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Memories

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Redhill 1961

I remember the Teddy Boys and 'winkle pickers'. Our baby-sitter used to rock and roll in the living room, and us kids used to laugh because we could see her underwear when her flared skirt twirled! She used to paint our nails for us with ...Read more

A memory of Redhill in 1961 by Susan Francis

Tommy Wiggins

Tommy Wiggins was a small-built man, he had round John Lennon NHS glasses, and had the Corner Farm in Fencott. He was a great friend of my grandfather, Charlie Hayes, and once every 2 weeks my grandfather peddled all the way from ...Read more

A memory of Fencott in 1966 by Rosemary Hopkins

Childhood Memories

In August 1939 I came to Roadwater from Kingston, Surrey to stay with my grandparents for my summer school holidays. My grandmother's name was Eva Morse and my grandfather's Rupert Morse.  At that time they lived in a house that ...Read more

A memory of Roadwater in 1930 by Raymond Morse

Eversley, 1971 1983

Dear Jan, I have found this website quite by chance! I first moved to Eversley with my family as a child (aged 6) in July 1971. My mother became the sub postmistress and we lived in the purpose build, red brick 5 bedroomed house ...Read more

A memory of Eversley by Giles Myhill

My Granddad Stevens

Years ago my grandad had a small garage and workshop at the side of the Du-Cane Arms. My dad was born there and went to scool at Great Tottom. My grandad is buried in Great Braxted Church and my nanna is there too. In the ...Read more

A memory of Great Braxted in 1900 by Vera Martin

My Memories Of Quince Tree House, South Road.

Hi I was born in Orsett Cottage Hospital in 1955 and I lived with my parents at my grandparent's house - Quince Tree House on South Road. until we moved to Hillingdon, Middlesex when I was 2. My ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by helencney

Bexley Tech

Reading some of those memories of students at what is now a still -thriving grammar school is so nostalgic. I went to BTHSG 1974-81 & just loved it. Not quite sure what that says about me. Reading the 60s students' recollections ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath

Chequers Road

I lived in Chequers Road, called Chequers lane in these photos. The girl in the photo is standing outside her gate in the house that was next door. My house was the other side of the tree. When the photo was taken there were two old ...Read more

A memory of Noak Hill by alfandjanet

Shenfield Common Pond

Hi, I remember this area very well, as I boarded at High House, and went to the Girls’ high school in the late 60s/ early 70s. Walks through the woods at weekends. Can anyone remember the tea shop in the area, I think it was called The Olde Logge, and of course the Seven Arches pub nearby?

A memory of Brentwood by Sian Edwards

Mirror Image!

I currently live in one of the houses in the foreground. This image is the wrong way around! Take it to a mirror for the correct representation. Thank you for this information, it has been passed to our archivist. Ed

A memory of Cwm Penmachno by Chris Neale

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Captions

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Caption For London, The Hand In Hand Office 1904

The large building on the right is Printing House Square, home of The Times.

Caption For London, Euston Square C1950

To the right we can see the cupola of St Pancras's Church peeping above the Friends' Meeting House.

Caption For Theale, High Street C1955

Little has changed, except that the brewery beyond the Bull Inn is now offices and housing.

Caption For Whyteleafe, The Square C1955

The parade of shops, right, has been demolished but those beyond have reverted to private houses.

Caption For Downholme, Bridge 1913

Downholme, where stone houses slope down to the Swale, lies 5 miles west of Richmond. In the village is a 13th-century Norman church.

Caption For Birmingham, The Art Gallery And Museum 1896

Opened in 1885, the Art Gallery and Museum was designed by Yeoville Thomason, who had also designed the adjoining Council House.

Caption For Lincoln, Steep Hill C1955

On the left is a corner of the Norman House, built in stone around 1180.

Caption For Eastleigh, The Airport C1960

The elegant Georgian house on the right of the road has been converted to offices.To the right of it is the entrance to Botley Mills, an 18th-century mill complex, which is mentioned in the Domesday

Caption For London, Chelsea, Cheyne Walk 1890

This tranquil street of handsome houses fringing the river was built in 1708.

Caption For Truro, Boscawen Street 1912

Boscawen Street is certainly refined, and its considerable width is due to the demolition of a central row of houses in Regency times.

Caption For Cley, Windmill 1933

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

Caption For Wheaton Aston, The Lock 1952

The lock keeper's cottage (left) is now a private house, and the large building behind has gone.

Caption For Goudhurst, Measuring The Hops 1904

In many villages in Kent are the great gardens and oast-houses devoted to the growing and processing of the hop, which gives beer its taste.

Caption For Bridgend, Newbridge Fields, The Gorsedd Stones C1955

The houses in the background can no longer be seen, as the trees have grown.

Caption For Tettenhall, The Pool, Upper Green C1965

Mock-Tudor houses are typical of the area, though these have a pleasanter outlook than most. It may be pleasant, but not necessarily peaceful, as they stand close to the A41.

Caption For Thrapston, High Street 1951

Some old stone houses remain, and nearby is a scenic stretch of the River Nene.

Caption For Irthlingborough, Bull Hotel And Cross C1955

The Bull Hotel, rebuilt in the 1930s, is a somewhat pedestrian and incongruous mock-Tudor effort, while the house on the left is now a bistro.

Caption For Thrapston, Midland Road C1955

Thrapston is a small medieval market town engulfed in 19th- and 20th-century housing and factories.

Caption For Gosport, Thorngate Hall 1898

Built in the 1880s as a memorial to William Thorngate, a philanthropic grocer and tea merchant who donated money for local housing, the Thorngate Hall was regularly used for public meetings until it

Caption For Lymington, The High Street From The Church 1958

This photograph of the town was taken from the tower of St Thomas's church at the top of the High Street, depicting an elegant mix of Georgian houses, bow-fronted cottages and covered shop fronts.

Caption For Worcester, Friar Street, Old House 1891

This shows the rear of the house now known as Greyfriars.

Caption For Hawkshead, The Pillared Cottage 1930

beside the slope leading up to the church, is not entirely apparent from this picture, which groups it with an adjacent dwelling and another stone building beyond, which has since been converted into a house

Caption For Exmouth, Rolle Street 1906

Rolle Street takes its name from the Rolle family of Bicton House, who owned the land on which much of modern day Exmouth stands.

Caption For Tiverton, Old Cottages, Little Silver 1920

These houses in the Little Silver area would be worth a fortune today. Nestling at the foor of St Andrew Street, they were demolished after the last war when slum clearance was the watchword.