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Park House Farm

My wife and I spent one year ( circa 1953 ) living in an apartment at Park House Farm where Tony Warner raised sugar beets and pigs. The Manor House was built on a Roman foundation which then formed the basement of the ...Read more

A memory of Snettisham by Herbert Kulik

Qeggs

I attended Queen Elizabeth’s Girls Grammar School from 1954 to 1959, and in 1957 the Queen came to visit. We all had to practise our lessons for ages beforehand (mine was French), and when she came to our classroom she spoke to us in French. We ...Read more

A memory of Barnet by Linda Smith

The Queen's Visit

I cannot be specific as to the date of the Queen's visit because I was very young at the time. On the left hand side of the road you can see what was at one time the post office but which later became a carpet shop.  On the ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1956 by Kathleen Green

Durham Buildings

The pub over the road did a singalong every Saturday night ending in a very long finale of "Hit the Road Jack - Don't you come back no more, no more ,no more, no more", and so on. I don't know about the pub but I doubt if anybody ...Read more

A memory of Battersea

Campsbourne Junior School Around 1960

I attended Campsbourne Junior School between 1958 and 1961. I arrived during the 2nd Year at the age of 8, having moved from St Michael's School in Highgate. I was placed in the top stream and my class teachers ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey by al.birkett

Late Childhood Memories Of Watchfield

Like others on the site I have very happy memories of living in Watchfield (1956 to 1966).My father was the Hall Manager of Kitchener Hall (RMCS) and we lived in army quarters in Hill Road. The houses were two ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield by Susan Richmond

Always Think Of It As Home.

I was born in Dovercourt hospital 24th December 1959. I lived above the Home and Colonial shop in the high street where my lovely Dad Mr. Roe was manager. My lovely mum Margaret often used to work there when my sister's ...Read more

A memory of Dovercourt by Susan Stapleton

Dr Barnardos

Lived in barnardos Woodford bridge from 13 years old till I was 15.december 1962 I moved into brittania house.mr and Mrs Rowland were the house masters.very happy times in there and like somelse mentioned the easter egg was ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge by Stephen Lusha

Geneva House School

I went to the school when I was about 4 or 5, it was situated near Exeter road, near Kilburn Underground Station on Shoot up Hill. My memory is a bit vague but it closed down & they built Telephone House on the ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn by Carole Miller

Cycle Accident In 1961

I was a “Christmas Casual” postman in 1961 based in Pinner Sorting Office near the old Langham Cinema. I was allocated a “round” in Northwood Hills which meant riding my rickety old Post Office bike via Pinner Green. ...Read more

A memory of Pinner Green by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

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Caption For Sydling St Nicholas, The Stream And Bridge C1955

This is locally known as Back Lane, and leads to Waterside Path. The old Mill House (centre) was demolished in 1966.

Caption For Cliftonville, The Bungalow Tea Rooms 1918

Perhaps the man with his back to us is on his way to stake his claim. I love the dapper white shoes worn by the man reading the newspaper.

Caption For Allington, The Castle C1955

In 1951 it was bought by the Carmelite Order and used as a 'desert house' for its members - here the sisters could spend a year in contemplation before going back to their professional lives.

Caption For London, Trafalgar Square C1960

Back into Whitehall, our tour continues north to Trafalgar Square, which was laid out in the 1820s; numerous houses in front of St Martin-in-the-Fields church were demolished.

Caption For Bransgore, C1960

The pub dates back to about 1640. The little single-storey building on the right has gone. Further down the road is the 19th-century church of St Mary.

Caption For Southampton, Westgate 1908

The timber-framed Tudor House, one of the city's finest buildings, dates back to about 1500, and has hardly changed at all since this photograph was taken.

Caption For Barry, Parish Church 1899

St Nicholas has a recorded history going back to the 13th century. It has been used over the centuries as a landmark buy ships in the Bristol Channel.

Caption For Skegness, Grand Parade And Clock Tower 1910

A barefoot boy with a stick guides two donkeys back to their stand on the pullover.

Caption For Glasgow, George Square 1897

It contained the magnificent municipal buildings completed in 1888 at a cost of £540,000—the Post Office, the Bank of Scotland, the Merchant's House and several hotels.

Caption For Walton On The Naze, High Street 1921

The arrival of the railway in 1867, and the 1872 National Bank Holiday Act, opened Walton up to everybody.

Caption For New Brighton, Lighthouse 1892

There are here a commodious pier, and a sandy beach well supplied with bathing machines, donkeys, minstrels, and the like attractions for the amusement of the Bank Holiday crowds.

Caption For Exmouth, From The Cliff 1918

The Maer was once a golf course for the town, but it was allowed to revert back to wilderness in the 1950s.

Caption For Rottingdean, Village Pond C1955

With Kipling's 'blunt, bow-headed, whale-backed Downs' surrounding it, the village runs up a valley from the sea, climaxing beyond the High Street on the Green with its pond, where Kipling lived.

Caption For Wherwell, Village 1901

Behind the tearoom, the village shop, now closed, was once an inn with stables and yard running back from the road.

Caption For Haddenham, Banks Pond C1960

This is one of the ponds, Banks Pond, on the main east-west road through the village; the scene is relatively unchanged, although out of view to the left is now a parade of 1960s shops.

Caption For Gloucester, Eastgate Street C1960

Banks are now found in Eastgate Street, on the left-hand side of this picture, which eventually leads to the under-cover Kings Walk shops.

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, The Quay 1929

From Wells to Blakeney, a great sand barrier holds back all but the most vicious tides. The quay at Wells is now stranded a mile from the open sea.

Caption For Lancaster, The Castle Gateway 1896

Here we see the Grammar School from another angle, looking from East Road back into the city.

Caption For Uppingham, West Bank C1965

Located at the corner of Stockerston Road and South Backway, West Bank was built in 1866 by Howard Candler, 'a small, energetic mathematician', who always refused to have more than six boys boarding.

Caption For Brent Eleigh, The Street C1960

Beyond Cundys Lane is High Bank, a medieval hall-house; then comes the thatched 17th-century Tudor Cottage and the former post office.

Caption For Lincoln, The Glory Hole 1910

Here we look east along the River Witham, flowing out of Brayford Pool, with the High Street reached by steps from each bank.

Caption For Spalding, High Bridge C1960

There are roads along each bank and houses face the river, giving it a slightly Dutch feel. Indeed, there are some fine Georgian houses, particularly on the east side near the good parish church.

Caption For Linton, The Dog And Duck C1955

The inn on the banks of the river was two cottages and a shop in 1840. In 1851 it became an inn owned by the brewer Henry Prior.

Caption For Swavesey, The Cobblestones C1965

The cobblestones was the dock area where the barges would come into the village to unload their goods. It was probably built in the 13th century, when the town of Swavesey was first established.