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Places

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Memories

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The Majestic Ballroom

When I worked at Sketchley Dyers and Cleaners I met a great bunch of friends who introduced me to dancing at the Majestic Ballroom in Wembley. Does anyone of my age remember this ballroom and, better still, is there anyone out there who actually went dancing there?

A memory of Wembley in 1955 by Judith Kish

1 Year At Laleham Abbey

I attended Laleham Abbey just for one year (1953 - coronation year). My surname then was Hebden. I was very shy and didn't make many friends. The one girl I do remember was an Australian whose surname was Snedden who I believe ...Read more

A memory of Laleham in 1953 by Christine U'brien

Living At Almington Hall

I was only 5 or 6 years old when my mother was employed as a cook at the hall. I remember we had a bedroom at the top of the hall and when Mother put me to bed, Nanny would come and take to the nursery to play. I remember a ...Read more

A memory of Almington in 1945 by Cynthia Rice

Evacuee

My mother was evacuated to Bishop Nympton ( but going to school in South Molton) She arrived with her mother and her brand new baby sister sometime during the War...I don't know the year right now, I need to find out. They were ...Read more

A memory of South Molton by Jane Lack

Billys Greengrocer

Billy's Greengorcer - a small shop on the corner of Hebron Street where you could buy fruit and veg, and almost anything else. In those years there was not an awful lot of choice.. two lots of potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, and ...Read more

A memory of Heyside in 1951 by Barbara Watts

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

Cobblers Shop Rockingham Road Swinton

My memory relates to the cobblers shop on Rockingham Road, Swinton as this was my grandad's shop, I used to walk down the back way, behind the houses to get to it, it is still a shoe repairers shop. At ...Read more

A memory of Swinton in 1967

Lawrence Family In East Molesey

On a holiday from Australia, today my husband and I visited East Molesey & Hampton Court. My mother's paternal family were the Lawrence's - Edward was a master butcher and had a shop in 156 Walton Road (now a ...Read more

A memory of East Molesey by Erica Henley

Aber/Blaengwynfi Silver Prize Band Thankyou For The Music!

I grew up in Blaengwynfi in the 1950s/60s. My father was Don Davies, and he was band-master during most of those years. He'd joined the band in the 30s when he'd been forced to leave ...Read more

A memory of Blaengwynfi by Dorothy Chambers

How Good Barking Was In The 1950s

I was born in Shirley Gardens in 1935, right opposite Barking Park where I spent most of my childhood at Barking open air lido. What a magnificent place that was! My father was a policeman in Barking so we always ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Shirley Bates

Captions

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Caption For Glastonbury, Abbey, The Lady Chapel C1960

The site is greatly improved, with a gravel surface and better props around the altar site. Today an actual altar is set here, surrounded by benches.

Caption For Bath, Union Street C1955

Union Street is now pedestrianised; this view shows some of the modern shop fronts installed by 1955 which replaced the much better Victorian ones.

Caption For Fulbourn, High Street C1950

One hopes that the Express parcel service fared better than the shop's window advertising, which suffers from a number of missing letters!

Caption For Bristol, Christmas Street C1950

In the 1530s the old hospital of St Bartholomew had seen better days, and the decision was taken to convert it into a grammar school.

Caption For Chelmsford, Infirmary 1895

A Free Dispensary for the poor had been set up at the rear of the churchyard in 1818, but there was an increasing need for better facilities, and the Infirmary & Dispensary was built in New

Caption For Northfield, The Black Horse 1949

The mock-Tudor style is often mocked, but anybody taking the Bristol Road through Northfield today (and possibly even in 1955) would struggle to find a better-looking building than this mock-Tudor pub

Caption For Easby, Abbey 1893

Little of the abbey church remains, but other buildings around the cloister are better preserved. This view shows the south transept (centre left), with the chapter house on the right.

Caption For London, Match Seller, Greenwich 1884

In 1888 these girls went on strike for better pay and conditions. Such a protect and threat to public order was rare amongst itinerant workers.

Caption For Taunton, Fore Street 1902

Where better to begin an exploration of Taunton town than in Fore Street, very much the centre of this ancient Borough.

Caption For Harwich, Corporation Pier C1955

Corporation Pier, seen here, is better known as the Ha'penny Pier, after its original toll charge. A small ferry goes from here to Felixstowe.

Caption For Widnes, Widnes Road C1960

St Nicholas, of course, is usually better known these days as Santa Claus.

Caption For Coventry, The Stocks, St Mary's Hall C1890

The stocks were usually positioned on a main thoroughfare, or better still in the market place; convicted wrongdoers were secured in them by either their legs or arms.

Caption For Chilworth, Village 1906

One hundred years earlier, the church was described as 'little better than a hovel, with a belfry like a pigeon-house', though its 12th-century bells were among the oldest in Hampshire.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Old Market Square 1929

His poem about the embittered fisherman Peter Grimes inspired an opera by a much later and better known resident, Benjamin Britten.

Caption For Chilworth, Village 1906

One hundred years earlier, the church was described as 'little better than a hovel, with a belfry like a pigeon-house', though its 12th-century bells were among the oldest in Hampshire.

Caption For Llandough, St Dochdwy's Church C1955

This was the site of a Celtic monastery founded by St Dochdwy or Dochau, the name by which St Cyngar was better known.

Caption For Hyde, Market Street And Town Hall C1955

The plaque that commemorates him states that 'it is better to be nobly remembered than nobly born', a sentiment of great meaning in a town that played such an important part in the Chartist movement

Caption For Earith, West End C1955

Jewson & Son the timber merchants - nowadays better known as 'The Jewson Lot' - started their business here in Earith in the 19th century, using the River Ouse to transport their timber.

Caption For Ulverston, King Street 1950

In 1890, the town was the birthplace of Arthur Stanley Jefferson, better known as Stan Laurel, and a museum in Upper Brook Street, off to the right, celebrates his partnership with Oliver

Caption For Reading, Oxford Street 1913

The top storey has been rebuilt in simpler style, but it is still miles better than the dreary Broad Street Mall that swept away all the buildings on the left.

Caption For Chipping Norton, Market Street C1945

What a pity that F Sole went in for being a family butcher when the name would have better suited a fishmonger!

Caption For North Somercotes, Lakeside Lido Club Bar C1955

The demolition took place about five or six years ago, no one was quite sure when, but the one thing that was said positively was that the replacement is better!

Caption For Dudley, Elephants At Dudley Zoo C1965

They may have a few trees to look at, but as far as the amenities of their home are concerned, these elephants do not fare any better than the gorilla.

Caption For Stevenage, Hydean C1960

Initially, Knebworth had been suggested, but it was felt that railway provision was better at Stevenage.