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Photos

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Maps

35 maps found.

1919, Brockhall Ref. POP651346
1923, Hall Broom Ref. POP725075
1946, Brockhall Ref. NPO651346
1940, Broomhall Ref. NPO652417
1921, Broomhall Ref. POP652416
1903, Hall Broom Ref. RNC725075
1947, Hall Broom Ref. NPO725075
1896, Hall Broom Ref. RNE725075
1947, Brockhall Village Ref. NPO651348
1920, Broomhall Ref. POP652417
1898, Brockhall Ref. RNE651346
1940, Brook Hill Ref. NPO651937
1895, Brook Hill Ref. RNE651937
1896, Brockhall Village Ref. RNE651348
1899, Brook Hill Ref. RNE651936
1897-1909, Brook Hill Ref. RNC651937
1923, Brookvale Ref. POP652189
1919, Brook Hill Ref. POP651937
1921, Broomhall Green Ref. POP652422
1902, Broomhall Green Ref. RNC652422

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Memories

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Oh To Be Young Again

I remember when I first moved to Aveley, I was 7 years old. My nan lived in the prefabs and my mother, brother and myself moved in with her until they were demolished when I was eight years old. Then we moved into Hall Avenue, most ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1960 by Marina Lewis

"Digger" Hunwick Growing Up At No 7, Hall Road.

Born under a table in the front room of No.7 Hall Road on 16/7/1944 while an air raid warning sounded to herald the German V1s presence above. I attended Aveley Infants and Primary schools between 1949 and 1955 ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by ted.hunwick

1960s

My family moved to Withybrook in 1960, to No 2 All Saints Close. I met my future wife there she lived in No 3. I was 14 years old and she was 11. Mary was born in the woodyard on the way to Wolvey. My brother and I used to catch ...Read more

A memory of Withybrook in 1960 by Peter John Buckby

1966 1982

Ford End is now a shell of its former self, almost like the UK. When I was a child in the village, growing up, there was no better place to be. There was a shop, two pubs, the Spread Eagle at the top of the village and the ...Read more

A memory of Ford End by Lawrence Gill

2 Years In The Village

Sometime around 1956, for about two years, two of us shared a cottage in Iford village (one of the first two as you came off the main road from Lewes). We worked for Mr Robinson milking his Guernsey herd and doing the ...Read more

A memory of Iford in 1956 by Kay Mullin

A Lovely Devon Village

We moved to No. 6 Tipton Vale in 1950. Maureen a baby, myself (Valerie) and parents Eric and Joan White fom Fenny Bridges. The house was a new council house, pink and blue. Dad dug out a bank at the rear and we found ...Read more

A memory of Tipton St John in 1950 by Valerie Jordan

A Recollection Of My Fond Childhood Memories At North Somercotes

North Somercotes during the 50s (1953-1960) My mother, Gwen's side of the family were from North Somercotes. They were called Humberstone. She had 5 siblings, Donald, Percy, ...Read more

A memory of North Somercotes in 1953 by Stewart Mc Caw

Accrington As I Recall

We moved to Accrington fom Whalley 10th December 1941. I remember it because Syd Ashmeed and his band was broadcasting that day and Ronnie Brooks was the drummer and I wanted to listen to the broadcast but as we were moving I ...Read more

A memory of Accrington in 1941 by Trevor Williams

Alan Avenue

I live in Australia now . I grew up on Alan Avenue [off Lord Lane] . I was the eldest of 5 children [the Martins] . We had a great life there. I have countless memories of those days in the early 1960s. Walking to Stansfield Road school. ...Read more

A memory of Failsworth by andy9martin

An Idyllic Childhood In New Haw

I wanted to add my own memories of growing up in New Haw from 1965 until moving again in 1973. The family moved from Richmond (then in Middlesex) to 187 New Haw Road, a detached 3-bedroom house with 1/3 acre of ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1966 by Andrew Taylor

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Captions

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Caption For Uttoxeter, The Hockley C1955

The Hockley brook was a haven for the local children, as there was no swimming pool in Uttoxeter.

Caption For Manchester, Brooks Bank C1873

These are the premises of the bank run as Cunliffe Brooks & Co, one of Manchester's private banks.

Caption For Wethersfield, The Green 1903

The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.

Caption For Great Bardfield, Brook Street 1903

The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.

Caption For Alcester, Henley Street And Town Hall 1949

The Town Hall was built in 1618, the gift of Sir Fulke Greville, first Baron Brooke, a friend of Sir Philip Sidney.

Caption For Mobberley, The Victory Hall C1955

Built after the First World War as part of the village's memorial to the men who fought in the conflict, standing above the Mobberley Brook and the main road through the village, the

Caption For Hovingham, Brookside C1955

Little has changed in this view of the brook running through the estate village.

Caption For East Challow, Post Office And Village Hall C1965

Bristol cigarettes and Brooke Bond tea could be purchased at the Post Office Stores, run by M S Beevers at the time of this photograph.

Caption For Chorley, Astley Hall C1960

The hall, parts of which date from 1550, has been re-built and added to over the years.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Penns Hall Hotel C1965

The foremost stream in this area is Plants Brook, which once powered several mills.

Caption For Oakham, The Fire Station C1955

Originally, the fire station was at the southern end of Mill Street, next to the Salvation Army Hall.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Penns Hall Hotel C1965

The foremost stream in this area is Plants Brook, which once powered several mills.

Caption For Abergavenny, Sugarloaf From The River 1898

Below the Sugar Loaf on the western outskirts of Abergavenny stands Nevill Court, previously named The Brooks.

Caption For Abergavenny, Sugarloaf From The River 1898

Below the Sugar Loaf on the western outskirts of Abergavenny stands Nevill Court, previously named The Brooks.

Caption For Chorley, Astley Hall C1960

The hall, parts of which date from 1550, has been re-built and added to over the years.

Caption For Chelmondiston, The Red Lion C1955

The 1880s red brick house beyond with veranda under the gable was part of the Berners' estate at Woolverton Hall.

Caption For Caldecott, The Village C1955

For a time it was the village hall, then a garage with Shell & BP services as shown.

Caption For Bashall Eaves, The Village C1955

Many variations in its name (Bakesalf, Beckhalgh) speak of a long history, and so do 15th-century Bashall Hall, home of the powerful Talbot family, and the old Red Pump coaching inn and the remains of

Caption For Enfield, Whitewebbs Park, The Pond C1955

The focal point of Forty Hill in the 16th century was the great house of Elsynge, which lay between the site of Forty Hall and the Turkey Brook.

Caption For Huddersfield, Westgate 1982

Within half a mile of it others were razed to the ground over the following three or four years, including the tall Phoenix Mill at Rashcliffe which had been empty for some time, Engine Bridge

Caption For Yetminster, View From Tarks Hill C1960

We are looking north- eastwards from one of the public footpaths across Tarks Hill over Mill Lane and Brister End (centre) to the twin peaks of Honeycombe Wood (top left) and Lillington Hill

Caption For Broadstone, The Moors C1955

The farmhouse, renamed Brookdale, is Broadstone's oldest surviving house.

Caption For Cardiff, St Mary Street 1893

A rival tea merchant, Broomhall and Company, trade just three doors down.