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I have just bought a print of Frith's postcard of Courtney Street in 1955 and am delighted to see the premises named "Stilings Pharmacy" on the right of the picture. My father ran this business for the Misses ...Read more

A memory of Newton Abbot in 1940 by Philip Richards

Some years ago I gave my mother a book of Old Weybridge photos for Mothering Sunday as this is where she was brought up. Imagine her surprise, on seeing this picture of Queens Road in Weybridge, to realise that the two people on ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge by Gill Hicks

My grandfather's brother Albert Charles Greenfield was an omnibus driver in 1907 who married at The Church of the Ascension. His family lived in Birley Street near Clapham Junction. His wife Elizabeth Penfold's ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by Gemma Gemma

My parents moved from Scotland to Brockworth after WW11. As a child attended Brockworth primary (now Brockworth Acadamy) between 1953 and emigration to Australia in 1959. I could write for hours on any number of life changes involved ...Read more

A memory of Brockworth by Gavin "Guy" Reid

This view shows the junction line which linked the GWR Victoria station with the Junction station - running from left to right and opened in 1887. It must have been almost new when the photo was taken and the earthworks are still bare.

A memory of Barnstaple in 1890

I wonder if anyone remembers Topliss, 16 Mercer Row? It was there until 1975 when it was taken over by Boyes. It was probably the last shop in Britain to have a "cash railway" for taking customers' payments to the cashier ...Read more

A memory of Louth by Andrew Buxton

I was a pupil at Knole Park, when it was St Catherines School, I was there from 1954 to 1962. The photo bought back many memories, as the building has since been demolished, except for the tower, which is an ancient monument. ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1954 by Maurice Fountain

I recently moved to Hackbridge SM6 (having previously lived in Sutton/Cheam). I was told that the row of cottages called Centurion, between Park Road and Wandle Road, used to be an industrial ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge by Fifi Kimber

In July 1959, I was born at home, to Eric and Ann Shields in Coldharbour village.  My father was the village policeman; we lived in what was then the police house, which was situated next to the village shop opposite ...Read more

A memory of Coldharbour in 1959 by Rosemary Shields

My parents moved from Essington to Cheslyn Hay in 1960. We briefly lived in one of the cottages in Hollybush before moving to Low Street. I remember Harry Bates selling fruit & veg from his horse & cart and people ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay by andyandjan35