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Hatch End Shops In The 1960''s

I lived in Hatch End from 1956 until I went up to Manchester in 1966, so I got to know my local shops both as a helpful schoolboy running errands for my mum to MacPhails the greengrocer and later as a teenager buying my ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1960 by John Howard Norfolk

Thermopylae

I was brought up in Claughton Village (Wirral) and in the holidays as children we regularly walked through Bidston Hill to Thermopylae Pass.  We would spend all day on the Hill and at Thermopylae and walk home at the end of the day exhausted ...Read more

A memory of Upton in 1959 by Joan Grey

Market Place Shops In The 1960’s

What was the name of the Grocers shop next to Blamey’s the Florist in the Market Place? I think it was something like Bentley’s, and was run by a lady called Doreen.

A memory of Harrogate

The Eight Bells Uxbridge

Does anybody remember the Eight Bells pub used to be opposite the Methodist Church End of Uxbridge high street. It was run in the early 60s by Mrs Edges .

A memory of Uxbridge by Tony Rose

The Move From The Old Infirmary To Huddersfield Royal Infirmary 1966.

I clearly remember arriving at 'Ellerslie' a large detached Victorian house situated in the suburb of Edgerton near Huddersfield. The house had been used as a nurses' training ...Read more

A memory of Huddersfield by Molly Brearley

Swimming Pool /Pond, My Childhood

We always went to the Gallion swimming pool because it was cheap, maybe one penny ? I don’t remember. But the Sugar bowl was expensive for us, a half crown, I believe . We used to go to the pond to get spawn, which we ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath by Valerie Ford

Best Years Of Our Lives

My name is David Cannon I was born in Dagenham in 1947 at my maternal grandmothers house but immediately moved to Alfred’s Way Barking opposite the Volunteer pub to live with my Gran and Grandad Cannon. They had lived in Barking ...Read more

A memory of Barking by David Cannon

First School

I lived in skelton nr york from 1951 to 59 at bur tree lane opposite old village school.it was my first school, I had a friend called John Thorpe that lived in a great big house ,in the village we had a old lady who was the ...Read more

A memory of Skelton by Anthony Loftus

School Journey

As a sickly child, I missed much of my early schooling and eventually attended schools for the physically handicapped. My senior school was the Venetian School for boys in Camberwell, south London. We went on School Journeys during my ...Read more

A memory of Rustington by Peter Nunn

My Sister Worked There

We lived in Macclesfield. My sister worked there with the children. I suppose she was some sort of aide or nanny. She was a live in anyway. She came home on weekends. My cousin would drive her back on a Sunday night. ...Read more

A memory of Pallotti Hall by Gail Mitchell

Captions

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Caption For Plymouth, The Hoe Pier 1889

The poster at the entrance advertises a military band concert, for which the bandstand on the pier was popular.

Caption For North Creake, The Bridge C1960

The river Burn runs through the villages of South and North Creake too. The road at the centre of the picture leads to the ruins of Creake Abbey, which lies in a beautiful setting beside the stream.

Caption For Leeds, Boar Lane C1965

Boar Lane bissects Briggate and runs along the southern edge of the commercial heart of the city between Kirkgate and Park Row.

Caption For Great Ayton, Brookside C1955

It was the scene of the upbringing and education of Captain James Cook, the famous 18th-century round-the-world explorer.

Caption For Wickham Market, Market Hill 1929

The man on the left is about to enter the shop of Cyril Amey, hairdresser and shopkeeper. There are then two 16th-century houses with jetties, but the grocer's shop is no longer on the corner.

Caption For Helston, Meneage Street 1895

In one of Helston's principal streets, we see on the right a characteristic gutter channel with running water.

Caption For Coltishall, 1902

On the south side of Coltishall the river Bure flows gently through water meadows where cattle and horses graze.

Caption For London, Bell Yard, Fleet Street C1875

This narrow street runs north deep into legal London from the beginning of Fleet Street, near Temple Bar.

Caption For Ulverston, Newlands 1895

The road running beside Newlands Bottom is to the left of the valley at this date, unlike the present road, and is now a bridleway.

Caption For Dormansland, The Schools 1910

The county runs out here: the roads from Dormansland lead a short way to the border with either Kent or Sussex.

Caption For Chigwell, Home Farm C1960

This road is typical of the building projects that were conducted after the Second World War.

Caption For Grasmere, Vale 1926

There is not much traffic—a car and a motorcycle with pillion passenger—in this view of the road running down from Dunmail Raise into Grasmere.

Caption For Eastbourne, From The Wish Tower 1901

This view from the Wish Tower looks east towards the Pier: the water's edge is crowded with bathing machines, while the famous Grand Parade with Eastbourne's finest hotels runs along the left of the

Caption For Langwathby, The Green C1960

The road dividing the village green in two can be seen running behind the bus shelter beside the tree on the left.

Caption For Low Row, General View C1960

We are looking east down the broad, U-shaped valley of Swaledale from the oddly-named village of Low Row.

Caption For Portishead, The Boating Lake C1960

Portishead's Marine Lake lies in the recreation ground behind the Esplanade running along Woodhill Bay.

Caption For Saffron Walden, High Street And Church C1965

The High Street, running south to north, was wide enough for two carriages to pass in times gone by.

Caption For Alton, Morland Hall C1955

After the death of Frederick Crowley, Ashdell House was acquired by Guy Ferrand, who changed the name to Morland Hall.

Caption For Hurstbourne Tarrant, Village C1955

When Anna died in 1930, a memorial was placed in the local church. Thatched cottages in the village line the occasionally- running stream that meanders through the lovely landscape.

Caption For Bason Bridge, Brue River And Merry Lane C1960

Merry Lane runs for a mile along the Brue from Bason Bridge to Cripp's Farm, providing easy access for fishermen.

Caption For Mells, Gay Street C1950

The grocery shop here on the left, popular for children's sweets, was run until 1952 by Misses Gambol and 'Sniffy' Baker.

Caption For Penn, Spring Hill Corner C1965

This is one of several short parades of shops along the main road through Penn. Built in the early to mid 20th century, it remains largely unchanged today.

Caption For Redditch, Garden Of Remembrance C1955

Many of the flowering plants enjoying the sun in this picture have been replaced by low-maintenance shrubs, including too many gloomy evergreens.

Caption For Offord D'arcy, Village 1906

The two villages of Offord Darcy and Offord Cluny run into each other. Facing a bend in the road is the Horseshoe Inn; the date 1626 is carved on the jettied cross wing of the inn.