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Memories

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A Very Happy Childhood At Westbury

My name is Andy Pike, getting on a bit now but lovely to read other folks memories of Westbury. Here are a few reminiscences of my childhood in Westbury on Trym in the 50's and 60's. Maybe this will ring a ...Read more

A memory of Westbury on Trym by waylandpike

My Teenage Years At Clevedon

On the surface of it there was nothing to do in Clevedon for a teenager, but I was wrong. Meeting up with friends and looking for entertainment, Clevedon Pier came the place to be, with a juke box and the latest ...Read more

A memory of Clevedon in 1956 by Iris Nicks

Personal Memories

My father was born in Alexandra Street in 1921 in the house owned by my great aunt Miss Ida Thomas who was a school mistress, my grandparents lived in Letchworth Road and my father's sister, Kathleen Jones, who was also a ...Read more

A memory of Ebbw Vale in 1958 by John Gould

From The Beginning!

I was born in 1938 in Needwood Street off Rochdale Road. My Mam and Dad were allocated a new flat in Kingsley Crescent when I was a year old so all my memories are of the 'flats'. I, along with my two sisters and one ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1940 by Mavis Mc Grath

Memories Of Aylesbury During The 60s And 70s

I was born in Buckingham Road in 1962 and lived in the same house (no.225) until I left for North Wales in 1985. I have many happy memories of living there, going to the Primary and Junior schools in ...Read more

A memory of Aylesbury by Vicky Williams

A Yokels Tale

A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by Tom Thornton

My Memories Of Cromer

Born in 1947 in Suffield Park, as was, Cottage Hospital on Overstrand Road. Lived in Links Avenue until 1959. My memories are vast. I went to school in the centre of Cromer which is now converted to senior citizens ...Read more

A memory of Cromer in 1952 by Lindsay Williams

Six Weeks In Pontypool

I was evacuated with my school to Pontypool on 1st September 1939. I was taken in with my friend Jim Baker, by a retired miner and his wife, and spent six weeks in what was alleged to be the smallest house in Pontypool. I ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool in 1930

The Kennels Is This The Site Bookham Equestrian Centre

I am pretty sure this must be along the Dorking Road looking up towards the Downs. It looks like it is on the left going up towards Polesdon Lacey? Can someone confirm I am right here? ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham

The Chapels

In the 1940s and 50s social life in Cwmtwrch was centred on the chapel and public house. There were eight active chapels, each with its own distinctive architecture, and representative of the major non-conformist denominations ...Read more

A memory of Lower Cwm-twrch in 1940 by David Lougher

Captions

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Caption For Conyers Green, Livermere Road C1960

The Vespa scooter (centre right) has just passed the turning to the Park, marked by the 18th-century Park Corner and Willow Cottages on the right.

Caption For Dartmouth, The Inner Harbour C1955

Behind the corner of the Boat Float, and distinguished by a white awning, is Parade House (centre), built in 1880 to replace the Assembly Rooms.

Caption For Sheffield, Pinstone Street C1965

Pinstone Street was laid out in the mid-1870s as part of a major development of Sheffield town centre that saw wide well-planned streets replace a hotch-potch of alleyways, small work- shops, stables

Caption For Leeds, City Square C1965

At one time there were three railway stations in the city centre: Central, Wellington and New.

Caption For Chigwell, Swimming Pool At Grange Farm Centre C1960

Then the centre became a camp site, and finally closed altogether in 1984.

Caption For Ormskirk, The Clock Tower C1960

Standing at the cross-roads in the centre of the town is the clock tower, which was erected by public subscription in 1876.

Caption For Crantock, The Village C1960

Here we see a quiet scene in the centre of a village that has become overwhelmed by post-war bungalow developments and surrounded by caravan and camping parks.

Caption For Llangrannog, General View C1955

The bus (standing by the Ship Inn, centre) was an essential service for the inhabitants, many of whom would not have had cars in the 1950s.

Caption For Cardiff, St Mary Street 1896

Note the tram just behind the statue, the boys in uniform (centre right) and the various hand- and horse-carts.

Caption For Pontypridd, Taff Street 1899

Note also the horse-drawn vehicles in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Cayton Bay, C1955

One man and his dog stand looking out to sea (bottom centre) on the sandy beach at Cayton Bay, south of Scarborough.

Caption For Buckfastleigh, Fore Street C1965

Buckfastleigh was for centuries the centre of the South Devon cloth industry, as its location on the Dart meant there was a ready source of power.

Caption For Kettering, Bowling Green C1965

Once there had been a bowling green near the town centre, commemorated by Bowling Green Road.

Caption For Kettering, Bowling Green C1965

Once there had been a bowling green near the town centre, commemorated by Bowling Green Road.

Caption For Grassington, The Square 1900

The village had once been a centre for lead-mining, but now relied on agriculture and quarrying.

Caption For Norwich, Castle Gardens 1891

They remain virtually unchanged, but away to the left is now the Castle Mall shopping centre.

Caption For Sidmouth, Sid Vale Dairy 1906

It was a centre for fishing and farming long before it became popular with tourists.

Caption For Carperby, Village And Cross 1914

The square house, centre, dates from 1908.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The Town And The Castle 1890

This picture looking across the river into the town shows the Salutation Hotel in the centre and the castle dominating the horizon to the right.

Caption For Narberth, Commercial Corner C1955

Ten miles due east of Haverfordwest, Narberth was once a significant commercial centre.

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 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.

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.