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Memories

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Happy Holiday Memories

I now live in Lincolnshire but my father and family are native to Weston Rhyn and many family members still live in the area. I spent many happy holidays in Weston Rhyn as a schoolboy, I stayed at my aunt's house in ...Read more

A memory of Weston Rhyn in 1956 by Brian Hughes

Gladstone Park

Our family moved from Churchill Road, Willesden to the country right out to Dudden Hill, in Normanby Road. The entrance to the park was just down the end of the road near the old iron bridge. There was a rather short tree ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1961 by Jim Rabbitts

Living In Thringstone

I moved to Thringstone just before the millennium. I found Thringstone to be a wonderfully quaint village atmosphere, Lovely walks in the countryside and through the Grace Dieu woods. Living in Thringstone for about four ...Read more

A memory of Thringstone in 2000

Chelmsford, Shire Hall 1895.

Many years ago the Shire Hall was where the Quarter Sessions trials were held. This would be the same as the Crown Court trials of to-day. The magistrates court was held in an old building which can still be seen in ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

St. Mary's High School

I'm wondering if anyone remembers St. Mary's High School in Western Road. I attended the school when I was very young in 1946-9, before my family emigrated first to Canada, then to the USA. My best friends were Zena O'Shea, ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1949

Northfields, Witley

As a child on holiday with my aunts, uncles and grandma who lived at Northfields (where the post office is situated by the main road), I would spend many happy times buying pens, pencils, notebooks etc. I remember a Mr Bannister used to run the shop then.

A memory of Witley in 1951 by Janet Savage

Streatham Hill Theatre

In 1973 I became the general manager of Streatham Hill Theatre, managing the Mecca Social/Bingo club. It was the flagship club of the company and was every manager's dream to run it. Previous managers were Robin Pritchard, ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1973 by Peter Gauci

Straining The Memory

I attended primary school at Horstead Keynes briefly until it changed location a few miles away. (I went there as well but can't for the life of me recall the name of the place.)  The head mistress was the tall and ...Read more

A memory of Horsted Keynes in 1953 by Giles Daubney

Brooksby Hall Agricultural College, Leicestershire,England

Like Gwilym Evans I was enlisted into HM Forces in 1944, along with my twin brother. We were born in May 1926. Served with RASC as drivers first in Wiltshire, England, driving 3 ton ...Read more

A memory of Nantgwynant in 1949 by Reuben Reynolds

St Mark's School In The 1960s

I too have wonderful memories of going to St Mark's, the teachers I remember are Mr Freemantle, Mrs Carmichael, Miss Holmes, Miss Catherine and Mr Legg.  The headmistress at the time was Miss Bowley, who everyone was ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Yvonne Harris

Captions

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Caption For Slaidburn, Town End C1955

As well as the River Hodder at the east of the village, it has Crossdale Brook running through it.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Stile House 1909

Stile House is typical of the smarter villas of Regency Lyme.

Caption For Tiverton, On The Canal 1903

The Grand Western Canal was a 19th- century dream, planned to run from Taunton to the River Exe near Exeter.

Caption For Cambridge, Hobbs Pavilion 1931

Born in Cambridge in 1882, Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs was undoubtedly the world's greatest cricket batsman of his time.

Caption For Cambridge, Hobbs Pavilion 1931

Born in Cambridge in 1882, Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs was undoubtedly the world's greatest cricket batsman of his time.

Caption For Bromsgrove, Aerial View C1955

This aerial shot shows the High Street; it is a wonderful illustration of a common style of urban development, with narrow medieval burgage plots running back at right angles from the road.

Caption For Bromsgrove, Aerial View C1955

This aerial shot shows the High Street; it is a wonderful illustration of a common style of urban development, with narrow medieval burgage plots running back at right angles from the road.

Caption For Dawlish, The Seafront From The Royal Hotel 1890

A place familiar to all train travellers through Devon, Dawlish nestles across the sides of a broad combe, with the railway line protecting the town from the sea.

Caption For Winsford, High Street From Winsford Bridge 2003

The entire heart of the town has been moved over the hill to a new site, so that the little that remains of the old High Street is now totally run down.

Caption For Bletchingley, The Morning Of The Hunt C1945

Going north to the Godstone to Reigate road, that part of the A25 that runs along the greensand ridge south of the North Downs, we reach the village of Bletchingley.

Caption For Burgh Heath, Brighton Road C1955

Burgh Heath is very suburban, and its east side is blighted by the roaring traffic of the dual carriageway A217 Reigate road, which merges with the A23 Brighton road at Horley, south of Redhill

Caption For Glanton, The Village C1950

Consisting of little more than one long street running east to west, Glanton enjoyed a reputation for the healing properties of the water from the Keppin or Keppie Well situated behind the old school

Caption For Whitby, Crescent Terrace 1925

Beyond Crescent Terrace lies the Royal Hotel corner, which is in North Terrace.

Caption For Chirk, The Viaduct And The Aqueduct 1959

Although somewhat overshadowed by Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, the beautifully proportioned Chirk Aqueduct ranks as a major work in its own right.

Caption For Old Newton, Finningham Road C1965

The Post Office has moved into three different buildings between here and the Shoulder of Mutton.

Caption For Chepstow, The Castle 2004

Here we see the castle as it is today without its mantle of ivy.

Caption For Piddlehinton, The Village C1955

We are looking south-eastwards from the Yetminster road towards the mediaeval Hamstone cross in a triangle of cobbles (centre), with roads at the junction signed to Sherborne (left) and Chetnole (right

Caption For Sudbury, Police Station 1906

This was built in 1901 at the junction of Newton Road, King Street and Cornard Road.

Caption For Kinver, The Canal C1955

Though it passes through an industrial landscape, this canal has many quiet rural stretches where the narrow boats chug along under a dense canopy of green.

Caption For Worth, St Nicholas's Church And The Lychgate C1960

Worth village stands in the Forest of Worth, east of Crawley, and was a place of pilgrimage.

Caption For Eynsford, 1905

This picture postcard village is strung out along the road, with the River Darent running through it and under the 15th-century humpbacked bridge (seen here behind the horse and cart) alongside a ford

Caption For Merthyr Tydfil, High Street C1965

The jeweller`s shop, H Samuel (centre distance), which was beneath the clock, was once the former Post Office.

Caption For Shefford, North Bridge Street C1960

Before local government was established, Shefford was fortunate in the action of a 16th-century resident called Robert Lucas, who left his property for the benefit of the citizens of Shefford.

Caption For Waddington, War Memorial 1921

The war memorial is centrally placed in the village alongside the winding street by the stream.