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Hopedean, Elswick

I was born at hopedean in elswick 1953. My mothers name was Eva may haddock. I wasn’t adopted but placed in a children’s home in hebburn when I had just turned 4 years of age. All my brothers and sisters were all adopted but I ...Read more

A memory of Elswick by Kevin Haddock

Shops And Places The High Road And Ealing Road.

I was born and lived in Wembley until 1960. The Railway Hotel was the pub on the corner of Ealing Road and my mother was head housekeeper there for a long time. On the day of the Coronation the pub was ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1953 by Barbara Fisher

Cinemas In Croydon

I lived in Croydon until 1969 (the year I got married and moved away). My Dad - Len Marsh - was a Cinema Manager with the ABC chain, and we lived very near the Rex Cinema, Norbury, closed in 1962. Dad was based there for a time, but ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Colin Marsh

Greenham's The Butchers & Brewer's The Grocers

In 1954, as a 17 year old cashier bookkeeper, I started work for Mr Greenham, whose butcher's shop was near the top of Broad Street. Some years later (in 1958), I went to work at Brewer's, the grocers, ...Read more

A memory of Lyme Regis in 1954 by Rosemary Bennett

Top End Of Station Road

Has not changed much over time - apart from the loss of the old oak tree.

A memory of Wilburton by Sandra Shaw

Early Years!

I lived in Wigton for the first 8 years of my life, so 1955 is a mid point! I have happy memories of the town.  We lived in West Avenue when it was known as 'the avenue' - an unmade up road and for years I thought that if a road was called ...Read more

A memory of Wigton in 1955 by Kath Panes

Family Of Ewj Moloney, Lancing Solicitor D 1978

I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were all ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Rose Moloney

Greenwich In The 1940s And 1950s

I was born, during the Battle of Britain, at 8, Roan Street. Our back yard bordered St Alfege's churchyard. The house is not there any more because it had to be pulled down after the war. We had several 'near-hits' ...Read more

A memory of Greenwich by marionlangham

Little Boy's Heaven

In 1961 or 1962, as a small boy of 5 or 6 my mum, brought me to Hednesford to visit her grandmother, my great-grandmother, Emily Chetwyn. A diminutive lady, we, the children, called her little nana. I believe she lived in the end ...Read more

A memory of Hednesford by Steve Brooks

1960's Tunnel Memories

I clearly remember these Land Rover "Tunnel Patrol" vehicles although I was only 7 in 1965.  I thought that they were real Police vehicles (were they labelled "Tunnel Police" I wonder?) and I remember being puzzled by the ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead in 1965 by Brian Jones

Captions

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Caption For The Broads, Hunsett Mill On River Ant At Stalham C1925

This placid scene depicts the Broads as every water traveller would wish to experience them.

Caption For The Broads, 1902

This lovely photograph shows a broad on the upper Bure, possibly South Walsham, showing water lilies which were common on many broads early in the 20th century.

Caption For Peterborough, Long Causeway 1919

This view shows a broad expanse of cobbles.

Caption For Sidmouth, Sid Vale Dairy 1906

Sidmouth nestles in a broad valley where the pastoral countryside of East Devon sweeps down to the sea.

Caption For Nutfield, Queen's Head 1903

Eric Parker described this pub as an old posting inn with the remains of what was once a spacious parlour, solid with oak beams big enough for a belfry, warmed by a broad open fireplace

Caption For Bishopstone, Post Office And Stores 1908

The shop is baker, grocer and draper; as it was probably the only shop in the vil- lage, it needed to carry a broad range of goods.

Caption For Blackpool, The Tower And The Sands 1899

Wilfred Pickles used to tell a story about a mother and her son at a guest house.

Caption For Blackpool, Seafront 1901

Wilfred Pickles used to tell a story about a mother and her son at a guest house.

Caption For Capel Curig, Bridge C1870

The lake of Dyffryn Mymbyr lies in a broad, windswept upland valley.

Caption For Bodiam, The Castle 1890

Bodiam is dominated by one of the most picturesque castles in England, set within a broad moat filled with golden carp.

Caption For South Benfleet, The High Street C1960

The Hoy & Helmet, on the left, was originally built in the 15th century, with later extensions.

Caption For Navenby, High Street C1965

There is a fine church, noted for its Decorated Gothic chancel, and a broad main street, once the market place.

Caption For Clifton, The River From Downs 1887

On the left bank is the single track Bristol & Portishead Pier & Railway, which opened as a broad gauge line in April 1867 and was worked by the Bristol & Exeter Railway.

Caption For Helston, Coinagehall Street 1913

Edward I made Helston an important regional stannary town, and its official Coinage Hall stood in this street until the early 1800s.

Caption For Brundall, On The Yare C1960

This is a popular spot on the Yare to start and finish a Broads holiday, or merely to top up with fuel for both body and boat; Note the signs for Lyons cakes and Walls ice cream (left), which in their

Caption For Staines, The River 1907

The enduring attraction of the River Thames to both Victorians and Edwardians is apparent on this broad bend, where the strolling figures on the tree-lined towpath are counter-pointed by those taking their

Caption For Gwbert, Poppit Sands 1956

The Teifi begins its journey to the sea 70 miles away; it provided an inland route for the Normans to service the castles of Cardigan and Cilgerran.

Caption For Ballymoney, High Street C1900

This turn of the century view shows the broad and spacious high street.

Caption For Machynlleth, Penrallt Street 1899

This street, which leads north towards Doll Street, the station and the river, was broad and quiet at the time of the picture.

Caption For Dorridge, Dorridge Road C1960

As we leave the station, the first street we see is Dorridge Road.

Caption For Dunster, The Yarn Market C1955

This market, with the medieval Luttrell Arms Hotel to the right and Conygar Tower on the hill behind, has little changed.

Caption For Wroxham, On The Bure 1921

A mile from Wroxham Broad and spanning the Bure is this lovely old single-span bridge, partially hidden by a passing sail.

Caption For Coltishall, The Village C1945

The nearest this long, straggling village has to a market square is a broadening of the Norwich to North Walsham road, beside which the War Memorial stands under chestnut trees.

Caption For Dorridge, Dorridge Road C1960

As we leave the station, the first street we see is Dorridge Road.