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Growing Up In Fairy Cross

Born 1937 in Swan Cottage (demolished for road widening), one of four children, father farm worker for the Jeffrey family. Then moved to Port Ledge where father moved to work and lived in a cottage near a big house ...Read more

A memory of Fairy Cross by Michael Curtice

The Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital

My memories of Heswall children's hospital? An imposing building. Actually very intimidating to a youngester. They did not get 'person centred care'. I can recall a nurse on the the Cleft Pallete and Hare ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1965 by Alison Brear

Whifflet Shawhead And Coatbridge

My memories of the above are vivid in my memory, I remember Shawhead from about 1959 when we first moved there, when we moved in there was an old railway line that ran in front of the shops which then were the ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge by George Mc Conville

Those Were The Days

I lived in Harold hill, from 1956 till 1970. We lived in Chudleigh Rd - Mum, Dad, and my sister Susan. I attended Dycourts, then went to Quarles - what memories of Miss Knapton and her dog, Pickles, who she would often ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1962 by May Law

Bourne Road Bexley

The building with pointed roof, left of centre of the pic is Bexley Library. On the right I remember the first building as a stationery shop and further into the photo on the right would be the Post Office. On the left, just out ...Read more

A memory of Bexley by Darryl Ransom

Newton Regis Schooldays In The Late Forties Early Fifties

I lived in Austrey Lane about a half mile from the village. I went to Newton Regis school starting in 1947 and leaving in 1953. When I started school the headmistress ...Read more

A memory of Newton by Philip Hall

Origins And Holidays 1948 1965

I was born in Liverpool (Smithdown Road Hospital that was renamed Sefton General by the time my sister was norn there 19 months after me) and was christened in St Andrew's Church in Clubmoor. We lived for a short ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1955 by Susan Coleman

The Old Stratton Cp School

I attended Stratton CP School between 1969-1975 when it was at Howells Road. The headmaster at that time was Frank Clark who taught me in J6 and other teachers I can remember were Mrs Hicks, Mrs Humpries, Mr Vince, Mr ...Read more

A memory of Stratton in 1970

North Lane

Not so sure of the date, I was born in the cottage hospital in 1936 and spent all my holidays with my grandparents the Brockbanks who had a pub in North Lane called the Heroes of Lucknow. I had many trips to the Lido with my brother, ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1947 by Anne Vines

Rainsford Road

My grandfather owned a music shop in Rainsford Road during the late 1920's and early 30's. It was called Crayfourd's Music Centre. Does anyone have any information on his shop?

A memory of Chelmsford in 1930 by Clive Crayfourd

Captions

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Caption For Calne, The Green And Church C1965

Centre left at No 33 is the Green Dragon, a cider house, which closed in the late 1960s.

Caption For Eastwood, Nottingham Road C1955

Unfortunately (and perhaps unsurprisingly in relation to the scandals Lawrence provoked), the church was demolished in the 1960s; the site is now occupied by a freezer centre, a single-storey

Caption For Eastwood, Hilltop C1960

Unfortunately (and perhaps unsurprisingly in relation to the scandals Lawrence provoked), the church was demolished in the 1960s; the site is now occupied by a freezer centre, a single-storey

Caption For Freshfield, Post Office, Old Town Lane C1965

Old Town Lane is the route between the new village centre and the original village.

Caption For Hoddesdon, High Street C1955

Standing in the High Street at Hoddesdon must be one of the last horse-drawn milk delivery floats in the district (centre right).

Caption For Stourbridge, High Street C1965

The words 'Old Bank' inscribed over the entrance of the building in the centre refer to Waldron and Hill, the first bank to open on this site in 1780.

Caption For Aspley Guise, The Square C1955

The motor car in the centre of the picture is a Jowett Javelin - arguable one of the very best vehicles designed in post-war Britain.

Caption For Newport, Bridge And Castle 1903

From here we can just see the dome of the Corn Exchange (centre).

Caption For Greatham, High Street C1955

As well as the Smiths Arms again visible in the centre distance, we can also see two more public houses here - the Hope and Anchor, the long white building on the right, and the Bull and Dog immediately

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, St Hubert's Church 1921

The pure white marble angel (centre left) is seen by all who pass through the Trough of Bowland.

Caption For Malham, Malham Cove C1881

At the top is the isolated Tarn House, now an outdoor centre, but once the Victorian meeting place for gentlemen of stature.

Caption For Glastonbury, The Abbey From The East 1927

This chapter finishes with a flourish in Glastonbury, one of England's most historic smaller towns, a major centre of pilgrimage in the middle ages and still regarded by many as of mythic importance.

Caption For Windmill Hill, Posey Green C1955

The No 15 bus to Bexhill (centre) has stopped beside the white-painted Windmill Hill Store and a garage, whose petrol pumps can just be seen.

Caption For Sheffield, Sheffield Midland Station And Park Hill C1965

There could be as many as 5,000 new apartment homes in and around the city centre in the very near future.

Caption For Preesall, The Village From The South C1955

The Round House, re-named Rose Cottage, stands at the centre of the village - it was a toll house.

Caption For Eastbourne, From The Pier 1906

The Cavendish Hotel is the taller building at the left, now dwarfed by the remarkably ill-judged grey mass of the Transport and General Workers Union Holiday and Conference Centre opened in 1976.

Caption For Mill Hill, The Broadway C1965

A precursor to the deterioration in town and village centre design is to be seen in the refenestration of the first floor to W H Smiths.

Caption For Kibworth Harcourt, Main Street C1955

The photograph looks at the original village centre, with the Old House immediately behind the camera, and the parish pump out of shot to the right.

Caption For Skipsea, The Village C1960

Although the village is a little way from the sea, the coast is home to many caravans and amusement centres.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, The Marlowes C1965

Originally a tree lined thoroughfare, Marlowes when it was developed in the early 1950s became the main shopping centre for the new town.

Caption For Castle Bromwich, Chester Road C1965

About the time this picture was taken, plans by Sheppard Fidler had been accepted for a 461-acre development to include sixteen-storey tower blocks, two shopping centres, schools, community buildings

Caption For Saffron Walden, Market Place 1932

The Poultry Sale Yard entrance on Market Hill is the wide doorway beyond the awning, right of centre.

Caption For Launceston, Square And War Memorial C1922

remain in their original positions: Barclay's Bank, originally built for the East Cornwall Bank in 1885 with the town clock on its corner, placed there in 1922 and still running today; Lloyd's Bank (centre

Caption For Helensburgh, The Esplanade 1901

Founded in 1776 by Sir James Colquhoun of Luss (who named the town after his wife), Helensburgh has become popular as a holiday resort and as a golfing, fishing and yachting centre.