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Memories

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Infant And Junior

I was at Willian Penn until 1966. I lived on Northern Road so not far to walk to school, and at that time walking to junior school alone was considered perfectly safe - Mum saw me across the road and off I went. I remember Mr Brookes ...Read more

A memory of Slough by Dawn Brown

Standon Life.

I had a wonderful childhood growing up in Standon. I went to the old school in Standon High Street. We walked across the road to have dinner in the village hall. We had the luxury of a swimming pool - outdoor changing rooms. We had ...Read more

A memory of Standon by Melanie Tharby

1 Station Road

I lived at the address which was the house on the corner of hogmoor Road and Station Road. The house was wood not tin as stated and was painted cream. Corrals coal were the owners and a coal yard was at the rear of the house,. . adjacent ...Read more

A memory of Bordon by John Watts

Kon Tiki Coffee Bar

Does anyone remember the Kon Tiki coffee bar, opposite the Odean cinema in Chadwell Heath? The coffee bar had an Hawaiian theme, I used to walk from Marks Gate just for cup of coffee.... There was another coffee bar in ...Read more

A memory of Chadwell Heath by peterphelps06

Plashet Grove

Before & during the Second World War my uncle was an electrical engineer & had a shop in Plashet Grove opposite Washington Road. Unfortunately I wasn't born until 1946 & so I have no knowledge of the shop except some ...Read more

A memory of Upton Park by Alan Guy

De Brome 1957 To 1962

De Brome now seems such a long time ago , all we have have is memories of how things were. How schools now are, from the former years we enjoyed or did not. I often wondered how all the kids we new then are doing with ...Read more

A memory of Hanworth by shephardr59

Fox Hill

I was told that the Queen was in the area to meet the regiment that was in situ on Fox Hill when war broke out. Because the road up to the hill was in a bad state due to being just a track , the army put down a concrete road up one side and ...Read more

A memory of Ash by Linda Scard

Memories

I was born in 54 Mill Street, Trecynon. As was my sister, our mother and her brothers and sitsters. A little 2 down 2 up, stone cottage. It was on the top of the hill, and we could run down "the trip" as we called it, and play there, ...Read more

A memory of Trecynon in 1947 by Heather Forey

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

My Grandmother

My grandmother worked in Killips in Wembley. I used to walk up the alley from Harrowdene Road besides the railroad tracks up to Killips to visit with my grandmother. I too thought the tube that collected the money was fascinating. I ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1966 by Linda D Jones

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Captions

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Caption For Plymouth, Tavistock Road 1890

The Tavistock road leads away from Plymouth to the fringes of Dartmoor, and has always been a busy highway.

Caption For Plymouth, Tavistock Road 1890

The Tavistock road leads away from Plymouth to the fringes of Dartmoor, and has always been a busy highway.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, From East 1932

One can imagine the smugglers being able to transport their contraband from the shore, up the rugged terrain and inland without being detected, before these roads were built.

Caption For Ruswarp, The Bridge And Church C1960

The new road bridge was built by the renowned engineering firm of Dorman Long of Middlesbrough, who also built the Sydney Harbour bridge.

Caption For Dewsbury, Northgate C1965

The eastern end of Market Place was opened up in the 1830s as the Dewsbury and Gomersal turnpike road.

Caption For Exeter, High Street 1896

The portico protruding into the road belongs to the Guildhall, a 13th-century building; the portico itself is Elizabethan.

Caption For Newton Abbot, Courtenay Park 1906

Located just across the road from the train station, the park is named after the Courtenays, who were responsible for much of the building in town (they owned most of the land).

Caption For Stone, High Street 1900

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

Caption For Brompton On Swale, The Village 1913

A tarmac road surface and kerbed pavements are the main changes to this scene today.

Caption For Brompton On Swale, The Village 1913

A tarmac road surface and kerbed pavements are the main changes to this scene today.

Caption For Billingshurst, South Street 1909

One of the larger villages of Sussex, Billingshurst may get its name from the Saxon 'Billings', or perhaps from the Roman engineer Belinus who was responsible for Stane Street, the Roman road linking

Caption For Corby, Church Of Our Lady Of Walsingham C1955

This church in Occupation Road was the first of four permanent buildings to be set up in the town for the large Catholic population, opening its doors in November 1938.

Caption For Elan Valley, Careg Ddu Dam C1955

A viaduct carries the road across Careg Ddu and passes the grand water tower, whose purely functional purpose was for routine maintenance.

Caption For Swaffham Bulbeck, High Street C1955

Further along the road stands a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered cottage.

Caption For Daventry, London Road C1955

Looking south along London Road, we see several of the desirable bungalows and villas built by Messrs Bosworth & Wakeford, many of which are still owned by them.

Caption For Wilmslow, Carrs Bridge C1955

It was built in 1800, after the Gregs raised the height of the weir at Styal and destroyed the old ford that took the road over to Pownall Hall.

Caption For Frome, The Market Place C1950

The road below was frequently flooded by the River Frome.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Square C1955

By the 1950s motor traffic was beginning to dominate the centre of Bournemouth, though it was still possible for drivers to easily pull in at the side of the road.

Caption For Tirril, From Penrith Road C1955

From Tirril, midway between Penrith and Ullswater, a road leads to Sockbridge. This was the home of Wordsworth's grandfather Richard, and his father John.

Caption For Lindfield, High Street C1960

The hanging sign on the extreme left is that of the Stand Up Inn, whilst further along on the opposite side of the road is another pub, the Red Lion, which was originally a well used coaching

Caption For Ewhurst, Village 1925

The Bulls Head pub, on the opposite side of the road, remains.

Caption For Grasmere, Church Stile 1926

Church Stile is the name of the road which goes around the parish church.

Caption For Old Warden, Shuttleworth College C1955

The latter is dedicated to the life of the eldest son of the family who was killed in World War II, and supports the Shuttleworth Collection of road transport and aircraft housed at Old Warden Aerodrome

Caption For March, High Street C1955

The boy on the left appears to have been diverted from what he was doing: probably he has been hailed by the two cyclists opposite Lloyd's Bank, who seem to be about to head across the road towards him