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Fair Green
I lived in that stange area of Mitcham known as Lonesome, situated between the level crossing at Eastfields and the bottom of Streatham Vale. It was a sort of 'No Man's Land'. My schooling from 1951- 1957 took place first at the wooden ...Read more
A memory of Mitcham in 1958 by
Growing Up In Dartford
I lived in Dartford from 1955 (born in West Hill Hospital) til 1977 when I moved to Wales. My dad was manager of the"Bacca Pouch" next to the old Post Office , and opposite the back entrance to the Co-op. He then had the ...Read more
A memory of Dartford in 1955 by
Happy Days At Mill Bridge
Hi to anyone looking at this photo, I lived just up the road at Valley Cottages and used to play by the bridge, we all sat on the bridge wall and had our photograph taken. I am on the right with wellington boots ...Read more
A memory of Bishop's Tawton in 1955 by
A Tiny Hamlet Lost In Time
The year was 1970. Myself and a friend were typical 15 year old youths of the time, well, typical for our type of neighborhood. We had long hair, pierced ears, denim jeans and jackets and owned but a couple of shillings ...Read more
A memory of Trelights in 1970 by
Palace How Lane End
I was brought up at Palace How and the gentleman with the moustache is my late father, Leslie Leo Cunningham. We had the village Post Office and my late mother, Mary Anne Cunningham, was the Postmistress - I have a show ...Read more
A memory of Loweswater by
Slough, Bucks And Denham Middlesex
I was born in Slough in 1938. It was in Buckinghamshire then. I eventually lived in Denham, Buckinghamshire (see my posting for Memories of Denham in the Middlesex listing). Since I left England in 1959, the ...Read more
A memory of Slough in 1955 by
Home Farm Marske
Home Farm has been in the Simpson family for many generations. My family and I spent many happy holidays over the years with my aunt and uncle, Lena and Maurice Simpson. I have such wonderful memories of haymaking, milking cows etc, ...Read more
A memory of Marske in 1951 by
A Gun Licence
While staying with my Uncle and Aunt in Uley during the school holidays, I bought an air-pistol. To be on the safe side I bought a Gun Licence from the Post Office in Dursley. Ken Cook
A memory of Dursley in 1954 by
Hinton Blewett 1945 1946
I first saw Hinton Blewett on a late September day when arriving at my prep school, Colchester House. This was housed in Hinton Blewett Manor, which was its wartime home. Its true home was in Clifton, Bristol but ...Read more
A memory of Hinton Blewett in 1945 by
The Ferries
There were 2 ferries in the mid-1950s when I was about 12. Clarke's as in the photo was a chain ferry and the cost was tuppence - ie 2 pence. The other ferry, Wilson's, opposite the church was pole driven and cost 1 penny. Some years ...Read more
A memory of Sunbury in 1955
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Attractive lamp posts line the pavement. In the right hand corner the fencing around the War Memorial can be seen.
The Grays Co-operative Society shops on the right are now the Post Office and Elm Park Pharmacy.
Looking west towards Court Haw, a horse and carriage wait patiently outside the little single-storey post office built on to the side of a large house, all now swept away.
Juby's is now partly the post office. Gordon Ince's gents' outfitter's next door remains, whilst the Fox (beyond) has closed - its yard has been turned into a precinct.
Ornate arbours and a Moorish-style pavilion provided seats sheltered from the wind and a floral hall hosted shows and concerts.
The posts on either side of the doorway have initials for the Drew family and the date 1649.
In the 1960s, farm land began to be sold off for development, and the village supports a post office and general store, together with two pubs - The Dog and Duck and The Ferguson Fawsitt, named after the
Barrel Rock (centre right, with the marker post) marks the end of Bude's breakwater. The first one was destroyed in a storm in 1838 and was replaced by one designed by James Walker.
An example of immediately post-war council housing, this street is now leafy and well-established, and largely in private ownership.
Opposite the parked car is now a petrol station, and to the right there is a convenience store and post office.
The shop opposite it, then the post office, has also gone. The Prince Albert (left), served in 1960 by Stroud Brewery, remains little changed.
On the corner opposite the hotel is a post box inserted into a brick pillar for the convenience of the residents.
It will come of little surprise that the pub thrives, whilst the Post Office is long gone.
Trusthorpe Post Office is on the road to Thorpe, and is in a late Victorian projection from the left bay of a late 18th-century small farmhouse.
It is now best known for its Chest Hospital, which was founded in 1905 to look after Post Office workers suffering from tuberculosis.
The garage in the centre of the photograph has been demolished to make way for a new post office and convenience store, but the building in the foreground, the Cosey Social Club, still remains
There are no yellow lines, no posts everywhere with instructions and restrictions—oh, it was such a gentle time for motor travel.
At this time Cardiff was a city slowly emerging from the austerity of the immediate post war era.
The ducks still paddle on the river beside the main road, but the Post Office and Stores (centre) is just a house now.
Trusthorpe Post Office is on the road to Thorpe, and is in a late Victorian projection from the left bay of a late 18th-century small farmhouse.
The post office at Ayot was used by George Bernard Shaw in a rather lesser known play, 'A Village Wooing'.
On the left side of Ceylon House is the post office and to the right the grocer's and provision's shop, both run by William Lowrey. Today both businesses are in the right half of the building.
The Post Office, with its central turret, was built in 1896 by Sir Henry Tanner. It was erected on the site of the old Mixed Cloth Hall, which was opened in 1756.
Opposite them, Briggs Stores is now the post office, and Cash & Co beyond is now a kebab shop.
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