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"Jeffery" Sweet Shop

My Husband can remember going to a Sweet Shop in Devizes that was owned by his Aunt & Uncle. He says it was in the High Street Devizes. He can remember stepping up into it. We can find no trace of it. His Aunt & Uncle ...Read more

A memory of Devizes by verityjeffery2

25 Years In Beaconsfield.

Born in Wembley, I arrived in the New Town of Beaconsfield in 1957 aged 5. With my younger sister and my parents. I left home at 17 but returned occasionally until 1981 when my parents moved to Scotland. I lived in ...Read more

A memory of Beaconsfield by Gordon Cooper

Saturday Morning Pictures At The Regal Bexleyheath

As a 10 year old in 1954, I sold sweets from a small table inside or outside the tobacconist and sweet shop to the left of the Regal. This was for an hour before the children's Saturday morning ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Angela Gilbert

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

First Record On Vinyl

I bought my first record in the record shop on Middle Street, around 1964. My father was the Blacksmith and had the Blacksmith's Shop in Consett, near Templetown and used to shoe Shire Horses and other horses there. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Consett by otterkin

War Time Solidarity

My mother, her mother and my great grandma lived through war time while my grandfather fought in France ww2. Everybody knew each other and there was a great sense of community. People would help each other and look after ...Read more

A memory of Ellesmere Port

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

Ledsham Court, St Leonards, Sussex ...Great Memories! By John Franks, (Ex Rascal Boarder).

Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon by John Franks

Latchmere Grove, Battersea

Childhood until age 6 - I remember so clearly our walks via Latchmere Passage to the Park and all the sights and fun of the Tree Walk, Fountains, Guinness Clock, the Grotto. I remember my dad taking me to the swings on a ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by sarahmartin

The Shop On The Corner

What a big surprise stumbling across this photo of where I lived during the 1960's. The caption on the photo dates it as c.1965. I can perhaps be a bit more accurate on the date. The shop called Mould was sold in 1962 ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham by Jill Wicks

Captions

3,478 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

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.