Maps

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Books

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Memories

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My Memories Of Wednesbury.

I remember going to the Rialto cinema, we called it 'the fleapit', it was a bit rough. The manager used to wear a smart black suit, he would be in the kiosk taking the money, I think he ran the place as a one-man-band, ...Read more

A memory of Wednesbury in 1959 by Janice Johnson

Bristol, High Street And The Blitz 1940

Bristol's High Street scene of many strirring events in Bristol's history the heart of the city was destroyed and lost forever in 1940. As a city with docks and industry at its heart, Bristol was a natural ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1940 by Paul Townsend

Run For The Bus

The Square was the bus terminus, overlooked by the bus office on Market Street on the upper floor. It was always full of buses, my buses were the 12.10 and 12.25 going home from school for lunch. I would have to run to catch the ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1958 by Simon Platt

Tab Packets

I was eleven in this year 1954 and me and the lads were by this time avid collectors of anything, tab packets was top of most lists, we would scour the streets and gutters wherever we went for that elusive cardboard. The bins behind ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1954 by Jimmy Burrows

Mescias Milk Bar Market Street

I was quite an accomplished swimmer in my youth, and after a session in the swimming baths, we would call in at Mescia's for a coffee or a milk shake. There was another Coffee Bar opposite (I can't remember its name now) but Mescia's was always the first choice for me and my pals.

A memory of Hyde in 1956 by Ken Foley

New Boy

I came to Sedgley aged ten, having been born in the dock area of Dudley. At five we moved to Wolverhampton. Finally the family moved to the new houses down Cotwallend Road overlooking the Dingle. The 1962/63 winter was a real bad one and ...Read more

A memory of Sedgley in 1963

This Was The View From My Nana''s Window On Castle Street

This view of the Town Hall brings back wonderful memories of vacations at my grandmother, Charlotte Thomas's, house. She lived on Castle Street and her house looked down this street. On ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg in 1959 by Sharwynne Drennan

No Police Box

There was a Police Box (Tardis type) at the bottom of the Corn Exchange, later replaced by a Police telephone post. On the left was the entrance to the Old Indoor Market and The Plough public house.

A memory of Luton in 1952 by John King

Halcyon Days!

I was born in a newly built house in Laurel Avenue - and was told whilst being built my mum and dad had gotten to choose which one they wanted!  The midwife who delivered me was Miss Reece, who I believe lived in Wickford until she ...Read more

A memory of Wickford in 1955 by Lnda Golding

The New Inn Crowd

My parents, Ron and Mary Grant took over the New Inn at Drayton in 1957. Prior to that they had the Royal Pier Hotel at Sandown, on IOW. My sister Suzanne came over with them. I joined them the following year, as ...Read more

A memory of Drayton in 1957 by Roland Grant

Captions

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Caption For Bromsgrove, Aerial View C1955

Bromsgrove lies a few miles west of Redditch, and it is an ancient market town which has become a suburban satellite of Birmingham.

Caption For Bridgend, Dunraven Place 1910

In 1632 the first cattle market was held in Dunraven Place. The Wyndham Arms, a Grade II listed building, used to be an important coaching inn.

Caption For Empingham, Crocket Lane C1960

Always of some local importance, the village had a weekly medieval market and three-day fair at the feast of St Botolph, granted in 1318.

Caption For Grimsby, Old Market Place 1964

However, the largest shopping mall in Lincolnshire is nearby, and so is the very useful-looking large indoor market.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1897

Here we are looking west along Est Street, to the Town Hall and Market Place.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1930

This is a view along East Street to the former Market Place, from the Greyhound Hotel (left) which faces the wonderfully elaborate Georgian shop-front of Beach and Company.

Caption For Marlborough, High Street 1901

On the ground floor is a pentice, a common feature of the High Street frontages, which must have kept many a market trader and his customers dry.

Caption For Chesham, General View 1897

Nearer the camera is the bell turret of the old Market Hall, and beyond on the other side of the valley is the tower and spire of the parish church and to its left, beyond the cedar tree, is The Bury,

Caption For Chesham, High Street 1921

This view looks south down the High Street past a motor bike with its acetylene headlamp towards the old Market House with its cupola.

Caption For Leighton Buzzard, The Cross C1965

Given a decade of fresh ideas (see L211008 on the previous pages), the area around Leighton Buzzard's 15th-century Market Cross is once again a focal point and meeting place.

Caption For Pontefract, Beastfair 1964

The prosperous Georgian feel of the town originates with the presence of the castle and with its role as a market town and agricultural centre.

Caption For Newark, Great North Road And Castle C1955

This spacious boulevard is in fact Beast Market Hill, and was just that in years past. On the right is the former Ossington Coffee Palace.

Caption For Newark On Trent, Bridge Street C1955

All survives in Bridge Street, which leads out of the south- east side of the Market Place in the distance.

Caption For Grimsby, Old Market Place 1964

However, the largest shopping mall in Lincolnshire is nearby, and so is the very useful-looking large indoor market.

Caption For Dunoon, 'columba' 1904

When first commissioned, she was placed on the up-market daily run from Glasgow to Tarbert and Ardrishaig, by way of Greenock, Dunoon, Rothesay and the Kyles of Bute.

Caption For Sedbergh, Market Place 1894

Sedbergh is a pleasant little market town on the southern edge of the lovely Howgill Fells. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era, being on a strategic turnpike road from Kendal to Kirkby Stephen.

Caption For Northampton, Market Square & Mobbs Memorial 1922

Though no longer in the Market Place, this fine monument to Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Mobbs was once a famous landmark in Northampton.

Caption For Retford, Cannon Square 1954

Frith's photographer was outside St Swithun's churchyard, looking through Cannon Square towards the south-east arm of the Market Square and the 18th-century White Hart.

Caption For Daventry, The Burton Memorial And Moot Hall C1950

The Market Square is at the junction of the High Street, Abbey Street and Chapel Lane. Chapel Lane was formerly Hogmarket, and is now called St John's Place.

Caption For Daventry, The Burton Memorial And High Street C1950

As we turn our back on the Market Square, High Street runs westward to Sheaf Street.

Caption For Aylesbury, Market Square C1955

This view looks along the north side of Market Square past the war memorial into Cambridge Street on the left of the Round House and the High Street to its right.

Caption For Sudbury, St Peter's Church Interior C1960

All the pews were sold in the market on 31 March 1859 and replaced with these chairs.

Caption For Abbotsbury, West Street C1960

On the corner are No 2 Back Street and 20 Market Street (centre) whre W J Perry offers gifts and cream teas. Both are built of local iron-stained oolitic limestone.

Caption For Chesham, Town Bridge 1897

He is looking along Germain Street towards the town centre and Market Place, but the houses beyond the bridge gave long been demolished.