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Further To Cinemas In Croydon
I grew up in Galpins Road, Thornton Heath and as a youngster joined the ABC Minors at the Rex Cinema, Norbury sadly now demolished and replaced by an office block. I saw many of the MGM Musicals at the Rex, including ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1958 by
Wonderful Bucks!
My mum first came across Bucks Mills when we went for a bodyboarding holiday in Westward Ho! before the march of the mobile homes..! Next year we stayed in Driftwood in Bucks itself and did so for the next 7/8 years until my ...Read more
A memory of Buck's Mills in 1965 by
Hells Angels In The Box
I'm not sure if the box was still in use in 1965. I remember it better about five years later when Hells Angels used it as a type of den. We (a few mates and I) used to walk the railway line from the pithead to Broad Lane ...Read more
A memory of Essington in 1965 by
Growing Up At Coombe Place
My family and I moved to a bungalow at Coombe Place in 1960. My father, Walter Motley, took up the post of farm manager on this 100 acre dairy farm with a herd of Jersey cattle. Coombe Place is set on the side of the South ...Read more
A memory of Offham in 1960 by
Honeymoon
We spent our honeymoon (1951) in Guernsey, and we had a lovely time. Even though it was only six years since the end of the war and the Islanders had suffered badly from the German occupation, we had as much butter and milk as we wanted, ...Read more
A memory of Guernsey in 1951 by
An Unappreciated History
When you grow up in an ancient city such as Hereford and have really no other frame of reference you don't fully grasp the enormity of the depth of history that buildings such as Hereford Cathedral embodied. The Romans built ...Read more
A memory of Hereford in 1957 by
Pavenham 1945 1970
This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that name ...Read more
A memory of Pavenham by
Hatch End 50/60/70s Memories
As I’ve only just stumbled on this web page so offer excuses if it’s past its sell by date. I lived in Sylvia Ave Hatch End from 1951 (as a babe in arms) until I married and moved away in 1976. My recollections may now be ...Read more
A memory of Hatch End by
Visiting Salford Circa 1955 60
My Grandparents Henry and Alice Dorning lived on Brighton Street which on trying to trace the existence of has proved to be a struggle. I remember visiting them with my parents at the age of 5-9 years of and at the time was ...Read more
A memory of Salford
Stacksteads Boyhood.
My family moved from Haslingden to Newchurch Road in 1950 opposite the Farhome Tavern. As an eight year old I attended Western Junior School until 1953 leaving to attend Blackthorn Secondary Modern until June 1957 when our ...Read more
A memory of Stacksteads in 1950 by
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The broad expanse of the Promenade stretching east to Sandgate is still as popular with visitors today as it was with the Victorian and Edwardian holidaymakers who visited this Cinque Port, and whose continued
The broad High Street, once the site of the market established under a charter from Edward I, was, at the turn of the last century, still very much a rendezvous for the cattle and sheep farmers of the
The reed-beds on the right of the picture have been cut, and the reeds will be used for thatching roofs.
A sailing barge, once a common sight on the Broads and Norfolk rivers, is moored opposite the pleasure boats below the yacht station.
Broad Street boasts a great variety of inns and hotels.
From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.
A farm worker and child standing in a freshly harvested cornfield.
St Augustine's Parade is just out of sight on the left, and Broad Quay is seen on the right.
Linton-on-Ouse is situated north-west of York in the broad Vale of York.
The broad High Street is mainly Victorian, peppered with Georgian buildings.
Coltishall was a prosperous town in the 18th and 19th centuries, when trade was carried by river rather than the road.
For travellers to Cornwall, crossing the broad, sweeping waters of the Tamar deepened the sensation that they were entering a foreign land.
The fountain in the centre of Wigton's Square or Market Place has a pyramidal cross-topped spire, and depicted on its four sides are the four Acts of Mercy.
Westbourne, on the west side of Bournemouth, retains a village atmosphere even today, with spacious houses and hotels situated around an attractive woodland chine leading down to the sea.
The Parish Staithe at Barton is a lovely backwater off the broad.
This modest resort of broad beaches and spectacular rock scenery can be reached along the sands from Newquay.
This building, which was part of Leeds University, was designed by T A Lodge and opened in 1951.
On the right is a smart brown stone and granite building, characteristic of the locality.
The Truro River promises visitors exquisite scenery, its broad banks enriched with lush green woods.
The broad channel between Drake's Island and Mount Edgecumbe, known as The Bridges, is only navigable via one narrow channel, which is why ships always appear to take 'the long way round', following
At East Runton you could walk out along broad stretches of beach and enjoy digging for fossils in the soft cliffs, a pastime made popular by the Victorians.
This peaceful view looks up Holywell Hill towards the city centre, as it dips towards the river and the curative spring from which it takes its name, with, on the right, one of the fine Georgian houses
Once upon a quieter time, the broad street through the village was perfect for a fair.
From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.
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