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Memories

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My Family

My father's family moved to Harwich in the early 1900's to cottages below Upper Dovercourt Church and lived there for many years. I was born in 1950 when my parents lived in Ramsey then we moved to Valley Road. I still have family in the ...Read more

A memory of Harwich by Robin Wenlock

Watching The Steam Trains From This Bridge

This railway footbridge was one of my favourite places as an eleven and twelve year old lad, back in 1946 and 1947. I would stand for ages in the centre of this bridge just waiting for the next steam train to ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1947 by Philip Harfleet

Jacksons Boat

Reading the post about catching sticklebacks in the Bridgewater brought memories flooding back. I lived in Clifton Street, off Stretford Road. At the weekend we used to get some butties off our Mum, a bottle of pop (if she could afford ...Read more

A memory of Stretford in 1955 by David Timperley

Messing About On The River

With my sisters, catching tiddlers on warm summer days. We would have picnics beside the river. We loved helping to change the lock for the boats that came through. Later, when a little older we would swim and for a while ...Read more

A memory of Harlow in 1960 by Julie Taylor

Notes From The Frith Files.

The trade bicycle centre right of the photo belongs to Friars Bakery. The bakery is set back out of view where the bicycle is parked. It is now converted to a bungalow. The single storey building mid-left, was the Rifle ...Read more

A memory of Ospringe

Black Bull

I will always remember nights sat outside the Black Bull with my parents and 2 sisters. Although it was August, the weather was chilly. There was a juke box out back on a sort of covered terrace and every time I hear 'Johnny Remember Me' by ...Read more

A memory of Barmston in 1962 by Sylvia Richardson

Barry Island In The 50s And 60s

I traveled to Barry Island every summer because it was the nearest seaside to Brynmawr where we lived. The excitement of seeing the sea was overwhelming, and every time I would be sick on the old coach taking us ...Read more

A memory of Barry Island in 1953 by Jackie Haynes

The Quillett

Just a quick message to say that the cottage on the left that comes down to the road in the photo is ours. It is now called the Quillett, we have restored it back to its former glory, and makes a wonderful home. Thank you for the wonderful photo from your collection. Regards, Graham Jinks.

A memory of South Milton by Graham Jinks

Charles Arthur Samphier Born12 5 1937 Wyatts Green

My parents bought Wyatts Stores in about 1936 and moved from West Ham, E.London., with my two sisters. Dad kept about 300 chickens in the back field. I was born on Coronation Day at Wyatts Stores ...Read more

A memory of Doddinghurst in 1930 by Charles Samphier

Little Green/The Old Forge

I visited the house with my 2nd cousins as their mother, Ethel Smith, and my grandmother, Rosa Matilda Smith, lived in the house with their family for many, many years until the last of the Smiths living in the house died, ...Read more

A memory of Mells in 1972 by Lyn Mews

Captions

2,019 captions found. Showing results 1,033 to 1,056.

Caption For Spalding, Market Place C1955

The Natwest bank to its right is over-scaled 1930s Neo-Georgian, while to the left of the White Hart two buildings have recently also been replaced in pallid Neo-Georgian.

Caption For Wisbech St Mary, High Street C1960

The banks of this river tower over most of the buildings in the village, such is the shrinkage of the local peat landscape.

Caption For Mildenhall, High Street 1925

The timbered buiding on the left, occupied at the time by Barclays Bank, was originally built with plastered upper walls and gabels, later exposed to give the building a mock Tudor flavour.

Caption For Dartmouth, Butterwalk C1960

Parade House (right) was demolished in 1980 and sensitively rebuilt, with a slate hung front, as the NatWest bank.

Caption For Horsforth, New Road Side And Glenroyal Cinema C1960

In the week this photograph was taken, cinema-goers to the Glenroyal were enjoying 'The Day They Robbed the Bank of England'.The building is now a supermarket.

Caption For Charminster, The Church 1922

Parts of the building date back to the 12th century.

Caption For Andover, Anton Mill 1906

To the north-west lies Weyhill, famous for its large country fair dating back to the 13th century.

Caption For London, The Princess Beatrice Hospital, Lady Iris Ward C1950

Although on a busy road junction in central London, the wards had rural views thanks to the extensive Brompton Cemetery at the back.

Caption For Staverton, Church Interior 1889

The church interior was restored in 1877, an event which caused the Reverend Sabine Baring Gould (of 'Onward Christian Soldiers' fame) to rush back from London to prevent his ancestors' memorials being

Caption For Derwent Water, Friar's Crag 1893

The pine-clad promontory of Friar's Crag near Keswick on Derwent Water is backed by the forested slopes of Walla Crag.

Caption For Lechlade, High Street C1955

This is one of the three roads leading to the Market Place, shown at the far back of this view.

Caption For Oxford, The Martyrs' Memorial 1922

The memorial in St Giles dates back to 1841; it stands on an island in the road and was designed by George Gilbert Scott.

Caption For Wellow, High Street C1955

The tour of some villages around Bath is now finished, and you can head back northwards to the city.

Caption For Chelmsford, High Street 1895

The tenements could only expand lengthways along their own ‘backsides’, and most buildings had a jumble of outhouses, barns and sheds at the rear.

Caption For Brands Hatch, C1960

Today the owners are fighting to upgrade the current track to get its Grand Prix status back again.

Caption For Dorridge, The Village 1967

The railway station at the back of this picture is the reason for Dorridge's existence.

Caption For Southampton, Tudor House 1908

Westgate, dating back to the 14th century, provides access to the south-west corner of the old walled town.

Caption For Caverswall, The Castle C1955

Situated one and a half miles north of Blythe Bridge railway station in Staffordshire, Caverswall's history certainly goes back to at least 1275 when Walter de Caverswell was granted a licence to crenellate

Caption For Sandy, St Swithun's Church C1955

The Church of England School dates back to Victorian times, and occupied a site at the top of St Neots Road until 1987, when it was transferred to its present location in Ivel Road.

Caption For Porthcurno, The Bay And Logan Rock 1908

In 1824, Lt Goldsmith and his crew managed to dislodge it, but the resulting outcry obliged him to hire tackle to lift it back.

Caption For New Brighton, The Beach 1887

Local fishermen could always earn their beer money after the fort had fired off a few practice shots by salvaging the cannon balls and selling them back to the army.

Caption For Sunbury On Thames, The Magpie Hotel 1890

Sunbury-on-Thames was only incorporated into Surrey in the administrative changes which took place in 1965, but the village dates back to Anglo-Saxon times.

Caption For Earlswood, New Pond 1922

In spite of its name, the New Pond was dug back in the 14th century, and was once a popular bathing place.

Caption For Bidborough, Church 1896

Built of sandstone and dating back to Saxon times, although with a Norman nave and chancel, it still has a number of small pews for children installed in 1790 at the beginning of the Sunday School