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Fenland Farming Around Peterborough

On reading the book 'PETERBOROUGH A Miscellany' a couple of items are incorrect by my own knowledge and experience. Page 4 : 'Dockey' was a word almost exclusive to fen farmworkers, it was the break taken ...Read more

A memory of Peterborough in 1952 by Colin Berrisford

Mossford Garage

I started work at the age of 15 years as 'the boy', apprentice mechanic at Mossford garage. I remember going down the High Street to Pither's bakeries to get ham and cheese rolls, as well as pies for the mechanic's tea breaks. ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside in 1965 by Glenn Savill

Childhood

In the 1960s I lived in Ogilvie Terrace and spent lots of days wandering happy and safe in Deri. I remember the nut wood, picking whinberries, Doreen's shop, the gas pipes where we balanced and luckily did not come to harm, the horse-shoe ...Read more

A memory of Deri in 1960 by Lesley Kavanagh

Going To Junior School In Radcliff On Trent In 1960

My dad was in the Canadian Air Force (RCAF) stationed in Langar (born in England though) but my family lived at 16 Douglas Close just outside Radcliffe. I remember walking daily to ...Read more

A memory of Radcliffe on Trent in 1960 by John Reid Wilkinson

Early 1950s

I was born in Dartord where I lived in Stanham Road until I moved at the age of 9 years. Childhood friends I remember are Anthony Artist, Janet Cork, Michael Burville (not sure of spelling of surname). My next door neighbour was the ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1953 by Roger Dadd

To School Along The Prom

I lived in Mochdre, and went to the grammar school, 1955-1962. Getting off the bus at the station we would walk along the prom, skipping stones in the sea, or dodging the waves during stormy high tides. Then we would ...Read more

A memory of Colwyn Bay in 1955 by Eryl Williams

Cooksons Leadworks Part 2

1965. During my time working here I carried out a number of different jobs, one was to make Zinc ingots, my shift would start with my furnace fired up and there next to it would be my "charge" this would be a pile of old ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1965 by Jimmy Burrows

Evacuee

I was evacuated from London to Oxford with Burlington School on 1st September 1939. At first we had our lessons in the old Milham Ford School premises but after a few weeks transferred to the new school in Marston where we shared the ...Read more

A memory of Oxford in 1940 by Sheila Kent

The Roxy

Saturday mornings at The Roxy, Barkerend Road, Bradford were a magical event in the lives of 8 year olds plus in the 1950's. The film breaking down which it did every week to the sounds of a hundred kids stamping and yelling and ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1953 by Diane Leytham

Mining Community Gone Without A Trace

When they found coal, Treodrhiwfuwch was only a farm. A book was published by J R Pearce back in 1985 about Pontlottyn and Treodrhiwfuwch. Over the years terrace houses were built for miners, some ...Read more

A memory of Troedrhiwfuwch in 1920 by David Harris

Captions

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Caption For Breachwood Green, Lower Road C1965

Outside the row of terraced cottages at Breachwood Green near Hitchin stands a pristine Ford 100E model. In front of one of these houses stood the community's well.

Caption For Great Meols, Railway Inn C1965

This pub should technically be called The New Railway Inn, because it stands on the site of a former inn of the same name.

Caption For Chesham, High Street 1921

The most striking change between this view and the 1903 view in image 49238 is the splendidly ornate bank building which replaced the two buildings beyond Patterson's.

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road 2005

South Road became so dominant that it altered the character and subsequent development of other areas within the town such as Commercial Square, Boltro Road, and the Broadway.

Caption For Leamington Spa, St Mary's Church 1892

Mrs Hitchman, widow of Dr Hitchman, donated the site for this church together with a large sum of money.

Caption For Watton At Stone, The Church Of St Andrew And St Mary C1960

There has been a church at Watton at Stone since the 13th century. It was originally dedicated to St Mary, but St Andrew seems to have been added in the early 19th century.

Caption For Odiham, All Saints Church 1903

The bold square brick tower was built onto a 13th-century base c1656 after an earlier tower had collapsed.

Caption For Swindon, Regent Street 1967

Looking towards the Town Hall It is a busy summer's day in the 1960s.

Caption For Faygate, The Village 1929

A small village at the western edge of St Leonards Forest, on the main road and railway line between Horsham and Crawley. Local legends say that dragons and serpents inhabited the forest.

Caption For Lower Slaughter, The Mill And Pond C1950

A water mill has stood here since Norman times, but this red brick corn mill dates from the early 1800s.

Caption For Sudbury, Friars Street 1932

The name Trinity was chosen to indicate the group's opposition to Unitarian non-Trinitarian doctrine.

Caption For Cranborne, Wimborne Street 1954

We are looking northwards towards the Square (centre), with 18th-century brick and tile houses on both sides of Wimborne Street.

Caption For Hemingford Abbots, Common Lane 1914

It is sometimes almost unbelievable when we realise how much of our heritage has been destroyed during the past century.

Caption For Newlyn, Landing Fish 1906

Putting ashore the catch is a perennial attraction for bystanders on any jetty. These, judging by the smartness of their dress (complete with pocket handkerchief), are clearly not fishermen.

Caption For Calne, Central Gardens C1960

The Lloyds Bank building (right), originally a pair of attached houses, was built about 1870 before the decorative façade was added in two stages.

Caption For Oakwood, Bramley Road C1965

With the arrival of the Piccadilly Line came an influx of commuters, and with this influx came the promise of commercial profits.

Caption For Gresford, The Plough C1960

While not obvious from this photograph, Gresford is most famous for the tragic mining disaster of 1934 when 266 lives were lost following an explosion and fire at the Gresford Colliery.

Caption For Charmouth, The Beach 1900

We are looking eastwards from the blocked mouth of the River Char, which ends its journey to the sea by having to break through a ridge of shingle (right).

Caption For Langton Matravers, Dancing Ledge C1960

Romantically named for the sea breaking across its rocks, Dancing Ledge is a mile south of Langton Matravers village.

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 Brampton, The Royal Oak And Signpost C1955

A few hundred yards along the present B1514 road past the turning to Pepys House, the road forks at the roundabout where the main road runs eastwards towards the A14 and the left road takes us

Caption For High Wycombe, The Little Market House, Cornmarket 2005

This was in the early phase of its transformation, mainly by the medium of brick. The

Caption For Luton, The Vauxhall Motors Canteen C1950

The canteen resembles a cave, but in its heyday there was far from savage fare to be had here! In the 1930s there were 3 lunch sittings, and it was routine to have 2 pints at the bar.

Caption For South Wigston, Countesthorpe Road C1960

These red brick terraces were built to house the employees of hosiery and shoe manufacturers at the turn of the century.