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Wonderful Days
We spent all our warm summer holidays at Westgate. We lived in South London. My Grandmother lived in Quex Road and we had a caravan on St Crispens caravan site. I loved getting fish heads from the fish monger to go crabbing. I ...Read more
A memory of Westgate on Sea by
Wokingham Shops
Anyone remember the petrol station ,next to saint Crispins school called Bourne and Thomas,a real traditional garage ,the thames trader tipper trucks moving the soil from the A329m ,green in colour ,think the company name was harry ...Read more
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Wartime At The Grammar School
I was in the first intake of the newly built Chippenham Grammar School. When we arrived for our first day there were no chairs, as war had just been declared and all transport had been commandeered for the movement of ...Read more
A memory of Chippenham in 1930 by
War Time Wimbledon
During the war I was a pupil at St Mary's school in Russel Road, about 100 yards from the theatre. When there was an air raid during school time, the whole school would march up to the stage door of the theatre and all of us ...Read more
A memory of Wimbledon in 1940 by
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
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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
The Sad Demise Of A Wonderfull Little Town
1 lived in Erith until 1970 born in 1932 at 7 Athol road off of Deluci road which is next to the old Tivoli cinema we move there in 1934 from west street we had incenderies drop on our house in 1942 my father put ...Read more
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The Old Days
I was at fallin primary,capt cracie was head,he was always marching us into the hall;I was born in 3rd block,then family moved to stirling rd,I remember the fire,was in the house with my gran and cousin david,mum had taken my brother to the ...Read more
A memory of Fallin by
The Good And The Bad
Yes we were bad lads who went to Stanhope. The first words Mr Bowles said to me was "I tame lions and tigers just like you" then slapped me across the face. Remember that? As for the teachers: Glendenning Mctavish, Mellody ...Read more
A memory of Stanhope in 1957 by
Tanktops And Bellbottoms
Tank tops and bell bottoms-memoirs of a Birkenhead lad I was born in Birkenhead in 1954 at the back of Central Station, opposite the Haymarket, and still remember being hungry all the time. We were poor, as was everyone we ...Read more
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In the 19th century, banks often built very imposing buildings to reflect their status in everyday life.
In the 19th century, banks often built very imposing buildings to reflect their status in everyday life.
In the 19th century, banks often built very imposing buildings to reflect their status in everyday life.
On the left is the corner of Lloyds Bank; then comes Siddal and Kirby's shoe shop, the Wool Shop, now Nationwide with a new shop front, and the Midland Bank.
This view shows one of Salter's pleaseure steamers, the 'Henley', having just passed through Burford Bridge heading upstream towards Oxford.
On the left is the Queen's Head Hotel; beyond that is the Chesterfield & District Co-operative Society.
We are looking at West Bank and the Victoria Promenade.
The scaffolding beyond the lamppost hides Lloyds Bank, which was being extended and restored at the time this photograph was taken (there are rainwater heads dated 1921).
The view looking north from the King's Head shows the National Provincial Bank on the left (now NatWest) and, opposite, the Button Shop (now the Wimborne Pottery).
From Brook the route heads to Milford, formerly partially on the A3 London to Portsmouth road but now, mercifully, by-passed - but the traffic is still heavy.
By 1906 the pier had been considerably widened and extended in length.
By 1906 the pier had been considerably widened and extended in length.
At the junction with Paternoster Row, Cheapside swings from the north in an arc and heads east towards the Bank.
A clipper-bowed excursion steamer crowded with passengers heads along the Dee, attracting little attention from the young fishermen on the bank.
The photographer is looking east towards Poole Head, at the end of the long high cliff of Poole Bay which includes Bournemouth.
Approaching is an LCC ambulance; on the left a tram, about to go out of service, heads towards Walworth Road.
The boy on the left appears to have been diverted from what he was doing: probably he has been hailed by the two cyclists opposite Lloyd's Bank, who seem to be about to head across the road towards him
The bank to the right, where the car is parked, now houses a boat hire firm, Castle Narrowboats.
The bank to the right, where the car is parked, now houses a boat hire firm, Castle Narrowboats.
At the junction with Paternoster Row, Cheapside swings from the north in an arc and heads east towards the Bank.
Heading north-east we come to Wisbech St Mary, which is built alongside the New River, which takes the water of the Nene to the huge pumping station at Denver Sluice.
The Mumbles-Swansea train in the centre of the photograph is heading for or leaving the Elms Terminus.
By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge
This is Loves Lane leading off the Main Street and heading for Horn Mill.
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