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Finchley Road And Lymington Road

I have just returned from London and I was checking to see if there were any photos of Finchley Road and Lymington Road. I was born at No 8 Depot Cottages and stayed there until my dad passed away in 1959. My ...Read more

A memory of Swiss Cottage in 1950 by Derek Paul

Life At Avon Carrow For A Yank Abroad

I moved into Avon Carrow in the Spring of 1970. I was stationed at RAF Croughton but moved my family to this small village in Warwickshire because that life was what we were used to, coming from the small ...Read more

A memory of Avon Dassett by Don Colley

Warnham Court During Ww2

During the years 1942/3, as a young boy, I and my family lived just aross the road from Warnham Court, I went to school in Broadbridge Heath. We had come to live in the area because my father Eric Luffman who ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1943 by Anthony Luffman

Colerne In The Second World War Continued

Those of us at Colerne school who passed our 'scholarship' exam at the age of about eleven usually went on to Chippenham Secondary School, which probably goes under a different name now: it's at Hardenhuish, ...Read more

A memory of Colerne in 1940 by John Bunting

Childhood

I went to Dogdyke Primary School until i was 13 years old, I lived at Tattershall Bridge. Dogdyke was split by the River Witham, on the Tattershall side was The Packet Inn pub, where the ferry used to cross, and the Dogdyke pumping station. ...Read more

A memory of Dogdyke in 1954 by Christine Lawson

Searching For Kincaid Family

I am an American who lived in Fenny Compten as a child because my father was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford. I have fond memories of my baby sitter, Patricia Kincaid and her mother Betty Kincaid. My family has lost ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Compton in 1974

The Potters Bar

Before 'The Potters Bar' was built, the site was occupied by 'The Railway Hotel', a red brick building. This was demolished in the 1930s and replaced by the present building and called 'The Potters Bar Hotel'. This pub was very ...Read more

A memory of Potters Bar in 1930 by Cyril Askew

Le Fevers And Coo Op Denson 'winkle Pickers'

I went to Gillingham Technical School in Green Street and at the end of the school day ran down Gardiner Street, making a left turn into Gillingham High Street. This picture shows my homeward view with ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham in 1960 by Dan Pieters Ericksonn

School Days

I was at Christ's Hospital School from Sept 1936 to Dec 1943.During this period we had visits by General de Gaulle and other well-known people. We used the roof of the dining hall to look out for raiding aircraft and incendary ...Read more

A memory of Christ's Hospital by Brian Haynes

Youthful Memories From A Member Of A 1960s'' Bromley Band

In the 1960s, in my late teens, Bromley was the hub of my universe. I played in a local group - Paul and the Playboys (later 'The Machine' - I had a 1958 Ford Popular with 'The Machine' crudely ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1964 by Peter Hobden

Captions

1,403 captions found. Showing results 649 to 672.

Caption For Tenby, From The Burrows 1925

Originally there was a junction here with a line running to the original Tenby Station, now Tenby Lower Yard; from that line a short spur served the quarry and lime kilns.

Caption For Walberswick, The Heronry C1955

The Southwold narrow-gauge railway ran from 1877 until 1929 with stations at Halesworth, Wenhaston, Blythburgh, Walberswick and Southwold.

Caption For Odiham, The Bury 2004

The Fire Station which had stood on the left was demolished in 1966. The lower sash windows of the houses on the left have been replaced by casement windows, and their number increased.

Caption For Burgh Heath, The Galleon C1955

Reigate Road presents an unfamiliar appearance, looking east towards Brighton Road, where the Galleon swimming pool has given way to a busy petrol station.

Caption For Waddington, High Street C1960

Waddington is now noted more for its large Royal Air Force station to the east of the village, but it grew up on a diversion of Ermine Street to the western scarp of the limestone ridge.

Caption For Blackpool, The Palatine Hotel 1890

Built close to both the railway station and beach, it quickly became a successful family hotel.

Caption For Donington, High Street C1955

Behind the Hovis sign, a fire station has since been built, but the rendered building in the middle distance, The Black Swan, is still a pub today.

Caption For Three Bridges, The Fox 1905

Before the arrival of the railway in 1841 it was a small settlement, but it grew around a station and busy junction on the London to Brighton line.

Caption For Kibworth, Station Street C1955

The station (left) was built on the site of the old rectory; it closed in 1968, and is now used as offices. The fine set of old cottages on the left were probably owned by the railway.

Caption For Birdlip, Royal George Hotel C1955

A few decades ago, before universal car ownership, the Black & White coach company organised evening jaunts from its station in St Margaret's Road, Cheltenham to this popular hilltop hostelry.

Caption For Barnstaple, Trinity Church And River 1935

Billy Moore's Boat Station - across the water - was built on a raft which floated up and down with the tide.

Caption For Chalford, The Golden Valley 1910

On the left is Chalford Station and, just below it, the Thames and Severn Canal.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Waterfall Near The Viaduct 1913

Queen's Hotel, built in 1875, flanks the right of the view and in the centre can be seen the colonnaded arcade of the town's railway station, which brought tourists from all over the country

Caption For Gunnislake, The Station 1908

The goods sidings at the station recall Cornwall's past prosperity based on the mining of tin. Above the village are the remains of the mammoth mine of Drake Walls.

Caption For Mullion, The Marconi Memorial 1939

The Poldhu station closed in 1937, and the memorial was erected in the same year.

Caption For West Bay, The Harbour C1955

We are looking north-eastwards from the quay beside Pier Terrace across Bridport Harbour to the George Hotel (left), with the Coastguard Station and buildings of George Street behind.

Caption For Redditch, County High School C1955

It stands in extensive grounds just off Easemore Road, an easy walk from several Redditch neighbourhoods and from the bus and train stations.

Caption For Rochdale, Hollingworth Lake 1892

Its railway station was opened on 4 June 1839 in the hamlet then known as Bluepits, and the station's name was changed to Castleton in 1875.

Caption For Castletown, From The Pier 1903

Little has changed since picture No 33024 was taken, save for the building of a lifeboat station. St Mary's was rebuilt in the 1830s, replacing the church built by Bishop Thomas Wilson in 1701.

Caption For Loddon, High Street And Town Sign C1955

The petrol station, with pumps delivering fuel from different suppliers, has been replaced by houses, but the Pedlar still surveys the rows of Georgian houses and shops from the town sign.

Caption For Minster In Thanet, The Corner House Cafe C1960

It stood on the corner of Station Road and St Mildred's Road, known by older villagers as Vicarage Lane.

Caption For Fittleworth, Mill 1908

When this photograph was taken, Fittleworth had its own railway station nearby, and something like one thousand gallons of milk a day, produced at local farms, were loaded onto trains here.

Caption For Martock, The Pinnacle And Market House C1955

It became a fire station, the council house and an ex-servicemen's club before restoration in 1954 for council meetings.

Caption For Bodmin, Station 1906

Approaching from the town centre, we are in front of the terminus of the Great Western Railway branch from Bodmin Road Station, opened in 1887.