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Memories

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Born In Aldershot In 1946

I was born in Aldershot in June 1946. I believe the event was at the General Hospital at the top end of St.Georges Road. For the first year or so I lived with my parents and older brother at the bottom end of Victoria Road. We ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by geoffroberts994

Childhood Memories

My parents lived at 233 Winchester Rd but moved to Wilmslow in 1948. My grandparents (Herbert and Mabel Higgs) lived at 4 Fairfields Rd (now a private hotel) having previously lived at Red Gables,Crossborough Hill. I have many ...Read more

A memory of Basingstoke by the.bods

Grove Cottage

In 1952 my newly widowed mother bought Grove Cottage - which was in Grove Lane (since called Malting Lane) and lived there for a while before renting it out to an American Airforceman named Robert Whaley, and his family, ...Read more

A memory of Ellington

Hill Street Pontnewydd

Hi. My name is Iris Elliott (nee ) Poole. I was born in Hill Street Pontnewydd in 1930 to Daisy and Tom Poole. I had a brother Mervin. Everyone knew my father Tom who was quite a character. He was a very big man and worked in ...Read more

A memory of Pontnewydd by janet.elliott

My Birth Place

I was born in woodgate street nine Ellms lane Battersea in November 1936, all the people older than me who were around at that time must have passed away. In our house lived my grandparents, my mum and dad, brother jock, sister ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by squiresdp

St. Neot's, 1956 1961.

St. Neot's changed my life! Beginning an apprenticeship at a long gone Huntingdon firm I was obliged to attend the then new St. Neot's Technical College one day a week. The head was the late Louie Mountford. We 'part time' ...Read more

A memory of St Neots by Stuart Sims

Family

My family on both my mother and father's side at one time came from Whitchurch. My gran and great granny were born there. My great granny never left the town in all of her 92 years,she died in 1948 after having 11 children. Looking at these ...Read more

A memory of Whitchurch by debiroper1

The Curzon Cinema

This is the Curzon cinema, with the old Swimming Baths at the left of the shot. I remember Saturday afternoon childrens matinees and also watching 'Zulu' at the Curzon when it was first released. The other local cinema was ...Read more

A memory of Flixton by Roger Hare

Cafe/ Milk Bar

I worked for awhile in Oswestry as a teenager wiring the telephone exchange up with a team. We stayed in lodgingsin the week in town, not far from the park. I cannot remember their surname but Derek and June were their first names. They ...Read more

A memory of Oswestry by johnwrogerson6208

Back Than

Hi there born 16/02/1951 lived at 7 Barton street back to back no longer (there). Had gas lighting and electric lighting and a gas lamp outside my bedroom. Townhead cotton mill was at the bottom of our street and knocker upper use tap the ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale by Andrew J Howley

Captions

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Caption For Newnham, Clock Tower C1955

This ornamental clock tower greets visitors who enter the town along the A48 from the direction of Gloucester.

Caption For Brighton, The Aquarium 1889

It dates from Norman times, but became ruinous during the 18th century and was entirely rebuilt in 1836. Today, the church is dwarfed by the town gasometer.

Caption For Accrington, Broadway C1965

We are looking into Broadway and Union Street towards the newly opened Arndale Centre.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Market Place 1892

Stratford once boasted two temperance hotels: McNeille's and The Fountain. In 1838 the South Midland Temperance Association embraced a large number of towns, including Stratford-upon-Avon.

Caption For Castle Rising, Trinity Hospital C1960

The old ladies in the hospital were given a uniform of red cloaks and steeple hats, which may still occasionally be seen in the town.

Caption For Porthcawl, The Fountains C1955

On the right can be seen the gas works, which used to make the town's gas supply. (Courtesy of John David/ Porthcawl Museum and Historical

Caption For Newton Abbot, The Market 1925

Newton Abbot market has changed a great deal in both character and appearance since this photograph was taken in the 1920s.

Caption For Monaghan, The Diamond C1870

An old picture of the original square and centre of the town known as the Diamond, which was the original market place of Monaghan.

Caption For Bedford, The River Ouse 1929

Any photographic survey of Bedford must include a picture of the embankment and the Swan Hotel.

Caption For South Wigston, Gloucester Crescent C1965

The mid 20th century saw the housing boom: around the towns and cities, large and small estates were built on agricultural land.

Caption For Bideford, The Quay 1890

Once the town manufactured and exported cloth and built ships; it imported tobacco and salted cod, and wool from the Continent for the Devon weaving industry.

Caption For Farnham, The Borough 1913

The Victorian old town hall is on the corner of Castle Street, and in the right foreground is the Spinning Wheel, which still stands and dates from about 1600.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1890

Bowler-hatted farmers go about their business in the centre of town around the Butter and Poultry Market Hall. A few cattle can be seen on the left.

Caption For Bovey Tracey, Coach For The Moors 1907

The market town of Bovey Tracey at one time had two railway stations; now it has none. The Dolphin Hotel is an old coaching and posting house.

Caption For Horsham, Park, Swimming Pool 1934

A bustling scene in Horsham Park, close to the railway station, with many people having fun in the town's swimming pool which was later enclosed.

Caption For Barry, Thompson Street 1925

The docks at Barry were established between 1884 and 1899 by David Davies, a coal exporter who objected to paying levies to Cardiff.

Caption For Sheffield, The Botanical Gardens 1893

The Town Trustees agreed to buy the Gardens for £5445 and it was they who undertook a series of improvements.

Caption For Aldershot, Wellington Monument 1891

One of the town's most famous landmarks is Matthew Wyatt's magnificent statue of Wellington on horseback.

Caption For Barnstaple, View From Mount Sandford 1929

The lush fields are clear to see, as is the bridge, Raleigh Cabinet Works, and the estuary. The sandbars visible even at half tide illustrate why shipping to the town was lost.

Caption For Teignmouth, Whale Bones 1922

These whale bones were brought to the town by a local trader, a reminder of Teignmouth's importance as a port.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Square 1904

The Square stands at the very heart of the town, astride the River Bourne.

Caption For Waltham Abbey, Town Hall And Highbridge Street 1921

The Town Hall stands on the left of this photograph, which was taken from outside the church and looking down Highbridge Street.

Caption For Menai Bridge, Suspension Bridge 1891

This elegant suspension bridge, built over the Menai Strait by Thomas Telford as part of his Holyhead Road, gave its name to the little town on the northern side of the narrow strait, between the island

Caption For Richmond, Friars Wynd 1913

A fragment of the medieval Town Wall, this postern gate allowed the townsfolk to obtain drinking water from springs at the Greyfriars.