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Castle Re Opens After Many Years

My memories of Gwrych castle are relatively recent ones. I started as a volunteer here about 2 years ago. The castle was closed and Gwrych castle preservation trust had just completed the renovation of the Gardeners ...Read more

A memory of Gwrych Castle by Lewis Knight

Reflections Upon The Changing Face Of Stafford Since 1964

It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by nimrod01

Waterworks Cottages

I was a child in the 1960's living in Waterworks Cottages (now a large Tesco). My schools were Tower Hill Nursery (I think) and Margaret Roper. As the cottages no longer exist, I wondered if anyone had memories or photos of them? I ...Read more

A memory of Purley by connolm

Spread Eagle Hotel Wrentham

I lived here with my mum and dad, James (Jim) and Marjorie Smedley from 1963 to 1974. Before that we lived at Tower Mills, Southwold Road, Wrentham where mum and dad had a millimg business I went to the Primary School and ...Read more

A memory of Wrentham by annettepdaypte

Early Memories

I remember the swan, we lived in Burton from 1953-1957 then moved to Hampshire. I remember the gardens at Stapenhill, crossing the bridge into town, the steam trains and level crossings in the middle of town, the river and ...Read more

A memory of Burton upon Trent in 1957 by Rosemarie Nightingale

Gaumont Rex Prince Of Wales Cinemas

My strongest memories of Lewisham is there being three cinemas there. The Gaumont (where I saw the Beatles live in the 1960s) - I went to Saturday morning pictures there. The Rex cinema, just by the bridge ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham by Jackie Walder

Holland On Sea 1993

Holland is a bustling Essex coastal town `resplendent`-a bride in her wedding day gown, tree lined avenues, with neat little plots, well kept gardens and a place for the tots, a school, four churches, library and hall, a ...Read more

A memory of Clacton-On-Sea in 1993 by Allen Warrender

Pictures Of The Suspension Bridge And Clifton College

I was recently given a copy of your delightful book - 'Around Bristol'. I was born just outside Bristol - my parents and brothers survived being bombed in their house in Clifton (I have some ...Read more

A memory of Clifton by Peter Duval

Market Hall Tower

Circa 1954 my dad worked with three other men employed by Louth Council on either the rebuild or refurbishment of the top spire of the Market Hall tower. I have about 10 photos taken at the top of the tower during this process. They ...Read more

A memory of Louth by Alan Davies

My Bedroom Window

I used to live above our shop, "Luff's" the grocers. My bedroom window looked out onto the clock tower. I spent many hours looking out of that window watching people going by and watching the activities around the clock tower. I ...Read more

A memory of Newbury in 1955 by Ann Dubras

Captions

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Caption For Alton, High Street 1898

Wrenn is a placard advertising the London Daily Chronicle; while Eiffel Tower lemonade is for sale at nearby Caffall & Co.

Caption For Horsmonden, The Green 1903

The curious building on the left, with the quaint bell tower and decorative geometric detailing is the Working Man's Club. In the middle of the picture a customer is entering Harvey's village shop.

Caption For Howth, From East Pier 1897

The Tower is on the hill to the left. In this glorious summer scene, boats are moored along the jetty.

Caption For Plymouth, Bedford Street 1904

Its tower occupied a position which today is on the west side of Armada Way near where the Western Morning News office now stands.

Caption For Upper Langwith, The Church C1955

The simple little 13th-century parish church of the Holy Cross at Upper Langwith, east of Bolsover and close to the border of Nottinghamshire, may not have a tower, but it is nevertheless a gem of Perpendicular

Caption For London, The Port Of London Authority From The Tower C1950

The dominant tower of the Port of London Authority building in Trinity Square was completed in 1922. The architect was Sir Edwin Cooper, who looked back to the pre-Great War Edwardian era.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, From Sands 1906

The original Crown Hotel stands to the left of St Paul's Church; the clock tower has not yet been built.

Caption For Minchinhampton, The Church, The Rose Window 1901

Besides this magnificent rose window, the church has a splendid 14th-century south transept, intricate vaulting beneath the tower, and some interesting brasses, including a pair of shrouded corpses.

Caption For Banbury, Town Hall C1965

Banbury's splendid Town Hall with its noble entrance and tower, built in the 15th-century Gothic style, opened in 1854. The clock was a later addition.

Caption For Deddington, Market Place C1965

It was never rebuilt, and the tower has been heavily buttressed to prevent it from collapsing.

Caption For Faulkland, The Faulkland Inn C1960

Its 18th-century coaching inn is of similar age to the house of Thomas Turner, who built a folly tower nearby and shared with the villagers his pond and lawns, which became the large village green.

Caption For Astwood Bank, The Parish Church C1965

Unlike most churches, it has no tower to mark its position, and few people passing through Astwood Bank will even realise it has a church.

Caption For West Dereham, Church Road C1955

The round tower of the parish church can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Bath, Municipal Buildings 1895

The Baroque-influenced towers add rich emphases to the frontage.

Caption For Over, The Mill C1965

Originally a smock mill, and rebuilt as a tower mill, it fell into disrepair during the Second World War.

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, 1875

The turreted building in the centre of this photograph is Vale Tower, built in the 1830s as Romanoff House, a school run by Thomas Allfree - he had been tutor to the Russian royal family

Caption For Nunney, The Castle C1960

At the north end of the village is a tall oblong keep set in a neat moat with massive towers at each angle, which was licensed in 1373 for John de la Mare, Sheriff of Somerset.

Caption For Spennithorne, Church 1914

The tower dates from the 14th century, and the chancel from the 17th. In the graveyard is a Russian cross taken from Sebastopol by Sir C Van Straubenzee.

Caption For Salisbury, Fisherton Street 1906

The spire is of the Congregational (now United Reformed) church, with the Victorian clock tower opposite on the bridge over the Avon.

Caption For Maldon, High Street 1891

Initially a defensible tower, it was later given over to civic purposes: a court and a police station were housed here. Until 1974 the council used to meet in the room above the clock.

Caption For Maldon, High Street 1906

Initially a defensible tower, it was later given over to civic purposes: a court and a police station were housed here.

Caption For Sutton On Trent, The Mill And Mill House 1909

This is a typical Nottinghamshire brick tower mill, tall and black-tarred. The photograph shows the mill in full working order.

Caption For Leeds, The Parkinson Building C1960

Its broad tower dominates the city skyline.

Caption For Repton, The Hall C1955

It incorporates part of the 15th-century Prior Overton's Tower. Note the ornate, ball-topped entrance gate columns, and the earlier priory remains incorporated into the garden walls.