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Monks And Sons

Hi I used to work for Monks and Sons in the 1970's, it was a very nice place to work. There was Dennis Monk and Jack Monk who used to run the business. They repaired Fords steel pallets and made 14ft dia by 400ft long steel chimney ...Read more

A memory of Purfleet by Andrew Donald

Rosewood Avenue

Hi all I moved to Elm Park in 1950 and moved into a newly constructed house at 75 rosewood avenue. My dad Bert worked at Ford Dagenham, my mum Doreen was a dinner lady at my school Ayloff. It has only recently become evident that my ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park by Eric Bausor

Life Without Love

I’m Don Spencer. I entered homeleigh orphanage in 1954 at the age of 7. After a period in reception, I was transferred to home 10, a house for boys, run by miss Shaw as our mother. A ginger haired bad tempered woman, who took ...Read more

A memory of Horncastle by Donald Spencer

Elm Cottage

My family used to stay at Elm Cottage on Trewoon Road in Mullion for many of our summer holidays during the 1970's. The cottage belonged to a Mrs Kent, known to us affectionately as Aunty Ellie, who at that time lived in Caerleon in Wales ...Read more

A memory of Mullion

Much Loved Memories.

I have such good memories of Much Hadham. My grandparents, Mr & Mrs Morris lived in a lordship cottages just outside of Much Hadham village - the house went with my grandfather's job which was a gardener for Doctor & ...Read more

A memory of Much Hadham by Rosemary Withers

The Old Thatch

Ah, The Old Thatch. I remember it well, for this is where I grew up from the early 1940s until 1956. By today's standards it was grim: no heating, no running water, no flush loo - nothing. Yet it was a wonderful place in which ...Read more

A memory of Nether Wallop in 1940 by Brian Rivas

The Hersham Flood – September 1968

During the 60s I lived in Surbiton and worked in Hersham. As I was getting ready to leave for work one morning in 1968, a radio broadcast warned of severe flooding along the Mole valley following heavy rains, and ...Read more

A memory of Hersham by Tony Newman

Treloar Hospital

I was a patient in this hospital in 1955 when I was ten years old. There were very caring nurses and also a hospital school which helped me immensely during my stay of about two months. At that time I believe it was named The Lord ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 1955 by John Howard Norfolk

Gwalia Garage

I was born in 62 North Parade, Aberystwyth and lived next door to a very busy Gwalia Garage run by my grandfather Charles Abel Jones and his four sons. During the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II the street was alive with ...Read more

A memory of Aberystwyth in 1953 by Peter Henley

Stubbington 1955 1960

I arrived accompanied by my father in 1955 not really knowing what to expect as I had been born and brought up in Jersey, which in those days was rather different to the mainland. My father, uncle and grandfather had all ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington by paul.mercer01

Captions

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Caption For Aldeburgh, The Beach 1906

The ever-changing coastline has very much dictated the fortunes of Aldeburgh, but one thing which has not changed is the activity of local fishermen, who park their boats on the shingle bank which runs

Caption For Staithes, Baiting The Lines C1900

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

Caption For Staithes, Baiting The Lines C1900

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

Caption For Combe Martin, Sterridge Valley 1911

The Sterrage Valley (sometimes spelled Sterridge) was a popular spot for day trips, initially by horse and coach such as those run by Copp`s, and from 1910 onwards by charabanc.

Caption For Padstow, The Railway Bridge 1906

The branch line from Wadebridge runs along the southern shore of the estuary; the first train ran on 23 March 1899.

Caption For Ipswich, St Mary Le Tower 1921

Another view showing the elaborate pargetting which has made the Ancient House recognised as one of the prime examples of its kind.

Caption For Stow On The Wold, The Square C1955

Looking northwards, we can see a good selection of 18th- century architecture; perhaps the most attractive is St Edward's House (next to the three-storey hotel) with Corinthian-topped

Caption For Fulking, The Spring C1965

The Spring c1965. A spring flows beside the village street in Fulking, and on the side of the wellhouse is this text: 'He sendeth springs into the valley which run among the hills.

Caption For Ruswarp, The Esk 1913

Several other British rivers bear the same name as Whitby's river. It is here that the Esk meets Ruswarp Dam and ceases to be tidal.

Caption For Penarth, The Pier 1896

A fire on August Bank Holiday Monday 1931 destroyed a small seaward end pavilion, erected in 1907, along with the mid-length shelters and shops.

Caption For Lockerley, Butts Green C1955

A boy runs across to meet his friend by the large green on the left. Perhaps they are going to meet some more friends and play a game of tag.

Caption For Melton Constable, The Village C1955

In the late 19th century, Melton Constable was an important railway junction with locomotive and rolling stock works; it was sometimes known as the Crewe of Norfolk.

Caption For Loders, The Post Office And Village C1955

Loders Post Office, run by J A Wells, can be seen in a view eastwards from the middle of the village. Waynflete and Lothers (left) face No 41 and the Loders Arms (right of centre).

Caption For Headingley, College 1894

In the latter part of the 19th century, several colleges run by various religious denominations opened around Leeds.The Leeds Clergy school and the Roman Catholic Seminary were both opened

Caption For Glasgow, Renfield Street 1897

Within a year, electric street trams would be running, and the horse-trams were phased out. Glasgow was the last city in the UK to abandon its tramway system.

Caption For Cheam, In Nonsuch Park 1925

Some of these magnificent leafy trees lining, and shading, this lane running alongside the parkland would probably have been mere saplings when Henry VIII and his successor Queen Elizabeth I hunted deer

Caption For Thorne, Market Place C1960

At nearby Fishlake, the village church is noted for its late Norman doorway. At Thorne the church of St Nicholas has a late 13th-century tower and early 20th-century glass.

Caption For Horning, The Village C1965

Horning main street runs parallel with the river. On the left is the rear of the Swan Inn; a car park has replaced the buildings ahead.

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, Red Lion Yard 1950

There are several narrow lanes running perpendicular to the quay at Wells. Some of the buildings here would appear to be in need of some maintenance.

Caption For Seaton, The Sands 1920

The cliff on the right now has a row of houses at the top.

Caption For Rhayader, The River Wye C1935

The Wye frames the town centre, running in a loop around the western and southern sides.

Caption For London, Parliament Street 1908

Here Parliament Street runs into the spacious thoroughfare of Whitehall which rushes onwards to join Trafalgar Square. On the extreme left is the diminutive gabled roof of the Horse Guards.

Caption For Upper Dicker, C1955

The hedge at the right belongs to the churchyard of Holy Trinity, a somewhat unattractive Neo-Norman church of 1843.

Caption For Corfe Castle, And The Village 1890

The South-west Gatehouse (left) stands on the site of the assassination of the 15-year- old Anglo-Saxon King Edward on the evening of 18 March 978.