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A Source Of Barlick Information

Anyone interested in West Craven, including Barnoldswick, should do a Google search for the term oneguyfrombarlick. You will soon find the largest local history website in the UK which contains masses of ...Read more

A memory of Barnoldswick by Stanley Graham

Oakhanger, Hampshire

Grew up in Oakhanger and enjoyed the freedom of exploring the common in the centre of the village. Some good times were had sledging down a hill on the common in the snow. Also, finding and catching tadpoles in the pond ...Read more

A memory of Oakhanger

Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean

THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in the ...Read more

A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by Don Williams

D W Dovey Brass And Copper Shop

Does anybody have any photos of the old Brass & Copper shop "D & W Dovey" that was where the Sutton Fish Bar is now located? It was owned by my grandparents and they also owned it when it was the Betta ...Read more

A memory of Sutton at Hone by Zoe Beardsley

Swimming Above Stepping Stones Weir At Bothal

Our Mam being an Ashington lassie, we returned to her birthplace when Mam divorced my father who she met before the Second World War - that was when Mam was in London and working in 'service'. We were ...Read more

A memory of Bothal in 1949 by Wullie Harries

Forgotten Children

My mother (Doris Daye) was married to a Canadian, Robert Lennox, at this church in January 1941. I was born in July. We lived at 8 The Terrace, Sunning Hill. Aparently he was AWOL and was sent back to Canada some 4 years later, ...Read more

A memory of Sunninghill in 1941 by Colin Lennox

Purchase

Seeing an advert for sale of The Old School Lower Hartshay began an exciting voyage of discovery. 1884 now anchors my hold on local history and family research. Many have been the times when passers by have been invited in and have ...Read more

A memory of Lower Hartshay in 1980 by Heather Howard

Village Life

My first visit to the village of Llanferres was in the mid 1970s visiting relatives. Walking to 'Fairy Glen' and surrounding fields, hills, woods and farmland, I was in heaven and still am after 30+ years living in the beautiful little ...Read more

A memory of Llanferres in 1950 by Ian Robinson

Tithby Or Tythby

I used to live in the village of TYTHBY, spelled with a Y and not an I. I did not even know that there was another village close by with a similar name. But I have checked on the computer and there it is, not too far away in the ...Read more

A memory of Tithby in 1944 by Brian Williamson

Penzance Market Jew Street

As a boy I must have walked up and down Market Jew Street hundreds of times. In particular I along with friends would visit the local Woolworth's where we liked to partake of various flavoured "Milk Shakes" Later during ...Read more

A memory of Penzance in 1940 by Herbert Cain

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Caption For Walsall, The Skate Park On The Waterfront 2005

Most of the best shops in Walsall are either in the town centre or situated on the edge; between them they pull in thousands of shoppers.

Caption For Cambridge, Fenner's Cricket Ground 1921

Nearby Parker's Piece is where the local non-university clubs play, and where Jack Hobbs developed his skills before gaining fame in national and international cricket.

Caption For Cambridge, Fenner's Cricket Ground 1921

Nearby Parker's Piece is where the local non-university clubs play, and where Jack Hobbs developed his skills before gaining fame in national and international cricket.

Caption For Binbrook, C1965

A new village, Brookenby, is now located on the old airfield site.

Caption For Castle Donington, The Methodist Church C1955

Situated in Market Street and close to Apiary Gate, the church design echoes that of Non-conformist chapels up and down the country.

Caption For Preston, River Ribble From Miller Park C1935

This wonderful nostalgic photograph shows steam engine 'black 5', the work-horse of the LMS region, heading south with non-corridor stock on a local, probably to Bamber Bridge and on to Blackburn.

Caption For Castle Donington, The Methodist Church C1955

Situated in Market Street and close to Apiary Gate, the church design echoes that of Non-conformist chapels up and down the country.

Caption For Walsingham, The Black Lion Hotel 1929

This town is often over-run by pilgrims and tourists, but the local inhabitants still require basic essentials, even coal (left) and petrol for their vehicles (right).

Caption For Tregaron, View From East 1933

Tregaron is a small nucleated town, probably based on a Welsh maerdref where the lord held court.

Caption For Warrington, Academy And Cromwell Statue 1901

It was the gift of a local non-conformist Frederick Monks.

Caption For St Ives, A Quaint Corner 1906

This photograph, taken from the harbour side, shows the old buildings that stood where the present amusement arcade is now located.

Caption For Binbrook, C1965

A new village, Brookenby, is now located on the old airfield site.

Caption For Leicester, The Newarke College Of Art And Technology C1965

This main building, which stands close to the Castle site and the early 15th-century Magazine Gateway, was designed by local architects Everard and Pick (later Pick, Everard, Keay and Gimson) around

Caption For Leatherhead, Post Office And Town Clock 1895

Most of the other buildings depicted here in North Street have also all gone, and no local farmer or carter would now ever contemplate bringing a horse-drawn conveyance into the heart of contemporary

Caption For Torpoint, Fore Street C1955

On the left is Wheeler's Hotel, and at the top of the street, just visible, is the hop leaf symbol of Simond's Brewery - once a common sight on local pubs.

Caption For Sheffield, Hunters Bar C1965

As Sheffield expanded, a number of turnpike toll bars which had once been in the country were now located within built-up areas.

Caption For Gloucester, The Docks 1912

Here we see the Gloucester and Sharpness steam packet office outside Warehouse Number 1 on the left.

Caption For Royston, The Stone C1955

Royston is a relatively modern town - it is not mentioned in the Domesday Book - which grew up at the crossing of Ermine Street and the Icknield Way; it was not officially recognised until the late 1800s

Caption For Caister On Sea, The Lifeboat Monument 1908

This impressive memorial commemorates the deaths of nine crewmen who lost their lives when the lifeboat 'Beauchamp' capsized on 14 November 1901.

Caption For Kettering, Gold Street 1922

Hitchman's, the chemist on the left, was on the corner of Silver Street and Gold Street.

Caption For Liverpool, Garston, Holmefield Road From Booker Avenue C1955

Located in the suburb of Allerton, this junction provides access to West Allerton train station and to the B5180 and A562 arterial roads.

Caption For Shanklin, Beach 1918

Stagecoaches, remnants of a bygone age even in 1913, take tourists on local excursions.