Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Agnes Hunt Ward

I remember being a patient on this ward because of a fractured femur and being in traction for three months, it was the summer of 1978 and roasting. We were wheeled through great big doors at the side of the ward and into the ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1978 by Julie Ellis

Grandparents Home

From a very young age I have cherished memories of visits and sleepovers at the big old Victorian-era home belonging to my grandparents in Ringwood Road, E17. The cosiness of it is hard to replace these days. We would sleep ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1967 by Zoe Cowell

Crab Cottage

In l984 my sister, Christine Ramsey/Taylor wrote to me at my home in Texas asking if I would like to share a holiday cottage with her and her three children. She had booked in at Cromer and had rented an old fisherman's cottage, ...Read more

A memory of Cromer in 1984 by Janet Ramsey

I Was Eight And Fishing And You Caught Me!

Surprisingly I remember a man setting up the tripod to take this, a short time before I had seen the same process under taken for the school photos. I wondered what he was photographing. I wasn't ...Read more

A memory of Godmanchester in 1955 by Andrew Mackey

This Is Hilton Street.

I was born at No 4 Hilton Street (in March 1955) which was the shop on the very corner at the end of the street nearest to the chimney. Darwen Paper Mill is the mill opposite the houses, with of course India Mill at the end.

A memory of Darwen in 1955

Childhood Memorys Of Nailsea 1960 S

I was brought up in Nailsea. My parents owned a toy and gift shop on Station Road rented from Bob Vance, later we moved to Noah's Ark Cottage. Built in 1666, it had all the original features intact, the stone ...Read more

A memory of Nailsea in 1960 by Martin Smith

Sun Brush Works

I remember the brush works in Manor Street very well. My grandmother's brother worked there, his name was Arthur Rayner. I had a hand brush from Sun Brush Works and used it for many years.

A memory of Braintree by Delia Norfolk

The First Annual Flower Show

In 1938 Wood Street village enjoyed their first Annual Flower Show . My father, Arthur Stock was a driving force in promoting this event. he was later presented with a chiming clock inscribed "Presented to Mr. ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1930 by Patricia Ryder

Princess Street Platt Fields

I lived with my mother and grandad in Princess Street, Rusholme and went to Holy Trinity Infant School. We used to play in Platt Fields which was only at the bottom of our street. My friends were Alma ...Read more

A memory of Hulme in 1950 by Doreen Carroll Nee Foster

The 1960s In Walton Hard Times!

I moved to Walton in the 1960s after my dad died. We lived in a caravan at a park up the Naze as we were homeless. I went to school in Stanley Road when I was 14 and went for a month or so and never went ...Read more

A memory of Walton-On-The-Naze by Tony Nicholl

Captions

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Caption For Dorridge, Manor Road C1960

The photograph is taken from Arden Road, which is the other side of Grange Road - all the street names have obviously been chosen to evoke a rural past which is now just a memory.

Caption For Seaview, High Street 1918

A view of Seaview's High Street during the final summer of the First World War.

Caption For Halifax, Southgate C1960

This stylish Burton's tailoring shop was built in 1932; it replaced many small shops along Old Market and Princess Street. Originally, the upper floors contained a billiard hall and a skating rink.

Caption For Pontefract, Beastfair 1964

In the 19th century the street was lined by saddlers, but these premises gradually closed when horses gave way to the horsepower of cars. The last tram ran through the town on 1 November 1925.

Caption For Paisley, High Street 1900

Further along the street is the opulent Thomas Coats Memorial Church, built and endowed by the famous Paisley weaving family.

Caption For London, Chelsea, Cheyne Walk 1890

This tranquil street of handsome houses fringing the river was built in 1708.

Caption For Askrigg, Market Cross 1911

Many of the people who worked in the mills or mines lived in dilapidated cottages hidden behind the imposing three-storey buildings on the main street.

Caption For Callington, Fore Street 1893

This is summer: awnings give shade to the shops on one side of the street, and one of the boys holds a cricket bat.

Caption For Sherborne, Long Street 1891

The soaring Gothic of the Abbey Church, transformed from its late Norman structure into Perpendicular style, dominates the skyline of this shaded street leading up to the old castle, with the Castle

Caption For Worcester, St Swithin's Street C1950

Boots has moved to a prime site on High Street and has been replaced by a modern building occupied by a building society.

Caption For Whitby, Khyber Pass 1925

The coming of the railway put Whitby on the tourist map; its harbourside streets, ruined abbey, and souvenirs made from jet, which is a fossilized wood found locally, all proved a magnet for holidaymakers

Caption For Lymington, The High Street From The Church 1958

This photograph of the town was taken from the tower of St Thomas's church at the top of the High Street, depicting an elegant mix of Georgian houses, bow-fronted cottages and covered shop fronts.

Caption For Torquay, The Harbour 1890

St John's Church, situated dramatically above Torquay harbour, was built in limestone excavated from its own site by G E Street in 1861.

Caption For Tiverton, Old Cottages, Little Silver 1920

Nestling at the foor of St Andrew Street, they were demolished after the last war when slum clearance was the watchword. Modernisation was embraced, and down everything came.

Caption For Carisbrooke, Castle Street C1955

Main Street c1955 Victorian visitors had a number of inns to choose from when seeking sustenance in the town, some acting as fully-fledged hotels.

Caption For Horsham, East Street C1955

East Street, recorded from 1457, contains some early buildings.

Caption For Henfield, High Street C1955

The High Street is part of the old London to Brighton route through Henfield, which lies to the east of the River Adur on a belt of Wealden clay behind the South Downs.

Caption For Dorridge, Manor Road C1960

The photograph is taken from Arden Road, which is the other side of Grange Road - all the street names have obviously been chosen to evoke a rural past which is now just a memory.

Caption For Stourbridge, Town Hall And Market Street C1960

Designed by Thomas Robinson and completed in 1887, the red-brick town hall deserves a more spacious and prominent setting than Market Street.

Caption For Freckleton, Preston Old Road C1965

The Ship Inn in Bunker Street was amongst the oldest in all Fylde, and was said to be the hideout for smugglers and their contraband arriving at Freckleton Pool.

Caption For Clitheroe, From Castle Street 1921

Carrying the town's clock is the Carnegie Library, dating from 1905, and behind, in Church Street, is the 19th-century Town Hall.

Caption For Limpsfield, Village 1906

The long village High Street running down from the ridge overlooking the Weald and the 13th-century church of St Peter is lined with picturesque tile-hung cottages.

Caption For Chipping, Wolfen House C1955

Naturalists, cyclists and ramblers gather in the Cobbled Corner Café opposite the Sun Inn on Windy Street.

Caption For Ramsgate, Spencer Square 1890

The square was a large parade ground, and nearby Addington Street was a military camp. Frith's photographer was standing outside No 6 Royal Road, where Vincent Van Gogh had stayed.