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Daughter Of The Village Bobby

I was born in the police house at Norton, the 4th child of Nigel and Beryl Evans, in 1958. I loved growing up there next to the farm, now the Hundred House car park. I was always out with Uncle ...Read more

A memory of Norton in 1958 by Julie Hirons

Hopping In Kent

Now I can't say 100% that it was Marden but it just sticks in my mind. Although I am only 31 now I went hopping a couple of times with my family who were originally from Silvertown. The last time I went was in the early to ...Read more

A memory of Staplehurst in 1985 by Teresa Garrett

Cherished Memories Continued

How well I remember having to march down to the rectory for our school dinners, the chatter was mind-boggling, my grandma used to say!I can hear you boys coming as soon as you get by RA's shop", that was Instones the ...Read more

A memory of Broseley in 1947 by John Wilkes

Penton Park Caravan Ppark

My memory of Laleham is of when my father would come and collect us for weekend visits, he would come and collect us on a Saturday, and take me and my brother to the caravan park where he lived at the time, now known as ...Read more

A memory of Laleham in 1960 by Linda Stock

Down Memory Lane

I was born in Nottingham and came to live in Gateshead when I was 4 years old. My mother was in the W.R.A.C and met my father when she was stationed down there. He was a Waiter in the Crown Hotel in Bawtry and was originally ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by Pauline Thompson

My Home For 22 Years

I was born 21st august 1943 at 60 Bellefield Road, a house that is still standing, only a blue brick terraced house with a cold tap and an outside loo. This was quite posh because some people had to share their toilets ...Read more

A memory of Winson Green in 1951 by John Hughes

Coolham House

I had happy holidays at Coolham House with my Auntie Jean and Uncle Douglas (Colonel Cameron) when I was about 10 years of age. I remember there was a prisoner of war called Coconi (an Italian) working on the farm. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Coolham in 1943 by John Potter

Wartime In Ivybridge 1939

I was one of ten little girls, plus our teacher, who arrived in Ivybridge as evacuees from Acton, London, at the outbreak of the Second World War. We were taken to a hall (probably at the school) where we were ...Read more

A memory of Ivybridge in 1940 by Geraldine Gasparelli

Hazel Road

My father was born in 1930 and lived in Hazel Road, opposite the Supermarine factory. He left in the 1930s as his father, who was in the Navy, was moved to Coventry to become a recruiting officer. At the beginning of this year, I had ...Read more

A memory of Woolston in 1930 by Hannah Race

Definately Not A Paint Tin! Woodford Wells

About a mile or so from South Woodford toward Buckhurst Hill, on the New Road, is Woodford Wells. My friend lived in the third house from the corner diagonally across from Bancrofts School. The ...Read more

A memory of South Woodford in 1942 by Denman Lalonde

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Caption For Blackburn, Sudell Cross 1895

Next to the draper's shop on the left is Walmsley's Stationers and Bookshop.The large window proudly proclaims that they have a Bible and Prayer Book Department.The horse-drawn tram heads off towards

Caption For Tredegar, Castle Street C1968

The area had a large number of public houses: on the corner was the Cambrian Public, on the right-hand side was the Kings Head, on the left was the Golden Lion, and the Black Prince was just around

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Square C1955

Between here and the Pilot Boat Inn, the public lavatories mark the site of the old Custom House, which was destroyed by fire in 1844.

Caption For Worthing, The Moorlands And Clear View Hotels C1965

Its name was very apt, for like all the hotels and boarding houses in Marine Parade, its upper rooms and balconies had an unimpeded view of the English Channel.

Caption For Whitby, The Harbour 1885

In between the tall houses on the far right of the harbour was Tin Ghaut - see 66292.

Caption For Woodchester, The Church 1900

Since then the house has been used as a training centre for stonemasons, and it is opened to the public on certain weekends during the summer months.

Caption For Cheam, Nonsuch Mansion 1927

The land was eventually bought in 1797 by Samuel Farmer, who built this two-storey, castellated house in 1802-05. It stands further east and closer to Cheam village than the original palace.

Caption For Stacksteads, Fearns Hall (1557) C1955

above the door reads 'George Ashworth Cobham, great-grandson of George and Susanah Ashworth de Fearns and Catherine his wife ended this wing in the year 1830 on the site of that part of the old Mansion House

Caption For Bishops Cleeve, The Tithe Barn C1960

The hall was officially opened by W S Morrison, Speaker of the House of Commons, in 1956. Still called the Village Hall, outwardly it remains today as it did 50 years ago.

Caption For Braughing, The Post Office Stores C1955

The garage on the left has been replaced by two houses, but almost fifty years later, the post office still sports its black exposed timber on white rendering.

Caption For Whitwell, High Street C1955

The earliest mention of the Bull public house, on the left, is in 1675, although the building is much earlier.

Caption For Brecon, The Bridge And Castle 1899

The wealthy Morgan family of Tredegar Park came to its aid and rebuilt parts of the castle and the adjoining house in 1809.

Caption For Frisby On The Wreake, Church Of St Thomas Of Canterbury C1955

An attractive village south of the railway line and the River Wreake, Frisby has a number of good houses.

Caption For Clydebank, Kilbowie Road 1900

This was built by Singer to house their workers. The right-hand side was tree-lined. By 1900 the tenements appear; their gable-ends were obviously a popular advertising site.

Caption For Burnley, Duke Bar 1906

The Duke of York public house can be seen in the centre of our picture.

Caption For Tredegar, Town Clock And Circle C1955

The Olympia cinema and the Black Prince public house are on the left, and situated just to the right of the clock is the Tredegar Arms, commonly known as the TA.

Caption For Carrickfergus, Looking North East 1897

Most of these houses are still there, but no longer depending on the Battery Wall for protection from the sea.

Caption For Puddletown, The Square C1955

The attractive thatched house with the bow window supported by pillars dominates the centre of the village.

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, High Street 1906

As this is a market town, the town centre has a remarkable number of hotels and hostelries; on the right is the Griffin Hotel, established in the 16th century, an important posting house

Caption For Whitby, The Harbour 1885

In between the tall houses on the far right of the harbour was Tin Ghaut - see 66292.

Caption For Sheffield, The Victoria Hall C1955

Almost every decade saw the construction of a new city landmark: the Methodists' Victoria Hall in Norfolk Street in 1908, Sheffield Newspapers' Kemsley House in High Street in 1916, the City

Caption For Fairford, The Square C1945

The Market Place, shown here, has fine 17th- and 18th-century buildings; the 3-storey ashlar-faced house right of centre is a fine example, with its rusticated ground floor stonework, fine pediment

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road C1965

It housed their furnishing departments (selling curtain materials, china, glassware, and so on) and was a magnet for shoppers.

Caption For York, Micklegate Bar 1886

In the 10th century, when permission was granted for a house to be built on the bar, the yearly rentcharged was sixpence.