Photos

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Maps

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Memories

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Memories

I remember all you have said and remember the whole area being drowned out with the motor racing, as I got older I use to go and watch. Then that all went for the sports centre, which I used to go swimming in with my school.

A memory of Crystal Palace in 1960 by Christine Harvey

Life In The Early Fifities

I was born in 1949 in a prefab in St Malo Ave just off Town Rd. Things were tough for Mum and Dad as he was invalid and unable to work. I really never noticed for a few years and just tried to explore and enjoy the ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton in 1951 by John Canham

Rocknell Manor Westleigh

early days I think it was used by monks and nuns.beautiful cottage way back in doomesday . it now been running for few years as Christian retreat centre . such beautiful gardens and also boast orchard near by. sadly there ...Read more

A memory of Westleigh by Janet Ingate

My Love Of Brentford

Hi, I lived at Mount Pleasant were the first shopping centre was built, Then moved to York Road no 38.until 1970. I went Ealing road jnr School and then to Bush House open air School {hated it} I also hated moving with my parents ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by young-r4

Photo Location

This picture shows the beach and the Eastern Esplanade at the Thorpe Hall Boulevard Junction. The elaborate shelter was built as the Thorpe Bay Terminus Waiting Room for the Southend Corporation Tramways before the Esplanade Line was linked ...Read more

A memory of Thorpe Bay by julian

Ardwick Green Area History Project

I'm working on a Heritage Lottery funded project to find out what it used to be like to live, work, go out and grow up in the Ardwick Green area of Manchester in the 1930s - 1960s. If you have stories or photos to ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick by alison.crush

Happy Times

i spent lots of holidays at the miners holiday centre with my family i went on to work at dawdon colliery i visit skegness often but would like to go and revisit the centre what is it called now the chaletys were basic and we ...Read more

A memory of Skegness by william.oakley

When I Was A Wolf Cub In Grays

In the early 1950's we lived in "Little Thurrock" as my Mum called it! Actually in Blackshotts Lane at a time before the road was adopted by the council and full of pot holes! What I want to find is exactly where the ...Read more

A memory of Grays by peelerscottage

When I Was A Wolf Cub In Grays

In the early 1950's we lived in "Little Thurrock" as my Mum called it! Actually in Blackshotts Lane at a time before the road was adopted by the council and full of pot holes! What I want to find is exactly where the ...Read more

A memory of Grays by peelerscottage

Cabot Knewell, Family Butcher At Graham House, Boxford

Cabot Knewell, with wife Joan (nee Joan I Smith), was the master butcher at Graham House, 6 Broad Street, Boxford, from the mid 1940s to the 1970s. To the right is the Fleece. To the left, ...Read more

A memory of Boxford by clive

Captions

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Caption For Exeter, In The Port 1896

Exeter was also the administrative centre for a part of the coast, with Sidmouth and Beer coming under its jurisdiction.

Caption For Metfield, The Green C1955

The cluster of adjacent buildings, the largest of which is the former Guildhall, are still there, and so is the pump (just visible, centre left).

Caption For Glemsford, Tye Green C1960

In the centre is the general store with a fish and chip shop, then owned by D A Chatters. The water tower behind the thatched cottage has since been demolished.

Caption For Aylesbury, County Hall 1897

There used to be a balcony across the centre at first floor level from which public hangings took place until 1845.

Caption For Gloucester, Eastgate Street 1931

The pillars of Eastgate Market announce the entrance to this busy shopping centre. Note the wonderful carvings on the buildings on the right by the old Saracens Head hotel.

Caption For Angmering, The Village C1955

The old village centre is separated from the seaside expansion. Church Street, in typical Sussex brick and flint, runs from the medieval church to The Lamb Inn.

Caption For Tadcaster, The Mill 1906

Since the 18th century, the town has been a centre for the brewing of beer. The breweries used the Wharfe to bring in raw materials and transport finished products.

Caption For Salisbury, Fisherton Street 1906

Fisherton Street was an important shopping street linking the railway station with the city centre.

Caption For Ashford, Lower High Street C1965

In later years the town's Job Centre occupied these premises; today it is the site of the Careers Office.

Caption For Salisbury, Fisherton Street 1928

Fisherton Street was an important shopping street linking the railway station with the city centre.

Caption For Woodhall Spa, Golf Hotel C1965

Almost next door to this attractive hotel is the English National Golf Centre. The Woodhall Spa golf course has been voted the best inland course in England.

Caption For Rochdale, The Town Centre C1955

The bank in the centre had become Martin`s, with the building still largely the same as when it was built.

Caption For Salisbury, Fisherton Street 1906

Fisherton Street was an important shopping street linking the railway station with the city centre.

Caption For Hartfield, 1906

The 13th-century church of St Mary is on a knoll in the centre of the village. The Lychgate, c1520, is a half-timbered cottage by the churchyard with an upper floor extending above.

Caption For Preston, The Bridge Over The Ribble 1903

Preston was the centre of a wheel of railway transport: spokes went off to Blackpool, Lancaster, Blackburn, Manchester, London, Liverpool and Southport.As we can see, the river was used for pleasure

Caption For St Austell, Pondhu Road 1912

This thatched cottage with its little garden stood in Pondhu Road, in the valley bottom to the south west of the town centre.

Caption For Sheffield, St George's Church 1893

Sheffield's churches, chapels and missions ministered not only to the religious needs of the people, but were often at the very centre of community life and fulfilled many of the roles now taken up by

Caption For Peel, The Town From The Castle 1893

The tower in the centre of the picture overlooks the causeway linking the islet with the town, and was probably built by Sir William le Scrope in the 1390s.

Caption For Lamberhurst, Old Hill And High Street C1955

Once a centre of the Wealden ironworking industry, Lamberhurst is today known for its fine vineyard of 32 acres, for the 770-acre Bewl Water Reservoir, and for the attractive fairytale Scotney Castle,

Caption For Flimwell, The Village 1903

Flimwell is centred on a crossroads near the Kent border. Its church, St Augustine's, was built in 1873.

Caption For Tywyn, College Green 1901

The tower of the Norman church of St Cadfan stands in the centre. The church was restored and partly rebuilt in 1882.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Hazlewood Terrace

The plaque in the centre of Hazelwood Terrace bears the date 1889. The house at the right has a sign for W A Tattersall, a coal merchant.

Caption For Cleobury Mortimer, High Street C1955

A double-decker bus, probably from Kidderminster, is across from the delivery wagon marked Sulzer (centre).

Caption For Bristol, A View From The Centre Towards St Augustine's Reach C1950

A view from the Centre towards St Augustine's Reach. The Reach dates from the 13th century and used to extend further into the town.