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Maps

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Memories

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Henry Pugh

My great grandfather was a servant and then a coachman. He worked for Anne Wheeley in Pentre House in the hamlet of Llwyn Du, Abergavenny. He married Emma Porter and had two children, but she sadly died. He was a widower in 1871, but ...Read more

A memory of Llwyn-du in 1870

Hounslow In The 60s

Although I was born in Isleworth I went to school in Hounslow, firstly to Hounslow Town School in Pears Road in 1960 and then onto Bulstrode Girls school in 1964. We were the first class in the new school but started our ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Sheila Wright

Schooldays

A great little school to be educated in, I remember my first teacher her name was Miss Patterson. There were only about three to a class if you were lucky, with the first four years in one classroom. We used to get taken out in each ...Read more

A memory of Glendoick in 1960 by Sheila Knoll

Living In Nork Parade

My family lived in a flat above Lloyds Bank in Nork Parade for some three years, until the summer of 1966 - by which time I was almost six years old. I would lean of the front window next to the block letters of 'Nork Radio' ...Read more

A memory of Nork in 1965

East Ham 1943 To 1971

I moved to East Ham as a nipper in 1943 and lived in Bartle Avenue. During the war I contracted diphtheria and spent eight weeks in an isolation hospital somewhere in Woodford. During that time a V2 rocket dropped in the ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by Stephen Hoskins

Anyone Remember A Circus In Town?

My family always lived in Fareham and we recently found photos when having a clear out which show a procession of elephants and band making their way along what we have recognised as portland street as it was-there ...Read more

A memory of Fareham by Claire Jarman

Cheshunt

Yes Valerie - I too have a similar memory of the day I walked home from Cheshunt Secondary School on my last ever day. The sun was always high over Grundy Park during the summer months, and shone down directly onto your neck and head as ...Read more

A memory of Cheshunt by Russ Boys

The Greengrocers In Sale Moor

Does anybody remember the name of the greengrocers in the centre of Sale Moor,I worked there for a short time .They supplied you with one of those bikes which had a basket on the front which didn't turn and on the first ...Read more

A memory of Sale in 1964 by Mike Keaveney

Rock Street

My mum was born in Rock Street in 1921, her parents were Fred and Nellie Ashton. Although I was born in Oldham in 1946 we moved down south when I was about 2 or 3 because my Dad, a Wiltshire man, didn't want to live in Oldham. We used ...Read more

A memory of Oldham by Val Mundy

Cheadle Hulme 50 60 Years Ago

We moved to Cheadle Hulme from Barnton in 1957 when my dad bought Miss Young's bakery at 38 Station Road. In those days it was a lovely quiet village, not at all the bustling suburb of today. Our bakery was at ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle Hulme in 1957 by Maggie Day

Captions

3,593 captions found. Showing results 2,209 to 2,232.

Caption For Stourbridge, Market Street C1965

The view has changed little, although the shop beside the road junction, in the centre of the picture in front of the Town Hall, has been replaced.

Caption For Ellesmere Port, Whitby Road C1955

The row of shops is still there, but Mellor's baker's shop (centre) is now a locksmiths; the shops with awnings outside are now a florist's and the offices of the TGWU.

Caption For Richmond, The Channel 1929

The coffee merchant E W Coleman's van is parked outside his shop (centre); beside its window is an LNER train timetable - Station Road is off to the left.

Caption For Fountains, 1955

The former Cistercian monastery, with its great east window prominent on the left, still fills the grounds of Studley Royal, but is now served by an award-winning National Trust visitor centre on the hillside

Caption For Cranbrook, The Village C1955

In the 14th century, Cranbrook became the centre of cloth making in the county after Edward III lured Flemish weavers to settle here. The trade lasted until the 18th century.

Caption For Dartford, High Street 1949

This photograph shows the centre of the busy High Street, with the road to Bexley and London ahead and the turning to Crayford visible on the right.

Caption For Redcar, Coatham Enclosure, The Boating Lake C1955

The indoor public baths in the centre background were opened in 1900, but they were eventually demolished in 1978, to be re-instated within a new building on the same site.

Caption For Littlehampton, Harbour 1903

Although cumbersome to handle, a paddle tug still manages to turn her charge professionally in the centre fairway of the River Arun, whilst a stiff breeze catches smoke from the funnel and

Caption For Market Deeping, Stamford Road C1955

This is the A16 coming in from Stamford towards the town centre. Mill Cottage is on the right, and the River Welland is at the other side of the house.

Caption For Leeds, Parish Church 1891

Leeds also became the leading centre for the manufacture of ready-to-wear clothes.

Caption For Newport, Castle 1893

The curtain wall faces the River Usk, with the arched water gate in the centre. Boats could enter the castle this way – there was a small quay to the rear of the tower.

Caption For Wadhurst, Castle 1903

West of the village centre is Wadhurst Castle.

Caption For Ombersley, The Village C1938

The large white building (centre) was known as the Crown Hotel then.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, General View C1955

Penuel chapel is in the centre, and to its left is Wilputte Terrace, named after a Belgian gentleman.

Caption For Ockley, Post Office 1914

The village centre with the Crown pub and the old church is a pleasant spot. To the south of the village, brick making has been an important local industry.

Caption For Chesterfield, The Royal Oak, Oldest Inn C1960

The fight against the wholesale demolition of the area lasted long enough for the Peacock to be saved and it is now the tourist information and heritage centre.

Caption For Cliffe, High Street C1955

The Victorian Black Bull pub (centre) is now a renowned Thai restaurant. Plans to build an airport here were defeated by angry villagers in 2003.

Caption For Clapham, Henry Thornton School C1960

Around the corner in Elms Road (which retains many of its mid-Victorian villas) is the Henry Thornton School, within the same site as the Marianne Thornton (C327056) and also part of the Clapham Centre

Caption For Kelsale, The Village C1955

To the centre right is the Guildhall of c1495, with the Arts and Crafts-style Village Hall behind.

Caption For Bonsall, Via Gellia, Pig Of Lead Inn 1892

photograph are interesting, from the horse and cart and man carrying a basket and harness on the left, to the two boys, one dressed in a sailor suit, and a man who may be their father in a straw boater in the centre

Caption For Thwaite, The Village C1955

The Cathole Inn closed in 1954, just ahead of the motoring revolution, although this car driver (centre left), inspecting a puncture, is hoping for a passing bus.

Caption For South Benfleet, The High Street C1960

This was a centre for smuggling in the 19th century, with tunnels under what is now the car park.

Caption For Caton, The Village C1960

Willow Mill now provides offices and a craft centre.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place C1965

Local businesses have now been joined by Fine Fare (centre) and, extreme right, Walter Willson's.