Maps

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Books

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Memories

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St. Abbs Haven

Lived in Leeds but spent two weeks holiday at the Haven - breakfast, lunch, high tea, dinner, supper - for most years in the 60's. (imagine the cost of that nowadays). Great memories of sports days, beach, summer pavillion (half way ...Read more

A memory of St Abbs in 1964 by Andrew Bannister

Tottenham In The 50s

I was born in Mount Pleasant Rd in 1947 and lived there until 1959 when we moved to Norfolk, attended Bruce Grove Jnr School and then Rowland Hill. I can remember being taken home from school by my teacher during the smog ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by Geoff Brown

Isabella Pickering

Hi all, Just need to pick people's brains, I'm looking for anyone who may remember an Isabella Pickering, she was Headmistress at the Frosterley junior mixed school from 1927 until most likely the 40s or 50s, although when ...Read more

A memory of Frosterley by Matthew Davies

Statutory Swingin'

As a young lad in the “swingin 60’s”, the swingin’ rather passed me by … and no regrets there. But the word puts me in mind of the swinging we did do. Just down the lane from Allsopp’s garage – the hallowed source of ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1969 by Bill Davey

Great Niece Of Joseph Henry Lachlan White

My great uncle's home. I had heard about Bredfield House all my life because it belonged to my great uncle, Joseph Henry Lachlan White. I only saw it in 1960, however, long after it had been demolished ...Read more

A memory of Bredfield in 1960 by Margot White

My First School

The Anson family arrived at Strensall in 1957. My father was at the camp as a 'skill at arms' instructor until 1959 attached to the K.O.Y.L.I. I can remember the first day at school in Strensall village.I caught the bus which ...Read more

A memory of Strensall in 1957 by Kathryn Anson

Memories Of Sandy

I lived in Sandy between about 1963 and 1979 and have seen changes even in that short time. It was a fairly quiet village when we first came in spite of the adjacent A1. I went to St Swithuns school in St Neots Road, then Sandy ...Read more

A memory of Sandy by Sue Horne

Anyone Recognise The Surname Lejeune Or Lejaune?

My father, who is now 92, is very keen to know what happened to the girlfriend of his war service years. He has given me the name Christina Lejeune. However, he also insists it was Lejaune! His ...Read more

A memory of New Malden in 1945 by Sandra Gibbens

Those Were The Days

I remember Gosforth High Street as a being a fun place with all the great shops; the Toy Cupboard now Robinsons, the photography shop, there was Maynards the sweet shop, Boydelles the toy shop, and Moods which was a gift shop. ...Read more

A memory of Gosforth in 1969 by Lesley Howson

Inholmes

My aunt and uncle became the caretakers at Inholmes after it was converted to offices. I remember the magnificent staircase which had a huge eagle as a newel post. The range in the kitchen was the biggest I have ever seen, and the ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill in 1952

Captions

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Caption For Guisborough, Westgate C1960

By 1960, the pedestrian crossing over Westgate had been moved to its present position, in the foreground of this view.

Caption For Congleton, The Lion And Swan Hotel 1898

Later photographs from the 1950s show no change to the building apart from the addition of a hanging sign at the front, and the replacement of the gas lamp-post with an electric, concrete one.

Caption For Sudbury, King Street And County Cinema 1934

The cinema was demolished as part of the post-war redevelopment, and its replacement building eventually became part of Winch & Blatch.

Caption For Sawbridgeworth, London Road 1903

The building between the lamp post and the telegraph pole on the left was until recently a builders' hire shop, but is now Unwins off-licence.

Caption For Wells, The Market Place 1964

In the background (centre) is the Market House, erected in 1836, which was converted to the post office in 1923 by building between and behind its open colonnade.

Caption For Tenby, High Street 1950

The post office is clearly identifiable from the telegraph wires on its roof; it relocated to this site in 1858. In 1950 Mr W J Griffiths was postmaster.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Churchgate Street C1955

On the right are the Edwardian buildings occupied by Marlow's from 1925 to 1975, Watson's Post Office and the Queens Head.

Caption For Standon, High Street C1955

The building in front of the church was the vicarage; it replaced the original, which stood in Burr's meadow behind the concrete posts and fencing on the left of the picture.

Caption For Saffron Walden, The Baptist Church C1955

On the other side of the road is the lamp-post which was first in the Market Square, with its black-painted cast iron base.

Caption For Bradford, Forster Square 1903

Behind the Post Office is the Parish Church with its 16th-century tower - it became a cathedral in 1918.

Caption For Port Sunlight, Post Office Corner C1960

Port Sunlight was the dream of William Lever, a man who believed that there was good in everyone; only the best would do for his workers and employees.

Caption For Stroud, Butter Row, The Old Pike House 1925

For example, 'stage coaches, post chaises or sociable Berlins' cost 3d, droves of oxen or cows 3d per score and calves or hogs a halfpenny less.

Caption For Tenby, Parish Church 1890

The dramatic 150 ft spire of this church dedicated to St Mary soars over the Tenby rooftops, and is reputedly the largest parish church in Wales.

Caption For Ferring, The Village C1960

The Norman church keeps the registers of Kingston, a village long lost due to coastal erosion. Highdown Hill, 269 feet high, was a Roman dwelling place and Saxon burial ground.

Caption For Hitchin, Market Place 1922

The Post Office has transferred to Brand Street; Briggs & Co., the Leicester Boot Company with its impressive gilded sign, and the Maypole Dairy, share its old premises.

Caption For Heysham, Main Street 1947

The wooden posts erected to mark out the gardens of the row stopped visitors peer- ing through the windows, and helped give the inhabitants a little bit of privacy.

Caption For St Ives, Crown Street 1925

Next door, with the two gabled doorways, stands the post office, built in 1887 on the site of the Old Court House.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street C1905

Down the north side of the street are the post office, and the Great House, where William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham brought his 15-year-old son, Pitt the Younger, to recover from illness

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, High Street 1906

As this is a market town, the town centre has a remarkable number of hotels and hostelries; on the right is the Griffin Hotel, established in the 16th century, an important posting house

Caption For Biggleswade, Hitchin Street 1925

Bicycles piled against the lamp post on the right constitute a thief's delight with not a padlock and chain between them. And the piled tins in the shop window?

Caption For Machynlleth, Maengwyn Street C1955

The newsagent on the corner survived until recently, and the post office has moved up the road a little.

Caption For Cheam, Ewell Road 1925

The Cheam Brewery had previously occupied this site from the 12th century, and its cellars lie underneath the triangular grassed areas marked by white posts with linking chains.

Caption For Louth, Eastgate C1955

Wilkinson's took over from Fine Fare (right) at the same time as the decorated art work on the pediment above the blank front was lost.

Caption For Shanklin, From Lift Steps 1892

The two girls are wearing knitted hats, an essential part of post-war dress. Oulton was another of the series of medieval broads stretching northward into Norfolk.