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Hornchurch, Upminster Road C.1950

Opposite where the bus is located is a row of shops at the end of Glanville Drive. For the first part of my life from 1947 I lived at the far end of Glanville Drive. The large house in the background with the ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch

The Fairway

I was born at 28 The Fairway in 1946. There was (is) a wide grassed area down the centre of the road making it a kind of dual carriageway. In the years following the 2nd World War there were, "Pig bins", on several sections of the grass ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by David Jagger

Bradford House

My daughters and I lived happily at Bradford House for seven years in the late 1990's ... The house was originally two 17th century cottages at right angles to each other. The Victorians then re-modelled one of the ...Read more

A memory of Bradford-on-Tone by Sheelagh G Garner

Boot Inn 1955, Now The Old Boot, A Private House

Ceased operation as a pub in 1959. Now (2007) privately occupied by the Beran family. Previous owners were a builder who divided the land, the village schoolmaster, and the Jarvis'. A few relics ...Read more

A memory of East Hagbourne by Max Beran

A Great Pub, Fit For An Emperor!

Ah the Forum! What a fine and individual pub! I often wondered why the brewers, Ind Coope, called their pub this! Anyone any ideas????? I was at Croydon college around the time this photo was taken and rather than going ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Keith Andrews

Bognor Childhoo Holidays

I came down to Bognor with my family for a three week holiday every summer in the late 50s early 60s, first from Redhill and then from Godalming, Surrey It was mostly on the train, and the last time we came it was in ...Read more

A memory of Bognor Regis by Canon David Frost

Rose View

1970 - 1984: As you look at this photo the last building on the right, the barn like cottage with the small window, is Rose View. My mum and dad bought it for £1,000 in 1970, and set to work modernising it as I was due 1971 and my brother ...Read more

A memory of Polgooth in 1970 by Tami Cross Halls

On My Way Into Town Or To Visit My Friend Steve Flanagan

Having lived in the U.S now for 35 years this photo makes me very homesick as I haven't seen the old place since 1972!  I remember walking down Lord Mayor's Walk and turning the corner next to ...Read more

A memory of York in 1962 by David Knapton

Cadel Shop Market Square

The shop in the middle of the picture with the two awnings (now the Nationwide building society) used to belong to my great grandmother Eva Cadel and was a wool and toy shop.  My Grandmother and Great Aunt ran it until 1971. ...Read more

A memory of Witney by Nicola Best

Bordon Infant School Station Road Now The Phoenix Centre

Teachers. - Mrs Boyle, Mrs Clover, Mrs Parrott. Head teacher - Mrs Bingham - she had the library books, stamp and cards in her office upstairs. Playground surrounded the building and ...Read more

A memory of Bordon by D Toovey

Captions

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Caption For Wallasey, St Hilary's Church And The Tower C1873

St Hilary's is the old parish church of Wallasey.

Caption For Brasted, C1955

This is a quiet residential road in a village of fine buildings. The

Caption For Canterbury, Cathedral From The Air C1935

Dwarfing the surrounding buildings, the 43,000 square feet of England's mother-church and the seat of the Primate of All England is revealed in all its architectural glory from this unusual vantage point

Caption For Metfield, The Green C1955

The former Huntsman and Hounds public house is now mostly hidden by trees.

Caption For Woolpit, The Swan Inn C1960

The inn occupied both of these buildings. The

Caption For Burnley, Queen's Park 1895

The design for this park cleverly concealed a mineral railway line, which crossed the park from Bank Hall Colliery (owned by the Thursbys) to join the mineral tramway, which served Rowley Colliery.

Caption For Heswall, Telegraph Road C1965

This photograph is similar to H276053, and was taken from outside Castle Buildings. The

Caption For Whitby, Abbey Arches 1913

Once the lead had been removed from the roof it was not long before the structure began to crumble, and many of the stones were taken.

Caption For Aberdeen, Union Terrace And Gardens C1915

This photograph shows the statue of King Edward VII, the eldest son of Queen Victoria, at the corner of Union Street and Union Terrace.

Caption For Hinckley, Castle Street C1965

A collection of almost classic cars parked on both sides of the street issues a warning of things to come in the small towns around Leicestershire.

Caption For Norwich, Post Office And Prince Of Wales Road 1896

This photograph is elegant in every way, from the smartly dressed family in the foreground (who are in need of a pushchair or pram), to the pony and traps and elegant Georgian and Victorian buildings. The

Caption For Abingdon, Bath Street C1965

Bath Street curves away northwards from the Square and its junction with the High Street.

Caption For Sutton Courtenay, Village 1890

Once a royal manor, until Henry II gave it to the Courtenays, the village of Sutton Courtenay has several notable buildings. The

Caption For Bourne, Edenham Village C1955

Heading south towards Bourne, the route diverts north-east of the town to Edenham, a delightful village on the east bank of the winding East Glen River, whose church has many remarkable monuments to the

Caption For Carshalton, Benyon Road C1955

This view is taken looking north- west along Benyon Road towards the junction of Pound Street and Carshalton Road.

Caption For Newark On Trent, Bridge Street C1955

All survives in Bridge Street, which leads out of the south- east side of the Market Place in the distance.

Caption For Leicester, Town Hall Gardens C1965

This photograph, taken from the tower of the Town Hall, looks down past the formal square to the buildings of Bishop Street, which include the reference library by Edward Burgess of 1904 and the former

Caption For Culham, Collage 1899

North-east of the village and north of the A415 Abingdon Road is a large complex of austere Gothic- style buildings. This

Caption For Aldborough, The Village C1955

Fine 'Norfolk Red' brick-and-flint work is evident on all the buildings. The

Caption For Sandbanks, Haven Hotel 1900

The remarkable features of this shot, north-eastwards from a timber jetty, actually stand between the buildings - the Haven Hotel (centre right), an 1898-built villa (left) in an acre of land that was

Caption For Cheam, School 1904

The school, initially installed at Whitehall on Malden Road in the year of the Great Plague of 1665, moved to this site (now occupied by Tabor Court alongside the present by-pass) in 1719.

Caption For Bramley, High Street C1955

Bramley stands about four miles south of Guildford on the Horsham Road; it is a long village with a busy crossroads with Station Road (there has been no railway since the 1960s).

Caption For Tenby, Harbour C1925

Tenby is probably the most recognisable seaside town in Wales.

Caption For Quarr Abbey, C1875

Quarr Abbey was probably named after the extensive quarries in the neighbourhood.