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Maps

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Memories

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The Grip

I moved into this cottage in 1953 with my parents and older sister. I remember very clearly looking out of the large window in the centre of the cottage wishing I was old enough to go to school with my sister. I was also very envious as she ...Read more

A memory of Linton in 1953 by Carol Flynn

City Village

I grew up in Mitcham, born in 1976 and left there in about 1997. I feel like I have two Mitchams in my head - the old and the new. I felt a link with the place because my dad had grown up there and my grandad had links with Morfax and ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Jim Pearson

Carter Family Of Harpford

My forebears came from the village of Harpford. In the Tithe schedule of 1839 Joel Carter rented the small cottage in the centre of the photo and also the cottage on the far right (which had a workshop at the back.) Joel ...Read more

A memory of Harpford by Anne Speight

The Dizzy Heights!

I lived next door to the Church for 17 years and during that time, I climbed to the top of the spire just once. In 1962 when I was 10, some neighbours were having their house decorated. Being an outgoing (some would say nosey) ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1962 by Lynn Quigley

The Tomes Family Of Chipping Campden

I have been interested in tracing my family tree for many years and my computer is full of vast amounts of information regarding my forebears. I have lived in Mexico for many years but back in 2007, ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Campden in 2007

I Worked There!

It was a Trust House Hotel when I worked there in the bar for a few years up to 1964. By that time it was very much larger than the photograph shows. The manager was Mr. Trew. It never made any money due to the short season. ...Read more

A memory of Haytor Vale in 1962 by George Mitchell

Grandfather

I have only visited Eye once and that was to visit the Queens Head Inn in the centre of Eye. My grandfather was born there and my great-grandfather owned it. I know it is over 550 yrs old and a magnifent old building. I have just ...Read more

A memory of Eye in 1890 by Anthony Pearce

The Post In The Centre Of The Bay

I am not sure which grandfather it was (how many greats do you want?) but the old part of my family, the Strevens, have lived in Broadstairs for the last five hundred years, and have the honour of having ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by Chris Darby

Where I Used To Get The Bus To School

This picture (e199012) must be mid-afternoon judging by the shadows but there is surprisingly little traffic. The bus stop on the right, with a shelter, is where the 17 and 104 would stop on their way ...Read more

A memory of East Finchley in 1965

Howdendyke As A Child In The 1950s

My family moved into Howdendyke upon completion of the Airey Houses when I was two years old. We lived at 4, Ferry Road which was the main street into Howdendyke. As I grew, reaching nursery school age and ...Read more

A memory of Howdendyke by John Jessop

Captions

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Caption For Wainfleet, High Street C1955

The Nottingham Co-operative Society (centre) is no longer on the left of the High Street - the building is now a pet shop, and the Co-op has moved to a more modern building across the street.

Caption For Penarth, The Pier 1896

With a beautifully attired young lady at its centre, this photograph brilliantly captures the fin de siecle elegance of the seafront.

Caption For Penarth, Windsor Road 1896

The earliest plans were to centre the business heart of the town on Glebe Street and develop into Arcot Street.

Caption For Great Chart, Village 1908

However, it was once a more substantial settlement and a significant market centre for the locality.

Caption For Hartfield, 1906

The 13th-century church of St Mary is on a knoll in the centre of the village.

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

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 Torrisholme, The Shopping Centre C1965

Here we see the centre of Torrisholme, a quiet Morecambe suburb, on a pleasant, sunny day.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Square C1955

Coombe Street turns off to the left (with van, centre) and St Michael's Parish Church rises above the roofs (top left).

Caption For Waltham Abbey, The Gateway C1955

An unusual view of the Abbey Gateway—in the centre—and the bridge over the Cornmill Stream, a tributary of the River Lea, with people relaxing around the broken walls.

Caption For Caldecott, The Green C1955

Next to the thatched cottage in the centre, the houses show a good example of limestone banding in ironstone.

Caption For Daventry, Market Square C1955

The buildings that run on down Abbey Street have long since been demolished and replaced by The Abbey Centre and a new leisure complex.

Caption For Crosby, Marine Gardens C1960

Within the immediate vicinity there are ample leisure facilities for those whose interests lie outside sailing: athletics, pitch and putt, tennis, soccer, rugby football and a fitness centre complete

Caption For Dinder, High Street C1965

The ducks still paddle on the river beside the main road, but the Post Office and Stores (centre) is just a house now.

Caption For Southampton, The Civic Centre C1955

Behind is Southampton's Civic Centre housing the civic offices, the police station, Southampton lending library and an art gallery.

Caption For Tattershall, Buttercross C1955

The Buttercross is to be found in the centre of the village market place.

Caption For Grantham, High Street C1955

The George Hotel on the left, a very large coaching inn on the old Great North Road built in 1780, has now been successfully converted into The George Shopping Centre.

Caption For Southwold, Town Hall And High Street C1960

The Swan, the Town Hall next door and F C Munt, the chemist's (on the corner, left of centre) are unchanged, but the shop between is now Somerfield's.

Caption For Eythorne, Chapel Hill C1955

Along with its neighbouring villages of Betteshanger and Tilmanstone, this settlement was a centre of the short-lived Kent coal industry, which began when coal was discovered when borings for a proposed

Caption For Billingham, The Statue C1970

The founders of the modern Billingham Town Centre felt the need to introduce features which helped to take away the starkness of the new surroundings.

Caption For Hartlepool, Memorial Gardens C1965

In the 1970s it was re-developed for the Civic Centre, magistrates' courts and police headquarters.

Caption For Redcar, The Town Clock C1955

This is a famous town centre view.

Caption For Stockton On Tees, High Street And Parish Church C1955

Beyond it is the former Globe Theatre, and Maxwell's Corner Shop stands in the centre distance.

Caption For Debenham, Market Green And High Street C1955

The sign is on the Red Lion (centre left), which closed in 2000.

Caption For Orford, Market Hill 1937

The Manor House (centre left) with its 19th-century brick façade is central to the market place.