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Living On Reynolds Drive : 1964 To 1983

My name was Donna Francis and I lived at 106 Reynolds Drive with my mum, Diane Francis, dad Donald Francis, brother Colin and sister Tina. Our neighbours were Vera and George Monk, Ted and Helena ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury by Donna Chick

Noddy's Shop

I moved to Elm Park in 1960 when I was 4 years old with my mum and dad, from Hackney, East London. My dad owned and ran the Newsagents in Station Parade and we lived in the flat above the shop. I remember it was next to the green ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park by Chrissy Robinson

Enormous Nostalgia

I lived in Wath until I enlisted in the RAF at the age of 19. The photographs of Wath on Dearne create a sense of enormous nostalgia and I vividly recall my childhood and teenage years. I attended the Grammar School ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne by paulineandellis

Happy Memories

My goodness, some of the articles brought back so many good memories. I lived at Riverside Place and went to Lord Knyvitts School around 1957. The milk that iced up in the morning at school and the newspaper I was required to tear up ...Read more

A memory of Stanwell by Sue Pharo

Architectural Notes

As a former resident of Bath I recall that this building was not particularly liked. In 1959 the hotel was demolished and a block of 33 flats at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor level with shops at the ground floor was built. The quality ...Read more

A memory of Bath by Claire Allen

Shopping Memories.

This photograph shows two ladies chatting together in the foreground.  On the right in the floral dress is my mother Mrs Beatrice Farnsworth.  My family have been farmers in the locality for three generations.  My mother's car is ...Read more

A memory of Worksop by Claire Allen

Old School Friends

I attended the local Pelham County Secondary Boys School which was close by.  A number of my friends who attended came from outlying districts such as Carshalton, Chessington, Tolworth and Walton on Thames, travelling by Southern ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon by Claire Allen

'the Dorothy'.

This view shows my father's cafe/bakery 'The Dorothy' and other relatives shops were the tea gardens and chocolate shop.

A memory of Swanage by Claire Allen

Shop Names.

No 23 Middle Street, Yeovil was a chemist's, name Francis.

A memory of Yeovil

Social Life At The Pool!

I was five years old when this photograph was taken and would have occasionally been taken to the pool by my mother.  My older sister would have come too.  As we got older it was a great place to hang out as teenagers and ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood by Anthea Hilson

Captions

3,478 captions found. Showing results 169 to 192.

Caption For Ampthill, Dunstable Street C1955

Dunstable Street housed most of the 'household' shops in 1955 - the situation has considerably altered since then as the town has expanded its boundaries.

Caption For Petersfield, High Street C1955

The right of the picture shows Rowswell's sweets and tobacco shop and it is still there.

Caption For Winchester, High Street 1906

But the main shop had become that most delightful of institutions—a traditional sweet shop.

Caption For Sidmouth, Fore Street 1904

The town's busy shopping street brims with traditional small shops with multi-paned frontages and painted signboards.

Caption For Crowland, The Trinity Bridge C1965

There is a mounting block outside G G William's ironmonger's shop (to the left of the bridge), now owned by Martin Day under the logical name Bridge Hardware.

Caption For Earlestown, The Parade C1965

The large central premises have taken the place of some old one-storey shops; the new butchery department and offices take the place of a small brick hutment shop with the addition of a butcher's

Caption For Basildon, Whitmore Way 1961

The Redgrave Road area of Vange did have a few pre-New Town shops near the Bull public house in Bull Road, and were reasonably near other old shops, which were mainly on the A13 road at Vange and Pitsea

Caption For Sutton, High Street C1965

On the left, next to the Lloyd's Bank branch, is the fashion shop of Renee Shaw, with Fuller's tea shop, Dewhurst's the butcher's, and John's menswear shop further down the hill.

Caption For Kettering, Silver Street C1950

Chalkley's (right), the drapers, had a handsome shop sign in large silver letters on a shiny black background.

Caption For Horley, Station Road 1905

We can also see London House, a draper’s, Branch’s shop, a dairy and a game and poultry shop. A

Caption For Liverpool, Church Street C1905

We are looking up Church Street from Lord Street, with the fascinating shop, Bunney's, on the left.

Caption For Shaw, Market Street C1950

Most local needs could be found on Market Street, with its stone-fronted shops.

Caption For Poole, High Street 1900

It is now the Catalogue Shop.

Caption For Poole, High Street 1904

It is now the Catalogue Shop.

Caption For York, Low Petergate C1960

A carved wooden Indian holding a cigar still stands silent guard above one of the shop fronts in this street; it was once used to symbolise to the illiterate that the shop was a tobacconist.

Caption For Marske By The Sea, Redcar Road 1906

Here we see the tower of the church after the rebuilding works, showing the change that was made to the architectural style of the top of the tower.

Caption For Rainham, Upminster Road C1950

It was one of several bus routes which provided Rainham people with a link to major workplaces and shopping centres.

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road C1965

South Road is the main shopping area in Haywards Heath.

Caption For Norton, High Street C1955

Looking into the lower end of the High Street, this photograph illustrates the wide variety of small shops which continues to serve the Norton community.

Caption For Leiston, High Street C1955

There's something for everybody here on the High Street: a stationers, china and glass, the chemist's shop and the opticians.

Caption For Cheltenham, Promenade 1931

Cheltenham acquired a reputation as a high- quality shopping centre towards the end of Queen Victoria's reign.

Caption For Holywell, High Street C1955

Before the advent of the car moved shoppers to out-of- town stores, main streets such as this displayed a rich multiplicity of goods, with regional shops trading beside the more well-known

Caption For Irby, The Village C1955

The white-painted single-storey building in the middle of the row of shops originally had a thatched roof and was Irby's only shop, doubling also as the village post office.

Caption For Borth, High Street 1952

This busy street has many shops and cafes to serve both the locals and visitors, but some close for the winter.