Maps

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Memories

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School Days And Beyond

Having just stumbled on this website I felt compelled to add my recollections of living in Fenham in Cheeseburn Gardens from circa 1961 to 1980. I lived 2 streets down the hill from the first contributor who lived in Ovington ...Read more

A memory of Fenham by keith.hindson

Main Street Shops

My Grandfather owned the K-shoes shop in Main Street - Albert Myers. I was born in 1970, and this is pretty much how main street looked while I was growing up, except the style of the cars!

A memory of Grange-Over-Sands by Helen Roberts

Born In Blackhill

I was born at 23, St George's Place, Blackhill in 1951. My name was Valerie Wyporski and I had a brother, Leslie who went to Tin Mill School. My dad was Polish and was a painter for the coal board. He was known as 'Fred'. My ...Read more

A memory of Blackhill by valerie.mcnamara

Booths/Sadler St/Princes Road.

I tried to post on the board earlier, but may have botched up. But if it appears twice. Whoopsie! Now, I'm going back a bit... My grandparents Annie and Arthur Booth and their daughter (my mum) Barbara lived on Sadler ...Read more

A memory of Widnes by rosiee325

Wrong Place

St Peters church is in the high street .....this must be the path from St Wilfrids chapel at Church Norton the former site of St Peters Church Thank you, we will alter our database. Ed.

A memory of Selsey by royweyman

Len Greys Shop

I also worked delivering papers for Len Grey. I delivered down Mill Street and some down Corbett Road (where I lived) and in the Delph. When I started work, the first day the Sun newspaper came out I brought it from Lens shop and for a few years after because that's where we were picked up.

A memory of Brierley Hill by pdturley

Happy Days

I went to Wescott Road school in 1950 then St Crispins 1956. I can recall quite a few shops. Herrings furniture where you could buy on HP with no checks, as Mr Herring assessed whether or not you looked trustworthy. NSS newsagents. Next ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham by keithmorshead

The First Attempt To Demolish Lawson School.

A young man called Howard Watson, lived in Dover Street, owned a convertible sports car. Beautiful thing,maybe a Triumph with a bonnet that opened forwards. His Dad was sitting in it on the top common ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet by artlynas

Tanner Street Barking

Anyone remember the junction of Tanner St. and Church Street in Barking, .... on the corner was the Britannia pub? My nan, (Alice Snell) was born in the ironmonger's shop next door to the pub and her father ran the shop ... but was it in Tanner or Church Street?

A memory of Barking by Ken H

The Park Etc.

I lived in Th ePark 1954 till 1963.I went to Grange Juniors and Seniors too.My front gate was right opposite the third gate to Ealing Girls Grammar too.That it now part of the University.Byron and Noel Houses are still there.There had ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by bobconniesullivan

Captions

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Caption For St Austell, Fore Street C1960

Timothy Whites & Taylors was once a familiar shop selling medicines and household goods on many high streets.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1900

Looking up Broad Street one can see a great variety of inns and hotels. Famous visitors to Lyme have included Daniel Defoe, Mary Mitford, Jane Austen, Alfred Tennyson and Beatrix Potter.

Caption For Swanage, Station Road 1925

It was a popular street for local shoppers, with a large selection of family retailers, though even as long ago as 1925 shops were catering for tourists with beach goods and souvenirs.

Caption For Chepstow, High Street 1957

We are looking down the High Street towards Barclays Bank.

Caption For Berkeley, High Street 1956

Delightfully neat and compact in appearance, the buildings that jostle shoulder to shoulder along the street are deceptively older than they look.

Caption For Burnham Market, The Village C1955

This view takes in the east end of the Market Place and Front Street. On the right is G W Roy's fancy repository and the post office, and just beyond that is the Black Horse pub.

Caption For Happisburgh, Wayside Stores C1965

A full pavement was only introduced to this street in 1979.

Caption For Wootton Bassett, High Street And Town Hall C1950

Looking north-east, this photograph shows a strangely deserted High Street. On the right is the junction with Station Road.

Caption For Wimborne, High Street 1923

Less than 20 years have passed since No 52472 was taken, but motor vehicles in the High Street and The Square now outnumber horse-drawn ones by nine to one.

Caption For Henfield, High Street C1960

On the left of the High Street are the premises of Henfield Post Office and the National Provincial Bank, now defunct.

Caption For Corby, The Jamb C1955

The photographer is looking along The Jamb from the junction with the High Street, towards Rockingham Road in the distance.

Caption For Geddington, Queen Eleanor Cross C1955

We are now standing in a position to the east of the Cross and are looking towards West Street, with Church Hill on the immediate right of the pantiled lean-to building and the Star Inn

Caption For London, The Haymarket C1950

On the right is the Haymarket Theatre facing down Charles II Street, where His Majesty's Theatre stands on the corner; in 1952, with the accession of Elizzabeth II, the theatre became Her Majesty's.

Caption For Wargrave, The Village 1890

In the earlier one, looking north up High Street, The Greyhound Inn is still an 18th-century colourwashed building, while Burgis' shop on the left corner and the dor- mered cottages beyond are

Caption For Accrington, Market Hall C1965

There was still plenty of on-street parking at this time, before Accrington developed various car parks. It is still striving to keep parking free.

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Caption For Lynmouth, C1890

Along the street in the picture was a special bath house, as well as a number of well-appointed new hotels and lodgings.

Caption For Salisbury, St John Street C1950

St John Street is the main entrance to the city from the south. On the left is the Close Wall and St Ann's Gate; on the right is the timber- framed King's Arms, dating from the mid 17th century.

Caption For Cardiff, Queen Street 1902

This street is composed of a myriad Victorian architectural styles and sizes. Three- and four-storey buildings jostle for position, selling all kinds of goods and services.

Caption For Market Deeping, High Street C1955

Market Deeping has been fortunate in that it has kept most of its attractive stone buildings, and this street is still much the same today.

Caption For Ruswarp, High Street C1955

This photograph was taken looking up the steep High Street which leads up from the river, with the footpath to nearby Whitby leading off to the right.

Caption For Dulverton, The Town Hall C1960

This is Fore Street, which was built wide to accommodate fairs and markets.

Caption For Bewdley, Load Street 1931

This is the town's main street from Telford's bridge, looking towards the mid 18th-century church designed by E & T Woodward.

Caption For Cardiff, St Mary Street 1893

This is a busy scene, with milk churns on one side of the street and casks of ale on the other (right). Note the various horse-drawn vehicles.

Caption For Bromsgrove, The Church And Council House C1955

This scene remains virtually unchanged today, but it has been cut off from the High Street by an ugly ring road.