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The Anchor

I was born on the Anchor in 1941. The houses were set back from the road with rough patch of ground in front of them where Pat Collin's fair used to set up every year in the summer. From the canal bridge on the left was the pub, The ...Read more

A memory of Deepfields by Robert Leadbeater

Internationals Food Store?

Great memories of Streatham. I was born and brought up in Streatham and just wondered if anyone remembers a big food store back in the1970’s called “Internationals”? I too remember Gadsbys the art/gift shop - so ...Read more

A memory of Streatham

Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle

My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction ...Read more

A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by Denman Lalonde

Hill Street Pontnewydd

Hi. My name is Iris Elliott (nee ) Poole. I was born in Hill Street Pontnewydd in 1930 to Daisy and Tom Poole. I had a brother Mervin. Everyone knew my father Tom who was quite a character. He was a very big man and worked in ...Read more

A memory of Pontnewydd by janet.elliott

Lady Neville Recreation Ground

I played here from 1970 onwards. Behind the building were the public loos. To the left of the building, and to the left of the entrance off Avenue Road was a hump, about 4 feet high with a double skin brick wall ...Read more

A memory of Banstead by Tim Watts

They Emigrated To Australia From Allerton

Pollard and Nancy Smith and their three sons emigrated to Australia in 1884. Their oldest son James went first and Robert (14) and Sidney (0-1) travelled separately with Nancy and Pollard. They went to Liverpool, ...Read more

A memory of Allerton by Lesley Muller

Big Strong Men Of Coal And Dust

As with many of the neighbors in our road we owned two coal fires, one in each downstairs room, with chimneys to match. Keeping the fires lit during cold winters required loose coal, supplied in huge bags, to be ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Bernard Schofield

Stone In The 1950s

I am now 57 years of age, and live in Australia. I was born in Stone, Stafforshire in 1949 and would love to go back and visit. As a child I remember walking along the canal and standing watching as a blacksmith mended a horse's ...Read more

A memory of Stone in 1956 by Eileen Page

Harold Hill Memories

Hi people, Just wanted to share a few memories of living in Harold Hill. My family moved from Bow to Hilldene Ave in 1962, I was 7 so I went to Bosworth junior school which was only across the road from where I lived. I ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Vanessa Jefferson

The Fair

Christmas and birthdays were an under-whelming time of year in our household. However, Eastertime, coincided with the arrival of Stanley Thurston's fair (and a big dollop of rain). l lived opposite Manor Rd Park (or reck) from 1956-64, and ...Read more

A memory of Luton

Captions

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Caption For Far Headingley, St Chad's Church C1960

This splendid church was conceived by Sir Edmund Beckett, who as well as being a barrister and amateur architect designed the clock mechanism of Big Ben.

Caption For Empingham, Highfield Close C1960

However, one concession was that being in a village you deserved a big garden at the back.

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

They lie in a north-south axis on the western edge of the town; they measure as high as 22ft 6in, and are as big as the stones at Stonehenge.

Caption For Chesham, Town Square C1965

The Post Office building on the right with the big 17th century brick stack is now a pub wittily called 'The Last Post'.

Caption For Harborne, Princes Corner C1965

Of Harborne’s pubs, the Bell, Old Church Street has survived for three hundred years; its bar is in the passageway.The Junction, High Street has one very big room, an island bar, and some fixtures

Caption For Weobley, Kington Road C1950

In 1586 Camden said that Weobley had 'more fair cellars than most market towns of its bigness in England'.

Caption For Mablethorpe, The Beach C1950

This photograph was probably taken from the top of the big wheel, something no longer possible.

Caption For Ringwood, Avon Castle 1891

This late 19th-century mock castle was built 'at great cost and with the best materials and workmanship' by John Turner Turner, a renowned sportsman and big game hunter.

Caption For Uppingham, School Quadrangle 1927

Dressed for sports, a group of boys check the noticeboard which is in the colonnade under the Big Schoolroom.

Caption For Blackpool, From North Pier 1896

On shore it was the Blackpool Tower, closely followed by the big wheel.

Caption For Mablethorpe, The Beach C1950

This photograph was probably taken from the top of the big wheel, something no longer possible.

Caption For Sandilands, Sea Lane C1955

The biggest change is that the shop is now twice as big: it includes the post office, and takes up the whole of the downstairs of the semi-detached house.

Caption For Weobley, Kington Road C1950

In 1586 Camden said that Weobley had 'more fair cellars than most market towns of its bigness in England'.

Caption For Porthmadog, From Marine Terrace 1889

Several of the port's big fleet of topsail schooners can be seen.

Caption For Derbyhaven, Golf Links Hotel 1903

One such course hired a full military band - try timing shots to the strains of 'Annie Laurie' - but Braid got his own back on the last green when he put his ball straight through the big bass drum.

Caption For Shottermill, The Village C1960

The B2131 has been improved since 1960: there is a big roundabout now behind the camera, while the roads in the foreground and behind the war memorial have been removed and are now paths.

Caption For Llanrwst, Y Bont Fawr Bridge And The Victoria Hotel 1892

This beautifully proportioned stone bridge (Y Bont Fawr means 'the big bridge'), built over the Afon Conwy in 1636, has been a well-known beauty spot and subject for artists for centuries.

Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament C1955

At the left is the Victoria Tower, and at the right is Big Ben.

Caption For Gweek, The Village Green 1904

For particularly big logs, five or six horses had to be used; the carters would leave Gweek at 5am, sometimes returning as late as 9 or 10pm - a long day, for which they would receive the

Caption For Rayleigh, Town Centre 1957

estuaries of the rivers Thames and Crouch, Rayleigh is an ancient place that once sported a Norman Castle.The mound still stands, known as Rayleigh Mount, and now belongs to the National Trust.The big

Caption For Eastham, Queen Elizabeth Docks C1955

It became known as 'The Big Ditch' during its construction, but when completed it allowed ocean-going vessels to sail the 35 miles to Salford Docks, close to the heart of Manchester.

Caption For Glasson Dock, Victoria Terrace C1955

One of the gondolas from the big wheel at Blackpool ended its life as a cafe here, and stood just to the right of our picture.

Caption For Brackley, The Crown Hotel C1955

The house on the left, behind the Pre-War Austin Big 7, is now an estate agents.

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, 1906

The Fives Courts in the left foreground of the photograph are a bit dilapidated, but they are now roofed; the adjacent Gymnasium Building is little altered.