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Grandmother's Flat Above The Shops

My family's house, just off the Kingston Bypass (now known as the A3) in Tolworth, was damaged as the result of enemy action in September 1940 and my parents and I stayed for a while with my grandmother in ...Read more

A memory of Surbiton in 1940 by Noreen Ayton

Graham & Fishers

The building nearest the camera on the right is (was) Graham and Fishers - founded by my great-grandfather Tom. His sons Alg (my grandfather) and Spencer worked in the business all their lives, and my father Douglas worked there ...Read more

A memory of Chatteris in 1954 by Ian Graham

Oh To Be Sweet Sixteen Again!

I believe the girl walking in the photo with the shopping bag is myself at the age of 16 - 17 judging by my hair style at that time. I recognise the skirt as one I had made myself and my walk also. I also remember ...Read more

A memory of Darlington in 1964 by Margaret Batey

Tongham Shops

I remember going into all these shops when I was a toddler. I loved watching the sugar and flour being taken from bags stood on the floor or counter. Everything was in sacks or bags and on display. It was so interesting going shopping ...Read more

A memory of Tongham in 1953 by Penelope Dale

Childhood

As a child I lived at 63 St. Peter’s Avenue which was the only house on that block next shop being blessed dry cleaning the opticians and then the church all of which were demolished and boots chemist and the car park occupy this space ...Read more

A memory of Cleethorpes by Marlene Scales

Preparing For The Festival Of Britain.

This photograph shows a Wednesday afternoon, early closing day, hence the low volume of traffic and few shoppers. The year is definitely 1951. On the left is myself and my apprentice electrician seen manhandling ...Read more

A memory of Leeds by Claire Allen

Chainhurst In The Early 1960's

We moved from London to Chainhurst in 1961 into a small cottage two doors away from the Royal Oak Public House. I remember they let us use an upstairs room once a week so we could play records and I suppose keep us ...Read more

A memory of Chainhurst by Dawn Brady

Snellings The Butchers

Not so much as a memory but an observation. The butchers shop shown in foreground - Snellings - is still there and the board to the front of the railings had what was on that week at the local cinema - The Commodore, long since demolished.

A memory of St Mary Cray in 2006 by Graham Wootten

Saturday Morning Pictures

My lasting memory of the majestic cinema was going to Saturday morning pictures: with my sister Linda and all our mates watching Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Superman, The 3 Stooges and all the cartoons. I still love Tom ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by James Dawson

My Birth Place

I was born in Hemel Hempstead in March of 1957.  My parents came from Portsmouth and County Durham.  They met in London and moved to Hemel Hempstead, which was a new town, in search of good housing, school for my 5 year old ...Read more

A memory of Hemel Hempstead in 1957 by Susan Hawkridge

Captions

3,478 captions found. Showing results 385 to 408.

Caption For Redcar, High Street C1955

This is another section of the main shopping centre, with the Red Lion Hotel on the left, Goodswens the butcher's in the centre, close to the grocer's shop of Pybus Brothers, and Hancocks on the corner

Caption For Ilminster, The Crown Hotel And Triangle C1950

The shop and garage on the left are now houses, and new houses stand high on Strawberry Bank beyond.

Caption For Stonehouse, Quietways C1960

The shops in Elm Road are structurally much the same today, although they have changed ownership.

Caption For Harlow, Broad Walk C1960

One of the busiest shops in Broad Walk was Bellmans, selling wool and patterns for babies and young children.

Caption For Worcester, The Shambles C1950

This was Worcester's and until the 1930s many of the butchers' shops had their own slaughterhouses at the rear of their premises.

Caption For Stamford, St Mary's Church C1960

By the time that this photograph was taken, Bettle's family grocers, together with its shop front, has gone to make way for two shops.

Caption For Belvedere, Nuxley Road C1955

Next to the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society greengrocer`s shop on the right is Belvedere Baptist Church, advertising its Harvest Festival, while opposite is another greengrocer - but today

Caption For Halifax, Southgate C1960

This stylish Burton's tailoring shop was built in 1932; it replaced many small shops along Old Market and Princess Street.

Caption For Odiham, High Street C1970

The house on the right now has a bay window, and to its left a former carriage entrance has been filled in to become Mrs Holt's antique shop.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Main Street 1891

Note all the blinds outside the shops on the left.

Caption For Whitstable, The Old Town 1950

To the right of this photograph is a poster advertising the film You Were Meant for Me, starring Jeanne Crain and Dan Dailey, and showing at the Embassy cinema.

Caption For Stourbridge, Town Hall And Market Street C1960

In the 1980s it was cleaned and renovated and partially incorporated within the Crown Centre shopping complex.

Caption For Chipping Norton, Middle Row C1960

Among the shops on the left is the Phoenix Café and cake shop (nearest the camera) with E Bennett's grocery store next door; the tallest building housed the premises of a ladies' hairdresser.

Caption For Farnborough, Queensmead Shopping Centre C1965

There are three massive shopping centres here.

Caption For Frome, Cheap Street 1964

This street's name comes from the Anglo-Saxon 'cepin', meaning a 'place of trade', and here its shops include opticians, tobacconists, dry cleaners, book and toy shops and the Crusty Loaf bakers with its

Caption For Alfriston, The Village Square C1955

Behind the chestnut tree in the village square, once known as Waterloo Square, the shops were originally a small row of cottages, which were apparently used as a quartermaster's stores and to billet soldiers

Caption For Metfield, Post Office C1965

The telephone box has gone, and the Post Office and shop, owned by R Boardman at this time, has closed, but the post box has become the letter box to the house.

Caption For Hermitage, Post Office And Hermitage Road C1960

The shop on the right of this photograph is Hermitage Post Office and Stores.

Caption For York, The Shambles 1909

The shops appear to be deserted, with even a door removed from its hinges.

Caption For Corby, Beanfield Avenue Shopping Centre C1965

Like many other estates in Corby, Beanfield was provided with a neighbourhood shopping centre and an adjacent public house in the centre of the estate.

Caption For Bowdon, The Polygon, Stamford Road 1907

The row of shops opposite was known as The Polygon, though R H Toothill's chemist shop is on Church View.

Caption For Hitchin, Bancroft C1955

50 years later and Bancroft is on its way to becoming a busy shopping street.

Caption For Hawkshead, Laburnum Street 1929

A coffee shop now occupies the 'pure ices' premises beyond, whilst the gable-fronted building has since become a book shop.

Caption For Wargrave, The Village 1890

In the earlier one, looking north up High Street, The Greyhound Inn is still an 18th-century colourwashed building, while Burgis' shop on the left corner and the dor- mered cottages beyond are