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Growing Up In Stafford Until 1975

I grew up on the Weston Park Estate and my close friends were Ann Parker and Linda Jay, as we all lived a few doors away. We used to go to Riverside disco approximate 1970 and the Young Farmers disco on Friday ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by Angela Née Rafferty

County Oak And Tushmore Sports And Social Club

Tushmore Lane and either side of the main A23 had properties forming the catchment area for club members, also another general store and petrol station. County Oak boasted a recreation ground with ...Read more

A memory of Crawley in 1953 by Tony Tester

Bombing Of Morland Avenue

Written by my mother when she was 70. She lived in Swaisland Road I think one of the things you would have noticed was the number of barrage balloons all around, high in the sky. The first sound of guns which we heard was ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1945

Mulben Station 1901 1909

My grandfather, Robert Urquhart, was a Signalman/ Porter, employed by the Highland Railway. He had served at Forres and Elgin before transferring to Mulben, about 1901. Robert (Bob) and wife Margaret (Maggie) already had three ...Read more

A memory of Mulben in 1900 by R Urquhart

The Happiest Time Of My Life

I started living here in 1969 when I married my wife Juettee Burgess who was the riding instuctress at Stangrave Hall stables. I was stationed at the Guards' barracks in Caterham when we met and when I finished in the ...Read more

A memory of Godstone in 1969 by James Gabriel Brown

The High Street Sayer's Store 'nim' And Phyl Alen

My name is Barbara Tester and I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. My beloved (late) husband, Brian Tester, was born on 26th July, 1930 at No. 1 Station Cottages, 1 Station Road, Ardingly. His ...Read more

A memory of Ardingly in 1958 by Barbara Tester

Ugbrooke House

I visited Ugbroooke House in June 2009 for an Open Day they hosted to raise funds for local RNLI stations. It is a beautiful old stone mansion with a fascinating history associated with the Clifford family over the centuries.  As ...Read more

A memory of Ugbrooke Ho in 2009 by John Howard Norfolk

Holidays With Grandad

Thank you for showing the photo of Bank Houses, the house on the right was where my grandad lived and I spent a lot of very happy holidays there. His garden was aways full of lovely things to eat and as I lived in an industrial ...Read more

A memory of Somersham in 1954 by Pamela Binns

Shandon Rhu School

I came across this by chance - I was at school with you, Fraser. I remember coming to an amazing birthday party at your house where your mum had put on an incredible spread, including a plate of Kit Kats which seemed like such a ...Read more

A memory of Shandon by Jayne Burnett

Happy Days

When I was about 4 or 5 I moved from Water Eaton to Fenny. We lived with my gran, Mrs Gibson, in Church Street. We - my two brothers and myself, used to go to the Salvation Army Sunday School, we were only few doors away, and felt ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford in 1951 by Margaret Hogg

Captions

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Caption For Borth, Parade And Beach 1899

This parade of large shops and houses are just round the corner from the station. The pebbly storm beach gives way to a vast fine sandy beach, covered in this photograph by a high tide.

Caption For Beckhampton, The Waggon And Horses C1955

The petrol station opposite, once owned by Frank C Harcombe, according to Kelly's Directory of Wiltshire 1939, is now a parking area.

Caption For Calne, Church Street C1965

Beyond, on the corner with Mill Street, is No 26, Weston's, a stationers and newsagents, an earlier building re-fronted in the 19th century with a late Victorian shop-front.

Caption For Broadstone, Station Approach C1955

In 1890 a headmistress died and others were injured when an express train ploughed into a light engine standing at the station. Most of the buildings to the right survive.

Caption For Stanstead Abbotts, Easneye Drive C1960

A new house was built to a design by Alfred Waterhouse, the architect of St Pancras Station and London's Natural History Museum.

Caption For Brasted, High Street C1955

During the Second World War the White Hart pub was popular with RAF fighter pilots stationed at nearby Biggin Hill.

Caption For Bude, Lifeboat 1890

The lifeboat is the third one to be stationed at Bude, the 'Elizabeth Moore Garden 2'.

Caption For Brockworth, Coopers Hill And Stroud Road C1955

There is still a petrol station on this site at Brockworth roundabout, though the wartime Nissen hut we see here is long gone.

Caption For Ironbridge, High Street And Church Street 1925

These include the Blist's Hill Museum (with many restored buildings), a museum of iron, a china museum, a tile-making museum, and even a restored police station.

Caption For Biggleswade, Market Place C1955

A quiet day in the Market Place when it reverts to its more usual function of bus station and car park.

Caption For Wolferton, The Station C1955

One of the earliest railway stations in England, Wolferton has a suite of royal waiting rooms that were used by the Prince of Wales and his friends.

Caption For Oakwood, St Thomas' Church, Prince George Avenue C1965

Literally just around the corner from the underground station is St Thomas's Church, designed by Romilly and Craze in an unspectacular suburban style in 1941, to serve the newly-arrived local community

Caption For Aldershot, Victoria Road 1927

The older part of the town lies close to the railway station.

Caption For Windermere, Rigg's Hotel 1929

Richard Rigg opened his Windermere Hotel in 1847 - the same year as the Kendal and Windermere Railway reached the town - and his yellow-and-black coaches provided a connecting service from the adjacent station

Caption For Somerleyton, The Broads C1960

Bricks from Somerleyton were used in building Liverpool Street Station in 1874.

Caption For Pangbourne, The Village 1910

The village was fashionable during the Edwardian era as a residential and holiday resort, and its station on the Great Western Railway widened its appeal. The ancient Ridgeway passes close by.

Caption For Brotton, The Avenue C1955

tree-lined avenue of Brotton contains some fine residences, including, just to the right of this picture, Brotton Hall, a fine Georgian stone house, now converted into a garage and filling station. A

Caption For Ilkley, Brook Street 1911

Carriages wait patiently on the station approach for another train-load of health-seekers bound for any of the seven listed hydros.

Caption For Ilkley, Brook Street 1911

Carriages wait patiently on the station approach for another train-load of health-seekers bound for any of the seven listed hydros.

Caption For Cambridge, Hills Road 1931

The war memorial is situated on the junction of Station Road with Hills Road.

Caption For Shere, Middle Street 1924

Shere even had its own fire station. It can be seen on the right just past the trees.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

There were around 160 shops in the town centre by this time, and the Development Corporation had turned their attention to providing Basildon with a health centre, and also police, fire and ambulance stations

Caption For Ashford, Marsh Street 1903

Today it is called Station Road, and its historic buildings, right, have given way to an office block and a ring road. Only the grandiose Baptist Church remains.

Caption For Herne Bay, Central Parade C1955

A local weather recording station, no doubt keeping a carefully tally of the total of sunshine hours, stands amid the formal gardens along the front.