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The Coningsby Chapel & Museum

This photo shows the Coningsby Almshouses and Chapel, in Widemarsh Street, Hereford, reputed to be originally a 'cell' of Dinmore Manor, a Commandary of the Order of St John in the 16 century.  It fell into disrepair ...Read more

A memory of Hereford by Haydn Ebbs

Summer Holidays

I first remember staying for a holiday at Newton by the Sea when aged six. My aunt and uncle lived in the coastguard cottages for many years, and although I remember visitng them often at weekends, this was the first year ...Read more

A memory of Newton-by-the-Sea in 1965 by Jacqui Gibb

I Once Lived Here

I lived over the second shop on the right. KENNIES STORES which was owned by my grand parents. We as a family lived there until 1962 when we left for New Zealand where I still live. The first shop was a butchery owned by Mr & ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1952 by Clive Aldred

Camping Holiday

As a young teenager with fond memories of Evesham and surrounding areas, I enjoyed with two of my male friends, camping  at  Weir Camping Meadow, which was located by the River Avon down in the lower part of the town. The camping ...Read more

A memory of Evesham in 1940 by Arthur Forty

Restaurant

Had a lovely meal in this place courtesy of a disabled aquaintance residing there. First time I had seen oysters ordered and eaten. Also cocktails shaken by the barman. I remember not knowing that the pot containing ginger was meant to be sprinkled on the half melon.

A memory of Chester in 1969 by Mary Donnachie

Woodlands School

From 1961 to 1967 I attended Woodlands School in Oaklands Way, off Postmans Lane, Little Baddow. It was a tiny girls school run single handedly by the late Dorothy Bromley, the classrooms being two white wooden sheds in the ...Read more

A memory of Little Baddow in 1965 by Celia Argent

New Homes In Upchurch Oak Lane

This line of new homes was built 1956/7 by local builder Gransden. Mr Gransden the owner had an office/yard/joinery factory in Oak Lane just below Wallbridge Lane and he and his family lived in Wallbridge Lane. This ...Read more

A memory of Upchurch in 1956 by Robert Dunn

The Carnegie Library

I spent many hours in this library until its closure in the early 1960s. Immediately inside was the section where books were handed in on return and new loans were issued. No bar codes and scanning in those days, each book had a ...Read more

A memory of Luton in 1959 by Alan Squire

My Great Grandparents

My Great Grandparents, Thomas and Ellen Jenkins, moved from Bristol to 76 Jersey Road, Blaengwynfi around 1899/1900. Thomas was a grocer. He had an assistant called J A J Spreaklin who was from Coytrahen. Thomas and Ellen ...Read more

A memory of Blaengwynfi in 1900 by Steve Lucas

Weston Point I.C.I Recreation Club And Runcorn Town

Memory, Saturday Night Old Time dance upstairs in theI.C.I Club. My father played there on the drums. I was there with a girlfriend and her mother and father and grandmother, the old lady taught me ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1957 by Robert Welding

Captions

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Caption For Charmouth, Rivermead Caravans C1960

This was among the 'horror pictures' used by the land agent John Cripwell in order to encourage Lord Antrim and the council of the National Trust to buy two thousand of acres from Lyme Regis to

Caption For Hawarden, The Village 1903

Noted for being the home of William Gladstone, who is commemorated by the water fountain on the right, Hawarden has a long history. The scene here is little altered today.

Caption For Fairhaven, Pollux Gate C1955

On the right by the pillar box is a circulating library; across the street is the Lantern Bakery, next door to H Brooks, grocer and Italian warehouseman.

Caption For Conwy, Castle 1913

The towers at the angle of the castle contained bedchambers for use by the King and Queen. On the ground floor were apartments for the King's officials.

Caption For St Donats, 1937

St Donat's was ordered to be slighted in 1646, but was restored by the family in 1660, when Grinling Gibbons was commissioned to supply carvings for the state rooms.

Caption For Sutton, The Green 1894

The road to London passes through The Green, which was preserved by the 1810 Act of Parliament that enclosed the rest of the former common land of the parish for agriculture.

Caption For Little Missenden, The River Misbourne C1955

Our second tour starts three miles west of Amersham in the delightful village of Little Missenden which grew up along the south bank of the River Misbourne and separated from Amersham by the parkland

Caption For Churchtown, Botanic Road C1965

As with other coastal locations, Church Town began to attract visitors wishing to take the sea-air and engage in a little sea-bathing; accommodation was offered by the village's two inns, the Griffin

Caption For Skegness, Pier 1899

The landward end of the 1840 foot long pier had already been submerged in 1970 by the enclosed Skegness Pier Amusements, although some of the original structure can be seen at the sea end.

Caption For Devizes, The Castle 1898

By the 17th century little remained, the castle having been used as a quarry by local people. The present structure dates mainly from 1842.

Caption For Cheam, Old Cheam, Park Lane 1925

At the time this photograph was taken it was still a private residence, but it was subsequently acquired and restored by the local borough council in 1963, and is now opened regularly to the public.

Caption For Goxhill, Church Street C1960

This village was long served by the nearby ferry terminal at New Holland.

Caption For Thornaby, Victoria Bridge C1955

The river is clearly tidal here - the nearby Tees Barrage was not completed until late 1994, and it was formally opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in the summer of 1995.

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, The Pantiles C1955

Above the clock on the right-hand side at the top of the gable there is a clay pestle and mortar, put there by the chemist A Nicholson in 1884.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Canal And Batchworth Lock 1897

The lock keeper's cottage on the right was rebuilt inthe 1960s, while out of sight on the left are the canal buildings used by the Batchworth Lock Canal Company and the headquarters of the Rickmansworth

Caption For Launceston, The Square C1949

Several businesses have changed, too: Fitze's Ironmonger's (today Boots) occupies the premises that in 1921 were Wenmouth's Ironmongers, and Stephen's Outfitters has been taken over by the Midland Bank

Caption For Bradford, Alhambra And New Victoria Theatre C1950

The 1800-seat Alhambra was built in 1914 by the pantomime impresario Francis Laidler, who also ran the nearby Prince's Theatre.

Caption For Tring, High Street 1897

Much has gone, including the old Rose and Crown, which was replaced around 1900 by the present mock timber-framed one set back from the road: a townscape disaster.

Caption For Paignton, Tricycle 1889

Steering was by the two small wheels on the right, linked by a system of rods, and drive was by a crank axle chain-geared to the large left-hand wheel.

Caption For Beachy Head, 1903

Far below is the lighthouse, 153 feet high but dwarfed by the majesty of these cliffs.

Caption For Sevenoaks, Constitutional Club 1895

Standing between the Dartford Road and Seal Hollow, and with its Club Hall visible on the north side, it was built by the Constitutional Club company for social and political meetings, and contained

Caption For Robertsbridge, High Street C1955

An iron-smelting furnace, controlled by the Churchill family, made cannon in 1754. The Seven Stars Inn, a picturesque 15th-century timber-framed building, is seen on the right, with a temporary sign.

Caption For Abergynolwyn, The Dysynni Valley 1895

It was served by the narrow gauge Tal-y-Llyn railway, the first of the slate railways of North Wales to be preserved. The railway runs inland from Tywyn on the Cardigan Bay coast.

Caption For Bangor, St Deniol's Cathedral 1906

The site was much fought over by the Vikings, the Normans and the Welsh, so that the cathedral has been rebuilt on several occasions. The cathedral is modest in size and squats in a hollow.