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Memories

3,611 memories found. Showing results 391 to 400.

Happy Childhood

I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and then ...Read more

A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by Geoff Taylor

Living At The White Hall Billesdon C 1972 1979

We moved to the White Hall when I was 2, almost 3, and my sister was 5 weeks old!  It was a wonderful house to grow up in - lots and lots of space, inside and out, and were were fortunate enough to have ...Read more

A memory of Billesdon in 1972 by Emma Lack

Childhood In The Village!!

I was devastated in 1964 when my mother told me we were to leave the village so that my mother could pursue her dream of owning her own small business elsewhere. It was a dreadful culture shock, one that has remained with ...Read more

A memory of Mollington in 1961 by Vanda Godwin Marriott

The Steel Houses

Having lived in Brymbo in a very damp two up two down house in 'The Green' my parents were 'over the moon' to be given a new three bedroomed house; 23, Bryn Hedd, Southsea, (which means peaceful hill) became their home for ...Read more

A memory of Southsea in 1950 by Ken Edwards

Big Toe Stuck In The Drain...Lol

I remember this paddling pool so well, when I was about 8 years old I would be there with my nana {in fact in looks like me in the pic}. She would sit on the bench in the pic and eat her rich tea biscuits. I begged her ...Read more

A memory of Newmarket by Vicki Amerault

Early Memories

My birth on 30 Nov 1946 at 34 Oldberry Road, Burnt Oak, is where it all started for me, but my mother & her parents moved into the house when it was built for the LCC. She's 89 now, but recalls that she, as a 9-yr-old in 1928, ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1946 by Anthony Kerrison

Saturday Mornings At The Ritz

Me and my brother David would get our breakfast then run down Prospect Avenue North to the bus stop beside the shops and once in Clyde Street at Wallsend bus stops made our way to join the huge queue for entrance to the ...Read more

A memory of Byker in 1955 by Bill Gibbs

Mine And My Mum Avrils Memories

My memories relate to the year 1977 when I arrived in Cropwell Bishop to stay with my Great Uncle Wilf and his wife Dorothy fresh from New Zealand. They lived at the old Post Office in the village of Cropwell ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Bishop by Brenda Bowden

Memories Of The Red Lion

I was born in 1966 and lived in the Red Lion. My dad and mum were married in 1961. My dad lived in the village all his life, moving to the Red Lion on his marriage. My dad was formerly of Temperance Hall, down the road from ...Read more

A memory of Wareside in 1966 by Amanda Shaw

Fair Oak As It Was

My first day of school was September 1965 at Fair Oak Infants. It wasn't too bad the first day as my Mum was allowed to stay at the back of the classroom, but after that I was left on my own. I became very ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1965 by Gary Houghton

Captions

1,152 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For Eastleigh, High Street C1960

This photograph shows the shops on the other side of the street from E167019.

Caption For Chelmondiston, The Red Lion C1955

The Red Lion changed its name to The Venture (a ship) in 1997.

Caption For Halesworth, The Thoroughfare C1955

Before the by-pass this was the main road through the town; it is now pedestrianised.

Caption For Brecon, Ship Street 1910

This street is a short one, running up into the town after crossing the Usk.

Caption For Mildenhall, Market Place C1955

Lying in the north west of the county, Mildenhall boasts one of the most magnificent churches in the region.

Caption For Abingdon, Wesleyan Church And Schools 1893

Conduit Road runs north from Ock Street on the east side of the Albert Park estate, and the earliest buildings on it are this church group.

Caption For Walkern, Church End C1960

Beecroft Lane runs opposite the lane that leads to the church at Church End.

Caption For Downham, The Village 1894

Children pose near the small bridge over Downham Beck, a brook which runs through the heart of the village.

Caption For Brotton, The Avenue C1955

Brotton is another settlement with an ancient history; it was also seriously influenced by the ironstone industry at a later date.

Caption For Malham, Malham Cove C1881

Once water cascaded over this 240ft-high limestone cliff, but now it runs underground from the Tarn before it reaches this point.

Caption For Ambleside, Bridge House 1912

Straddling Stock Ghyll, which runs by the side of the main road, this curious little structure is probably the best-known feature of Ambleside.

Caption For Southborough, London Road 1900

This is the same scene as photograph No 37890 in the opposite direction, four years later, revealing the rich assortment of buildings and businesses which had developed along this stretch of the main

Caption For Redditch, Evesham Street C1955

Earlier pictures of Evesham Street show Cranmore Simmons on the corner, a family-run furniture business established by Alfred Simmons in the 1920s.

Caption For Radcliffe On Trent, The Weir C1955

East of the village, the Shelford Road climbs on to the red sandstone hills, which are undercut by the River Trent to form river cliffs.

Caption For Falmouth, Market Strand 1890

As well as excursions up the Fal, ferries operated to Flushing and St Mawes Castle.

Caption For Helston, Penrose From The Park 1890

Helston Penrose Walk 1913 Penrose Walk runs from the bottom end of Coronation Park down to the Loe and follows its shore to Penrose.

Caption For Kings Lynn, South Gates 1891

Lynn (the King's was added by Charles I in recognition of this town's loyalty to the Royalist cause) lies about 1.5 miles inland, where Lynn Cut meets the Great Ouse.

Caption For Patricroft, Liverpool Road C1955

This is a wonderful piece of social history from the 1950s caught on film.

Caption For Ecclesfield, General View 1902

Situated five miles north of Sheffield, the large parish of Ecclesfield was semi-industri- alised by the late 18th century.

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street C1950

Henry Milling & Co's family grocers with its familiar Ovaltine sign soon disappeared; Gaskell's Farm Shop stopped selling bacon, and time was running out for John Manners' 'Gents & Boys' clothes shop.

Caption For Whitehead, The Bay 1897

This shows the town, the railway and the headland.

Caption For Croston, The Rectory Ruins C1950

The name 'Croston' means 'town with a cross'.

Caption For Shipley, The Glen 1921

This stream, the Lode Pit Beck, flows off the moor into the Aire at Shipley.

Caption For Runcorn, Devonshire Place 1961

The top of the High Street was known officially as Devonshire Place, but the locals always called it Devonshire Square, even though it only had three sides.