Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Grandfather

The man walking his dog across the road is my grandfather Arthur William Haggitt and his faithful companion Carlo, he was never without his dog. His sister Gladys Hicks ran The Butcher's Arms in Corn Street and I have fond memories of times ...Read more

A memory of Witney by Mrs J Bunning

Willowbrook, Rayleigh Road, Thundersley.

In the years leading up to World War 2, I recall visiting my Father's parents who lived in what I remember was a rather splendid house named Willowbrook, on the Rayleigh Road. I would have been about nine in ...Read more

A memory of Thundersley by Richard Rouse

Tulse Hill Tesco Esso Petrol Station Formerly Cheriton Court Garage

Where the present Tulse Hill Tesco Shop and Esso Petrol station stands today, was the home of my grandfather Alfred John Thomas from the 1920's to the 1950's. Through the 1960's ...Read more

A memory of Tulse Hill by Gemma Gemma

1946 Stockwell Congregational Church Stockwell Green

On 8th September 1946 at Stockwell Congregational Church Stockwell Green, Kenneth Sydney Edwards a Commercial Clerk of Perranporth Cornwall married Widow Nellie Kathleen Drake of 26 ...Read more

A memory of Stockwell by Gemma Gemma

My Days In Drayton

How nice to read about Drayton. My parents moved here in 1953 and my father owned the chemists shop on the north side of Havant road opposite Lower Drayton lane. In the early 60s,I played in local groups (The ...Read more

A memory of Drayton by denloc142

My Days In Drayton

How nice to read about Drayton. My parents moved here in 1953 and my father owned the chemists shop on the north side of Havant road opposite Lower Drayton lane. In the early 60s,I played in local groups (The ...Read more

A memory of Drayton by denloc142

Kane Products Ltd, London Road

I have found an old cardboard box with a sticker of the above company on stating '2d Cocktail Drink with straw' there were 48 in a box (which is small) and I would love to know if anyone could enlighten me with what they were or anything about the company.

A memory of East Grinstead by geraldineboyles

Xmas In Hanwell In The Sixties.

Xmas started Xmas eve. Everybody went to the pub at lunchtime and it was serious drinking. I worked in Turriff House on the Geat West Road and the pub was the Kings Arms by Brentford railway station. Around closing ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell by Nick Beard

Playtime In Waltham Road

We moved into no 76 in 1958. Mum still lives there. It was when there were allotments behind the houses that you could walk through (as long as you weren't caught), then cross a ditch before the Ashton.You could walk ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge by Susan Slater Nee Stone

Painting & Decorating

This is a picture of 'The Lodge', the gate house for the Westcliffe estate. In 1966 it was home to Mr & Mrs Reg Black, he was a painter and decorator at the hall, I worked for him as a trainee. In the summer we did the ...Read more

A memory of Hythe by Graham Dunbar

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Captions

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Caption For Stanwell, The Rising Sun C1965

This view is north of the village, looking south across the 16th-century Duke of Northumberland's River with the southern perimeter road to Heathrow Airport immediately behind the photographer.

Caption For Cowes, Royal Yacht Squadron C1955

A fence now hides the short castellated turret of the lodge on the road leading away from the castle.

Caption For Manningtree, High Street C1955

We can see the Crown Hotel towards the end of the road on the left.

Caption For Beare Green, The Duke's Head 1924

Although the building has lost some of its forecourt to the road improvements, it still offers bed and breakfast accommodation and a busy popular restaurant called Temptations.

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

Caption For Sherington, Church Road C1965

Further up Church Road, we are looking at the backs of 18th-century houses on Church End, the lane which leads to the medieval parish church of St Laud, out of shot to the left.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Mill Street 2005

In any case, it was an ideal place to catch travellers to and from Birmingham, as well as anyone bold enough to travel the notorious Chester Road.

Caption For Boston, London Road, Skirbeck Quarter 2005

His mother had run the Rope and Anchor Inn in Skirbeck Quarter (rebuilt in 1803 as the Crown and Anchor) and now 10 London Road (see below).

Caption For Teddington, From The Bridge 1899

The wider area now regarded as Teddington, stretching from the river through Bushy Park, Fulwell and Waldegrave Road, was countryside - a mix of heathland and forest.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, High Street C1960

Cottage (right) can be seen here in the northern end of the High Street (centre) which bends to the west beside Pound House (centre) to become Barr Lane as it carries the main road

Caption For Maidenhead, King Street 1904

This is a much-changed scene along the road leading to Maidenhead Station, for virtually nothing now survives of King Street's earlier buildings.

Caption For Anstey, Pack Horse Bridge C1965

Isolated, as the road now crosses the water to its north, the bridge seems to take about itself an air of romance, probably associated with the image of luxury-laden animals in fact, their loads

Caption For Peterborough, The Swimming Pool C1955

When this view was taken, it was nearly 20 years after the opening of the pool in Bishop's Road.

Caption For Whitchurch, Oving Road C1955

Oving Road runs east from the High Street; this view is taken beyond its junction with Market Hill looking west, showing the mix of building materials found in the village: timber-framing, brick, local

Caption For Seaford, From Cricket Field 1900

The photographer looks across the cricket field towards Steine Road (that name again) with the old town and the dominating church of St Leonard to the left.

Caption For Seaford, Esplanade 1906

The photographer looks across the cricket field towards Steine Road (that name again) with the old town and the dominating church of St Leonard to the left.

Caption For Boroughbridge, Fishergate 1907

Boroughbridge probably saw its best days when it was a coaching town for traffic on the Great North Road, and had no less than twenty-two inns.

Caption For Swimbridge, 1900

Looking north, the road runs close to the church whilst a back lane to Yarnacott - in the distance - climbs out of the valley.

Caption For Barton Upon Irwell, The Swing Bridges 1895

Both the 800-tonne Swing Aqueduct and the swing road bridge have been opened to allow the passage of a steamer on the MSC.

Caption For Keld, Swaledale From West Keld C1935

The circuitous narrow road which leads up from the Swaledale village of Keld is being negotiated by an early motorcar.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, High Street C1960

Dormouse Cottage (right) can be seen here in the northern end of the High Street (centre) which bends to the west beside Pound House (centre) to become Barr Lane as it carries the main road

Caption For Wolverhampton, Queen Square 1910

In the years immediately prior to the Great War, a number of British car manufacturers got round the problem of the poor state of most of the country’s roads by offering ‘colonial’ versions of

Caption For Edgbaston, Hagley Road 1949

In 1949 the shops along Hagley Road were all taken. Booksellers and stationers T W Atkinson even operated a library from which books could be loaned at 2d a time.

Caption For Waddington, Wheatsheaf Inn C1960

This stone-built pub on the main road between Grantham and Lincoln was probably built in the 18th century as a farmhouse.