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still remember growing up there good people and great community guy fawkes night was great fireworks organisd by parents including andrew macmillan who run the bingo and owned the stag pub at the bottom of the town a ...Read more

A memory of Wishaw by Peter Chalmers

My Home Town

I was born at 39 Bywell Road at the end of 1953, but we moved to Rugeley in Staffordshire some time in 1954. My mum who was born in Bedlington Station met my dad when she was an army cook during the war and we moved to be closer to his ...Read more

A memory of Ashington by shellymay

Before The Fire.

We moved into 1Greenhill Rise in 1958 when it was the very edge of town, the United counties bus turned around next to the house. We watched the building all around us and watched them build St Andrews, it was directly across the street ...Read more

A memory of Corby

Stan Laurel's Ulverston

The thin half of the world's greatest movie comedy duo, Laurel and Hardy, was born in Foundry Cottages, Ulverston, now Argyle St., in 1890. He was born and lived in his grandparents' home until the age of 6. His grandfather, ...Read more

A memory of Ulverston by Eric Willoughby

Anyone With Memories Of 1940's And 1950's

Is there anyone who can share similar memories of Barking particularly of the Eastbury and Town areas. At 81 time passes so quickly that memories are the only thing w have left. Clifford Smith

A memory of Barking

Looking For Family And Friends From 'old' Birkenhead

Hi, I have just found this great site - thank you! I am trying to write some family history, especially about our life in Birkenhead, for my two daughters - who have grown up in Scotland - where ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by gorillagoodall

Manor Park

How many happy hours I spent in this park as a child, teenager and young woman. The gardens by the tennis courts were so well kept and I remember sitting on the benches there with my mother when we walked back from town. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by jokelly015

Park Lane.

I moved to Park Lane in 1948.I was about 2 years old.Lived there with my Family till about 1956.It was all fields at the back of our house.At the top of the road was the Junior School I went to.It had about 4 class rooms.I can still ...Read more

A memory of Thatcham by annbothamley

Born In Hounslow 1963

I was born at home in Lampton Road (opposite The Bulstrode) in January 1963 where I lived until 1970 when we moved to Heston (not far from Henley's roundabout). I can remember regularly cycling to Lampton Park and learning ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by denise.r.willmott

Whitchurch Town Hall Saturday Night Dances

I remember attending the dances in the Old Town Hall. The promoters use to bus people in from all the local towns - Wem, Ellesmere, Malpas, Nantwich and Wrexham. I lived in Whitchurch and had an older ...Read more

A memory of Whitchurch

Captions

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Caption For Cowbridge, High Street C1949

The High Street runs along the mile long Roman road within the small market town of Cowbridge.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Pier 1897

Less than a century after its foundation, the town was already dominating the skyline and its beaches were among the most crowded on the south coast.

Caption For Launceston, Town Hall 1899

The Guildhall (left) with its tower was built in 1881, and the Town Hall (right) was added in 1887 in commemoration of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

Caption For Eastleigh, High Street C1955

Modern Eastleigh is a grid pattern of late 19th-century and early 20th-century streets, with typical suburban fringes stretching out towards Southampton and Winchester.

Caption For Thame, High Street C1955

A No 82 bus stands outside the Victorian red brick Town Hall. Thame became a market town during the 13th century, and its importance as a commercial centre is still evident today.

Caption For Fishguard, Harbour C1955

Warehouses can be seen centre and on the right.

Caption For Enfield, Church Street C1945

Situated on its northern edge, Enfield is one of the most attractive market towns within the Greater London area; it was well-established by Domesday.

Caption For Eckington, The Cross C1955

Eckington is another north-east Derbyshire town which formerly depended on the collieries which surrounded it, but which now is finding a new focus as a commuter town for Chesterfield and Sheffield.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow C1955

The Saracens Head Hotel has gone the way of many smaller town centre hotels; it is now converted to shops and offices, including the bookshop Ottakar's.

Caption For Tavistock, Brook Street 1910

This gently curving street is to the east of the town. This view, looking back towards the town centre, shows both the Congregational and parish churches.

Caption For St Austell, Fore Street 1898

St Austell has been branded 'an old-fashioned and somewhat gloomy town' by a Victorian guidebook. Its prosperity derives almost entirely from the china clay.

Caption For Chatham, Town Hall Gardens C1960

The town's old graveyard behind the Town Hall had become very badly neglected by the beginning of the 20th century, so the gravestones were removed to line a boundary wall and the area

Caption For Cowbridge, Town Hall 1955

The county jail was then relocated and the new Town Hall was built incorporating some of the cells. These cells now house the museum within the Town Hall.

Caption For Romsey, Market Place 1904

The market town became a borough in 1607 and since then it has had five town halls, including the Guildhall, which is now a pub, the Tudor Rose.

Caption For Cowbridge, Town Hall 1955

The county jail was then relocated and the new Town Hall was built incorporating some of the cells. These cells now house the museum within the Town Hall.

Caption For South Shields, King Street C1898

There are bargains to be had at Brash & Willan's, where they appear to be selling off the stock of Wigham & Co (any relation to the shipbuilding firm of Wigham Richardson & Co?).

Caption For Keswick, And Skiddaw C1873

The smooth slopes of Skiddaw dominate the northern Lakeland town of Keswick in this view from Castle Head.

Caption For Ongar, High Street C1955

The house on the right stands on the corner of Castle Street, a reminder that the town once had a Norman castle. Murphy televisions and radios are proudly advertised on the banner (left).

Caption For Matlock, The Park C1955

Hall Leys Park and Pleasure Gardens were created when the riverside site, formerly water meadows, was purchased by the town council in 1889.

Caption For Wareham, The Blue Pool C1960

Wareham almost qualifies for our section on coastal towns, for its links with the sea are strong. The town supplied Edward III with three ships and 59 men for his siege of Calais.

Caption For Disley, Market Street C1965

When the canal was built and linked the town with Manchester, new industries soon followed.

Caption For Langport, The Hill C1955

Many of the town's elegant buildings were built during the 18th century, when the town prospered from the East Indies trade.

Caption For Chipping Norton, Town Hall C1960

A substantial remodelling of the town took place during the 19th century - the Town Hall, with its Tuscan porticos and fine bell tower, was built at that time.

Caption For Wallsend, The Town Hall 1951

The Town Hall with its round corner turret was designed by Liddell & Brown and built in 1907-08; the fire station in Lawson Street and the public baths were part of the same scheme.