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Memories

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Memories Of Bradford 1943 1966

memory of a very wealthy city. Beautiful shops- Brown Muffs, busbys, claydons, mathias robinson. Barclays bank international division was in Bradford but not in Leeds because the overseas dealings with all wool ...Read more

A memory of Bradford by christine676

Reflections Upon The Changing Face Of Stafford Since 1964

It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by nimrod01

My Family In Old Bilston.

My maternal grandfather, Thomas Mottram, owned The Hop Pole pub on Market Street - sold it in 1924. My paternal great grandfather, A E Webb, started a haulage company, centred at a house called Mendham, on Wolverhampton ...Read more

A memory of Bilston by smnwbb

Annesley Mount, Little Horton Lane, Bradford

I recall living at my grandparents' house at Annesley Mount from 1960 - 1966. .A formidable character lived at number 88 Annesley Mount, known to my grandparents as Parson Bullock. He shared the house ...Read more

A memory of Bradford by michaelpeterpeyton

Proud To Be 'a Thunsca Lad'

My name is Alan Moore and I was born at No.7 Church Street on the 18th December 1944. Apart from 12 years I spent down Bolton on Dearne, I have lived all my life in Thurnscoe, and that I am proud of. I was a Co-op milkman ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe by moorealan040

Brook Road Youth Centre. I Think This Was The Same One We Had Backin The 50's

We used to have regular dance nights but these were conducted with a record player playing 78's. I took a few of my records and one of the favourites was of Piano Red a ...Read more

A memory of Loughton by royg

Sixty Years On And We Still Visit.

Living in Southend meant that Felixstowe was a bit of a busman's holiday for us but Nan had a caravan there - close to the amusement centre on the old unmade road to the fort. I clearly remember the hiss of ...Read more

A memory of Felixstowe by Collin Unwin

Arndale Centre 1970s

We used to visit my grandparents who lived in Wandsworth every Saturday between 1977 and 1981. I was aged 6 - 10 years old. We used to love the Arndale Centre, we would look around Woolworths and the indoor market which had a ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth

Centre 70 Opfa (One Parent Family Association)

As I have a terminal illness my children had asked me to write some short stories of my life. Some of the most enjoyable and memorable ones were when living in Tulse Hill. I looked on the internet for ...Read more

A memory of Tulse Hill by contact

Dundonald School

I remember 1952 the year of the great smog, making my way back from school along Dundonald Road towards my home in Graham Road. I had to follow the railings along the recreation ground because I couldn’t see my hand in front of my ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon by James Leslie

Captions

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Caption For Stonehenge, C1960

So too were aspects of the 'alternative society', who used Stonehenge for all sorts of spiritual enlightenment or protest, as can be seen by the CND sign daubed on the stone in the centre.

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Caption For Basildon, C1955

In the distance, right of centre, is the long, pale form of the recently-completed Keay House.

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 Crouch End, Christ Church, Crouch End Hill C1965

Standing high above the town centre and attractively sited on the crown of the hill, the church with its elegant broach spire was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield in c1861, but not completed until 1881

Caption For Mill Hill, The Broadway C1955

Arts and Crafts-style buildings, and the churches of St Michael and All Angels and the Sacred Heart and St Mary Immaculate set the pace and quality at this new Mill Hill, away from the old centre but close

Caption For Spalding, Market Place C1960

Its bell turret was replaced in 1974 by the South Holland Centre, an extremely busy building architecturally but quite enjoyable.

Caption For Goudhurst, Village 1901

Eedes the chemist sits behind the trees (centre). I wonder if the horse and cart, left, was on its way to collect the hops recently picked in the fields nearby.

Caption For Hothfield, On The Common 1921

Many villagers sought out the cool of the local school (centre) or the medieval church, which sits a mile from the common.

Caption For Hawkhurst, Highgate And Post Office 1925

Are the two men (centre left) discussing the latest scandal of the day - a dance craze known as the Charleston?

Caption For Solihull, The Civic Hall C1965

All were demolished in 1998 to make way for the Touchwood Centre, a shopping and leisure complex which opened in 2001.

Caption For Sawley, The Village 1921

The large building at the centre is the Spread Eagle, an inn since the 16th century and probably belonging to the abbey before then.

Caption For Loddon, Chedgrave Basin C1965

This small market town is on the River Chet; even these moored boats and yachts would have had difficulty in navigating this shallow tributary of the River Yare to get to the pleasant town centre.

Caption For Preston Candover, The Purefoy Arms Hotel C1960

Forty years before this photograph was taken, war memorials like Preston Candover's (centre right) were being erected in villages up and down the country to commemorate the young men of these communities

Caption For Braintree, Bocking End C1955

Here we see busy shoppers, but little traffic - one man (centre right) is even able to pause in the middle of the road to pick something up!

Caption For Westleton, The Village C1965

In the centre is Hiller's Garage, now Scarlett, with the skeleton framework of the present workshop, which will block the view of the church from here.

Caption For Crewe, The Square C1955

The statue in the centre of the Square is the town's war memorial – Crewe was a new industrial town with a relatively youthful population, so that many of the town's men were called up to serve in both

Caption For Romiley, Sandy Lane C1955

This quiet residential road is very close to the centre of the town, yet even that fact has not saved the cinema on the left from demolition.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Silver Street 1900

At the centre of the photograph is E Hunt the draper's; still with the railings, it is now CR Timber Associates.

Caption For Melksham, St Michael's Church C1955

The tower was originally in the centre, but it was moved to the west end in 1845 by T H Wyatt. Pevsner describes the bell tower as having 'a very pretty composition of the bell-openings'.

Caption For Warminster, St Boniface College C1950

The Bristol architect Joseph Glascodine built the original house, the centre part, in 1796.

Caption For Greystoke, Castle 1893

The castle stands at the centre of a neat estate-type village, which is perhaps best known for champion jockey Sir Gordon Richards' racing stables.

Caption For Ambleside, Tarn Hows C1955

A classic view of Tarn Hows, near Hawkshead, with the peaks of the Langdale Pikes in the centre background.

Caption For Crewe, Market Street 1956

This shot was taken at the southern end of Market Street, which leads to that area of town that was traditionally the main shopping centre.

Caption For Basildon, Market Place 1961

Everything bears the hallmarks of the late 1950s and early 60s—from the contours of the ice-cream van (right) to the Guinness advertisement (with the shoe-soles) on the hoarding (centre left).