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Great Torrington

My mother in law Gladys Bidgway was born in New Street, but they all lived at what is now Londis in Mill Street, all 18 of them! Most of the girls went to work in the Glove Factory in Whites Lane. Gladys worked there with her ...Read more

A memory of Taddiport in 1910 by Glennis Spencer

Old Village Barry

Not wishing to sound pedantic, but (with reference to another 'memory' posted about this photo) I'm pretty sure the photo shown is of the cottages on Old Village Road Barry, and not buildings adjacent to Cadoxton school which is a few ...Read more

A memory of Barry by Howard Cox

Growing Up In Gilnahirk

My family moved from Leeds, Yorks to Gilnahirk when I was 11 months old - my parents had a house built in Gilnahirk Walk and we moved in when I was two. I and my two sisters had an idyllic childhood, we had so many places to ...Read more

A memory of Belfast in 1961 by Isobel Buck

Working At The Bowling Alley

Having returned from Australia, I got a job as controller 4 nights and Sundays, it was a great scene, what with the disco downstairs, the bar upstairs, a barber shop, restaurant, 24 lanes, and a juke box with great ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1966 by Bob Bell

Young Days In Bexley

Other peoples memories are bringing back some of my own. Walking from Bexley to the Regal for Saturday morning movies across the heath. Frog spawn from the river at the mill. Walking to school past the brewery to the little ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1945 by Michael Gorst

Young Years

I lived in New Mill, but I thought it was Cononley. I went to school there and had some wonderful years charging around the village, this is going back from 1947 to1963, when I got married. I then left to live in Scotland until 1967, ...Read more

A memory of Cononley by Win Mccall

Childhood Memories We Never Forget

To anyone reading this; I was born Valerie Harding and lived in Wedges Mills and I remember so many things about my childhood in Cannock. The Maypole dancing at John Woods school, attending Church each Thursday ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1953 by Valerie Van Ramesdonk

My Young Life Living In Eve Road, West Ham

I can remember my infant years at Napier Road school. I remember when I was in the first year there, we would have a small slice of toasted bread in the afternoons. Then I went to Holbrook School when I ...Read more

A memory of West Ham in 1958 by Jean (Nee) Thompson

Hall Place, Spalding.

When I was very young, around 1950, Hall Place was cobbled and the fountain which is now in Ayscoughfee stood there. On market days, when it was quite busy, there used to be a little roundabout for very small children. Later the ...Read more

A memory of Spalding in 1950

Captions

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Caption For Horndon On The Hill, High Street C1960

This hilltop village, a few miles to the south of Basildon, is known for its attractive architecture and ancient church.A society now promotes the preservation and appreciation of the compact village.The

Caption For Longtown, High Street 1950

A virtually deserted tree-lined High Street in Longtown, a small town on the Esk a few miles short of the Scottish Border.

Caption For St Ives, The Parish Church C1955

The church was built in the early 15th century using granite quarried from sea-level cliffs near Zennor, a few miles west along the coast.

Caption For Solihull, High Street 1968

In 1885 Solihull was described as a 'very pleasant village, but a few miles distant'.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, The Parade C1949

In 1885 Solihull was described as a ‘very pleasant village, but a few miles distant’.

Caption For Newton Ferrers, Bridge End 1931

It is hard to imagine the crowded streets of Plymouth only a few miles away.

Caption For Nelson, Manchester Road 1958

The story of how the town got its name is an unusual one.When the railway arrived, a station was built here at Marsden.There was another Marsden just a few miles up the line in Yorkshire, so a railway

Caption For Funtington, Hallidays 1965

Hallidays is built of local materials obtained within a radius of a few miles.

Caption For Wareham, North Street 1949

The church here has a fine monument to Lawrence of Arabia sculpted by Eric Kennington, though that troubled warrior is actually buried a few miles away at Moreton.

Caption For Bere Alston, Street 1898

Although only a few miles from Plymouth to the south and Tavistock to the north, Bere Alston feels quite remote, situated on the peninsula between the Tamar and Tavy.

Caption For Rustington, The Village C1960

All along the coastal belt, but rarely extending more than a few miles inland, rounded beach flints or cobbles were used for walls and every type of building.

Caption For Ripley, The Cross 1923

Ripley lies a few miles to the north of Knaresborough.

Caption For Feock, Pill Creek 1936

A few miles south of Truro, Feock is picturesquely situated at the junction of the Carrick Roads with Restronguet Creek.

Caption For Great Wakering, High Street C1950

Great Wakering is an attractive village, just a few miles to the north of Shoeburyness in the remote old marshlands of the south east of Essex.

Caption For Cadgwith, The Beach 1899

Cadgwith is one of Cornwall's prettiest fishing villages, and huddles between steep cliffs a few miles north of the Lizard.

Caption For Liskeard, King Doniert's Stone C1955

A few miles away from St Cleer's Well is the King Stone (actually two stones), which is also known as King Doniert's stone.

Caption For Rochford, Market Square C1955

Rochford is a small town on the River Roach in south east Essex, a few miles to the north of Southend.

Caption For Cawdor, Castle 1890

A few miles to the south of Nairn stands Cawdor Castle, one of Scotland's finest medieval buildings.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Brennand Valley 1921

This lovely view was taken just a few miles north of Dunsop Bridge.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Brennand Valley 1921

This lovely view was taken just a few miles north of Dunsop Bridge.We can see the tiny River Brennand running down to join the Whitendale River to make the River Dunsop, which gives the town its

Caption For Tiverton, The Weir C1955

The river rises high in these hills, but only a few miles from the Bristol Channel.

Caption For Kempsey, The Church 1892

St Mary's Church at Kempsey lies close to the banks of the River Severn, a few miles south of Worcester.

Caption For Totternhoe, Hill 1897

A few miles from Dunstable, through the Downs, and nowadays part of the commuter belt, Castle Hill road links the three ends of Totternhoe, Church, Middle and Lower.

Caption For Aveley, The High Street C1955

Aveley is a small village situated a few miles to the east of Rainham and close to the Thames and Essex Marshes.The parked bicycles on the right, no cars to be seen and the crowd waiting for the bus