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Growing Up In Broadway

I was raised in Broadway during the 1920s and 1930s. I had an idyllic childhood with freedom to explore the surrounding countryside including free access to the tower. I went to the village school and was in the church ...Read more

A memory of Broadway in 1920 by Colin Hall

Memories Of Greenford 1954 1964ish

I was born in Perivale and lived with my parents and grandparents in Greenford Road (no.283), just 2 doors along from Croyde Avenue. My Nan and Grandad owned the sweet shop in Greenford Market, where the buses ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1960 by Deborah Alexander

Bexley Village

I remember growing up here as a child and remembering what a friendly village it was. My dad used to send us to the local butchers who knew us and we'd ask for roast beef for the family. He knew how many of us there were and ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Ginette Higgins

Education And Faith For Holy Trinity.

I attended Holy Trinity Primary School, Church of England, at Darwen in the year 1955, when I was six years of age. There was a spiritual bond between the school and the Holy Trinity Church, as it was then ...Read more

A memory of Darwen in 1955 by Peter Farley

My Home Town

I was born in Ravensthorpe in 1937, went to school at St Saviour's infants and the Secondary Modern school until I was 15 years of age. I began working at Hartley Bros, a leather mill at the bottom of Scout Hill, later I worked at ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury in 1960 by Ken Parratt

School Days In Hornchurch

I was born in Hornchurch and attended North Street School, I can still smell the greens from the canteen. We had little beds put up in the hall and after dinner we had to have a little sleep before afternoon school, ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1946 by Doreen Trigg Ne Birleson

Way Back In 1901

My great aunt Kathleen Elizabeth Bellis, attended Rosary Priory (Caldecote Towers) way back in 1901. I don't suppose anyone else knows someone there at that time, or indeed has any photos? I would love to know.

A memory of Bushey Heath in 1900

Bryn Dinarth

I used to come for days out as a child to Lloc with my dear late grandmother. We used to visit an old friend who lived at a house called Bryn Dinarth. Her name was Ada Christie. Her house was situated next door to Little Timbers Garden ...Read more

A memory of Lloc

Served In Air Traffic Control

I was stationed at RAF Waddington as a Senior Aircrafts Woman In Air Traffic Control and remember the Vulcan Bomber well. They filmed the James Bond movie 'Thunderball' while I was there. I used to ...Read more

A memory of Reepham in 1964 by Christine Thomson

William Bernard Taylor Family Farm Before They Emigrated To Australia In 1853

SUDBURY 591/0/10020 GREAT WALDINGFIELD 21-NOV-05 HOLE FARM II House. Formerly a mid-C15 service building remodelled as a house in c.1600; later C17 extension to ...Read more

A memory of Sudbury in 1860 by Phyllis Willis

Captions

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Caption For Chatham, Riverside Gardens C1965

The gardens were laid out in the early 1960s on the former Gun Wharf, providing a welcome green space below the pinnacled tower of St Mary's parish church.

Caption For Chatham, Riverside Gardens C1965

The gardens were laid out in the early 1960s on the former Gun Wharf, providing a welcome green space below the pinnacled tower of St Mary's parish church.

Caption For Talgarth, The Square And Tower Shop 1938

Here we have a close view of Mr Evans' builder's and ironmonger's shop built on to the old tower, which was constructed in the 14th century.

Caption For Bromyard, Tower House C1965

This beautiful building stands in Tower Hill, part of Bromyard that has been virtually cut off from the rest of the town by a new bypass.

Caption For Kendal, Sizergh Castle 1896

Originally a 14th-century defensive pele tower, Sizergh was the home of the Strickland family; the present building is mainly a 15th-century Elizabethan mansion, now in the care of the National

Caption For Loughborough, Queen's Park Entrance C1955

The tower contains a grand carillon of forty-seven bells. Built to remember the fallen of the Great War, it is a fitting tribute, for one of Britain's two bell foundries is in the town.

Caption For Dovercourt, The Beach And New Promenade C1955

The lighthouse tower was restored between 1983 and 1988.

Caption For Tenterden, Bells Lane 1902

The church tower rises above these small weatherboarded and tiled cottages in a side lane off the main High Street.

Caption For Birmingham, The Art Gallery And Museum 1896

Much of the money for the gallery came from wealthy glass manufacturer Thomas Osler, whose firm made the famous glass fountain centrepiece for the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace.The clock tower is

Caption For Llanvetherine, White Castle C1950

Probably he was responsible for this twin- towered gatehouse, which in the 1260s became the new entrance to the castle via a drawbridge over the deep moat.

Caption For London, Westminster Abbey C1867

The abbey was embellished by its lofty twin towers in the early 1700s.

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Caption For Arran, The Castle And Loch Ranza C1890

A ruined 14th-century double-towered castle stands guard over Loch Ranza. It was here that Robert the Bruce is said to have landed on his return from Ireland in 1306.

Caption For Llantilio Pertholey, The Church And The Skirrid C1960

The early 14th-century tower of St Teilo's, Llantilio Pertholey stands squarely among the surrounding trees.

Caption For Braemar, Castle C1960

This five-storey L-plan tower house was built by the Earl of Mar in 1628. It was here in 1714 that a so-called hunt was assembled by John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar.

Caption For Hythe, Cricket Ground 1899

Surrounded by these majestic trees, and with the west tower of St Leonard's Church, one of the largest and finest in Kent, rising behind them, a summer game of cricket takes place on this spacious ground

Caption For Blackpool, The Big Wheel 1896

Built next to the Winter Gardens in 1896 in an attempt to compete with the Tower, the 220ft Gigantic Wheel was a financial disaster.

Caption For Oxford, Lincoln College 1906

Financial difficulties prevented the college from being completed: at the time of the Bishop's death in 1431, only the gate tower and staircase had been finished. The college's future looked bleak.

Caption For Desborough, Station Road And Havelock Street C1965

This view of Station Road looks south-west past the junction to Havelock Street, with the imposing clock tower of the 1903 Co-op store.

Caption For Lymington, The High Street From The Church 1958

This photograph of the town was taken from the tower of St Thomas's church at the top of the High Street, depicting an elegant mix of Georgian houses, bow-fronted cottages and covered shop fronts.

Caption For Bampton, White Horse Hotel C1950

The pub has lost its porch and the horse above it, but the early 14th-century tower of St Michael's still stands over the town.

Caption For London, The Tower Of London C1890

It was begun by William Conqueror, and it is his keep, the White Tower, that still dominates the scene.The moat was drained in 1843 and sown with grasses and shrubs.

Caption For Ashwell, Chantry House C1951

Concealed from view is its 15th-century traceried window, but the 176-foot tower of the 14th-century church of St Mary's soars as a landmark above the surrounding cottages.

Caption For Sherborne, Long Street 1891

The tower of the church had undergone substantial restoration six years before this photograph was taken.

Caption For Leeds, St Stephen's Church, Kirkstall 1894

St Stephen's has a west tower with a spire and was almost entirely altered internally in the late Victorian period.