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Mr Atlee Garfield Road

Mr Atlee, or as he was when I knew him, Old Mr Atlee, lived on the corner of Cowper and Garfield Roads. Garfield Road was a long road starting at the balloon factory, passing the primary school and the Rec and ending at ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1953 by David Aubrey

Living In Binfield 1946 1971

I moved to Binfield with my parents Rose and Cyril Richardson and my brother Brian in 1946. We lived in Rose Hill at a house called “Athlone”.  It isn’t there any more, it was demolished and six houses built on the ...Read more

A memory of Binfield by Terry Richardson

The Ransons Move To Castle Hedingham

We arrived in Castle Hedingham around the turn of the year 1964/5, Mum, Dad, my three little brothers and myself. Our newly built house was just out of shot to the left of this photo of Pye Corner. Mum ...Read more

A memory of Castle Hedingham in 1965 by Louise Muirhead

I Once Lived Here

I lived over the second shop on the right. KENNIES STORES which was owned by my grand parents. We as a family lived there until 1962 when we left for New Zealand where I still live. The first shop was a butchery owned by Mr & ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1952 by Clive Aldred

Weston Point I.C.I Recreation Club And Runcorn Town

Memory, Saturday Night Old Time dance upstairs in theI.C.I Club. My father played there on the drums. I was there with a girlfriend and her mother and father and grandmother, the old lady taught me ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1957 by Robert Welding

Waring Or Stocker Family

Hi, can anyone tell me if they went to school with any of the following names, firstly my dad, Alan Maxwell Waring, Gillie Waring, Walter/Wally Waring, Dulcie Waring. They lived at Rose Cottage, Eastham. I would  love to ...Read more

A memory of Eastham in 1920 by Valerie Waring

Choir Boys

Hello - I was a chorister at the church, I think between 1958/60 as I was born in 1947,o ur family the Schofields lived at no 10 Carville Avenue, Southborough, we were a Christian family. I have only found out by doing family ...Read more

A memory of Southborough in 1958 by Nigel Schofield

My Memories Of Hindringham

I was born in Hindringham to Eva and John (Jack) Smith and attended the village school (the one at the foot of Church Hill). The principal was Miss Flood and the infant teacher Miss McDonald. My mother ran the village ...Read more

A memory of Hindringham by Vera Garner

Longtown High Street

My great-great grandfather was George 'Dood' McKie and he lived in a house about six doors beyond the Graham Arms Hotel which is shown in the Francis Frith photo number L203002.  He was one of those Longtown characters who are ...Read more

A memory of Longtown in 1880 by Chester Forster

Tarpots

I remember the north side of the London road much as has been described by others with some differences, the last shop before the garage was Jones the butchers, owned by Mr Jones and run by his three sons, Roy, Owen and the third one ...Read more

A memory of Great Tarpots in 1945 by Colin Mackenzie

Captions

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Caption For New Brighton, Lighthouse 1892

Heavy seas ripped the Perch from its site and washed it away in March 1824, and this time it was not recovered until the following December.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Kodak House 2005

Finally the housing was transferred to the local authority in 1978, but community assets such as car parks and the Water Gardens, which should have followed, were not transferred until the early

Caption For Glasgow, The Grand Hotel, Charing Cross 1897

Unlike the 18th-century grid plan, the expansion of the 1830s and 1840s tended to follow contours and natural features, and the great terraces were fronted by gardens surrounded by railings.

Caption For Bridport, Allington 1902

themselves would hardly have strayed much beyond their villages, except to visit nearby market towns, or to drive livestock from parish to parish along the ancient droving routes which can still be followed

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Caption For Basildon, C1955

In the Middle Ages, the Basildon area formed part of the Royal Forest, and throughout the following centuries it remained a rural backwater.

Caption For Basildon, Long Riding C1960

Half a century on, however, there is need for improvement following competition from other places such as Lakeside, Bluewater and Chelmsford, and this means that the centre needs to change to

Caption For Luton, The Technical School C1950

A sporty-looking 6hp two-seater followed in 1904.

Caption For Waltham, The Mill C1960

Grim tries to follow the Earl's instructions, but he cannot face killing the baby; he takes him from the water and goes home.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, C1960

The name unwittingly foreshadowed the fate of the town in the following century.

Caption For Llandudno, S.S. Alexandra 1891

The following year she was sold to James Jones of Swansea, and operated out of Milford Haven. She had a further refit in 1893 which included reboilering and the fitting of new compound engines.

Caption For Huddersfield, Westgate 1982

Within half a mile of it others were razed to the ground over the following three or four years, including the tall Phoenix Mill at Rashcliffe which had been empty for some time, Engine Bridge

Caption For Liverpool, Ss City Of Paris 1890

In 1891 'City of Paris' suffered major damage to her engine room as a result of her starboard shaft breaking, and the following year 'City of Chicago' was wrecked off Ireland.