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Memories

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Fair Green

I lived in that stange area of Mitcham known as Lonesome, situated between the level crossing at Eastfields and the bottom of Streatham Vale. It was a sort of 'No Man's  Land'. My schooling from 1951- 1957 took place first at the wooden ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1958 by Mike Walker

A Tiny Hamlet Lost In Time

The year was 1970. Myself and a friend were typical 15 year old youths of the time, well, typical for our type of neighborhood. We had long hair, pierced ears, denim jeans and jackets and owned but a couple of shillings ...Read more

A memory of Trelights in 1970 by Rod Templar

Two Of My Uncles Memorailzed On Obelisk At Wooburn Green

My grandfather was GM of Glory Mill in the early 1900s. My father and his siblings were raised in a house located on the grounds. There were four brothers and all served in the British ...Read more

A memory of Wooburn Green in 1920 by Jack Eccles

Horse & Groom

Not sure but my great grandad may have owned/run this inn back then

A memory of Merrow in 1910 by j.ketchell

My Fathers Birthplace.

My father Cornelius Henry Johns (Naily to everyone who knew him) was born in the little Round House on the left of the photo. He was the youngest of a large family, and there were 11 people living there in 1899. They then moved to ...Read more

A memory of Veryan in 1890 by Donald Johns

My Mothers Was Evacuated To Penny Bridge During Ww2

My mother Iris Woods was evacuated to Penny Bridge during WW2. She first stayed at Penny Bridge House with the Stanley sisters - Franny & Alice? She then was moved to Mrytle Cottage to ...Read more

A memory of Penny Bridge in 1940 by Rebecca Woods

Ww2 Pontllanfraith

My paternal grandfather, Joseph Cook, lived at No 24 Newbridge Road, Pontllanfraith and to avoid the bombing where we lived in South London, we stayed in his house. I was too young for school, but my brothers, Joe and Pat ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith in 1944 by Ken Cook

Flimby

I cannot remember a time where Flimby did not feature in my life. My father was born on Ryehill Road, and my grandfather was born and bred in Flimby. It once was a pit village and my grandfather John Watters was an engineer, his father was the ...Read more

A memory of Flimby by Sharon Swallow

Childhood Memories

I have very happy memories of a childhood spent in Mynydd Isa. I was only there for 4 years ('72 - '76) but I crammed a lot of adventures into that time! My friend Audra and I used to go cycling down Rose Lane and look a the ...Read more

A memory of Mynydd Isa in 1973 by Jayne Storer

Escrick Park Gardens Market Gardens 1950 1966

My aunt and uncle - Mr and Mrs George Pratt - used to manage the market gardens in Escrick. We had many happy holidays there, and I remember the peaches and apricots growing up the wall, rows and rows of ...Read more

A memory of Escrick in 1950 by First Name Last Name

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Captions

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Caption For Canford Magna, Canford Bridge 1899

Canford House's western drive runs to the left directly to the bridge, thus avoiding a long road journey.

Caption For Poole, Sandecotes, Parkstone 1900

The house opposite is Broomrigg; like the one to the left, it has today been demolished to make way for modern flats.

Caption For Merthyr Mawr, Rethatching The Old School C1955

This area is still famous for its whitewashed and thatched houses. Here the workmen are carrying out their highly-specialised craft surrounded by the tools of their trade.

Caption For Calne, The Church Of St Mary C1955

The Georgian style was dominant in the architecture of many of Calne's buildings, from town houses and hotels to smaller cottages.

Caption For Stokenchurch, The Oxford Road C1945

The telegraph wires have long gone to be succeeded by other media, and although most of the houses in this view remain, the place is virtually unrecognisable and the traffic scanty: this

Caption For Eastry, Sandwich Lane C1955

Susan, meanwhile, has always loved the area, and moved to a Georgian house in nearby historic Sandwich.

Caption For Porthpean, Beach C1955

Behind the trees on the left is Porthpean House, home of the Petherick family.

Caption For Burgh Heath, Reigate Road C1960

The latest demolition has been the Surrey Yeoman public house on the left, which has been replaced by Yeoman Court.

Caption For Canvey Island, The Beach House Restaurant C1955

Caravans nestle close to the large Beach House Café.This is an interesting building, with its two end towers and decorative façade. It seems too impressive for these surroundings.

Caption For Potterne, Old Houses And Church 1898

Although this is Wiltshire, the design of these houses is very much Cheshire in style.

Caption For Coombe Bissett, The Village C1955

The barn on the left has now been converted into a house.

Caption For Dullingham, King's Head Corner C1955

There is a scratched date, '1717', in the house.

Caption For Westbury Leigh, The Village C1950

This view looks towards Leighton House on the hill. The post office and general stores in Leigh Street was, and still is, important to the community.

Caption For Bredenbury, Court, Arts And Crafts Exhibition C1960

Notice the wooden flooring – when the house was still privately-owned this room was built as a bowling alley and the floor was specially laid as the bowling lane.

Caption For Plymouth, From Mount Edgcumbe 1890

In the centre is the Edgecumbes' Winter Villa, which later became the convent and nursing home Nazareth House. It was completely rebuilt after a fire.

Caption For Raglan, The Village 1906

The church tower continues to dominate this scene, but the village has grown a lot in the last century, with new schools, new housing and a new surgery.

Caption For Biggleswade, Market Square C1955

Café, jeweller, dry cleaners and the regional newspaper office make strange bedfellows under the roof of the old Market House.

Caption For Ipswich, St Peter's Dock 1921

Adjacent to the dock are large ware- houses, including that of Cranfields, who along with Pauls owned their own large fleets of barges.

Caption For Ipswich, Old Houses, St Margaret's Plain C1955

This group of Tudor houses was originally plastered, and before a road-widening scheme in 1931, three gables stood across the St Margaret's Plain end.

Caption For Rugby, The School And Close C1965

The oldest existing school buildings are School House (centre right) and the Headmaster's House (far right), built in 1815 in Elizabethan style as a tribute to Lawrence Sheriff.

Caption For Epsom, Rosebery Park 1924

Ulterior motives were suspected since the new public status of the land would prevent a proposed road scheme near his house; still, the Council expressed their gratitude, and called it Rosebery Park

Caption For Cambridge, King's Parade 1911

In the background is the elegant classically designed Senate House, with Gonville and Caius College just beyond.

Caption For Sidmouth, York Terrace 1924

The town's first library was situated in one of the houses in York Terrace.

Caption For Polkerris, The Village C1960

The gable end of the lifeboat house is seen in the background, almost at the end of the road through the village.