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Memories

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Though Tis Dorset, I Thought Twere Devon

When I was a child, I lived at Axminster. My favourite seaside resort was Lyme Regis, about 6 miles away from home. Even though I was told, on countless occasions, that Lyme lay in Dorset, I would not ...Read more

A memory of Lyme Regis by Marjorie Alcock

Infant And Junior School In Earl Shilton Late 1960s To Mid 1970s

I lived on Cedar Road, my parents having bought a house (in which my mother still lives) on the new estate in 1964. I attended Wood Street Infant School from 1968 to 1971, Hill Top ...Read more

A memory of Earl Shilton in 1970 by Stephen Geary

The Roundway I Remember

In 1954 Roundway was the site of the Royal Army Pay Corps Training Centre. Nothing now remains of this except a plaque erected by the local council to commemorate the fact that thousands of young men conscripted for National ...Read more

A memory of Roundway in 1954 by John Pettitt

What We Ate

Eeh! Remember potted meat? You could eat it as it was or put it on bread for a sandwich, where is it now? Then there was dripping which was quite solid and spread like margarine on your bread for sandwiches. I worked in Leeds on the ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1950 by Jimmy Burrows

Mansfield Market

I have some lovely memories of Mansfield market place. My dad, George Fisher, my mum, Margaret, and my lovely Uncle Johnny stood the market for many years. My grandad started the business many years before selling fruit & veg. ...Read more

A memory of Mansfield in 1975 by Wendy Fisher

The Regal Picture House And The Dene Near Walker Graveyard

I lived in Walker Dwellings in X Block, directly opposite of one of the entrances to Walker Park, from 1943 to 1946. I am looking for old photographs of Church Street and Walker Park. Also I would like contact with anyone from that time.

A memory of Walker by Ron Davis

Born In Burnt Oak

I was born in Burnt Oak in July 1956 in North Road - the same house that my mother was born in.  My grandparents lived in North Road for many years until North Road, South Road and East Road were compulsory purchased by Barnet ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1956 by Sandra Gibney

My First Day At Work

I can never pass through Maids Moreton without recalling my first day at work as an apprentice electrician for The East Midlands Electricity Board, Buckingham. It was April 14th 1958 and I was assigned to Mr Jack Holland, ...Read more

A memory of Maids' Moreton in 1958 by Rick Brock

Kirkshaws Primary 1972 1978 And Monkland Lane Flats

I was born and brought up in Old Monkland. I lived with my parents and sister Audrey and in 1977 my brother Andrew was born. We lived in the flats, 3 storeys up, in Monkland Lane. I attended ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge in 1975 by Karen Ramage

Not Much Money But Plenty Of Happy Memories

I moved to Dagenham with my family in 1949.  We lived in Cartwright Road off Hedgemans Road.  I have memories of long hot summer holidays off from Finneymore Road School.  The days were filled with trips to ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1950 by Joan Cotton

Captions

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Caption For Formby, Post Office And Village C1955

The timbered building beyond is a branch of the National Westminster Bank, and the properties beyond that have all been demolished in the interests of building mundane blocks of shops.

Caption For London, St Paul's Cathedral From Fleet Street C1950

The bombed corner on the right is now occupied by an office block, with Waterstone's bookshop on the ground floor.

Caption For Dudley, Castle Street And St Edmund's Church 1968

the then new block of shops included a Fine Fare supermarket, once a prominent chain locally. Almost off camera on the right is Stantons music store - a place of wonderment for many in their youth.

Caption For Birmingham, Aston Hall 1896

Begun in 1618 for Sir Thomas Holte, Aston was not completed until 1635.This picture shows the east front; it comprises a main block of seven bays topped by a clock tower and two-stage cupola, and

Caption For Newark, Stodman Street 1906

The butcher's shop is interesting in that it is open on two sides; the butcher either cuts his meat in the street, or he has brought the block out to swill it down.

Caption For Bedford, Embankment Gardens 1929

The hairpin railings were replaced after World War II by concrete block walls, but fortunately lower versions of the railings have recently replaced the ungainly blockwork.

Caption For Quorn, Bulls Head Hotel C1960

This is a mid 18th-century symmetrical brick building of quality, two and a half storeys high and five bays wide.

Caption For Assington, The Church 1907

Since 1907 the porch windows have been blocked. The chest tomb of c1800 is for three members of the Klopfer family of Boxford and Ipswich.

Caption For Rickinghall, The Church C1965

There is a blocked arch under the window, where a chapel has been demolished. The porch has an unusual extra buttress which here masks some of the decoration over the door.

Caption For Delamere, Fishpool Inn C1960

There was once a healing well somewhere in the forest which, legend has it, was blocked up during an invasion by Vikings.

Caption For Rochdale, The Walk C1910

Walter Vavasour built the block of buildings forming the Walk in the early 1800s, partly on the site of the yard of Eagle Inn.

Caption For Marlborough, The College, The Bradleian Building 1901

This steep-roofed brick building with rather a Gothic flavour, designed by G E Street, replaced a block of fives courts.

Caption For Salisbury, Catherine Street C1950

The Wessex motors garage, whose signs are displayed on the facing wall, has gone, and has been replaced by an office block.

Caption For Nork, The Parade C1955

The Parade is Nork's local shopping centre, a left turn off Fir Tree Road; Eastgate on the left, out of camera shot, has large three-storey blocks of 1930s flats.

Caption For London, The Waterfront By St Paul's 1890

This famous vista, taken from Bankside, shows the glorious dome of St Paul’s rising over the roofs of London.The river is edged not with the anonymous and monumental office blocks we see today but

Caption For Wenvoe, The Castle 1899

With the exception of one of the pavilions (which was to enjoy a second lease of life as a clubhouse for a golf club) and the stable block, the building was demolished c1930.

Caption For London, The Waterfront By St Paul's 1890

This famous vista, taken from Bankside, shows the glorious dome of St Paul's rising over the roofs of London.The river is edged not with the anonymous and monumental office blocks we see today but

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road 1954

The Heath itself is much reduced, but in places you can still find the early spacious villas where they have not been swept away for blocks of flats.

Caption For Kettering, Grammar School And High School 1922

The central block held art rooms and other communal areas, but great effort was made to keep the sexes separate.

Caption For Bangor, Terraces 1897

The block at the corner is one of the latest boarding houses, and has clearly pushed back some older buildings.

Caption For Denbigh, Market Place 1888

Still recognisable today, this view shows on the right the well-known arcade of shops which started life as an island block between Back Row and the present Market Place; note the rabbits hanging outside

Caption For Knottingley, St Botolphs Church C1960

Here is a fascinating picture taken from the newly built block of flats, Low Cross Court.

Caption For Calne, St Mary's School C1965

This building, known as the Matthews Block, was named after Miss Marcia Matthews, headmistress from 1923 to 1945.

Caption For Solihull, Mell Square C1966

But the buildings are unaltered, and so are some of the tenants: Woolworth's and Marks & Spencers still occupy the two main wings of this block, as they have since 1966.