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Living In Chilton

My family moved to Chilton Foliat and took over the "Old Post Office". I was still young then and went to the old school run by Mr & Mrs Hassall who lived next door to the school. Two classrooms and very fond memories. At ...Read more

A memory of Chilton Foliat in 1964 by Steve Elliott

Wonderful Times

My father moved to Cold Meece in 1960 to take up his job as a prison officer at the nearby Drake Hall open prison, and we stayed there for a couple of years before we moved to live at the prison itself. At the time I was between 9 ...Read more

A memory of Coldmeece in 1962 by John Grehan

Longleat

My grandfather Cecil Welch, who was the local estate agent and auctioneer based at the Old Town Hall in the High Street, bought several old cottages next to the blacksmiths in Church End for his son John and wife Peggy, at the vast cost ...Read more

A memory of Great Dunmow in 1948

Childhood Memories From 1949

I was born in Hubert Terrace which ran off Bank Street and along to Cuthbert Street. Further down was School Street and Marian Street which ran along to Derwentwater Road, and on Derwentwater Road was Lady Vernon School ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by Betty Harris

Looking Back To The Early Days

I was born in rented 'rooms' at Wordsworth Road in 1936 and came to move with my parents to five different addresses at Easington before I moved away from the area, when I married in 1963. But although my ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by Harold(Harry) Barnes

Hammer Of The Year Dance

At the end of the 1972/1973 football season, and at the age of 17, I went for the first (and only) time to the annual Hammer of the Year dance at East Ham town Hall organised by West Ham United. I went with my friend Diane ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1973 by Ann Martin

Abc Lyric Cinema

I was the Chief Projectionist at the Lyric from approx 1957 until 1963 when I was appointed as Co Chief/Lighting Engineer at the new ABC Blackpool. The Manager at the Lyric was Mr Ron Crabb and when he moved to another ABC ...Read more

A memory of Wellingborough in 1957 by Alan Ashton

Bettws Memories

I was born and lived in Betws until I was nine. I remember attending the Chapel behind the Oddfellows pub and enjoying the Christmas parties we had held in the hall next door. Mrs Perry's shop was always a ritual every day ...Read more

A memory of Bettws in 1976 by Heather Hopkins

Lymington In The 1940s

My maternal grandmother and mother were both born in Lymington, my mother attending the grammar school in Brockenhurst (I remember as a small boy her pointing it out to me from the train) In 1944, when the V1 'doodlebugs' ...Read more

A memory of Lymington in 1944 by Brian Veall

A Glance Backwards

I came to live in Stadhampton in 1954 from Henley on Thames. My father was the village Policeman. I found that even for 1954 life in Stadhampton was comparatively primitive compared with what I was used to! But it was a very ...Read more

A memory of Stadhampton in 1954 by John Harker

Captions

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Caption For Herstmonceux, Gardner Street C1965

On the left, the weatherboarded bank has been demolished and replaced by a car business, but the store beyond remains as a general store and post office.

Caption For Milford, The Cross Roads C1960

Lloyds bank has gone, and its premises are now called Bargate House, and the tall lime tree in the garden of Vine Court (left of centre) is no more.

Caption For Belfast, High Street 1897

The far, tall building marks Bridge Street, the spot where the first bridge upstream was located.

Caption For Winchester, Great Hall And The Round Table 1912

Considered to be the best medieval hall in the country after Westminster Hall, the Great Hall dates back to the early 13th century and includes fine arcade piers of Purbeck marble.

Caption For Holker, A Cottage 1906

Although originally captioned 'Holker Hall', this photograph actually shows one of the houses on the Holker Hall estate, which has been in the hands of the Cavendish family for over 200 years and is

Caption For Burnley, Towneley Hall 1906

Townley Hall was first opened to the people of Burnley on 20 May 1903.

Caption For Chipping Campden, High Street 1952

Just beyond the Market Hall behind the war memorial is the Town Hall, which dates back to the 14th century.

Caption For Oxford, Hertford College 1906

Hertford College dates back to 1284 when it was founded as Hart Hall.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Town Hall 1893

Towards the end of the 19th century it was decided that the town needed a town hall commensurate with its new affluent status.

Caption For St George, Clarendon School C1960

Kinmel Hall stands on a site said to date back to 1311, but this present country house emerged from the ashes of a former mansion destroyed by fire in 1848.

Caption For Great Dunmow, High Street C1965

The building on the left is the Tudor Town Hall, also known as the Town House or Geld Hall.

Caption For Accrington, Town Hall 1897

Land behind the Town Hall was used for industry for many years: the Spring Mill buildings and the cupola of Pleck Brass Works are visible to the right.

Caption For Welton, High Street C1955

This view of Welton, looking back up the main street, has changed dramatically in recent years.

Caption For Uppingham, School 1927

In front is the Great Hall, completed only 3 years before the photograph was taken.

Caption For Liverpool, St George's Plateau C1881

It was planned that around St George's Hall there would be unbuilt areas so as to show off the Hall, the grandest of the civic buildings.

Caption For Holker, The Village 1912

Standing by the gatehouse to the 'Big House'—Holker Hall—these four schoolchildren from Holker pose for the camera on a wet day.

Caption For Welton, High Street C1955

This view of Welton, looking back up the main street, has changed dramatically in recent years.

Caption For Abberley, Hall, From The Carillon Tower 1911

Abberley Hall is part of an estate dating back to the Norman Conquest, when King William gave it to his supporter Todeni.

Caption For Ambleside, From The Gale 1886

The solidly constructed tower to the right is part of the Market Hall of 1863.

Caption For Appletreewick, Monks' Hall 1906

Further up the village is High Hall, built by the Craven family.

Caption For Burnley, Towneley Park Gate 1895

The castellated entrance to Townley Hall, on the A671 Todmorden Road at Burnley Wood, was photographed when it was still a private estate.

Caption For Blackburn, Market 1894

Here we see the Market Hall (or House) from the rear, and the back of the Town Hall; its 20ft-high wall guards a courtyard.

Caption For Accrington, Market Hall 1897

Here we see a close-up view of the Market Hall with its imposing front and large statues mounted over the entrance.

Caption For Goudhurst, Twissenden Manor 1904

This half- timbered Wealden Hall House has a late 16th- century sandstone facade at the back.