, Walter Motley, took up the post of farm manager on this 100 acre dairy farm with a herd of Jersey cattle. Coombe Place is set on the side of the South ...Read more

A memory of Offham in 1960 by Susan Walton

Downshall Secondary School

I have very fond memories of Downshall Secondary where I was between 1958 and 1962. I used to live in Downshall Avenue, and we used to walk everywhere, to school, to Seven Kings Park and the park up Meads Lane. We ...Read more

A memory of Seven Kings in 1960 by Pauline Garlick

Ledgers Greengrocers

Have just read about the gentleman who worked for Ledgers. I lived in Exeter Rd, and used to play with Joanne Ledger. I also remember going in the van with bench seats. I vaguely remember it being something to do with the ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1960 by Janice Wilson

Silvery Ouse

I was a summer season driver of these boats during my college holidays in the early 1960s. We operated four boats, Silver Foam, Silver Stream, Silver Crest and my own boat, Silver Dawn, which I believe came from the Norfolk Broads. The ...Read more

A memory of Bedford in 1960 by Edward Donnelly

Good Old Days

I was born in 1946 lived in Lifton until I got married in 1971. I lived in Fore St next door lived Mr Brown he used to repair shoes in his little shed in the garden I used to watch him working. just a few doors away Bill Keast he was ...Read more

A memory of Lifton in 1960 by Brian Keighley

Burnt Oak A Way Of Life

What a great place this web site is. I certainly love the Burnt Oak as I knew it between 1947 and 1969 when I then emigrated to SA (since back in Weston super Mare). All the memories you folk have mentioned are mine too. I ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1960 by Fred East

Childhood Memories

I have fond memories of Sturry in the late '50s & early '60s when every week my Mum & I used to walk from Reed Avenue along the Sturry Road to the village, where my Granny lived in her little flat in Franklin House in the ...Read more

A memory of Sturry in 1960 by Angela Nee Nash

Working In Warsash In The 1960s

My earliest memories of Warsash was when I was 15 years old and being driven from Southampton, by my father, to look at a factory he had recently bought on Warsash Road. The 'factory' turned out to be an old ...Read more

A memory of Warsash in 1960 by Richard Barron

Broughton, Chester In The 1960s

I lived in Broughton for 26 years from 1954 to 1980. Here are a few words that may bring back some happy memories for readers! The shops: On the corner of Broughton Hall Road (opposite the current car ...Read more

A memory of Broughton in 1960 by Nigel Williams

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Caption For Hythe, The Promenade C1950

The broad expanse of the Promenade stretching east to Sandgate is still as popular with visitors today as it was with the Victorian and Edwardian holidaymakers who visited this Cinque Port, and whose continued

Caption For Ashford, High Street 1901

The broad High Street, once the site of the market established under a charter from Edward I, was, at the turn of the last century, still very much a rendezvous for the cattle and sheep farmers of the

Caption For Ranworth, The Staithe C1945

The reed-beds on the right of the picture have been cut, and the reeds will be used for thatching roofs.

Caption For Norwich, The Wensum And Prince Of Wales Bridge 1935

A sailing barge, once a common sight on the Broads and Norfolk rivers, is moored opposite the pleasure boats below the yacht station.

Caption For Scarborough, Foreshore Road 1891

From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street C1955

Broad Street boasts a great variety of inns and hotels.

Caption For Coltishall, A Cornfield 1902

A farm worker and child standing in a freshly harvested cornfield.

Caption For Bristol, City Centre C1950

St Augustine's Parade is just out of sight on the left, and Broad Quay is seen on the right.

Caption For Linton On Ouse, The Lock

Linton-on-Ouse is situated north-west of York in the broad Vale of York.

Caption For Aldeburgh, High Street 1894

The broad High Street is mainly Victorian, peppered with Georgian buildings.

Caption For Coltishall, At The Locks C1955

Coltishall was a prosperous town in the 18th and 19th centuries, when trade was carried by river rather than the road.

Caption For Saltash, The Ferry 1924

For travellers to Cornwall, crossing the broad, sweeping waters of the Tamar deepened the sensation that they were entering a foreign land.

Caption For Wigton, The Square C1965

The fountain in the centre of Wigton's Square or Market Place has a pyramidal cross-topped spire, and depicted on its four sides are the four Acts of Mercy.

Caption For Westbourne, Herbert Home 1892

Westbourne, on the west side of Bournemouth, retains a village atmosphere even today, with spacious houses and hotels situated around an attractive woodland chine leading down to the sea.

Caption For The Broads, Near Barton Staithe C1945

The Parish Staithe at Barton is a lovely backwater off the broad.

Caption For Porth, 1925

This modest resort of broad beaches and spectacular rock scenery can be reached along the sands from Newquay.

Caption For Leeds, The Parkinson Building C1960

This building, which was part of Leeds University, was designed by T A Lodge and opened in 1951.

Caption For Bodmin, Mount Folly Square 1906

On the right is a smart brown stone and granite building, characteristic of the locality.

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Caption For Malpas, 1890

The Truro River promises visitors exquisite scenery, its broad banks enriched with lush green woods.

Caption For Cremyll, Drake's Island From Mount Edgcumbe 1890

The broad channel between Drake's Island and Mount Edgecumbe, known as The Bridges, is only navigable via one narrow channel, which is why ships always appear to take 'the long way round', following

Caption For East Runton, Beach Entrance 1921

At East Runton you could walk out along broad stretches of beach and enjoy digging for fossils in the soft cliffs, a pastime made popular by the Victorians.

Caption For St Albans, Holywell Hill 1921

This peaceful view looks up Holywell Hill towards the city centre, as it dips towards the river and the curative spring from which it takes its name, with, on the right, one of the fine Georgian houses

Caption For Bletchingley, Fair Day 1907

Once upon a quieter time, the broad street through the village was perfect for a fair.

Caption For Scarborough, The Spa Promenade 1890

From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.