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Powis Place

It used to be all fields around Dawley Bank before thay started building houses and Telford town centre. When we were kids, we could play out all over the place without any threat to us, we could build camps in the woods and Tarzan ...Read more

A memory of Dawley Bank in 1970 by Carl Wood

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

Its My Lifes Ambition To Return Home

My memories of my childhood in Belvedere are so precious. I was born in 1968, and my parents bought a house together with my paternal grandparents in Nuxley Road, number 86. The house is a big Victorian derached ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere in 1976 by Donna Goudie

Honeymoon Haytor

We spent part of our honeymoon here in April 1968. I had a tummy bug and used to go down to dinner not daring to look at my husband's plate full of food. All I had was a cup of coffee. He had saved up for a long time to take me ...Read more

A memory of Haytor Vale in 1968 by Wendy Oakins

Frightening Times

In 1997 I worked for a company calles SES security where I was a security officer at Parkside. Over my time there I became fascinated with the layout of the site and spent many many months walking the length and breadth of ...Read more

A memory of Macclesfield in 1997 by Gaz Ridley

My Visit To My Grandfather

I would come with my father and brothers and sisters to see my grandfather who lived in a small house. There was a railway very near and the trains would run outside his house. His road was called Elm Grove Road, ...Read more

A memory of Farnborough in 1965

Scout Camps

Members of the 2nd St Mary's Scout Troop Market Drayton were allowed to camp at one of the farms on this estate. Major Harding lived in the house, he was the Area Scout Commissioner and even though he only had one arm (lost during the ...Read more

A memory of Old Springs in 1951 by Victor Richards

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. Arthur ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1930 by Patricia Ryder

Springwell Village School 1944 1954

I was born at 3 Underhill Terrace in Springwell on 18th February 1939 and attended the village school from 5 to 15 years of age. I remember walking from Underhill Terrace daily to the ...Read more

A memory of Springwell in 1944 by Alan Watson

A Childhood At Ardfenaig

Well, a little more than a childhood as I emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 24. I consider my upbringing at Ardfenaig to have been be the most fantastic thing that could have been. Sadly whilst it was in progress one ...Read more

A memory of Ardfenaig in 1956 by Richard Lacey

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Captions

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Caption For Leigh, The Old Oak Tree And Green C1960

Note the beautiful weatherboarded house surrounded by the picket fence on the right. Locals sometimes call the village Lye or West?Leigh.

Caption For Newark, Town Bridge 1890

The toll-house across the river still stands, though the section of towpath which is visible, was removed long ago and replaced recently by a path beneath the nearest arch.

Caption For Haverfordwest, St Mary's Church C1955

The tower was capped by a timber spire until 1802, when it was removed at the behest of Lady Kensington who feared that it would fall on her nearby house.

Caption For Bedford, The River C1965

Immediately to the right of the inlet is the Bedford Rowing Club's clubhouse; further right, by the bridge, the Moat House 1960s tower block is mercifully out of shot.

Caption For Leeds, The Town Hall C1965

However, the Labour group on the council objected, as they did also to the proposed sale of council houses.

Caption For Hitchin, The Inner Courtyard, The Biggin 1903

On the right are the adjoining Cock Hotel and Posting House, with the latter having a milestone indicating the distance to London positioned outside the gateway to its stabling area.

Caption For Polurrian Cliffs, Polurrian Hotel 1903

The hotel was built in 1890 as a large boarding house for tourists; it was close to the sea and the golf links.

Caption For Boscombe, From The Pier 1906

With the turret of the Chine Hotel, which served as a landmark for Channel shipping, prominent in the back- ground, the elegant row of Victorian houses along Undercliffe Road bears tribute to the enduring

Caption For Loch Shiel, 1890

After three hours only 150 men of the clan Ranald had joined him. Then Cameron of Lochiel arrived with about 700 clansmen, followed by the MacDonalds of Keppoch.

Caption For London, Albert Memorial, The Mansion House 1897

One of the great city institutions, possibly the Mansion House, is hung with swags of flowrers and garlands for the great occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession in 1897.

Caption For Whitby, St Ann's Staith 1886

The holiday trade led to the development of the town, chiefly in the direction of the West Cliff, where hotels and guest houses were built.

Caption For Morriston, The Cross 1954

It was originally intended for Sauvignac monks, but by 1147 it had become a Cistercian house.

Caption For Whitstable, Marine Terrace 1950

However, the houses on the right would not fare so well three years later when high winds hit the coast, rendering the new sea wall completely inadequate.

Caption For Singleton, Post Office C1960

The post office, shrouded in mature trees, is situated opposite the old vicarage (now a private house).

Caption For Southwold, North Cliff And Coastguards 1896

The white building was the Coastguard Station, built in 1884-1904 here on the corner of South Parade to replace the Watch House, which was on the beach. Next to the flagpole is a signalling device.

Caption For Kirk Hammerton, The Crown Inn C1960

The Crown Inn had its own brewery, but it closed in 1990 and is now a private house. Some of the vats are still kept in the yard.

Caption For Middlesmoor, The Village C1950

Beyond here is Scar House Reservoir, providing water for Bradford. During the construction a small village was established in these desolate hills dominated by Great Whernside.

Caption For Veryan, The Road To The Beach C1955

Veryan, probably named after a saint with the improbable name of Symphorian, is one of the county's most beautiful villages, noted for its five round houses, built that way so that the devil could not

Caption For Porlock, The Church 1907

Parsons Street, on the right, has some large Victorian houses looking over the churchyard.

Caption For Cowes, High Street C1965

Morgans, 'Complete House Furnishers', has become the Alamo restaurant and bar.

Caption For Leeds, Temple Newsam Gardens C1960

Temple Newsam was bought by Leeds Corporation in 1922 from Edward Wood, the future Lord Halifax.The first house known to have been built here belonged to Thomas, Lord Darcy, who was executed for

Caption For Churt, The Crossways C1955

that time, Frith's photographer looks north along the main Hindhead-Farnham road towards the Crossways: this is what the main crossroads in Churt is called, and so is the pub at the right, a Courage house

Caption For Swanage, The Mill Pond 1890

Houses at Coniston Close (right) have also been rebuilt but the scene remains picturesque.

Caption For Swanage, From Durlston Castle 1892

Former 'quarr houses' and stone workings (bottom left) can be seen here beside Durlston Bay (lower right) which revealed fossils of the first marsupial-type mammals that succeeded the dinosaurs.