Maps

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Memories

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Childhood Memories

In August 1939 I came to Roadwater from Kingston, Surrey to stay with my grandparents for my summer school holidays. My grandmother's name was Eva Morse and my grandfather's Rupert Morse.  At that time they lived in a house that ...Read more

A memory of Roadwater in 1930 by Raymond Morse

1939 Onwards I Remember

I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which I ...Read more

A memory of Harborne in 1940 by whisky1974

Eversley, 1971 1983

Dear Jan, I have found this website quite by chance! I first moved to Eversley with my family as a child (aged 6) in July 1971. My mother became the sub postmistress and we lived in the purpose build, red brick 5 bedroomed house ...Read more

A memory of Eversley by Giles Myhill

My Granddad Stevens

Years ago my grandad had a small garage and workshop at the side of the Du-Cane Arms. My dad was born there and went to scool at Great Tottom. My grandad is buried in Great Braxted Church and my nanna is there too. In the ...Read more

A memory of Great Braxted in 1900 by Vera Martin

My Grandparent's Home

I received  information from my cousin Leslie about this photo. Now that I have found it I am delighted. My grandparents were Thomas Benjamin Fairminer (1881-1954) who married Louisa Florence Smith (1880 - 1944). They ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green by Joyce Hunt

St Mark's School In The 1960s

I too have wonderful memories of going to St Mark's, the teachers I remember are Mr Freemantle, Mrs Carmichael, Miss Holmes, Miss Catherine and Mr Legg.  The headmistress at the time was Miss Bowley, who everyone was ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Yvonne Harris

Abridge In The 1950's

I moved to Abridge in 1950 when I was ten years old. My parents bought the white cottage on the London Road, which had a wooden building next to it. This very soon became The Poplar Cafe, my mother’s dream of riches! I attended ...Read more

A memory of Abridge in 1955 by Helena Rogers

Dr Barnardos

I was one of the children at the home from 1950 to 1952 and remember Mrs Gunn the matron. It was a beautiful house with lovely gardens. We had quilts on our beds and every night I would go round the room and pick up all the teddies that ...Read more

A memory of Westerham in 1950 by Margaret Cadger

Mulben Station 1901 1909

My grandfather, Robert Urquhart, was a Signalman/ Porter, employed by the Highland Railway. He had served at Forres and Elgin before transferring to Mulben, about 1901. Robert (Bob) and wife Margaret (Maggie) already had three ...Read more

A memory of Mulben in 1900 by R Urquhart

The Southam Family

My great-grandfather William Southam was born in 1829 in Catesby in Northamptonshire. He married Eliza Green, born Wormleighton, Warks. They lived in Ladbroke, Warks, in a cottage next to the School House that still exists but is ...Read more

A memory of Ladbroke in 1870 by Patricia Butler

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Captions

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Caption For Southborough, Holden Corner 1896

On the extreme left, in Holden Road, is the substantial two-and-a-half storied Holder House, built of red brick around 1800 with a Doric-columned porch.

Caption For Netherbury, The Village C1955

Looking north-westwards from Lower Yonderover Farm, with hay-bales in Mill House paddock (foreground) and the sign for the Star Inn (centre), the River Brit skirts the edge of the meadow

Caption For Coverack, From The South West 1938

These houses have a view out to the English Channel. Across the bay is Lowland Point.

Caption For Hirwaun, The Cenotaph, High Street C1960

Behind the solid First World War Memorial is the Cardiff Arms, a public house often used for wedding reception that is still a popular watering hole today.

Caption For Petersfield, High Street 2004

Cubitt & West have changed their house style and it certainly is an improvement. The old Forrest Stores building frontage gives the north side of the Square a comfortable enduring appearance.

Caption For Broadstairs, Promenade 1902

Bleak House stands on the right, while on the left is the prominent tower of Holy Trinity church, built in 1862. Note the canopied deckchairs on the right.

Caption For Northfield, The Black Horse 1949

The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield's older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.

Caption For Sheffield, Crookes Valley Park C1955

The large building on the left is the reservoir house, part of which was converted for use as a café.

Caption For Bridport, East Bridge 1897

A thousand years ago in the reign of Edward the Confessor this important town comprised a mint, a priory and a hundred and twenty houses.

Caption For Barnstaple, Bridge And Terrace 1890

This is Taw Vale Parade, a new road cut through what were the riverside gardens of the houses to the right.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Bandstand C1950

Note the array of chimney pots on the houses behind the shelters. Southend Westcliff Parade Band

Caption For Scawby, Church Street C1960

More accurately, this is the rear of Church Street; modern detached houses have been developed in the allotment-style gardens.

Caption For Castle Combe, West Street 1906

The village's favourable microclimate encourages the profusion of climbing plants up the walls of the houses, which have the steep pitched stone roofs typical of Cotswold villages.

Caption For Winchester, Cathedral West Front 1909

Buried in the Cathedral is Izaak Walton, author of 'The Compleat Angler', who died at his son-in-law's house in the Cathedral Close in 1683.

Caption For Cark In Cartmel, Station Road 1912

The third house from the right, slightly lower than its neighbours, is now the post office. Otherwise, the scene is little changed today.

Caption For Tiverton, Town Hall 1890

The photographer appears to be quite the centre of attraction as the ladies from the left- hand house peer over the hedge.

Caption For Chalford, The Golden Valley 1910

Many of the wealthy clothiers' houses were built on terraces cut into the hillside.

Caption For Douglas, From Near Derby Castle 1894

Below that, however, is the imposing bulk of the Palace and New Opera House which opened in 1889 and featured what was then the largest ballroom in Europe.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, Christ Church 1887

Unusually, the church was built before the houses. The Parish of Christ Church stretches down to Baker Street and Alfred Street, where the school and church hall were built.

Caption For North Curry, Jubilee Square C1960

This is really a church without a village, for only a few scattered houses and farms are nearby.

Caption For Dublin, Natural History Museum 1897

The museum has changed little today and houses a notable collection of stuffed animals, including the skeletons of two whales washed up on the Irish coast in Victorian times.

Caption For Tongham, Village 1906

Now being gradually subsumed into Aldershot's 21st-century sprawl, Tongham was once an important part of the brewing business in the Blackwater Valley, as the chimney of the oast house at this crossroads

Caption For Terrington, The Village C1955

School House on the left looks out over the village green in this charming scene. Terrington Hall, set amongst the trees, is now a preparatory school.

Caption For Crafthole, The Village C1935

On the right is the Crafthole Methodist Chapel, built in 1867, while the house jutting out into the road on the left is now the shop and Post Office.