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Memories

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Memory Lane

I was at Brownrigg from 1963 to 1966, I was in Pennine dorm, Lorna Herron. I remember Bent Toe, he had to be put down at the school, a girl called Diane was really upset about that. I remember gathering bracken on the fells for the ...Read more

A memory of Bellingham in 1965 by Lorna Gowland

Woolies !

I found this site through a link on another, which had pictures of old buses - http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?cat=51 I commented there on some of the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport fleet, which my dad used to drive. I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury in 1974 by Gordon Sharpe

Raf Wyton

I lived on the RAF Base with my then husband after we married in 1974. I got a bus to work in Huntingdon that stopped just outside of the main gate. If I missed the bus I was very late for work. We stayed there until 1977 ...Read more

A memory of Wyton by Lily Redmond

School Years

I also remember my first day at Ynysboeth Infants school, and unceremoniously being dragged there by my mother for the first time, because I didn't want to go to school. However, as I was happily greeted by the teacher on entering ...Read more

A memory of Ynysboeth in 1940 by Royden Jones

Warners

As a young child I can remember several holidays taken at the Warners holiday camp at Seaton. The serious business of 'motoring down to Devon' was never taken lightly, lunch was prepared the night before to be eaten at Stonehenge, where ...Read more

A memory of Seaton in 1965 by Michael Gough

Growing Up In Blaenau Ffestiniog. 1961

I was brought up in Blaenau Ffestiniog and lived there until 1971. The High Street photograph brings it all back. The shop on the extreme left of the photo was my mum's hairdressing shop and we ...Read more

A memory of Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1961 by Eurwyn Jones

Glen Faba

Oh what lovely memories come flooding back, my mum and I would walk the winding river towpath from Glen Faba, where we lived, to Dobbs Weir, fish and minnow watching as we went along our way. In the summer my mum would get a hire row ...Read more

A memory of Hoddesdon by Yvonne Bartlett

The Orchid Ballroom Purley

Ah yes, I remember it well.  It was magical to go there and dance the evening away.  So many great bands in the 50's.  The floor was great, the music super. I learned to dance at a place called Quinns dance school near ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Pauline Wells/Neff

60 Years Ago

In 1950,1951 and 1952 I spent two months summer holidays/year at the Lodge. The house belonged then to Mrs Webster. Her daughter Annet had married Mr. (first name forgotten) Nickisson. Together they ran a riding school. I ...Read more

A memory of South Warnborough in 1950 by Eric Denzler

School Days

I remember moving from a one up one down back to back house in Hunslet at the age of approx 4 years to a brand new council house in Newhall Road, Belle Isle. I had a great time, my father borrowed a pony and trap, and we went back ...Read more

A memory of Belle Isle by Steve Hall

Captions

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Caption For Chesham, Broadway 1921

The tall buildings behind the lamp post, one with a sign for the Club and Literary Institute and built as a temperance hotel the other a bank dated 1898, flanked the entrance to Station Road.

Caption For Tonbridge, The Castle 1951

Situated on the north bank of the Medway, the original motte and bailey castle was replaced with stone by the early 13th century, when the shell keep was built.

Caption For Manningtree, High Street C1955

This is a quiet town on the south bank of the River Stour, at the point where it begins to widen into the estuary.

Caption For Horning, The Village 1934

This charming village straddles the banks of the River Bure amidst beautiful marshland.

Caption For Shaw, Chamber Road C1950

Its first house, Green Bank, is bigger than the rest and has a bay window, being built for a mill manager or the owner of the row.

Caption For Kings Lynn, South Gates 1891

This illustrious and sublime town is on the east bank of the River Ouse, two miles from the Wash.

Caption For Botley, High Street C1960

Typically, the Lloyds Bank branch has gone.

Caption For Richmond, Station Bridge 1892

The boy is lying on the grassy riverside bank known as the Batts.

Caption For Holbeach, High Street C1960

Then comes the HSBC bank followed by a building dated 1789 which now houses Calthop, solicitors. The pub, the Horse and Groom, is followed by the Central Fish Bar.

Caption For Horncastle, Market Place C1965

There is a blue plaque on the 1775 town house of Sir Joseph Banks (right).

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate C1960

On the extreme left are the premises of the Trustee Savings Bank - it moved across the road later in the 1960s.

Caption For Ruislip, The Lido, Miniature Railway C1965

The main building, designed by G W Smith, has now been converted reasonably sympathetically into a pub, and the miniature railway which skirted the water's edge on the opposite bank remains as something

Caption For Kidwelly, Castle 1925

Standing on rising ground on the west bank of the River Gwendraeth, Kidwelly and its fortified town were founded by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury during the reign of Henry I.

Caption For Jervaulx, Chapter House 1896

Lying peacefully on the banks of the Ure, the land was given to the monks by Conan, son of Alan the Red, who built Richmond Castle.

Caption For Wisbech, The Bridge C1955

To the left, at the junction of Cornhill and the Old Market, can be seen the Midland Bank which was built in 1921.

Caption For East Grinstead, High Street 1890

In the 1920s the building received a stone ground floor and became the Midland Bank.

Caption For Holme, St Giles' Church 1909

Holme is a hamlet on the east bank of the Trent slightly north of Winthorpe. The church was rebuilt in 1485 by John Barton of Calais.

Caption For Inverlochy, Castle C1890

Set on the banks of the River Lochy, it is one of Scotland's earliest stone castles, and it was here in February 1645, after a forced march across difficult terrain in appalling weather, that the Marquis

Caption For Barton Upon Irwell, The Swing Bridges 1895

A Ship Canal Pleasure Steamer Company was formed, and weekends and Bank Holidays would see two or three of these paddle steamers taking passengers on sight-seeing trips up and down the canal.

Caption For Boston Spa, Spa Baths 1897

The famous spring was discovered on the banks of the Wharfe by labourer John Shires on 4 June 1744. From then on, interest grew in visiting the town for its noted health benefits.

Caption For Bishopstoke, The River Itchen C1960

This photograph has been taken from the left bank of the River Itchen, and the photographer appears to have been standing on a spot where there was once a ford - children played there even after the bridge

Caption For Penrith, Ennim 1893

About half a mile south of the village of Blencow is the house known as Ennim Bank. The name derives from 'innam', meaning a piece of land which was enclosed or taken in.

Caption For Askrigg, Nappa Hall 1889

This interesting house was built on the north bank of the Ure in 1459 for the Metcalfes, an influential Wensleydale family. Thomas Metcalfe was Privy Councillor to the Duchy of Lancaster.

Caption For Sutton, High Street C1955

The struggle to drain the fen and maintain the banks of the rivers and lodes was endless. The parish church of St Andrew must be the most beautiful of all the fenland churches.