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The Original F.Frith & Co

My first job after leaving school in 1968 was at the original Frith & Co. in Raglan Road, Reigate. The company was based in a large Victorian mansion and in many ways the working methods probably hadn't changed much ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1968 by Stephn Gale

Danbury Village School C.1950

One of three sons, Peter Came a local historian and former pupil of Danbury Infants and Juniors School who later became a teacher at Maldon School wrote extensively about the village in preparation for a book which ...Read more

A memory of Danbury in 1950

Shotley Bridge Town Fountainf

A memory in the back of my mind from my mam . Would any one out there remember if there ever was a pond or fountain in the town centre at shotley bridge? My mother was a bell one of 9 i believe . Time ...Read more

A memory of Blackhill by David Walker

West Byfleet In The 50's

I LIVED IN Scotland Bridge Road, New Haw, just down the road from West Byfleet. I attended WB primary school and then briefly the secondary school before I went to Woking Grammar. These were very happy days. I worked ...Read more

A memory of West Byfleet by tonyvermot

More About Bracknell

Hi Susan , I always thought that Joe Smith was the bookie that done the train trip to the sea side each year , got a packed lunch , and a coin as you said , My wife worked at Thompkins the Bakery , there sun Dave , married Jenny ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell by Colin Lennox

Still Clear Memories Of My Birth Town

I notice many other contributors focus on the shops in the town centre and I will cover these in my next ramblings but start with my schools. I was born in March 1949 at Upney maternity hospital and my first ...Read more

A memory of Barking by geoff.purdy

St Mary's Church

We lived in the village from 1954-1964 before moving to Bournemouth. St Mary's Church was a centre of our social life...I went to St Mary's School in Bourne Road - now gone- also Sunday School. Later after the Evening Service we would ...Read more

A memory of Bexley by margaretemullett

A Long Time Ago

I used to stay with my Aunt in Lowic in late 1950/1960. She lived in the centre of Lowic from what I remember - possibly opposite the pub. Her name was Hilda Bird and she had a daughter Hilda Joan - known as ...Read more

A memory of Lowick by pbatblythewood

London Road School Burgess Hill

I attended London Road school from 1956-1962. I can remember Mr Smith and the after school stamp club, also Miss Brown, Miss Holloway, Miss Oakley, and Mrs Parrot . When I was in Miss Browns class, some of the ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by annettelat1972

1970s Calverley

My name is Lindsey Lewis (nee Overend). I was born in Horsforth 1971 and my parents,along with my two sisters, moved to Clarke Street in Calverley from Bramley when I was two weeks old. We were the first occupants of number 21 on the ...Read more

A memory of Calverley by Lindsey Lewis

Captions

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Caption For Abbotsbury, Chesil Bank And St Catherine's Chapel C1955

Looking south-eastwards from Abbotsbury Hill to Abbotsbury Gardens in Stavordale Wood (right) and Cleverlawns (centre).

Caption For Crickhowell, The Bridge 1893

In the centre the long white building is the 16th-century Bridge End Inn, at the junction of New Road and Bridge Street.

Caption For Sudbury, The Croft Bridge 1900

Ahead, just left of centre, is the bathing place, and straight ahead are the houses in Melford Road. The bridge has since been replaced, but part of the brick wall to the right remains.

Caption For Sudbury, The Park C1965

This is the south side of the house, which is now the Sudbury Learning Centre.

Caption For Widnes, Swimming Pool C1965

It has since been replaced by a new Kingsway Leisure Centre which has, besides a swimming pool, a large sports hall where world championship boxing and premier league snooker matches

Caption For Ashburton, North Street 1936

The Town Hall (centre left, with the bell tower) was built by Lord Clinton in 1850 to replace the wooden 16th-century structure which stood at the Bull Ring.

Caption For Petersfield, The Square C1965

At the top centre of this view is No.1 the Square, the oldest building in the town.

Caption For Petersfield, High Street C1965

Top centre of the picture is No 1 the Square.

Caption For Bollington, C1955

There were once thirteen cotton mills here, and the town was linked by both canal and rail to other industrial centres all around.

Caption For Neston, The Cross C1950

The Cross is the name given to this road junction in the centre of the town, and does not refer to the drinking fountain pictured here.

Caption For Launceston, Castle Lodge 1906

The lodge was built in the 19th century to house the gardener, and is now the English Heritage information centre.

Caption For Wakefield, The Bull Ring C1955

The statue of Queen Victoria had been in the centre and was unveiled in 1905; she was later removed, but she was not amused to be banished and returned to take her rightful place here in 1986.

Caption For Bridport, South Street 1897

The tower of the 14th- century St Mary`s Church, surprisingly positioned some way from the town centre, rises above the graceful Georgian frontages along this throughfare.

Caption For Bedale, From The Tower Of St Gregory's Church 1896

In the centre is the old cross: the blur to the left is a pony and trap moving too quickly for the photographer's camera. The market town of Bedale is just a few miles to the north-east of Masham.

Caption For Llanystumdwy, Lloyd George's Home In His Boyhood Days 1930

Highgate's cottage kitchen with its cast iron range and beamed ceiling was the centre of family life.

Caption For Overstone, Lake Side C1955

The Victorian Gothic pile of a country house is now Overstone Park School, situated in the centre of the vast park. This view was taken by the eastern lake.

Caption For Spilsby, The Terrace C1955

The barber's pole (centre right) has also gone.

Caption For Dinas Powys, Highwalls Avenue C1955

This view up Parish Road affords a glimpse of what was a centre of communication for the village.

Caption For Kettering, Silver Street C1960

As neo-Georgian buildings replaced the older local shops, the shopping centre of Kettering also developed wth nation-wide multiple stores.

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).

Caption For Culham, College 1900

South-east of Abingdon, on the A415 and a mile west of the Culham Science Centre, the former Culham College is a large and austere Victorian Gothic building based on an Oxford collegiate layout with a

Caption For Leek, Market Place 1959

By the mid-1950s, Leek had become a major centre for the knitwear industry: three-quarters of all the scarves worn in the UK were said to have been manufactured in the town.

Caption For Glasgow, Atlantic Quay 2005

In the mid 1990s, however, demand for this service outgrew the location, and so Royal Mail decamped to Springburn, erecting the Automated Processing Centre where once had stood the engine-sheds

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

After a royal luncheon, the Duke had a tour of the town centre and the new Keay House office block.