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The Village Post Office Stores

My parents bought the shop in 1952 and ran it until about 1965, it was then a very busy, thriving business, which served many of the outlying vilages. I was just 6 when we moved down from Wolverhampton and so had ...Read more

A memory of Spetisbury in 1953 by Ivan Pearce

Awful Village

I first visited in 2007, and was struck with horror. You have such beautiful villages all around the Country, and then you find one that lets the whole country down. It is run down, weeds in pavements, closed down pub and one grotty one left.

A memory of Harvington in 2007 by Sally Brown

H. Grimes Grocer Shop

I have very fond memories of my Grandparents, known as Harry and Nancy Grimes who owned the Grocer's shop shown - No 22. Also as a child growing up in Chipstead, just around the corner from the shops and times when it was ...Read more

A memory of Chipstead by Janice Wright

Heather And Gorse Clog Dancers Entertain In Totnes

Tuesday 11th December was a frosty clear night but the crowds of late night Christmas shoppers filled Totnes town centre to enjoy the candlelight, carol singers, buskers and stalls lining both ...Read more

A memory of Totnes in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

The Greyhound Pub

this is the Greyhound pub next to st Marys Church. Both my Grandfather's downed many a pint here, my Dad learned how to drink here too. My Mum lived at 53 Sunny Gardens road behind the church and had to go and collect ...Read more

A memory of Hendon by Pete Rogers

The Bakers

I remember Mr Morley, who owned the bakers at the corner of Longfellow Road, roping the bread delivery cart , fully loaded, to the back of his old Ford car and pulling it up the hill to his shop at the top , with the delivery man, ...Read more

A memory of Worcester Park in 1950 by Bryan Mc Cansh

B W Matthews Butchers 406

Hi My wife has acquired a photo of a Butchers shop ,possibly in Hastings or Brede area The shop nameboard is BW Matthews and shows the 4 shop staff outside the front of the building. One of the butchers is apparently ...Read more

A memory of Hastings by John Teddyfoot

Roadhouse Family Pre 1840

I have never had the pleasure of visiting Monk Fryston but my eldest son Brett did while he was in school here in Canada. He was part of the Harrogate Music Festival in the 80's. Dear friends, Pam & Harry Roebuck ...Read more

A memory of Monk Fryston by Bruce Roadhouse

Ollerton By The Sea

my family moved to ollerton in september of 1957,from ushaw moor near durham.the move had been delayed by the birth 5 weeks earlier of my sister patricia,she arrived on my birthday,so the children of the family had had to stay ...Read more

A memory of Ollerton in 1957 by Ruth Hill

Houseboats In The Picture Of Bursledon Bridge

In the photo are several houseboats and yachts moored up to the bank on the LHS of the picture, which was 'Deacon's Boat Yard' (no relation to me!). I lived on the large white motor torpedo boat (when ...Read more

A memory of Bursledon in 1974 by Tim Deacon

Captions

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Caption For Guisborough, Parish Church And Cenotaph C1955

The wrought iron railings and gates were removed during the Second World War.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, St Mary's Church, Apsley End 2005

The 5th Company of the London Brigade was based in Gadebridge Park, with its headquarters in the Town Hall.

Caption For Mablethorpe, High Street C1955

The arrival of the railway in 1877 put Mablethorpe on the seaside holiday map, and the town is mainly Victorian or later.

Caption For East Harting, The Village 1906

East Harting feels remote, and consists of two lanes forming a rugby ball in plan.

Caption For Eynsham, High Street C1950

E M Mumford, on the corner of the High Street and the Market Square, displayed enamel trade signs on its gable end when this photograph was taken in the mid 1950s.

Caption For Kettering, Bakehouse Hill C1955

Bell & Billows were a remarkable ironmongers in a handsome late Victorian building.

Caption For Ripon, The Spa Baths 1914

On the west side of the city, towards Fountains Abbey, stands the Spa Baths and Pump Room, opened on 24 October 1905 by Prince Henry of Battenburg.

Caption For Uppingham, High Street C1950

At one time, the landlady was Mrs Dwyer, associated with the well-known music-hall act, Clapham and Dwyer.

Caption For Berkhamsted, High Street C1955

Peter's Church, whose solid tower is visible peeking out from behind the building bearing a painted advertisement for the now defunct Home & Colonial store.

Caption For London, Home Office C1890

The far end, on the corner of Downing Street, is the Colonial Office. The entire building, completed in 1875, included the Foreign Office and the India Office on the St James's Park frontage.

Caption For Belfast, Royal Avenue 1897

In 1878 the Town Council obtained powers to clear the area; they began by extending the town centre with a fine new street connecting Castle Place with York Street.

Caption For Swindon, Town Gardens C1955

The Park Keeper's Lodge and the Aviary The gardens were laid out in the late 19th century on the site of old Purbeck stone quarries formerly owned by the Goddard family.

Caption For Swindon, Regent Street C1950

On the corner of Havelock Street and to the left stood Anstiss & Co Ltd, drapers, which stood here until the 1960s when it suffered two major fires, the second of which destroyed the premises completely

Caption For Fareham, West Street C1955

West Street is a mile long, and this section is now pedestrianised.

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 Clitheroe, Brungerley Bridge 1895

Brungerley Bridge is still popular today because of its proximity as a leisure area to Clitheroe town.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road 1899

This photograph was taken from outside the Market Hall looking down Blackburn Road towards its junction with Abbey Street.

Caption For Dorking, High Street 1922

Three balls, one white, one red and one blue, were paraded around the town. The balls were inscribed 'Wind and Water is Dorking's Glory'.

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate C1965

residence of Dr Bird, the house, like Sunnyfield House, had grounds stretching back to the North Bank Lane, now known as Bolckow Street/Park Lane (it was on this land that Mr Tom Pallister, the baker and

Caption For Huddersfield, Westgate 1982

By 1958 cheap Italian and Japanese textiles were being dumped on the market and countries like Canada and the US had placed a tariff on British cloth.

Caption For Carlisle, Council Houses By The Caldew, Bousteads Grassing 2005

Encouraged by the changing political scene at both national and local levels, especially after the extension of the vote in 1918 and the rise of the Labour Party, Carlisle council found itself

Caption For Swindon, High Street 1948

Looking South to Marlborough Road The buildings to the left stood next to the Old Town Hall on the Market Square.

Caption For Manchester, St Ann's Square C1876

The statue of John Cobden can been seen in the middle of the square: this bronze statue, by Marshall Wood, was paid for by public subscription and was presented to the town on 23 April 1867 by the President

Caption For Guisborough, The Priory 1891

Again we still see the old font in front of the priory arch and a gravel path to the right, long since disappeared, which presumably led to the greenhouse shown in the view of 1885.