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Maps

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1906-1908, Blaich Ref. RNC643461
1947, Branch End Ref. NPO648665
1925, Branch End Ref. POP648665
1895, Branch End Ref. HOSM63910
1898, Branch End Ref. RNE648665
1895, Branch End Ref. HOSM70085
1901-1904, Branch End Ref. RNC648665

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Memories

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Hornchurch, Wingletye Lane, Photograph C.1950

I lived in Glanville Drive, a residential road off Upminster Road about 100 yards to the west of Wingletye Lane, for the first part of my life from 1947 so I knew the area well. The building on the corner ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by John Fricker

It's Not How It Was Back Then... Some Nostalgia For The Fifties And Early Sixties.

My parents ran a shop on the Broadway from the late nineteen forties until the early fifties, I think. It was a general store and – as far as I know – a seed merchant’s. I ...Read more

A memory of Broadstone by Robert Milne

Growing Up In Mitcham

I was born Leslie Dennis Crutch in Grove Road 1948. My brother Ken was born 9 months after dad (Ronald Kenneth) had gone to Normandy as part of the landings - I was born 9 months after he was demobbed (funny that) to mum Winifred ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Les Saunders

The 40/50s

It was the 118 bus Colin. It went from Clapham Common to Mitcham Cricket Green. I also remember well those wonderful Leo's ice lollies. After those awful slabs of lard between 2 wafers that went soggy they were magic - Walls's! My family ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Paul Croxson

Working On Church Street Six Times

When in 2018 I started work as a supervisor in a shop on Church Street, it occurred to me that I had had four jobs & two volunteer posts on the road. The first was a temporary job in the late '70's under the ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern by bru.enzer

Bilsdean Creek 1960

Down Bilsdean Creek where fresh and salt water meet, the bladderwrack rehydrating incoming tide chases tiny trout upstream to the overhanging hazel branch sanctuary of dappled dancing sunlight where they flit back and ...Read more

A memory of Bilsdean Creek by John Soltys

Smith The Grocer Of Chapel Road, Kessingland

My grandfather on my father's side, Jabez Herbert Henry Smith (known as Herbert) was born on 19th January 1885. At the tender age of 13 he was sent by his parents to take up a seven year apprenticeship at ...Read more

A memory of Kessingland by Patricia Soanes

Southchurch Hall Farm And Park, A Branch Library In A Garden

The Hall was the closest Library to my family-home in Marlborough Rd. I used to spend hours there every week, researching school homework; and collecting Library Books for myself, - and ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by julian

School Holidays In Bale

I have many fond memories of my childhood in Bale. I lived in Fakenham and used to spend some time with Nan, Grandfather and Auntie Carole in Bale. I remember going up to what Grandfather called 'plantin', which was just next to the ...Read more

A memory of Bale

The Chocolate Box

My earliest memory of Emsworth was a sweet shop called The Chocolate Box in the Square, Emsworth (now Heidi's). It was owned by my grandfather Bertie Holland from 1924. It was later taken over by his daughter and son-in-law, Jim ...Read more

A memory of Emsworth by Connie Gates

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Captions

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Caption For Rhyl, The Queen's Palace 1903

In this photograph, the posters on the front of the building tell us that this week we will be entertained by Ernie Myers, Lily Lonsdale, Fred Carey, Los Gopanos, Blanche Gerard and Marie Reeves; admission

Caption For Darlington, High Row 1903

Over on the left is a branch of the Home & Colonial Stores, which, like Freeman, Hardy & Willis, was one of the early high street chains.

Caption For Gravesend, Hms Gleaner 1902

When the Chilean ironclad 'Blanco Encalada' was attacked and sunk by two small boats armed with primitive torpedoes, the world's navies began at last to take the torpedo seriously.

Caption For Newark, Market Place C1955

To the left of the Town Hall is the local branch of the National Provincial Bank, while to the right The Central Pharmacy is still a chemists, but under the name of Cherrington.

Caption For Harborne, High Street C1955

The High Street sports a branch of F W Woolworth, and the local branch of the National Provincial Bank is housed in half-timbered style premises.

Caption For Banstead, The Station C1965

The station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs, opened in 1865, and the white stuccoed house, now a builder's offices, dates from around the same time.

Caption For Halifax, General View C1955

The railway cuts a swathe through Halifax, yet given the town's importance, there was a sense of outrage when the Manchester & Leeds Railway bypassed the town with no connecting branch line built.

Caption For Halifax, General View C1955

The railway cuts a swathe through Halifax, yet given the town's importance, there was a sense of outrage when the Manchester & Leeds Railway bypassed the town with no connecting branch line built.

Caption For Widnes, Widnes Road C1960

The supermarket is a branch of Tesco.

Caption For Tilford, The River C1955

Tilford is situated where the south branch of the River Wey meets the main River Wey, each branch crossed by a medieval bridge.

Caption For Chesterfield, Knifesmithgate C1955

Directly ahead is the town branch of Barclays Bank.

Caption For Oxford, The Castle 1912

The late Norman tower of Oxford Castle overlooks a branch of the river which cuts between various small factories and dilapidated buildings.

Caption For Sonning, Lock 1890

To the left, a huge ladder is in place, seemingly to pick the fruit hanging from the branches.

Caption For Ramsgate, Granville Hotel, Victoria Parade 1901

Some of Ramsgate's best hotels, such as The Casa Blanca and The Glanville, were on Victoria Parade, and they offered the guests the opportunity to walk out of the hotel and promenade along the Parade

Caption For Chepstow, Beaufort Square 1957

Across the street is a branch of F W Woolworth.

Caption For Willington, The Green C1955

This view shows a deserted village, with the branch of the Derby Co-operative Society (centre) waiting for its first customer of the day.

Caption For Halse, Village C1955

In medieval times there was a branch of the Knights Hospitallers at Halse.

Caption For Thirlmere, 1888

Note the young conifers, recently planted in the interest of water purity, which now cloak the artificial lake with their dense canopy of branches.

Caption For Oxford, The Castle 1912

The castle overlooks a branch of the river where it meanders between run-down buildings and small factories.

Caption For Tiverton, On The Canal 1903

There were to be three branches, one of which was Tiverton.

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road C1965

Another well-known multi-national dominates this view; the branch has been here since about 1930, though the left-hand extension is a post-War development on the site of the Cinema de Luxe, which burned

Caption For St Ives, The Station C1945

The St Erth to St Ives branch line, the last broad gauge railway to be built, was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1877.

Caption For Birkenhead, Woodchurch Road, Prenton 1954

Along here were branches of both national and Cheshire retailers including Dewhurst, the butchers, and Waterworths.

Caption For Newport, On The Canal 1898

This branch line canal was built to link with Telford's last canal, the Shropshire Union canal.