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Memories

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Early Memories

My birth on 30 Nov 1946 at 34 Oldberry Road, Burnt Oak, is where it all started for me, but my mother & her parents moved into the house when it was built for the LCC. She's 89 now, but recalls that she, as a 9-yr-old in 1928, ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1946 by Anthony Kerrison

Goldthorpe In The Fifties

I was born in 1946 and lived in Manor Avenue. Cricket with dustbin lids propped up with a house brick in the "backins" were our stumps and we played from dawn to dusk during the summer holidays...except during Wimbledon ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe by swamidhyan

Happy Childhood Memories

I have very fond memories of living in Winscombe as a child, in fact they were some of the best years of my life. I was living in Yadley Lane, and loved to take walks up the old railway line which ran past our house, in fact ...Read more

A memory of Winscombe in 1978 by Fiona Wright

Married Quarters Inkerman Road

My dad was a military policeman stationed at Inkerman Barracks and we lived at No. 1 MSQ Inkerman Road. It was great fun there, the woods over the road, next to the Victoria Cafe (all now gone). To the side of No. 1 was ...Read more

A memory of Knaphill in 1959 by John Burbridge

Happy Days

I was stationed in the RE's in Andover - Barton Stacey camp. Remember shopping in 'International Stores' supermarket as they had good looking girls ! I also recall being in a cafe when some of the Troggs came in. Happy days, must return for a visit some day.

A memory of Andover in 1968 by jbrown

Cranford 1975 80

Hello. I used to live on Berkeley Ave. I remember the parade of shops. There was a row of Co-op shops, baker, butcher, mini market and I think a green grocer. After the shops was an alley where there was a milk company, I think that ...Read more

A memory of Cranford in 1978 by Shamim Khan

Nash School

I went to live in Nash in 1955 as a foster child.  I attended Nash School from 1955 - 1958 when Mrs Jones was the headmistress. The school sadly closed in 1958 and we were moved to Burford School near Tenbury Wells. Life at Nash ...Read more

A memory of Tenbury Wells in 1955 by Phyllis Maiden

The Real Winters Of The 1940s

I recall, with the occasional shudder, the freezing cold winters of the 1940s. I spent Saturday evenings earning a couple of shillings (that's 10p to you youngsters!!) working from 4.30pm to 6.00pm selling newspapers ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1948 by Neil Mac Gregor

Policing Redditch

The policeman in this photograph, much to my amazement, is me! I joined the Worcestershire Constabulary in 1961 and worked at Redditch from 1961 to 1965, when I then went to be a 'village bobby' at Oldswinford in Stourbridge. We had ...Read more

A memory of Redditch in 1961 by Anthony Ingham

Monton Green C1950

In 1950 the paths and green at Monton Green had been newly laid out as it exists today. The paths were red gravel and if you so much as scuffed your boots in the gravel there was a 'park keeper' to reprimand you. I had my photo taken ...Read more

A memory of Eccles in 1950 by Albert Beckett

Captions

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Caption For Romford, The Broadway, Elm Park C1950

From 1935 the station and the Broadway were the hub of the Elm Park Estate. The Grays Co-operative Society shops on the right are now the Post Office and Elm Park Pharmacy.

Caption For Kingswood, Station Approach C1965

The Station Hotel, later the Pigeon Pair and now the Kingswood Arms, now has a profusion of flowers along its frontage as well as tables and chairs outside.

Caption For Sudbury, Market Hill And Church 1907

Amongst the shops on the left are the Bazaar of the Misses Parsonson, Robert Joy's carpet warehouse, John Payn, stationer and printer, William Brampton, chemist, and James Read, furniture dealer (both

Caption For Maenclochog, The Village Shop C1955

The railway station is Maenclochog was also constructed of corrugated iron and outlasted the railway itself, which closed down completely in 1949.

Caption For Cheam, Banstead Downs Golf Club C1955

Originally founded for ladies in the autumn of 1890, the club admitted gentlemen to membership within a year, and from a tin hut close to Banstead Railway Station it moved to this site in Burdon Lane nine

Caption For Chichester, Market Cross 1890

Note the bookseller and stationer on the left, and the road sweepers standing at the base of the cross.

Caption For Faversham, Preston Street C1955

A police officer keeps a close eye on traffic at the foot of Preston Street, with the International Stores displaying its selection of groceries in its corner window, and the printers and stationer's shop

Caption For Sway, By The Post Office C1955

Opposite the parked car is now a petrol station, and to the right there is a convenience store and post office.

Caption For Chalford, On The Canal 1910

The retaining wall on the right was part of Chalford Station yard. The careful posing of the children adds considerably to the appeal of the photograph.

Caption For Liskeard, Lamellion 1907

The photograph is taken from a bridge over the Liskeard to Looe railway - Lamellion still boasts the tiny platform of Coombe Junction Station.

Caption For Heckmondwike, Market Place And Westgate C1950

Within forty years a bigger station had to be built. The last train to run from the town was in October 1963, which was even before the Beeching cuts.

Caption For Sutton, Congregational Church 1894

The Congregational Church stood to the east of the police station on the south side of Carshalton Road, until it was demolished in 1976 as part of a scheme of road improvements.

Caption For Richmond, The Channel 1929

The coffee merchant E W Coleman's van is parked outside his shop (centre); beside its window is an LNER train timetable - Station Road is off to the left.

Caption For Odiham, The Bury 1910

The Fire Station and Parish Room on the left opened in 1904.

Caption For Cardiff, Queen Street 1902

The electric tram is in its first year of operation - a generating station on Newport Road provides power.

Caption For Wrentham, The Church C1965

Because of its high position, the tower was used as a government lookout and signal station in 1804, when Napoleon was expected to invade.

Caption For Portchester, Castle Street C1960

Portchester has a railway station.

Caption For Huntingdon, Delivery Van C1955

Coleman's, the stationer's, took over in 2001. International Stores became a butcher's shop in the 1970s, and by 1983 the site was Savory & Moore, the chemists. It is now a Savers shop.

Caption For Marton In Cleveland, The Shopping Centre C1965

A Mobil petrol filling station (now closed) can be seen in the distance, serving these typical cars of the period.

Caption For Bakewell, From Station Road 1914

This is a classic view of the market town of Bakewell, seen from the steeply climbing Station Road.

Caption For East Clandon, Village 1907

While West Clandon with its railway station definitely has the air of a commuter village, East Clandon, facing the slope of the North Downs and surrounded by fields, still has a rural feel

Caption For Stoke D'abernon, C1960

Owing to 20th century development, as seen here in Station Road, Stoke D'Abernon has merged into Cobham. However, the village does have the county's oldest church.

Caption For Ilkley, Royal Hotel 1914

Within easy distance of the railway station, the Royal Hotel served Ilkley's many visitors for nearly a century.