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Memories

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Even More "Ramblings" From A Barking Boy.

My fourth set of memories carries on with shops in Barking. Previously I had recalled those along from Fanshawe Avenue to the station. Over the other side past Cambridge Road was Lloyds bank on the corner, my ...Read more

A memory of Barking by geoff.purdy

School Days

I remember this well, Christchurch, Ealing Broadway. I went here with school - Harvington - which was just off Ealing Common, we walked there down Springbridge Road past the swimming baths. I lived in Ealing from birth in 1939 until I ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by hilary.sykes

Mills Grocers

Does any one remember me? John from Norman Mills the grocers I work there for 50 years It was one of the very last real grocers in the town. It was the first shop to sell frozen foods, and the first Health food store in the area. Well ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by johnrank

Wokingham Shops

Anyone remember the petrol station ,next to saint Crispins school called Bourne and Thomas,a real traditional garage ,the thames trader tipper trucks moving the soil from the A329m ,green in colour ,think the company name was harry ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham by chrisnash

Arnold/Walters Family In Ealing

My father's family lived in Balfour Avenue, Hanwell from 1907/8 onwards. I think my great grandfather possible bought the house for my grandparents wedding present. He was George Arnold, a pawnbroker and jeweller who ...Read more

A memory of Ealing

Wade Deacon Grammar School Widnes Another Memory

Practising for the Town Sports on the front lawn of school, I was 'doing javelin' My class-mate Ardrie Van der Wall (Dutch) was 'doing discus' I threw my javelin, and went to retrieve it, whilst Ardrie ...Read more

A memory of Widnes by Jackie Worrall

Bournmouth In The 50's

When Dad had the motorbike and sidecar it was okay for day trips, but when we went for the fortnight summer holiday the bike could not carry us and the suitcases, so we had to go by other means. To get to Bournemouth we ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth by Carole Baldwin

Ferndown In The 50's

I lived in Church Road from 1956 til 1970..and my parents continued to live there til 2000 . I remember going to the zoo and crying at the caged lion..can't believe the animals lived in such small cages . The town is so different ...Read more

A memory of Ferndown by cattia777

Wartime Coalville

I lived in Coalville in 1940. My father was a Police Inspector and we lived at the Vaughan Street Police station. There were two flats, the other was occupied by Dad's Sergeant. The Court used to sit upstairs in another part of the ...Read more

A memory of St Austell by John Roberts

Barking... So Very Different Now

We moved to Hertford Road in 1971, I was 3 years old. I remember playing in our overgrown garden which backed on to the Burges road playing fields soon after we moved in. There used to be a horrendous smell from the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by abridgeboy

Captions

5,054 captions found. Showing results 889 to 912.

Caption For Chesham, Town Hall 1897

Chesham has been a market town since 1257 when Hugh, Earl of Oxford, obtained from King Henry III a grant of a weekly market and annual three-day fair.

Caption For Machynlleth, Maengwyn Street 1895

The town's connection with Owain Glyndwr gives it a unique place in Welsh history, as he was the last Prince of Wales to be crowned with the title.

Caption For Bracknell, High Street 1961

With New Town status and under the aegis of the Development Corporation, Bracknell began to expand rapidly.

Caption For Plymouth, Old Town Street 1889

The older anchorages of Sutton Harbour and Stonehouse, with the greater expanse of the Hamoaze and Plymouth Sound beyond, created a perfect naval base long before the new town of Devonport was founded.

Caption For Newton Abbot, St Leonard's Tower 1906

It now forms a centrepiece to this busy market town, familiar to the many local people who come to shop each week from dozens of surrounding towns and villages.

Caption For Devonport, Royal Hotel, Fore Street 1890

Devonport stands to the west of the city of Plymouth, and is the newest of the three towns that make up Devon's largest urban area.

Caption For Burnley, Towneley Park Gate 1895

The Townley family owned the hall for over 500 years; it was given to the people of Burnley by the last occupant, Lady O'Hagan, the widow of Lord O'Hagan, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

Caption For Bridport, W.Frost Shop Front 1909

West Street 1930 This town was a considerable port in the middle ages, but the silting up of its ancient harbour led to a decline in trade.

Caption For Stockbridge, The Old Andover Road C1955

To the right, Winchester Road rises to leave town; to the left it enters town.

Caption For Kidderminster, Brinton Park 1957

KIDDERMINSTER has been fortunate in that it has always been a relatively compact town, despite its expansion during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Caption For Llanelli, Town Hall Square 1957

Llanelli is still very much alive, and Town Hall Square is laid out in a most symmetrical and pleasing manner. It possesses a rather grand neo-Jacobean Town Hall with a highly decorative clock tower.

Caption For Cowes, High Street C1955

The narrow streets of Cowes are typical of many southern English coastal towns, designed for use rather than ornament.

Caption For East Cowes, The Floating Bridge C1955

The narrow streets of Cowes are typical of many southern English coastal towns, designed for use rather than ornament.

Caption For Hoddesdon, The Shopping Centre C1965

Here we see another view of the bleak and unappealing shopping precinct, constructed when the town's population numbered less than twenty thousand people; it appears less incongruous when viewed alongside

Caption For Kettering, Sheep Street C1955

In the 1950s Kettering was still an important boot and shoe town, specialising in heavy work boots. It also had a significant engineering and clothing industry.

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road C1965

A bustling and lively shopping street but not yet choked with motor traffic.

Caption For Alton, Market Street 1928

At the close of the 19th century, Alton bore the stamp of an old country market town, with its bustling streets and striking shop fronts. Opposite the King's Head is the town's market square.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road 1897

Blackburn Road is at the very heart of the town. The first building on the right is the Market Hall, and next to that, in the centre of our photograph, is the Town Hall.

Caption For Lampeter, High Street 1952

Wales's oldest university is located here; it was established in 1822, and has brought a cosmopolitan complexion to this ancient and most distant of towns.

Caption For Colchester, Holy Trinity Church 1892

Like many of the town's churches, it is built from salvage from the Roman town: bricks for arches, quoins and bands, and rubble and septaria (inferior stone nodules) for the rest.

Caption For Abertillery, General View C1955

This town was almost completely formed and defined by the production of coal.

Caption For Chesham, Market Square 1921

The Market House (or Town Hall) with its clock and bell turret was built in the 18th century by extended and largely reconstructed by Lord Chesham in 1856.

Caption For Horsham, Town Mill 1891

The coming of the railway made Horsham a natural target for expansion, helping to boost the town's economy.

Caption For Normanton, High Street C1955

This view shows a virtually-deserted High Street in the undistinguished former colliery town of Normanton, three miles north of Wakefield in South Yorkshire.