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Stanley Road, South Harrow

I lived with my foster family in Stanley Road South Harrow, during the war. Our house backed on to the gas works and I always wanted to climb the gasometer which I did eventually with a friend from across the road. At ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow in 1940 by Paul Howard

Growing Up In Barnes 1950s

We moved to Glebe Road in 1952 (Cousland) and it was a wonderful place for children. We had a back gate opening on to the common and made full use of it. The grass was cut every year and baled for hay and we used to rush ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by Liz Mc Laren

My 18th Birthday.

This photo was taken at the time I was at Shooter's Hill GS and my stepfather was stationed here as it was the HQ for the RAEC (Royal Army Education Corps). As officer's family we occasionally visited the Palace, which had then an ...Read more

A memory of Eltham in 1960 by Dylan Rivis

I Am A Beach Boy

I was born in July 1942 at 2 Church Road ,the youngest of eight children,the time I remember best is around 1952,being a kid in the Beach then was brilliant,so many things to do, Boating Lake,Minature Railway,Swimming ...Read more

A memory of Severn Beach in 1952 by Robin Stockham

Madeley As It Was

I was born in 1949 in Victoria Road, Madeley and have many memories of life as it was in the 1950's onwards. I remember Jones' buses, Pooles the cobblers, Carters, Stodd's the Drapers, Shums the chemist, and most ...Read more

A memory of Madeley in 1949 by First Name Last Name

Arthog

From early 1960s onwards:  At school in London we had 2 summer holidays at Min-y-Don. The first time we travelled by coach, we got lost and arrived in the dark.  The following year we came by train from Paddington.  We had to change at ...Read more

A memory of Arthog by Alan Spillett

39londonroad

I was born in Hackbridge in 1944. I lived there until 1953 when my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins put me on a plane on May 2 to join my father who had emigrated to Canada the year before. My mother, who had lived in ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge in 1944 by Paul Strong

Where I Lived In 1960

We moved into the flat above Snodland station on 9th January 1960 (my 8th birthday) and the extreme left upstairs window was the view from our lounge (or, rather - sitting room). I attended Brook Street CoE Primary school ...Read more

A memory of Snodland in 1960 by Geoff Whale

End Of An Era

In 1944 I was a 13 year old pupil at Morley Grammar School. One beautifully sunny Sunday evening I walked from my house at 16 Albion Street (now Morrison's carpark) and about 40 yards East of the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene ...Read more

A memory of Morley in 1944 by Vernon Wood

Stratfield Mortimer, C1955

The entrance on the left is to Mortimer Station and the house (red brick) just right of centre is the Old Post Office. The white house just left of centre is Street House. The building to  the right (and slightly closer to the foreground) is the old water pumping station.

A memory of Stratfield Mortimer in 2008 by Paul Johnson

Captions

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Caption For Plympton, St Mary's 1890

Behind the church, hidden in the trees, is Plympton sta- tion, which closed in 1959, and in the centre of the picture is the old St Mary's Church of England School.

Caption For Carbis Bay, General View 1901

The railway viaduct crosses the little valley behind the beach, and the station platform is just beyond. Another major engineering feat on this scenic line is the rock cutting in the far headland.

Caption For Uley, The Street C1960

Shadow falls across the pavement and the chatting mums, and the roadside filling station reflects an age when even the name of the fuel had dignity.

Caption For Port Erin, The Promenade 1903

The resort's popularity increased so much in the ten years or so prior to the outbreak of the Great War that the IOMR added a spacious platform during the 1904 rebuilding of the station. As

Caption For Claydon, Main Road C1955

This is the junction of Station Road (right) and, until the by-pass was opened, the main Stowmarket to Ipswich road. In the foreground is the Greyhound, with a delivery being made to the side door.

Caption For Caterham, Godstone Road 1903

The station entrance sign can be glimpsed behind Hill's footwear store (centre).

Caption For Morriston, The Cross 1954

Billy Hole, whose newsagent's, stationer's and tobacconist's shop we see on the left, was an interesting character.

Caption For Purfleet, London Road C1955

The row of cottages on the left is known as Station Terrace, with the post office close to the camera with a post box and stamp machine set into the wall.

Caption For London, Old Curiosity Shop C1955

In this 1950s view it has become an exclusive antique shop but in Victorian times it was a rather dingy emporium owned by H Poole, a jobbing stationer.

Caption For Callington, Station 1908

The station was at Kelly Bray, just north of the town, and it survived until 1966. On the skyline stands the monumental mine chimney at the summit of Kit Hill.

Caption For Glasgow, The Broomielaw 1897

Looking along the Broomielaw towards Clyde Street this picture gives us a good view of the railway bridge serving Central Station, whilst immediately behind it work is underway on rebuilding Glasgow Bridge

Caption For Godstone, Rooks Nest's Lodge 1909

He carried out hundreds of church restorations as well as designing public buildings, including St Pancras Station Hotel in London.

Caption For Crays Hill, The Shepherd And Dog C1955

The petrol station still exists in an expanded form.

Caption For Three Bridges, 1905

The name pre-dates the railway era, but it was the large station, used by passengers changing from the Portsmouth to the Brighton line, that really put the place on the map.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Railway 1929

Here, a local passenger train is on the up line for Barrow, having left Grange station.

Caption For Snowdon, Mountain Railway 1897

The railway starts near the Victoria Hotel, 350ft above sea level, and there are four intermediate stations before the summit is reached. A round trip takes about two hours.

Caption For Osmington, The Bay, Chalet Centre C1960

John Jefferson was the Victorian chief officer of the coastguard station.

Caption For Newton Abbot, 1895

The Great Western Railway built a workshop here, and two main lines - to Plymouth and Torbay - divided just beyond the station.

Caption For Richmond, The Castle And The Bridge 1893

The castle was built from 1071 by Alan the Red as a defence station at the gateway to Swaledale.

Caption For Bridport, W.Frost Shop Front 1909

Multi-talented W Frost advertised himself as stationer, printer, bookseller, bookbinder, newsagent, and circulating library manager.

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street 1901

At the top end could be found the Mechanics' Institute and the police station. The scene today is little changed.

Caption For Peterborough, River Nene 1952

Here we see the attractive 1934 bridge with the power station rising up behind it.

Caption For Allhallows, The Rose And Crown C1950

Today, once away from these few houses, you cannot avoid the dominating presence of the Isle of Grain power station chimney.

Caption For Kettering, Bus Station C1965

This is the view from Northampton Road, with the George Hotel roof visible behind the bus station.