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Evacuated To Coedpoeth 1944

My older brother and two other boys were taken in by Mrs Jones in Roberts Terrace. I was seven and had my 8th birthday there. She was a wonderful lady and looked after the four of use. I remember going to find logs and ...Read more

A memory of Coedpoeth in 1944 by William Schofield

Air Raids

These memories are as fresh in my mind as if they happened last week. Boston had its share of air raids, the first one was on a rainy Monday, it was July, the first day of our summer school holidays. It would be about 7.15 am when we heard a ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1940 by Bob Marriott

My Place Of Birth

I was born in one of those prefabs halfway down on the righthand side, number twenty three in fact. My mum and dad must have thought they`d gone to heaven, moving from a blitzed east end tenemant with a shared outside toilet ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by Glenn Spicer

Best Days Of You Life?

I was lucky enough to attend Bede Hall. We had a terrific staff team in those days - Clive Bell, Peter Dixon, the late Annie Woodward et al. The whole experience was mind blowing, as the mix of administered and self ...Read more

A memory of Billingham in 1967 by Dot Laird

Sweeping Staircase

I also have memories of St Nicholas, and was a pupil at the school from 1949 aged four, till 1952. Miss Garrard was the headmistress, and I seem to remember she was very kind. I had a kindergarten teacher who was absolutely ...Read more

A memory of Mickleham in 1949 by Sheila Medhurst

Roots

My Grandfather William Hazell came from Pentlow and was a legend in our family. the rest of his family spelled their name Hasell and there seem to be many in Pentlow going back to the 1700s. Grandfather William found himself in Pentlow and ...Read more

A memory of Pentlow in 1890 by Keith Hazell

School At Burslem Junior Tech

I lived in Blythe Bridge and travelled to school at the Burslem Junior Technical College in Moorland Road, Burslem over a period between 1943 to 1945. The journey by train on the old loop line was a lot of fun. I ...Read more

A memory of Burslem in 1944 by Roy Allen

The War Years

I was born in Ryde in 1938 and when war broke out, my mother and myself moved in with my grandparents, Laurence and Lucy Stroud (nee Meecham) into what is now Wellwood Grange but in those days was just Wellwood. It was the home of the ...Read more

A memory of Binstead by John Stroud

St Philips School

At this time (1950) I became a pupil at the above school. The playground was truly superb and it has very recently become a permanent green space for the use of the village. This ground has in it a ha-ha and we ...Read more

A memory of Burley in Wharfedale in 1950

Ex St Roberts Catholic School Harrogate

Born in Waterloo Street, Harrogate, in early 1940s. Attended above school until left in 1956. Started work at J.S.Driver, grocers on Beulah Street, Stan Wood manager. Remember 'Syncopated Sandy,' playing ...Read more

A memory of Harrogate by Tony Richardson

Captions

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Caption For Uttoxeter, Alleyne's Grammar School C1955

It moved here to these new buildings on Derby Road (now called Back Lane) in 1859, having outgrown the original premises.

Caption For Wookey Hole, 'the Witch' 1896

The route then heads east back to the Mendips to visit another celebrated tourist attraction, Wookey Hole.

Caption For Horley, Station Road 1905

Horley is now firmly back in Surrey, but for some years prior to 1974 it, along with Gatwick Airport, was within Sussex.

Caption For Wisbech, The Market Place 1929

It is the wealth created by the years of shipping which has given Wisbech two of the most perfect Georgian streets in England - the Brinks on the banks of the River Nene.

Caption For Fittleworth, From Lea Hill 1908

Here the photographer looks across the back of the Victorian elementary school and schoolmaster's house at the left of the hay ricks.

Caption For Grantham, Angel And Royal Hotel C1955

The hotel façade has not changed, but Boots have moved further along the High Street and the Halifax Bank has replaced Boots.

Caption For Newent, Broad Street C1965

On the right is the elegant Georgian frontage of Lloyd's Bank, complete with a fanlight over the door and a decorated gable at the roofline.

Caption For Huntingdon, Bridge And River From Castle Hill C1955

The mill, on the south bank of the Great Ouse, later became a hosiery factory, and has now been converted into a prestige housing complex.

Caption For Rochdale, Newgate C1910

The Red Lion dated back to at least 1792, when it was called Blackwater.

Caption For Bromsgrove, High Street C1965

Photographs taken before 1965 reveal it to have been a truly magnificent structure; documentary records indicate that it was built about 1600, though its predecessors can be tracked back as

Caption For Sherborne, Long Street 1924

Records of the existence of this street go back at least to the 15th century and it is known to have been used by travellers and pilgrims on their way to the Abbey.

Caption For London, The Royal Victoria Docks C1965

The biggest docks were the Royal group east of Canning Town on the north bank of the Thames.

Caption For Parkgate, C1955

The projecting section of promenade shown in both photographs is known as the Donkey Stand, because it was possible to take donkey rides along the sands from here as far as South Slip and back.

Caption For Ingleton, Thornton Foss 1929

Once the Settle to Carlisle railway had opened, which ran to the east of Ingleton, Victorian entrepreneurs laid out the 4-mile walk along the banks of the River Twiss towards Pecca Falls, Hollybush

Caption For Egham, The King's Head C1950

Unlike Staines on the north bank, the river plays no part in Egham's townscape.

Caption For Puttenham, Post Office And Church C1955

Across the A3, Puttenham village lies just south of the narrow chalk ridge of the Hog's Back.

Caption For Walton On Thames, High Street C1955

Built on slightly higher land away from the river, it turns its back on it, and this view looks north-west along the High Street to the Church Street crossroads.

Caption For Latimer, The Water Splash 1897

Back inthe Chess Valley we reach Latimer, a very pretty village with a triangular green and, uphill to the west, Latimer House.

Caption For Tring, High Street 1897

Much has gone, including the old Rose and Crown, which was replaced around 1900 by the present mock timber-framed one set back from the road: a townscape disaster.

Caption For Bothwell, 1897

Dating back to the 13th century, the castle is one of the most impressive ruined fortresses in Scotland; the Douglas Tower took 36 years to build, and is thought to be the work of French masons because

Caption For Thurmaston, Melton Road C1965

Canal Street, Wharf Street, and Mill Lane on the right run back to the river.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, Winchester Road C1965

We are now back at the junction with Hursley Road where Bournemouth Road becomes Winchester Road.

Caption For Oundle, St Osyths Lane C1950

The rest have been replaced by the modern back wall of a stone clad Co-op supermarket.

Caption For Thurmaston, Melton Road C1965

Canal Street, Wharf Street, and Mill Lane on the right run back to the river.