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Childhood Days

Being born in Sowerby Bridge as a family we would often visit Ladstone Rock. I had numerous happy hours there as a young lad, picnics and gathering Bilberries' for mum to bake pies. Why did the summer days then never seem to ...Read more

A memory of Sowerby Bridge in 1951 by Barry M. Whisler

Childhood On Castleford Road

I remember the fields and Beckbridge prefabs. I and my sister attended the infants school , set back from Castleford road sadly no more except the walls remain .Swam in the old Baths where asda, s store now stands.I ...Read more

A memory of Normanton in 1961

I Dare You...

One summer afternoon, aged about 10, I was playing on and around this bridge with a group of boys. I was a bit of a tomboy! Some of the older boys decided to jump off the bridge and then jeered that I wouldn't be able to do this because ...Read more

A memory of Fetcham in 1953 by Maureen Cate

Alan Cobham

In 1932 at the age of eight years old I enjoyed the thrill of an airborne flight, Alan Cobham, later to become Sir Alan was giving demonstration flights on the field by Merrills Bridge, now the site of Bentley Motors, my father paid the ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1930 by Ken Wood

Bradley St

I was born in 1953 and went to Bradley St Primary. I recall there were three girls who dressed the same; the Pearl triplets. I remember going on a school trip to Heathrow Airport and losing my souvenir cast metal model plane on the ...Read more

A memory of Uttoxeter by Robert Cooper

Tea Leaf Alley Gertrude Street

Yes, I'm almost certain people will remember Gertrude Street. My name is John Howard and I lived at No.31 Gertrude St. Went to Mount Carmel RC, I also went to the Cad on Regent Rd many times. I'm always bumping into ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1948 by John Howard

Growing Up In The Pit Houses

We were raised in a pit house on Springfield (sometimes 'Avenue') near the far end of Ings Lane, in the fifties. It was a small street, only 6 houses. 2 or 3 keys would open both front and back doors (and ...Read more

A memory of Bolton Upon Dearne by Peter Wraith

Battersea

I was born in 1930 in Chelsea but moved to Haines Street, Battersea (demolished to make way for New Covent Garden in the 1960's) in 1933. Moved to No.3 Sleaford Street Battersea in 1935 and went to Sleaford Street School until 1939 (Mr ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1930 by John Dorking

The Barton Road Swing Bridge

This photograph shows the Barton Road Swing Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal, taken from the Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct, which stands alongside this bridge and carried the Bridgewater Canal over the ...Read more

A memory of Barton Upon Irwell in 1950 by Julia Skinner

Lost And Found In Bristol

Our family had returned to England at the very end of 1948 from a short overseas BOAC posting in Montreal. My father, a BOAC pilot, was due to begin training to fly Boeing Stratocruisers at Filton in 1949, and along with ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1951 by John Liles

Captions

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Caption For Malmesbury, Almshouses 1924

The Hospital of the Order of St John the Baptist is situated at the junction of the Lower High Street and St John`s Street and by St John`s Bridge.

Caption For Avebury, St James' Church C1955

The cylindrical Norman font is stunning: it has intersected arches, big scrolls and two big serpents with twisted tails, their heads looking at a saintly bishop, who is wearing a typical Norman

Caption For Preston, New Road 1924

Liverpool and Manchester both sent traffic over the Ribble bridges and into the dock area to join roads that were full already.

Caption For Hest Bank, Station Road C1955

They called the main railway line from Crewe to Glasgow the West Coast Main Line, but here at Hest Bank is the only spot where you can actually see the coast and the sea beyond.

Caption For Ilkley, Brook Street C1965

Ford, Morris, Hillman and Triumph - all the big automobile names are represented here as the town becomes accustomed to the motor age.

Caption For Caldecott, The Village C1955

The River Eye flows below the bridge seen here, which was once much narrower.

Caption For Clitheroe, Brungerley Bridge 1895

Brungerley Bridge is still popular today because of its proximity as a leisure area to Clitheroe town.

Caption For Swindon, Regent Street C1950

The View to Bridge Street This section of Regent Street is immediately to the north of the McIlroy's store.

Caption For Kirkheaton, Beaumont Arms C1950

The village grew up around the fancy goods and woollen fabric trades, so widespread in West Yorkshire.

Caption For Manchester, View From Victoria Hotel 1889

The approach to the station is a bridge over the River Irwell. At the centre bottom of our picture is Cromwell's statue, by Matthew Noble.

Caption For Rye, The River Rother 1901

By 1901 Rye had long been surpassed as a port, though there were a number of lute-sterned trawlers based here, and cargoes arrived here for transfer into lighters that traded up the Rother as far

Caption For Poole, Secondary School 1908

The year 1907 is carved in the stone, but this picture was taken the following year when the school opened for 200 secondary age boys and girls.

Caption For Manchester, Exhibition From Talbot Road 1887

You can see the 'fireproof' bridge which linked the two sites. The designers and builders of the exhibition were Maxwell & Tuke, who went on to design Blackpool Tower.

Caption For Market Rasen, Queen Street C1960

This view looks eastwards towards the railway bridge that carries the line from Grimsby to Lincoln. Again, the buildings have hardly changed, but the occupants have.

Caption For Market Rasen, Queen Street C1960

This view looks eastwards towards the railway bridge that carries the line from Grimsby to Lincoln. Again, the buildings have hardly changed, but the occupants have.

Caption For Thorp Arch, Church 1893

Much of the woodwork was commissioned in 1938 from Robert Thompson from Kilburn, and his mouse trademark can be found on the pews and pulpit. The building to the right is the old hearse house.

Caption For Box Hill, The Summit 1906

The popularity of Box Hill, once called the White Hill from its chalk bluff and affording a splendid view across the Weald from its summit of just over 600ft, reached an apogee during the late Victorian

Caption For St Ives, The Broadway 1901

It is three years after No 41278, and little has changed; the memorial is still a year away. On the left is the North Hunts Constitutional Club, now the offices of Ewing Reeson, photographer.

Caption For Stourport On Severn, River Severn C1965

Pleasure prevails, with the Riverside Café and an amusement arcade next to the river. The commodious launch Amo is waiting to fill up with tourists for a river cruise.

Caption For Bletchley, Tree Square C1955

On one of Stony Stratford's first bridges over the River Great Ouse, Grilkes Inn had been operating since 1317, possibly the oldest alehouse in Buckinghamshire; and the Cross Keys (1475) and the

Caption For Monmouth, St Thomas's Church C1965

This view shows the Monnow Gate that stands on the bridge of the same name to the left.

Caption For Stourport On Severn, River Severn And Bridge C1955

From the bridge it was once possible to see a windmill built on a high bluff of rock above the river.

Caption For Abridge, Market Place C1960

The Blue Boar, the building on the left with the two columns, is mid 19th- century, and was probably built to sell the products of the Anchor Brewery, which became the Abridge Brewery and

Caption For Dartmoor, Ponies C1965

In the south, huge pits were dug for china clay, an industry that continues today, and all over the moor granite was quarried for building stone.