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The Square, Ferryside

The White Lion facing us and The Ship Inn with portico on left. The small shop at left sold wool and knitting equipment in the 1960s and 1970s. The pub at centre of the picture was knocked down before my day and I can't recall ...Read more

A memory of Ferryside by Gareth Davies

The Pureland Japanese Garden

While visiting my sister-in-law Margaret Paine in nearby North Muskham, I discovered this exquisitely beautiful Japanese garden.  It is known as the Pureland Japanese Garden and Meditation Centre and is in North ...Read more

A memory of North Clifton in 1999 by John Howard Norfolk

Walking Up Beckenham High Street

I remember there was a shop that sold all kinds of coffee beans. You could smell the coffee a few doors before you reached it. It's in the centre of the photo.

A memory of Beckenham

North Finchley

This picture was taken on the corner of the road I lived in, the road being Lodge Lane, which had the sorting office in it. This picture is taken looking towards the Tally Ho pub (centre), the shop on the right with the blind ...Read more

A memory of North Finchley in 1965 by First Name Last Name

Recollections Of A Special Village

I attended Sunday School in the 1960s at St Peter's School, Caverswall and my teacher was Mr Harp. He was a great inspiration to me as a budding historian and he sometimes took us to visit the castle and taught us ...Read more

A memory of Caverswall in 1960 by Margaret Boden Heaume

Burford Lane Broomedge

My husband and his cousins were born in Burford Lane over 70 years ago and the pictures are just as the lane is now except that cars may be seen parked.  In the 1950s there used to be a taxi business at the top of the road and ...Read more

A memory of Broomedge in 1950

School Life Living In Bilsthorpe

My earliest memory was at the age of 5. I vividly remember sqeezing through the school railings at the bottom of my garden to go to school. My teacher was a lady called Mrs Malkin, she was very nice and kind to us ...Read more

A memory of Bilsthorpe in 1960 by Peter Waby

Dagenham Civic Centre At Bull Lane

This is the view from the other side of Central Park, the main road ran alongside and Heath Park estate where we lived was opposite. I remember my dad and me waiting for a 103 bus to take us to Romford Market and me ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1955 by Glyn Mallett

Castle Tavern Doxey Road

I was born in Doxey, about one mile from Stafford town centre. My forebears lived in and around what was then called Castletown, that is the area on the left of Doxey Road. My maternal grandmother Alice Parsons was the ...Read more

A memory of Stafford in 1900 by Michael Harnett

Saturday Mornings At The Centre

I used to go to the Centre every Saturday morning. The disco started at 11am. Many of my friends went, Shawsy Broon was the DJ, a pie was 5p (1/-), and myself and 3 other friends were the centre GO-GO ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn in 1970 by anita_crowter

Captions

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Caption For Kingsclere, Market Square C1955

The centre of this picturesque north Hampshire village has changed little since the 1950s, though today there are usually more cars seen in the vicinity of the church.

Caption For Langton, The Post Office C1965

Langton is a centre for the training of racehorses, and has produced many notable winners through the years.

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, From The Air C1955

In the centre of this aerial photograph is an area known as Harvey town after a previous owner of the land.

Caption For Sandsend, The Village 1901

Sandsend was once a centre for alum mining, and remains can still be observed along the coast.

Caption For Chesham Bois, Anne's Corner C1955

In the centre of the view is Anne's Corner, a picturesque house with timber-framing to the upper floor.

Caption For Somerleyton, Somerleyton Hall, Winter Garden 1891

The fountain and statue in the fernery (centre) was made by Joseph Durham in 1868.

Caption For Boston, Market Place 1899

The town centre is dominated by its very large triangular market place, which in its turn is visually overwhelmed by the mighty church steeple, completed in 1460 and universally known as the Boston Stump

Caption For Anstey, Bradgate Road C1965

The view shows the centre of Domesday Anstige, as the road drops down from the heights of Bradgate Park.

Caption For Sunderland, Fawcett Street 1890

In the picture is the Italianate Town Hall designed by Brightwen Binyon, which was demolished in 1971 after being replaced by a new civic centre at West Park.

Caption For Yalding, The Medway C1960

Yalding was once a substantial market centre, but was desolated by the plague four times in the 16th century.

Caption For Capel Curig, The Llugwy Valley 1891

It is now home to the National Mountaineering Centre at Plas Brenin, but has been known for many years for its superb view of the Snowdon 'horseshoe'.

Caption For Peel, The Bay 1895

In the centre foreground of the picture stands St Peter's church, intact at this time, built out of locally quarried Triassic red sandstone and identified by its unusual helm-roof tower.

Caption For Charminster, East Hill C1955

We are looking westwards down East Hill, towards the parish church (centre).

Caption For Tolpuddle, Martyrs Seat And The Village C1960

The memorial seat commemorates the six agricultural labourers who met beneath the sycamore tree (centre) in 1834, and were transported to Australia for taking an illegal oath during an initiation

Caption For Nantwich, High Street 1898

By the late 1800s there were three shops here; one of them, Grice the chemist's (in the centre), was to occupy these premises for many years to come.

Caption For Stourbridge, King Edward Grammar School C1960

It is just possible to make out three carved heads under the large window in the centre - in fact there are four heads here altogether, one of which depicts Queen Victoria.

Caption For Stourbridge, Market Street C1965

Today the Town Hall, beyond, could be described as a shell fronting the new Crown Centre shopping arcade, which was built in the 1980s.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Pavilion C1955

The newer Bournemouth International Centre, with its 3500 capacity auditorium, has now joined the Pier Theatre and the Wessex and Tregonwell Halls to make the city the entertainment capital of the

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Street C1965

On the corner of the green is the 18th-century Swan Inn (centre right), while nearer is a pair of Victorian cottages dated 1870.

Caption For Exmouth, The Esplanade C1955

In the centre of the photograph is the white tower of the Pavilion Theatre.

Caption For Fishbourne, The Roman Palace, A Mosaic Floor C1968

The mosaic floor pictured shows in the centre a winged cupid riding a dolphin, with sea panthers and sea horses in the surrounding semi-circles.

Caption For Newport, Allt Yr Yn, Above The Lock 1893

At the top of the flight is a Visitor Centre with plenty of information, and it is possible to walk down the flight.

Caption For Rothesay, The Esplanade 1897

In the centre of the town are the ruins of Rothesay Castle, once a royal residence, and said to have been built about the year 1100.

Caption For Tenterden, High Street 1900

The town, a prosperous agricultural centre, consists mainly of this long street, with its attractive lines of trees, which widens at its west end into a picturesque boulevard with grass verges.