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Resident Of Kingsbury From 1933 To 1974

I started off in Roe Green Village, all through the War years, I did National Service in Singapore from 1952 to 1954, married my childhood sweetheart Jean Wilson in 1955 she was head girl at Claremont ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury by anthony.smith694

Huddersfield Old Infirmary.

I did my nurse training in Huddersfield 1966 - 1969. As Huddersfield Royal Infirmary was not due for completion until after I started training, my nursing career began at Huddersfield Old Infirmary, situated in the ...Read more

A memory of Huddersfield by Molly Brearley

Good Old Stafford

I was born and baptised at St Berklins on the Eccleshall Rd in 1966 . I used to remember the old indoor market , it took you ages with everyone trying to get their shopping for the weekend , You could get get nearly anything you ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by Ian Walker

Captions

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Caption For Swanage, The Pier 1894

The front lawn sloped south-eastwards to the timber pier (centre right) built by James Walton in 1859. A large sailing ship is berthed alongside.

Caption For Corfe Castle, The Cross 1899

The Town Pump and Market Cross (centre) have ancient steps and a relatively recent shaft, erected to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897.

Caption For Teddington, St Alban's Church 1899

St Alban's has found use as a centre for the performing arts.

Caption For Cromer, East Beach From The Pier 1954

The Bath Hotel (centre) is situated on the site of Bath House, which was smashed into pieces by a very high tide in 1836.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Main Street 1912

The London City and Midland Bank on the right is now the information centre.

Caption For Puddletown, The Square C1965

Here we see Back Street (left) and the Square (right), with the flamboyant Victorian double shop fronts of the grocers G H Stephens & Company on the corner (centre).

Caption For Groby, Leicester Road C1960

The local stone cottages in the lee of the tree-shrouded parish church (centre) rely on simple, but excellent, details for effect - no incongruous plastic windows and doors here.

Caption For Diss, Market Place 1925

Diss, this small, stylish town on the Suffolk border evolved around a six-acre pool called Diss Mere which penetrates almost to the edge of the main street.

Caption For Salisbury, High Street And Matron's College 1906

In the centre of the building is an interesting octagonal lantern with the royal coat of arms above the doorway.The plaque beneath it records the work of Bishop Seth Ward, a friend of Christopher

Caption For Charmouth, 1922

The road leads downwards and eastwards from opposite the Charmouth House Hotel (right), to Hardown Hill and Stonebarrow Hill (centre), where it climbs through Morecombeland.

Caption For Bishop's Stortford, Hockerill Street C1955

In 1896, at the centre of the crossroads, an ornate stone fountain was erected to the memory of Mr George Brampston Houblon-Archer (alias Brigadier Eyre) of Great Hallingbury as a gift from Ezra and Eliza

Caption For Hucknall, Parish Church C1965

The medieval tower is the oldest part of the church now, but the churchyard is a haven of green in the town centre.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1965

The Milk Bar (centre right), built in 1952, has replaced the tobacconists seen in picture D83004. It was a favourite meeting place for Grammar School pupils, and is still in business today.

Caption For Framlingham, Market Hill C1955

Is the military jeep (centre) waiting for the horse and tumbrel to move?

Caption For Aberystwyth, The Castle Grounds 1921

In the centre is a circle of stones set up in 1914 for the 1915 National Eisteddfod (delayed for a year owing to the First World War).

Caption For Diss, Mere Street 1925

Diss, this small, stylish town on the Suffolk border, evolved around a six-acre pool called Diss Mere, which penetrates almost to the edge of the main street.

Caption For Wrexham, Town Hall In High Street 1895

The town developed fast during the 19th century, and became an important centre for brick and tile manufacture.

Caption For Brecon, Ship Street 1910

They have a charming differentiation—'High Street Superior' and 'High Street Inferior'—but they are the same street, with the name changing at the town centre crossroads.

Caption For Headcorn, The Village 1903

During the 15th century, Headcorn was a cloth-making centre which prospered with the arrival of Flemish weavers, and its single, long street has several fine buildings dating back to that time.

Caption For Hitchin, Sun Street C1955

Paternoster's stationery office is the building centre left, with its large sign between the first and second floors.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1949

Colmer`s Hill (right of centre) forms the distant skyline. The Royal Oak is on the north side of the street (right). The busy mix of cyclists and cars is typical of a 1950s street scene.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Mill End Church 1897

The hamlet of Mill End, about a mile west of the centre of Rickmansworth, grew up along the main road to Uxbridge to serve a watermill and factories.

Caption For Luton, Manchester Street C1955

As one of four major thoroughfares leading to the Town Centre, and formerly called Tower Hill, Manchester Street's importance was typified by the presence of many privately-owned shops and businesses and

Caption For Poole, High Street 1931

The town achieved some status as a holiday resort, particularly as a touring centre and as a base for leisure yachting.