Maps

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Memories

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Childhood Memories

My father, Bertram Whittingham was a native of Hemsworth, born 1892 and I am the remaining son of the family born August 1926 in a small miner's cottage located at No. 7 North View. My father was a coal miner, working at ...Read more

A memory of Hemsworth in 1930 by George Whittingham

Melrose Cottage 8 Shalbourne

In the 1950s and early 1960s my brother and I were fostered to a Miss Little and her sister at 8 Shalborne, there were several children living there and I have many fond memories of our stay. We used to sleep in a ...Read more

A memory of Shalbourne by Rob Barnett

My Beginning...

My name is Russell Ham. I was born on May the 10th, 1962. I was adopted at about the age of six weeks, I think. The best thing that ever happened to me. I arrived at number 5, Thomas Street, in the summer of 1962, to the home of ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1962 by Russell Ham

Bourne Avenue Harlington School

I lives in Bourne Avenue from1954-1972 and loved it with my parents and 2 sister Sandra and Pauline, our maiden name is HOWE. We used to go to Harlington Secondary School. I have so many memories of living in Hayes, ...Read more

A memory of Hayes

Memories

I went to Northmoor back in the 1940s and stayed with my parents' friends Mrs Bastable and her family for 6 weeks. The house was thatched and just across the way from a line of trees called "The Causeway". I remember going ...Read more

A memory of Northmoor in 1940 by Joyce Heathfield (Nee Hove

Wonderful Times And Great Friends

I remember living in Galesbury Road in the 1950s and going to Swaffield Road School, moving into Domelton House, Wendlesworth estate in the late 1950ss was luxury, central heating, a real bath and inside loo, ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by Leslie Mc Donnell

Armagh 1957 Onwards

I get a lovely glow when I think of my dear Armagh in the 1950s. Life seemed so good and simple then. I would spend my days roaming free letting my imagination grow as children do. I played down in the river by the Legar ...Read more

A memory of Armagh in 1957 by Aine Nicart

Visiting Abercynon As 8 Yr Old

I remember visiting Abercynon as a small child. Taken there by my mother to the house of Uncle Benjamin Jones. Having just turned 70 and lived in New Zealand for some 57 years my memories of the location of their ...Read more

A memory of Abercynon in 1950 by Taffy Davies

Growing Up In Cadishead

I was born in 1943 in Bankfield Avenue, Cadishead. When I was 5 we moved to a brand new council house in Devon Road, on the same day I started school which was 2 minutes away round the corner. There were 6 in our ...Read more

A memory of Cadishead in 1940 by Jean Walsh

Happy Days

Ferniegair is very dear to my heart. Being fortunate to have two sets of relatives who lived there we spent many happy times visiting them. As soon as we arrived at one Aunt's house it was off with the coats and across the road to ...Read more

A memory of Ferniegair

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Captions

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Caption For Donington, Market Place C1955

Beyond the Black Bull inn sign are the three gables of No 2, Pointz House, in which captain Matthew Flinders, the explorer of Australian shores and seas, was born in 1774.

Caption For Seaton, The Sands 1920

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

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Caption For Chatburn, C1950

Housing estates now cover areas where once busy mills throbbed.

Caption For Marske By The Sea, The Beach C1955

The end of the High Street lies in the centre, and Cliff House stands just out of view on the right.

Caption For Sewerby, Main Street C1955

The Georgian house with its 50 acres of grounds was built between 1714 and 1720 for the Lloyd-Greame family; it was sold to Bridlington Corporation in 1934.

Caption For Wickham Market, Market Hill 1929

There are then two 16th-century houses with jetties, but the grocer's shop is no longer on the corner.

Caption For Chesterfield, High Street 1896

Horses and carts no longer park outside the Wheatsheaf public house, however; but the spire of the parish church can still be seen in the background at the end of Burlington Street, which like the High

Caption For Earlswood, Common Road 1906

In the southern suburb of Redhill, this line of bijou Victorian houses and shops developed alongside the tree-lined common, overlooked by the formidable presence of St John's Church (background).

Caption For Redcar, High Street C1955

Many of these properties were originally private houses, looking out across what became one of the widest high streets in the area. There is not a moving vehicle in sight!

Caption For Seaton Carew, The Promenade C1965

In the distance some of the houses on the green are visible. Hartlepool lies in the far distance on the right. The beach tents give the picture a period feeling.

Caption For Felixstowe, The Sands C1955

This shows the area from Convalescent Hill to Cobbold's Point, which is named after the Ipswich family who built a house there in 1829.

Caption For Holker, A Cottage 1906

Although originally captioned 'Holker Hall', this photograph actually shows one of the houses on the Holker Hall estate, which has been in the hands of the Cavendish family for over 200 years and is

Caption For Ivy Hatch, The Village 1901

Dunk's Green 1901 Some fine stone and brick cottages and an oast house stand along the road leading towards Mereworth Woods near the village centre of Plaxtol, on the edge of the Ragstone Ridge

Caption For Barnwood, Barnwood Road C1955

The two pairs of houses nearest the camera on the left were demolished in 1964 when the dual carriageway was built.

Caption For Cromer, The East Beach 1901

From the early 20th century, two- or three-storey properties were erected as guest houses, some also containing shops.

Caption For East Runton, High Street C1955

From the early 20th century, two- or three-storey properties were erected as guest houses, some also containing shops.

Caption For Shrewsbury, Milk Street 1911

Who would want to live in Swine Street, no matter how smart the houses? It therefore changed to St John's Hill - much more elegant.

Caption For Much Wenlock, High Street 1911

The large house on the right is supposedly haunted by two children playing with a spinning top on the balcony.

Caption For Chalford, The Hill C1960

Houses with terraced gardens climb the steep sided Golden Valley and overlook some of the most lovely scenery in the region.

Caption For Gateshead, The Lake, Saltwell Park C1955

Saltwell Park Museum is housed in the old mansion.

Caption For Kimbolton, High Street C1955

Although most of the frontages are Georgian, with a pleasing variation in roof lines, many of the houses are actually a good deal older.

Caption For Marnham, The Hall 1913

In the shadow of Europe's first million kilowatt power station, opened in 1962, lies this Georgian house.

Caption For Armitage, New Road C1955

The terraced houses carry the information that they were built in the late 1880s. Only the sash windows seem to have changed.

Caption For Andover, Winchester Street 1904

In 1904, Winchester Street became Winchester Road, where houses ceased and countryside began. Here the picture was taken with Old Winton Road behind on the right.