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My Son Kevin Was Born

This was taken the year my son Kevin was born. His brother Stephen was 2yrs old and we spent many happy days walking to the sweet and paper shop with my mum and dad,  Bill and Joan Harris and also my brother Paul.

A memory of Toddington in 1965 by Margaret Finnis

My Memories Of Broadstone

My earliest memories of Broadstone stem from about 1937 when I was five years old. We lived in Southbourne at the time and frequently went to Broadstone at weekends to visit my "aunt Flo" and her family who lived at ...Read more

A memory of Broadstone by Keith Musselwhite

The Mchugh Family Nbsp 1963 1965

Hello all, my name is Terry McHugh Junior, as I am apparently the first to hit this site I will share with you my early childhood memories of that lovely village in Yorkshire, Eppleby. We moved into Eppleby in ...Read more

A memory of Eppleby by Terry Mc Hugh

Harry Street

My gran lived on Harry Street in the 1960's and early 70's. I remember playing near the Trafford swing bridge and the excitement when it was opened.  Old terraced houses slums by then. Corner shops and the horrible smell from the canal. ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Debra Edwards

Families

On the 27th of December 1956 my ex-husband KEITH GEORGE JEARY was born at 6 UPPER CLOSE where he lived with his parents until we were married at Holy Trinity Church on the 6th of November 1982 - both of my children Emily and Dominic were ...Read more

A memory of Forest Row in 1956 by Sally Creevy

98 & 100 High Street

These two shops in the High Street in Crowle were owned by my grandmother Rose Raper. They were handed down to my father and aunt. My dad Raymond Raper had the grocers shop at number 98 and we lived above the shop until I was ten ...Read more

A memory of Crowle by Rachel Ross

E M Goliah

My Grandmother Mrs E M Goliah had a general stores on Broadway I believe it was sold circa 1956 due to ill health, I believe it was an Elizabethan style property, and was next door to Cheadles, the 'clock' shop. The property no longer exists due to 'redevelopment'

A memory of Shifnal by Tim Goliah

Tilshead In The Last Century!

Tilshead was the place where I was born and have lived in for a long time.  It is a quiet village of around 400 or so people.  There was and still is a post office.  There was a pub called The Bell but is now a private ...Read more

A memory of Tilshead in 1966 by Anita Mundy

In The Fifties And Sixties.

We moved to Byfield in May 1952 when my dad got a job on the railway at Woodford. We had previously lived in Northampton and Byfield seemed a whole new world. There was Mrs Davies who had the sweet shop (remembered the ...Read more

A memory of Byfield by Sally Eglinton

Priestfield Road

I was born in Priestfield Road and lived there until my family moved across the river to to Hoo when I was 14 years-old. I have fond memories of peers with whom I would play either in the road or we'd go to The Rookery, Strand or ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by Roger Taber

Captions

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Caption For Liss, Memorial Corner C1955

The names above the shops are recognised throughout the area as old Liss names - the name Langrish also appears on the memorial for World War I as one of those who gave their lives for their country

Caption For Porlock, High Street C1960

This is another scene that has little changed: there is still a chemist's and candy shop on the right and garage on the left, minus petrol pumps.

Caption For Castleton, Cross Street 1932

Cross Street is the main shopping street in Castleton, where gift shops still specialise in selling jewellery and other items made from the town's unique semi-precious stone, Blue John.

Caption For West Hagley, Worcester Road C1960

The store that was Bridge's shop in W305026 (pages 68-69) is now five years later run by F Park.

Caption For Preston, Cheapside C1960

Stylo Shoe Shop, John Collier ('the window to watch'), Richard Shops and Stead & Simpson are among the many varied shops facing the Market.

Caption For Kettering, Silver Street C1960

As neo-Georgian buildings replaced the older local shops, the shopping centre of Kettering also developed wth nation-wide multiple stores.

Caption For Woodmansterne, The Street C1955

Opposite, E Wynne`s shop has now lost its black and white appearance with rendering and is currently Mystique Hair Design.

Caption For Preston, Church Street 1903

Church Street, beyond Fishergate and the Town Hall, was a busy shopping area for the Fylde country all around.

Caption For Billingshurst, The Village 1928

The shop of W J Barnes (on the left) stands on the causeway; it was formerly the old family shop of Joseph Luxford, a carrier.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Cornhill C1950

On the right is the Corn Exchange of 1861, now with shops on the ground floor.

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, High Street 1906

Virtually every building has a shop front, but today the number is considerably reduced, and their uses are less practical - for instance, Hartley Chemist is now a restaurant.

Caption For Horncastle, Market Place C1965

Boots have changed their location to be in one of the new shops.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, The Shopping Precinct C1965

The shopping precinct was built when it was thought that the shopping centre for the growing suburb would be here.

Caption For Horncastle, Market Place C1965

Boots have changed their location to be in one of the new shops.

Caption For Brynmawr, Beaufort Street C1955

Lyndon Sims' well-advertised record shop (note the HMV banner, left) is now a beautician's.

Caption For Kippax, High Street 1959

This is the shopping centre of Kippax, much changed on the left, but untouched on the right.

Caption For Brynmawr, Beaufort Street C1955

Lyndon Sims' well-advertised record shop (note the HMV banner, left) is now a beautician's.

Caption For East Grinstead, Tooth's Shop 1927

This interior of a 15th-century Tudor house is part of Tooth's stationery shop, located on the south side of the High Street.

Caption For Berkhamsted, Lower Kings Road C1955

A bustling shopping scene of the early fifties, taken when the row of shops was fairly new.

Caption For Bangor, Main Street 1897

Along with the ice cream shop, there were other shops springing up to cater for holiday-makers.

Caption For Sleaford, Southgate C1965

This is the main shopping street of Sleaford, and the Handley Memorial was the ideal place for a set of destination signs.

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street C1950

Hancock & Wood and Roberts shoe shop are almost all that remain of this 1950s scene.

Caption For York, Low Petergate C1960

The pawnbroker has gone; instead there is a modern shopping block housing the furniture shop of Stevens and Goodall.

Caption For Basildon, Town Centre C1965

Shopping trends have changed since the early days of the New Town.