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Maps

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Memories

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Aelwyd Amanw

This is a photo of Aelwyd Amanw, Brynaman. Brynaman was the first place in Wales to have its own building for running a branch of Urdd Gobaith Cymru. Although a branch of Urdd Gobaith Cymru had been established in the village since ...Read more

A memory of Brynamman by Sarah Hopkin

Old Friends

Hi, I can see that Janet Lee has posted some info, I am wondering if you are the older sister of Patricia Lee or perhaps another relative. Their family emigrated to Australia on the Canberra some time in the early 1960s. I was also a ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by Debra Richards

Visiting Granda

My family used to travel from the countryside of Lanarkshire into Glasgow almost every weekend to visit our Granda in Carnwadric. I loved going from the centre of town out to Carnwadric in the tram and being able to 'turn' the seats for its return journey. Happy days.

A memory of Glasgow in 1953 by Kathleen Kelly

My Childhood Summers In The Village

I was brought up near London but when I was about 8 my brother married and moved down to live in Menheniot as his in-laws owned a bungalow on the Trewint Estate and purchased the village hairdressers ...Read more

A memory of Menheniot by Carrie Gregory

Whitethorn Morris Dance For Girlguiding At The Willow Tree Activity Centre

The Harrow and Pinner Division of the girl guides organised a huge May Day celebration on 1st May in their new Willow Tree Activity Centre in Breakspear Road North, ...Read more

A memory of Harefield in 2006 by John Howard Norfolk

As It Was

I left Walsall at the age of fifteen, at the time of the date of this picture. I loved the trolley buses and watching the trolley conductor change the rails. I remember the Bridge well, as shown in this picture. It was my task on a Saturday ...Read more

A memory of Walsall in 1955 by Terry King

Upleatham

We lived in Upleatham, my gran, grandad and my mum and dad. I was really young and my grandparents had lived there for a long time. We lived in a row of houses as the centre of the village and my grandad worked in the local saw mill and ...Read more

A memory of Upleatham in 1955 by First Name Last Name

Happy Days In Pentre

The top bungalow in your photo (one), brings some happy memories. This was the first school in Pen-y-Cae. I spent many, many hours there with Hughie and his brother. The two classrooms (bedrooms to-day) go up in steps. There used ...Read more

A memory of Penycae in 1945 by Neville Jackson

Trips To Co Op

The bus ride into Addlestone from New Haw took about 15 minutes. We were taken on a regular basis either to see our Grandparents who lived in Byron Road or shop at the Co-op, which took up a large part of the High Street. In order ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone in 1956 by Michael Ponting

Whitethorn Morris Dance At St Albans "Folk At The Festival"

One of the highlights of the Festival is the Festival parade and Day of Dance which traditionally takes place on the Saturday of each year's Festival. The procession was led through the ...Read more

A memory of St Albans in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

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Caption For Odiham, The Bury 1910

The unusual 15th-century three-storey building (centre) is thought perhaps to have been a gatehouse to a former courtyard house, now Nos 67 and 69 High Street.

Caption For Wakefield, Market Place C1965

The Market Hall, (centre), opened on 23 April 1964; it cost £289,000 and holds 87 stalls, and replaced the old one which was in use from 29 August 1851.

Caption For Swanage, The Promenade 1925

The view is northwards along Shore Road to New Swanage and the 1898-built Grand Hotel (centre right).

Caption For Blaenavon, Workmens Institute And Town Clock C1955

Its hall could seat 1500, and the 'stute' was a centre of social life in the town.

Caption For Rochdale, The Memorial 1902

The mills near the Roach at the eastern end of the town centre are on the left.

Caption For Congleton, Town Hall And High Street C1955

The Town Hall is the tall building with the clock tower in the centre of the photograph; it was built in 1864 by E W Godwin at a cost of £8,000.

Caption For Winsford, The Flashes C1955

Today those in the countryside hereabouts have become popular centres for watersports.

Caption For Cardiff, City Hall 1925

The formal layout of roads around the Civic Centre was initiated in 1903 some five years after completion of the purchase of Bute's parkland.

Caption For Bognor Regis, High Street 1890

The High Street is noted for its Arcade shopping centre, which dates back to 1901 and includes ornamental stained glass.

Caption For Tenby, South Shore C1960

The building with the round tower (centre) is the Imperial Hotel.

Caption For Elmswell, The Post Office And Stores C1965

The shop (centre) was owned by W A Leeks, who had the new house (right) built in 1965.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, King's Hall 1908

Milk used to be carried around in churns on carts for customers to purchase it by the jug-full (centre left).

Caption For Ambleside, Tarn Hows C1955

This is a classic view of Tarn Hows, near Hawkshead, with the peaks of the Langdale Pikes in the centre background.

Caption For Minster In Thanet, The Square C1960

In the centre is the New Inn public house and tea gardens, formerly owned by Cobbs' Brewery.

Caption For Allhallows, The Beach C1955

The hook, centre foreground, and mooring blocks suggest that a small craft is often tied here, and the bathing huts, right, are well kept and brightly painted.

Caption For Market Deeping, Stamford Road C1955

This is the A16 coming in from Stamford towards the town centre.

Caption For Stroud, Stratford Park, The Childrens Playground C1965

Present- day attractions at the nearby Leisure Centre, built in the early 1970s, are extensive and include an indoor pool, a sports hall, trampolines, squash and badminton courts, a gym, a sauna, a

Caption For Great Meols, Dinghy Slipway C1965

This busy scene was taken near Dove Point slipway, and shows the increasing attraction of the area as a sailing centre.

Caption For Port Sunlight, The Post Office C1960

The building on the extreme right was the village library when this photograph was taken, but it is now the Heritage Centre and Information Office.

Caption For Bath, Camden Crescent 1907

Unstable ground meant only four houses were built to the right of the pedimented centre instead of ten.

Caption For Marton In Cleveland, The Shopping Centre C1965

A typical post Second World War shopping centre, with a range of shops designed to meet most of the local needs of those living in these suburbs of Middlesbrough.

Caption For Norton, High Street C1965

Some of the local shops look out onto the large pond at the top end of Norton High Street, with the Unicorn public house on the corner just to the right of centre.

Caption For Saxmundham, 1929

The garage (centre left) belongs to Smith and Wesby, agents for Morris with cars for hire, who are still there today.

Caption For Bakewell, From Station Road 1914

Today, this scene would be dominated on the left by the futuristic shape of Bakewell's new Agricultural Business Centre.