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Places

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Memories

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Abridge In The 1950's

I moved to Abridge in 1950 when I was ten years old. My parents bought the white cottage on the London Road, which had a wooden building next to it. This very soon became The Poplar Cafe, my mother’s dream of riches! I ...Read more

A memory of Abridge in 1955 by Helena Rogers

Pit Village In My Youth

My name is Ken Orton and I lived in Thornley from 1947 until 1974, the year I married. I was born in Shadforth but my parents moved from there to Thornley when I was about one month old. We lived at 72, Thornlaw North until ...Read more

A memory of Thornley by Kenneth Orton

Morris Dancing In The Streets At The Winchester May Fest

On Friday 15th & Saturday 16th May 2009, Winchester celebrated traditional and contemporary music, dance and song in venues all around the city. Many events featured Morris Dancing ...Read more

A memory of Winchester in 2009 by John Howard Norfolk

Crichel House During The War Years

Dumpton House (Preparatory) School was evacuated to Crichel during the Second World War from Broadstairs in Kent. My older brother (Paul Cremer) was already at the school and due to the war my parents sent me ...Read more

A memory of Crichel Ho in 1940 by Jonathan Cremer

Fond Memories Of Old Friends In Nairn

My wife Carol was a Highland lassie by birth and when we split up she left Leeds. She lived at Trades Park and eventualy married again up there. I visited Nairn a lot on trips to see my four kids, it was an 800 ...Read more

A memory of Nairn in 1987 by Paul Leavett

The Day I Was Born

I was born on 22nd June 1948 at 95 Dryfield Road in the front main bedroom of my nans's house. We lived there until I was 8 when we left my nan's and moved to St. Johns Wood in London. My nan lived there until I was in my ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1948 by Barbara Badzek

Safe Fun In Childhood

I was born in 1962 in my family home, number 36 (now 116) Hammonds Place. It's not so common these days to be born at home. There was a community spirit on the estate, all the kids addressed adults as auntie or uncle or ...Read more

A memory of Gobowen by Andrew Davies

Durell Road, Martins Corner

What a place! If you're not born here, run for the hills! But I love it, I still see faces of long ago that do too, or why didn't we move away a long time ago!! My mum and dad were the best, I never got hit by them but ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1970 by Michael Jacob

My Childhood In Merllyn Cyffylliog

My parents lived in Merllyn from 1947 till 1996 when they had to leave. An idyllic childgood with many characters about....Dic Dun who wnadered about and slept in hedges, a fascination to a child. Will Tom ...Read more

A memory of Cyffylliog in 1956

Portmanmore Road 1964 Part Two

My dad was from Bridgend and my mother was from Llanharran. In 1961 soon after they’d got together, I was conceived, they left the valley's and moved in with my Nan, Maureen Payne / Pobihem, and Step Grampy, Polish ...Read more

A memory of Splott in 1964 by Lynette Carter

Captions

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Caption For Grantham, Angel And Royal Hotel C1955

Fortunately for the hotel, it has been taken over by a group of local businessmen, and it looks much, much better now.

Caption For Exford, The Smithy C1920

But the Exford smith is still carrying on his traditional business, although his forge has seen better days – the thatch has worn wafer thin and will soon be letting in water.

Caption For Swithland, Reservoir C1965

Behind the camera is the Leicester- Nottingham railway line, with Swithland village, better known for its slate quarries, sited at the south end of the water.

Caption For Burnley, Mechanics' Institute 1895

The Institute was opened in 1855 by Colonel Charles Townley; it was a haven for apprentices taking on night-school to further their careers, and for youngsters wanting to better themselves.

Caption For Lancaster, Queen Victoria Monument 1912

When the old Queen died after more than sixty years on the throne, England threw itself into the building of a plethora of monuments, each one trying to be better and different.

Caption For Tenbury Wells, Teme Street 1898

The waters from the Malvern Hills nearby were then, as now, much better known. Tenbury Wells, The Church 1892 We are just across the border in Worcestershire here.

Caption For Conisbrough, The Castle 1895

The round keep is thought to be the first of its type to be built in England; it was designed to be difficult to mine and resistant to attack with a battering ram.

Caption For Virginia Water, The Waterfall C1955

Its style owes something to the Wentworth Estate to the south-west, where there are many houses in a similar style, but mostly better than this.

Caption For Birkenhead, Arrowe Park C1960

Today the park is better known for its involvement with the NHS on the Wirral.

Caption For Birkenhead, Arrowe Park C1960

Today the park is better known for its involvement with the NHS on the Wirral.

Caption For Grantham, Angel And Royal Hotel C1955

Fortunately for the hotel, it has been taken over by a group of local businessmen, and it looks much, much better now.

Caption For Castleford, The River Aire C1955

to drive the grinding wheels of the Queen's Mill (centre); it was taken over in 1921 by the Natural Food Company, led by the health innovator Dr Thomas Allinson, who firmly believed that bread was better

Caption For Brynmawr, The Swimming Pool C1955

The diving board here was known locally as the `plachet`, and as you became a better swimmer you moved upwards to a higher level.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Marine Parade 1930

Bay Cottage is better known as Jane's Café, for its link with 'Persuasion'. Captain Wentworth brought the unconscious Louisa Musgrove here after her fall from Granny's Teeth on the Cobb.

Caption For Kirby Muxloe, The Castle C1965

Built by Lord Hastings of Ashby-de-la- Zouch around 1480, the castle matches in quality the brickwork of the better preserved Tattershall Castle in Lincolnshire.

Caption For Liverpool, Hms Hercules 1890

Launched in 1868, she was twenty-two years old when our photograph was taken, and had been overtaken by newer ships with more and better guns that could cover the front and rear of the vessel.

Caption For Chepstow, The Castle From The Bridge 1893

It is protected against attack by battering ram or by undermining with spur bastions. To the right of it is the twin-towered gatehouse, which dates from between 1219 and 1245.

Caption For Knighton, The View From Kinersley C1960

Things are a little better these days. Knighton is so close to the border that its railway station and hotel sit in England.

Caption For Liverpool, The Provisional Cathedral 1890

The money was raised by pre-selling the pews and boxes inside to the better-off families of Liverpool.

Caption For Port St Mary, From Harbour 1901

Nobbies and nickies had the same basic hull shape, but were rigged differently, and the nickey was probably the better sailor of the two.

Caption For Chelford, Astle Hall 1896

CHELFORD is better known as a village that is passed through rather than a destination in itself for it stands on an important crossroads, where the route between Manchester and the Midlands crosses

Caption For Grantham, Angel And Royal Hotel C1960

The Second World War had been over for about ten years, and better times were on the way - and so there were traffic direction signs and advertisements for travellers.

Caption For Falkirk, Callendar House 2005

It is in line with Falkirk's past that one of its representatives, unselected by his party, should be elected and re-elected as an Independent, reflecting the old motto better meddle wi the deil

Caption For Luton, George Street C1950

The people and their leaders sought a better world after years of war and hardship. Alas, their high hopes may have been in vain, if laughter is the measure.