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Memories

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The Abbey Moor Park The Ghost Of Jonathan Swift

I went to Farnham art school in 1968-1971, and at that time, Moor Park was used as a conference centre, available for hire, and inclusive of staff and an elderly chaplain called Dr Bird.  As ...Read more

A memory of Waverley Abbey Ho in 1969 by sbushell

Favourite Outing

My family and I often walked to the River Usk, going down Pentre Road and crossing the Brecon Road. We used to have picnics on the side nearest St. Mary's church in Llanwenarth, and look in the water for tiny fish and insects. ...Read more

A memory of Abergavenny in 1949 by Diana Dioszeghy

Shopping After 1956

We moved to Loughton from Preston, Lancashire in Easter 1956, and during the summer holidays that year I got to know the town. On the left can be seen the Century Cinema, where I often went to films and which was demolished at ...Read more

A memory of Loughton in 1956 by Diana Dioszeghy

Shell Mex And Bp Computer Centre

First started work at Hemel in November 1963. Following a spell at the Manchester Data Centre I returned in 1968 and remained until Brand Separation in 1974. We are now holding a reunion in July for anyone ...Read more

A memory of Hemel Hempstead in 1963 by Bryan Clarke

39londonroad

I was born in Hackbridge in 1944. I lived there until 1953 when my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins put me on a plane on May 2 to join my father who had emigrated to Canada the year before. My mother, who had lived in ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge in 1944 by Paul Strong

Stratfield Mortimer, C1955

The entrance on the left is to Mortimer Station and the house (red brick) just right of centre is the Old Post Office. The white house just left of centre is Street House. The building to  the right (and slightly closer to the foreground) is the old water pumping station.

A memory of Stratfield Mortimer in 2008 by Paul Johnson

Childhood Memories In The Mumbles

I was born in London, but my Mother came from the Mumbles, so several times a year we took the train from Paddington on our journey to Swansea. With a large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, ...Read more

A memory of Mumbles, The by Gaynor Wingham

Great Grandma's Childhood Home

The house in the centre of this photo, Mill House, was the childhood home of my Great Grandmother, Sarah Jane Bushnell. My mother said that a photo similar to this was displayed on trains to advertise beautiful ...Read more

A memory of Whitchurch by Gaynor Wingham

The Dreaded Climb Up The Hill

When I was a lad, my mum would take me shopping in Folkestone's town centre. Probably to Sainsbury's in Sandgate Road, Timothy Whites, etc. Being that we lived Wood Avenue area, we would walk down Dover Road & ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1953 by Trevor Page

Wickham Bishops Born And Bred

In 1950 I was born on a cold winter's night to my mother Rosemary Jesse, at 'The Black Houses', Kelvedon Road, Wickham Bishops, built by architect, designer and socio-economic theorist Arthur Heygate Macmurdo. ...Read more

A memory of Wickham Bishops by Marilyn Jesse

Captions

3,594 captions found. Showing results 481 to 504.

Caption For Liskeard, Webb's Hotel 1890

Set at the centre of a generous open space adjoining The Parade, Webb's was the foremost hotel for Victorian travellers, and was built in 1833 to serve the coaching trade.

Caption For Wilton, The Square C1965

In this view of the Market Place, the vehicles in the car park are typical of the period, and the van in the centre probably came from RAF Chilmark nearby.

Caption For Hawkshead, Village Post Office 1896

The shops in the centre of Hawkshead are waiting for the tourists to arrive.

Caption For Great Houghton, High Street C1965

Great Houghton is only a couple of miles from the centre of Northampton, on the southern slopes of the Nene valley.

Caption For London, St Marylebone Parish Church C1965

In the late 20th century the crypt was converted into a health and healing centre.

Caption For Abergavenny, From The Blorenge C1960

The church, castle and market hall, the historic heart of the town, remain at the centre, but more modern housing fans out from it in this scene.

Caption For Whitworth, The Memorial Park 1951

The cenotaph can be seen to the left of centre of the park, which is on Market Street.

Caption For Castle Combe, Village 1904

Castle Combe was once a centre for cloth weaving but now seems to trade on its picturesque qualities.

Caption For Pembroke Dock, From Barrack Hill C1960

Pembroke is now also a popular yachting, building and repair centre.

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road C1965

South Road is the main route used for through traffic, which is why we can see a petrol tanker (centre left) going though the shopping area.

Caption For Northleach, Market Square C1965

The town centre has changed remarkably little in the decades since this photograph was taken.

Caption For Lechlade, High Street C1955

The mix of shops and inns and residential houses in the High Street continues right through Lechlade, which grew up as a medieval market centre.

Caption For Basildon, Market Place C1960

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange.

Caption For Redditch, Evesham Street C1955

Anybody standing today in approximately the same position as the photographer would see nothing more than a couple of dreary buildings and one of the Kingfisher Centre's multi-storey car parks.

Caption For Jarrow, The Viking Statue C1965

The sculpture forms the centrepiece for the shopping centre.

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, Grosvenor Road 1961

We are looking along Grosvenor Road towards the A26 to Tonbridge and London from the town centre at Five Ways, with Mount Ephraim Road on the left.

Caption For Cottesmore, The Village C1955

A tractor, without a cab for the driver, hauls its trailer through the centre of the village.

Caption For Syston, The Green C1960

An isolated lamp in the centre doubles as a bus stop, whilst the brick buildings behind look a little incongruous between the old cottages that neighbour them.

Caption For Kildwick, The Village C1960

In the background (centre left) is the tower of the large parish church of St Andrew.

Caption For Saffron Walden, The Market Place C1965

The Market Square is still the commercial centre of the town.

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 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 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 Wymondham, Market Cross C1965

It replaced the original after yet another Norfolk fire gutted the town centre.