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Rugeley Boyhood

My family moved to Rugeley in 1954 from Northumberland. Dad worked at Brereton Colliery and Mum at Birmid Metals. I attended Aelgar school and about that time got my first job delivering newspapers for the 'Burnthill Press' (Market ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley in 1955 by Kenneth Rochester

Life In Newport

I lived in Newport with my Mom Gladys, Father Jock and sisters Tina, Trisha and Jacky. We lived in Prospect Road for many years. My fondest memories are of meeting the gang in The Town Square outside "Mary Lambs" ...Read more

A memory of Newport in 1957 by Alex Henderson

Rediffusion

Rediffusion: about 1958 and onwards. This bombshell hit us like nought else, it meant no interference on our wireless. No more tuning in every ten minutes or so. It was A. B. C. D. E. F. You knew Radio Luxembourg was the station ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1958 by Jimmy Burrows

Lovegreen Street

My paternal grandmother lived in Lovegreen Street and died when I was 11 years old. Her name was Hanley. She was 80+ when she died and had brought up 6 children in this tiny terraced cottage. I used to visit with my dad and do ...Read more

A memory of Durham in 1949 by Marie Pratt

Tragedies

It was around 1952 when these tragic accidents happened to to two Millfield families. I remember the day as plain today as it was then. A little boy had fallen into the Dewley Burn and drowned, his mother was Edna Clues who lived at the ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1952 by Jimmy Burrows

Sunny Days In Crowhurst

I was having a trip down memory lane the other day and thinking of those summer days making camps up in 'the bunny fields' and fishing down at the marshes, in 1960-65. It seemed most of the village boys went, ...Read more

A memory of Crowhurst in 1964 by David Power

Childhood

I was the son of the cobbler at the Klondyke pit. All the kids at that time played in the streets or went up to the pit head baths for a shower, this was because there were no baths or showers in the miners' houses. Everybody in the ...Read more

A memory of Newcraighall in 1956 by David Thomson

South Harrow In The 1950s 60s

I was born in 1950 and lived at 27 Eastcote Lane, with a superb view of the gas holder from my bedroom window. I remember Macdonalds the fishing equipment shop which was almost opposite my house and apparently ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow by Christopher Porter

Favourite Place

My family moved from Salford (Manchester) to Barry in 1957. We lodged with a very kind lady called Mrs Beck for a few months while we waited for our new semi-detached house to be built on Maes-y-Coed road, Cold Knap. The house was ...Read more

A memory of Barry in 1957 by Georgina Jones

Happy Memories

I was born in St Fergus in 1946 at 5 Links View. I went to school there for 2 years. My teacher's name was Miss Will. 5 Links View was my grannie's home. We lived at Kinloch Cottages that looked down over Newton. We moved from ...Read more

A memory of St Fergus by James Park

Captions

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Caption For Devizes, The Castle Gatehouse 1898

Ivy and creeper cover the attractive features of what is known as the Town Gate or Castle Lodge.

Caption For Battle, Church 1890

The town itself is a fine one, with many good timber- framed, stone and brick houses.

Caption For Dunster, From The Park 1903

Now owned by the National Trust, it was the home of the Luttrell family for six centuries.

Caption For Uttoxeter, War Memorial C1955

The original White Horse pub can be seen behind the war memorial; it was demolished to make way for the incongruous new 1960s town planning building.

Caption For Liverpool, Town Hall 1895

The junction of Castle Street and Water Street, outside the Town Hall, has always been one of the busiest in Liverpool, and a natural meeting place.

Caption For Holt, The Methodist Free Church And Milestone 1896

The milestone is known to the locals as 'the pineapple'; it is inscribed with names and mileages from Holt to Norfolk's principal towns.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1960

This view looks back towards Woolworth's from Bakehouse Hill, where the mini-roundabout marks the convergence of the High Street, Gold Street and Lower Street.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Harbour 1890

Its buildings range from Bay Cottage (near left), the Royal Standard, Sunnyholme, the Bonded Store, and the Coastguard Station to the old Cobb Arms (right).

Caption For Guisborough, Market Place 1899

By 1899 we see that the old two-storey bay window of the Cock Inn has gone, to be replaced by a new shop front installed by Mr Fairburn, who had moved his chemist's and druggist's business

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1950

They are passing two of the main food shops of the town.

Caption For Ilkley, The Tarn 1923

There are two tarns on the part of the moor by Ilkley shown in 45157A, pages 68-69, both within easy walking distance of the town.

Caption For Bedford, On The Ouse 1897

It is certainly the river that gives the town its character now. It is probably its greatest asset.

Caption For Normanton, Hawhill Park C1955

Swings and slides and a roundabout were installed for youngsters at a cost of £59. The cenotaph war memorial, left, and the boating pond are still here for the residents of the town.

Caption For Caterham, Godstone Road 1948

Caterham is in two parts, up the hill where the medieval church is, and Caterham Valley to the east on the valley floor, which grew up when the railway arrived in 1856 - it was in fact a

Caption For Abingdon, Market Place 1924

We are looking across the Market Place from the corner of Bridge Street, past the Town Hall.

Caption For Burford, High Street C1965

This picturesque Cotswold town in Oxfordshire lies on the slope of a steep hill above the Windrush valley about 20 miles east of Cheltenham.

Caption For Spilsby, The Church C1955

This was the main route through the town until the by-pass came into being.

Caption For Launceston, The Arch C1960

With the introduction of the one-way system, traffic now travels only out of town through the arch. Next to the Arch is the Baker's Arms Hotel, another 18th-century building.

Caption For Mousehole, The Harbour 1927

The boat lying on the beach in the fore ground, in Hugh Town harbour, is vaguely reminiscent of an ex-ships' lifeboat, and shows the rugged clinker-built construction of this type of craft.

Caption For Laugharne, The Boat House C1965

The view he enjoyed from its windows is magnificent and inspired him to write many of his most famous poems.

Caption For Wisbech, South Door, St Peter's Church C1950

Later the Town Library, belonging to the Corporation - formed in the 17th and 18th centuries - was housed here.

Caption For Crickhowell, Beaufort Street C1955

Crickhowell is most famous for its grand 17th-century bridge over the Usk, and the nearby 1481ft Table Mountain.

Caption For Tonbridge, High Street 1890

The late 15th-century half-timbered Chequers Inn, with its gabled frontage and a swinging sign said to have been put up in the reign of Elizabeth I, stands on the west side of this busy street.

Caption For Tonbridge, High Street 1890

The late 15th-century half-timbered Chequers Inn, with its gabled frontage and a swinging sign said to have been put up in the reign of Elizabeth I, stands on the west side of this busy street.