Maps

71 maps found.

1900, Shop Ref. RNC830531
1887 - 1905, Shop Ref. HOSM59140
1900, Shop Ref. RNC830529
1946, Shop Ref. NPO830529
1946, Shop Ref. NPO830530
1895, Shop Ref. RNE830531
1919, Shop Ref. POP830529
1946, Shop Ref. NPO830531
1896, Shop Ref. RNE830529
1919, Shop Ref. POP830530
1919, Shop Ref. POP830531
1880, Shop Ref. HOSM42138
1900, Shop Ref. RNC830530
1895, Shop Ref. RNE830530
1882 - 1905, Bray Shop Ref. HOSM38740
1919, Bray Shop Ref. POP649035
1921, Shop Corner Ref. POP830532
1946, Shop Corner Ref. NPO830532
1895, Barkla Shop Ref. RNE633228
1896, Shop Corner Ref. RNE830532

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Memories

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Memories Of Gateshead By Derek Rutherford

When I was married at 18 we managed to inhabit a flat in NEWALL TERRACE TEAMS and our neighbour was a character called Curly Smith who was well known ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by derekarat

Department Stores And Coffe Shops In High Street

Wolfe and Hollander where at bromley South opposite the station 150 yards up next door almost to 50 high street which was Evelyn pagets hairdressing college the net some 100 yards in was Harrison Gibson s ...Read more

A memory of Bromley by pbmbrown2

Duppas Hill Lane & Old Town Croydon.

Hi, I just stumbled on this fabulous site as I was trying to find some photos of the Duppas Hil Lane area. I lived at number 23 Duppas Hill Terrace from around 1963-71 and I would have been 12 or 13 ish when the ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Simon Harlow Chalton

Humprhey The Shoe Menders (Old Jack, Young Jack, Jean And Marjorie)

Dear Tim, I remember the shop very well and used to visit with my Mum, Phyllis Cooley who was the daughter of May Clarke, the sister of Old Jack's wife, i.e. your grandmother. I used to ...Read more

A memory of Chesham by sylviahornsby

Lester Avenue E15

I was born at home in Lester Avenue in 1947. 9 of us lived in that 3 bedroomed house, and it never seemed overcrowded. There were 2 Grandparents, an Aunt, Uncle and Cousin, my Mum and Dad, my Sister and Me. I can remember going to ...Read more

A memory of West Ham by r.harcourt187

My Youth

I lived in Redhill in the late 60s and early 70s. My family lived in Batts Hill,the hill behind the Monsoon Arms pub.My parents Pam & Arthur Brown managed the fish & chip shop along from the cinema. I worked at Automatic Tooling at The ...Read more

A memory of Redhill

Ravenscroft School From 1951 1958

I attended this school from 1951 -1958 and Mr Henry Francis Bailey ( with his wife Mary ) was always the head. At least till the time I left in 1958. They had one son Christopher who I believe wanted to become a ...Read more

A memory of Beckington by patwalker37srpen

The High Street

The garage belonged to my mum's cousin and on the opposite side of the road or thereabouts my grandma's sister lived who could be seen pushing an old barrow around Hadleigh, wearing white plimsoles during the fifties. Just ...Read more

A memory of Hadleigh by Robert Keen

A Naughty Boy In Tottenham!

I was born in Wood Green but lived at 460b Lordship Lane over a boot repair shop from a couple of days after until I was about 11. I attended Risley Avenue Infant and Junior schools from 1946/7 until 1951 then we moved to 8 ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by First Name Last Name

Open Air / Convalescent School For Infants

when I was just 5 years old in 1951, I was whisked away to a convalescent home for infants in Dedisham Sussex, dressed up like Paddington bear or , a recent example of an evacuee . I was there for about a year ...Read more

A memory of Dedisham by k.marchant222

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Captions

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Caption For Clacton On Sea, The Bridge 1919

In 1887 shops were erected on both sides (see 64239, pages 24-25).

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1929

Railings mark where King's shop had stood.

Caption For Beccles, Exchange Square C1955

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.

Caption For Woodmansterne, Rectory Lane C1955

A parade of local shops photographed from the junction with Pine Walk is dominated by T H Shepherd (tobacconist and stationer).

Caption For Wilmslow, Grove Street 1897

Wilmslow`s main shopping street would contain all the shops needed by the community, including their links with the outside world, as the newspaper shop demonstrates in its adverts.

Caption For Bildeston, The Village C1965

On the right the large bay windows of the clock and electrical shops have been entirely removed.

Caption For Patricroft, Liverpool Road C1955

For much of its length it was all shops, and every kind of shop under the sun was to be found along this road.

Caption For Burgess Hill, Church Road C1960

By the end of the 19th century, Church Road was Burgess Hill's main shopping centre.

Caption For Reading, Broad Street 1923

There were many shops, including drapers, hat shops, gents' outfitters, shoe shops and a number of small cafes.

Caption For Frimley Green, Guildford Road 1927

The shop of J Singleton, where you could shop and also acquire a haircut, is no longer a general-purpose shop.

Caption For Hailsham, High Street C1965

The trees have now gone, and the Vicarage Fields shopping precinct opens up the streetscape.

Caption For Winchester, The Pentice C1955

Above the second shop on the left, the wood is brown and its walls are cream; the second bay window has been removed.

Caption For Guisborough, Market Place 1899

By 1899 we see that the old two-storey bay window of the Cock Inn has gone, to be replaced by a new shop front installed by Mr Fairburn, who had moved his chemist's and druggist's business

Caption For Littleham, Littleham Road C1965

The modern shops of Littleham are some distance away from the heart of the older village.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1929

Railings mark where King's shop had stood.

Caption For Boxford, Broad Street C1955

On the left is Norman's grocery and general shop, now a newsagent's.

Caption For Bransgore, The Post Office C1960

Village shops continued to prosper until the late 20th century, when trips to neighbouring supermarkets became the fashion.

Caption For Basildon, Whitmore Way 1961

Whitmore Way was the site of Basildon's first proper shopping parade: this included a chemist, a hardware shop, a post office, a Martin's newsagent, a Home & Colonial store, and a much-needed chip-shop

Caption For Truro, Victoria Place 1897

This street of small shops is showing signs of commercialism.

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, The Pantiles 1885

Then, just as it is today, this area of the town was an exclusive parade of expensive little shops, smart tea shops and expensive restaurants.

Caption For Saxilby, High Street C1965

The whole of the shop extension has been removed, the chimney has gone from the house behind the shop, and it has all been redeveloped.

Caption For Whyteleafe, Station Road C1955

Older residents will recall the clothing shop and its predecessor Allan`s furniture shop, as well as the Co-op and Stevenson & Rush.

Caption For Colyton, Market Place 1907

On the far side of the square is A Symons & Co, with three smiling shop assistants posing in the doorway.

Caption For Coulsdon, Brighton Road C1965

The empty shop on the left is now occupied by Doble`s motor cycles.