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North Shields Test Centre

The building which houses North Shields test cente in Cecil Street was erected in1848 as a chapel for people to worship. It remained this way until 1891 when it changed ownership and became a sauna and plunge baths ...Read more

A memory of North Shields by Kevin Mccartney

The Hangmen

I was one fifth of a rock band called The Hangmen who played at the Knott Memorial hall in the centre of Heddon-on-the-Wall. Every Sunday we would transport our equipment and instruments to the hall and play songs and tunes to ...Read more

A memory of Heddon-on-the-Wall in 1964 by Kevin Mccartney

Not Strictly Ashby : )

Willesley Close was the centre of the universe for the first twelve years of my life from 1959. The garden enclosed twenty yards of the old railway embankment and featured a natural spring, the source of much ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1971 by Bill Davey

St Marys Home

My memories of the home, which was run by the Southwark Catholic Rescue Society. The sisters of charity looked after us, I was taken there just before my 10th birthday in april 1947 along with brothers Bill 13 and Bob 4. My early ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1947 by James Duffy

Mixture

The quaint older houses on the right now faced new bungalows to our left, and on our left is another walkway to the primary school. Now Jimmy came to live in one of the bungalows and then he came to our school when he was about 10. He was from ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by Michael Mitchell

The Ghost

My dad, even though married he was one for playing the field. Mother was taking care of my brother's kids (his wife had died, he was a Flight Sargent), Mother was miles away and Dad played about. One afternoon he had picked up a ...Read more

A memory of Royston by Roland Mitchell

Doddlebugs And V2s Plus!

I moved to Lymington Road, Dagenham, in 1939, across the road from the school. At first I attended Green Lane School - same as Dudley Moor. I even had the same piano teacher. Miss Hoggard. But she gave up on me. In the early ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Joan Fitzgerald

Ashford Cottage Hospital

RE Photo 60335 - Sorry, but this photo is of the building that replaced the original Hospital built (circa 1890) in Station Road (formerly Marsh Street) a few doors from the Baptist Church and next to the town's Gas Works. ...Read more

A memory of Ashford in 1940 by Peter Oliver

Camping At Broadstone Warren With The 3rd Sevenoaks

I was a Cub and Scout Leader with the 3rd Sevenoaks Scout Group in the 1970's and remember a hot summer camp in 1975 at Broadstone Warren. It was at the end of July and we took the younger ...Read more

A memory of Ashdown Forest in 1975 by John Howard Norfolk

Easebourne St. Easebourne, W Sussex

We lived in Wisteria Cottage - my married name was Bowers then - which adjoined The White Horse Inn, which you can just see on the left towards the end of the picture. There seems to be another building in front ...Read more

A memory of Easebourne in 1997 by Lynn Ede

Captions

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Caption For Stoke Climsland, Village 1908

Two men, a young child and a dog outside the Half Moon Inn provide the only sign of life in the village centre.

Caption For Send, The Canal Lock 1909

Over the next century this route formed the principal outlet for the timber, grain, wool and other products of the area centred on Guildford.

Caption For Abergavenny, From The Canal 1893

Note the railway sweeping round towards the church in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Gloucester, Cathedral North East 1891

This view of the cathedral from the north side shows sheep grazing in what is now almost the city centre.

Caption For Skegness, Lumley Road C1955

To the left of centre are Blackbourn's shoe shop and the Nat West Bank, partly hidden by trees.

Caption For Faversham, Preston Street C1955

Preston Street links the station with the market town centre. A policeman stands on point duty; once again, one is struck by the lack of heavy traffic.

Caption For Crowthorne, High Street 1925

By the time this photograph was taken, Crowthorne was firmly established as a community, though the centre of the village really only dates back to the 1860s.

Caption For Skipton, Station Road 1923

By the 1830s there were 44 cotton mills in the Craven district, the main centres being Skipton, Settle and Barnoldswick.

Caption For North Warnborough, Mill Corner 2004

The old thatched cottage in the centre of the earlier picture was replaced by a modern house in the late 1970s, and the neighbouring house has been extended.

Caption For Leamington Spa, From The Tower Of All Saints 1922

The view takes us along The Parade, with the Royal Pump Room on the left and the campanile of the town hall in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Rifts Wood Mill 1891

Note the large haystack in the centre foreground.

Caption For Tideswell, Queen Street C1950

In the background (centre) is the Methodist chapel, a common feature of most former lead mining villages in the White Peak.

Caption For Allendale, C1960

In the centre background, partially hidden by trees, is the Hitherlea; the Hotspur Hotel is on the left hand side of the picture, but it is totally obscured.

Caption For Saffron Walden, The Market Place C1965

The Market Square is still the commercial centre of the town. There are several banks, and the market is held here on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Caption For Redmire, The Village 1909

Here we see North's House (centre), and Polly Miller's (left) - both named after fondly remembered former

Caption For Cawsand, Cawsand Square 1949

The twin villages of Cawsand and Kingsand nestle into the hills on the west of Cawsand Bay; they were once, like so many Cornish villages, a centre for smugglers.

Caption For Chailey Green, The Village C1965

The village stores are next to the telephone box (centre right), and though the buildings still exist, today`s motorist probably passes them without a second look.

Caption For Bitteswell, Man At Arms C1960

Adjoining the village today, a huge distribution centre is developing on the former air crew training base.

Caption For Little Haven, 1898

A boat is being beached to the right beyond the slipway and other boats in the centre.

Caption For Newby Bridge, The Swan Hotel 1888

Much of the large area included in the centre is woodland. Here the ‘camp’ title is well justified by the neatly erected tents, with two people folding ground sheets (left).

Caption For Malmesbury, The Triangle And War Memorial C1955

A 1930s telephone box stands outside the Three Cups Inn (centre right).

Caption For Send, The Canal Lock 1909

Over the next century this route formed the principal outlet for the timber, grain, wool and other products of the area centred on Guildford.

Caption For Herstmonceux, Castle, The Inner Courtyard 1890

Nowadays, in its restored state the castle is an international study centre affiliated with the University of Kingston, Ontario, in Canada.

Caption For Cowes, The Gloster Hotel 1897

Nearby stands the Royal Marine Hotel (26187, centre, and