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Places

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Photos

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Maps

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Memories

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Old Southall Remembered

I lived in old Southall (Norwood Road - Norwood Green end) during the 1960s to the 1990s and have seen great changes. I went to school at Clifton Road, and the school had a great Headmaster, Mr Hancock, for a while. One ...Read more

A memory of Southall

Happy Days

Oh the memories stored away!! Charlie's opposite Cove Green, going there for sweeties on a Sunday, Cove Green (not as good as Tower Hill swings though!), Mundays closing at 1pm on Sundays, Thorntons with its yellow facade, and wool etc, I ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1965 by Ann Mozdzer

Mixed Memories

My family lived in and around South Ockendon for many years. I was born in 1965 in Romford. I went to Shaw County Primary School from aged 4, then to Lennards for years 1 and 2 finally at Culverhouse until I left school in ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by Mandy Swan

Gladstone Park

Our family moved from Churchill Road, Willesden to the country right out to Dudden Hill, in Normanby Road. The entrance to the park was just down the end of the road near the old iron bridge. There was a rather short ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1961 by Jim Rabbitts

Happy Days In Latimer

It was only two years or so, from 1959-61, aged 6-8, but it still seems as if the happiest period of my childhood in Latimer was one long, endless, glorious summer. My dad was in the army, in the King's Own Scottish ...Read more

A memory of Latimer in 1959 by John Sayer

Great Memories Of This Area

Really it was 1961-66. I worked as a Geologist for the United Steel Companies based in Rotherham. I visited Haile Moor and Beckermet Mines every two or three weeks for 5 years and came to love the area and its people ...Read more

A memory of Thornhill in 1961 by Geoff Potts

The Railway Inn

My Gran - Katherine Thomas - ran the Railway Inn (the Tap) for many years. My grandfather Thomas died shortly after I was born. My mother Hilda Jeffery (nee Thomas), my father William Jeffery and myself lived there. My mum died ...Read more

A memory of Llansamlet by Barbara Fossella

Carrog Memory, As A Ww2 Evacuee.

I first visited Carrog in 1939 as an evacuee, at the start of World War 2. I was accompanied by my two sisters, having travelled by train from Birkenhead on the Wirral. All the evacuees were escorted to the Church ...Read more

A memory of Carrog in 1940 by Edward James

The Bathing Hole

The stream in front of the war memorial ran down to the Browney river a few hundred yards below the Dean, where half of the Witton school kids learned to swim in deep pools created by dams made by Harry Bell and Davy ...Read more

A memory of Witton Gilbert in 1954 by David Leckenby

Childhood Memories

My granny used to live in Hole House, Lane Little Leigh, her name was Ellen Frances Hough, and I remember she used to live next door to Mr and Mrs Astbury. My dad used to take me there on a Friday night and pick me up on a ...Read more

A memory of Little Leigh in 1961 by Jacqueline Murphy

Captions

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Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Abbots Bridge C1955

The 12th-century bridge, with later additions, is a continuation of the precinct wall linking Eastgate Street with the Vinefields.

Caption For Brockweir, The River Wye C1960

Other than that, this view of Quayside from the road bridge has changed little. Even the tall tree by the roadside is still there.

Caption For Clifton, The Suspension Bridge 1887

The bridge has a total length of 1,352ft, while the distance between the piers is 702ft.

Caption For Potter Heigham, The River Thurne C1926

There are boats of every description on this busy part of the river.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, The Old Arch C1960

There are two dates on the keystone: the bridge of 1867 collapsed and was replaced by another in 1869.

Caption For Spalding, High Bridge C1960

There are roads along each bank and houses face the river, giving it a slightly Dutch feel. Indeed, there are some fine Georgian houses, particularly on the east side near the good parish church.

Caption For Llanarth, The Bridge And Post Office C1955

This view, taken from the opposite direction to L255042, above, shows the old narrow bridge more clearly.

Caption For Spalding, High Bridge C1960

There are roads along each bank and houses face the river, giving it a slightly Dutch feel. Indeed, there are some fine Georgian houses, particularly on the east side near the good parish church.

Caption For Peterborough, The Town Hall C1955

The only real change to this scene is that now there are no cars - the whole of Bridge Street up to Cathedral Square has been closed to traffic and paved over.

Caption For Houghton, Vinsons Tea Lawns C1960

We are near the long stone road bridge to Houghton, built in 1875 and crossing the tidal River Arun. Vinson's was a popular riverside tea rooms and garden. There is still a tea garden on the site.

Caption For Ironbridge, C1960

The bridge itself fell into disrepair; in 1931 it was closed to vehicular traffic, although people could continue to walk across it if they paid their penny.

Caption For Staines, The River 1907

A little further downstream, just through the railway bridge, the view down river from the Staines bank has changed; now there is extensive housing development on both banks, much fortunately still hidden

Caption For Stourport On Severn, View From Bridge C1955

The bridge left of centre and above the amusement arcade is over the narrow canal lock which gives access to Stourport Basin and the excellent collection of buildings there.

Caption For Little Eccleston, Cartford Lane C1965

A small caravan site and the Cartford Hotel flank the approach to the Cartford toll bridge, which was built across the Wyre in 1831.

Caption For York, Skeldergate Bridge C1885

We are looking towards Ouse Bridge with South Esplanade on the right.The view has remained virtually the same, except for the difference in the river traffic and a change of use for some of the

Caption For York, View From Skeldergate Bridge C1885

We are looking towards Ouse Bridge with South Esplanade on the right.The view has remained virtually the same, except for the difference in the river traffic and a change of use for some of the

Caption For Chester, Bridge Street 1888

This side of Bridge Street in the 1880s and 90s could quite easily have been renamed Ironmongers Row.

Caption For London, St Paul's Cathedral C1950

Five years after the end of the Second World War, there was still much evidence of the severe bombing around the cathedral.

Caption For Newark, The River C1965

In 1968, when work was underway on a new Devon Bridge, timber piles and some stonework were discovered on the river bed.

Caption For Bangor, High Street 1908

In the early years of the 19th century, there were only 93 houses in the town.

Caption For Coulsdon, Brighton Road C1955

Although fifty years have passed the centre of Coulsdon is easily recognisable, although the forthcoming replacement of the Red Lion will dramatically alter appearances.

Caption For Cricklade, The Town C1955

Looking from Cirencester Road into High Street This photograph, taken from near the High Bridge over the River Thames, shows the entrance to Cricklade from the north.

Caption For Aberdeen, The Bridge Of Dee C1900

The bridge was built to designs by Alexander Galloway, Rector of Kinkell, started in 1521 and widened by John Smith, 1840. The upstream facings were removed and replaced on the widened structure.

Caption For Marple Bridge, The Village C1955

Today Marple Bridge is the most delightfully pretty little village.