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1960's/70's Shops Of Shepton

The shop on the right is Hobleys' Ironmongers. As a youngster I would buy my fishing tackle, airgun pellets, & sheath-knives there. I would gave in awe at the new Diana & BSA airguns that they stocked - ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet by bru.enzer

Beir Kellor

does any one remember a bar in croydon town centre in the late 60/early 70 called the beir kellor i think it was just past where marks and spencers is now you had to go down some steps to get i used to go there but cant find any reference to it

A memory of Croydon by murleysandra

Woolworths 1955/6

I started out working life at the pontypool store ,Mr Galander manager ,in the stockroom with Gwen later on the floor 'then being moved to Newport! Those were the days when ponty Meant something!! The streets were full on Fridays ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool by Terry Price

One Of The 1970/73 Students

I attended the teacher training college here in the village from 1970 tom1973. I really enjoyed my time there and got my teaching certificate ( what a surprise). My subjects were geography, drama and education. When I ...Read more

A memory of High Melton by druryv

Bognor Childhoo Holidays

I came down to Bognor with my family for a three week holiday every summer in the late 50s early 60s, first from Redhill and then from Godalming, Surrey It was mostly on the train, and the last time we came it was in ...Read more

A memory of Bognor Regis by Canon David Frost

Not From Wantage

well sorry to say i dont come from Wantage but my mum did so ive had the pleasure of coming to see for myself what Wantage is like but i must say i could move here my mum was at Garston lane school way back in the 30s and also saint ...Read more

A memory of Wantage by fredj6648

Happy Days

My name is Brian Newman and I was born in Barking in 1942. My old man was a grocer and his shop was Newman Stores in Ripple Road by the Harrow, or as we called it, the "arrer". There was a long row of shops either side of Ripple Road. I ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Brian Newman

Happy Days

I went to Wescott Road school in 1950 then St Crispins 1956. I can recall quite a few shops. Herrings furniture where you could buy on HP with no checks, as Mr Herring assessed whether or not you looked trustworthy. NSS newsagents. Next ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham by keithmorshead

Hounslow, Memories Of Bulstrode Girls School

I too went to Hounslow town Junior school from age 7, then on to Bulstrode Girls School. Mrs Collins was head teacher. We had Mrs Johnstone for geography, Mrs Davies for English , Mrs Balls for history, ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by valreng

Captions

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Caption For Brixham, The Harbour 1925

All Saints' Church contains a memorial to the Reverend Lyte, author of 'Abide With Me' and 'Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven'.

Caption For Alsager, Sandbach Road C1960

The original part of the town of Alsager was to the north of here.

Caption For Todmorden, The Town Hall C1955

Todmorden Town Hall, built in 1870, once stood on the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire, a fact reflected in the carvings in the pediment frieze on its classical front, shown here: there are bales

Caption For Street, The Clock Tower 1896

Reaching Street, we are in 'company town', a town dominated by the shoe makers C and J Clark. It is therefore appropriate that we start at Clark's original factory, which fronts High Street.

Caption For Reading, Friar Street 1923

The curious onion-domed extension to the Town Hall, between it and the church has long been demolished, but it serves to point up the quality of Alfred Waterhouse's 1875 Town Hall.

Caption For Brackley, Town Hall C1950

A horse-drawn cart carrying sacks makes its way up alongside Brackley's early 18th-century Town Hall, which was built for the Duke of Bridgewater and is attributed to Wren.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow C1955

The Saracens Head Hotel has gone the way of many smaller town centre hotels; it is now converted to shops and offices, including the bookshop Ottakar’s.

Caption For Enfield, The Old Market C1960

The timber market cross dominates the photograph; to its left is the King's Head with its tile hanging and timbering, a finely-detailed town pub of 1899 by Shoebridge and Rising.

Caption For Chepstow, Town Gate 1936

The photographer was positioned on Moor Street looking down towards the Town Gate.

Caption For Market Rasen, The Racecourse C1960

East of the town, on the Louth Road, is Lincolnshire's only racecourse, since Lincoln's closed some years ago.

Caption For Blaenavon, Workmens Institute And Town Clock C1955

The grand scale and decorated gables of the Institute are a visible reminder of a wealthier town; here the iron-works acted as a magnet which drew workers in high numbers.

Caption For Pontefract, Ropergate C1965

Looking down Ropergate towards the Market Place, on the left we see the old Crescent Cinema (1926-1993), one of five picture palaces once in the town.

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, High Street 1906

The town of Kingston was awarded County Town status in 1893, which it retained even after becoming a London Borough in 1964.

Caption For Northleach, The Green C1960

This Cotswold town has much in common with other old wool towns to the north and south of it, such as Chipping Campden and Cirencester.

Caption For Ormskirk, The Clock Tower C1960

Standing at the cross-roads in the centre of the town is the clock tower, which was erected by public subscription in 1876.

Caption For Twickenham, The Fox Inn 2005

Other members of the family also lived in large houses in the town.

Caption For Loddon, Chedgrave Basin C1965

This small market town is on the River Chet; even these moored boats and yachts would have had difficulty in navigating this shallow tributary of the River Yare to get to the pleasant town centre.

Caption For Newquay, Trenance Gardens 1928

These civic gardens are in the Trenance Valley and fringe the River Gannel as it twists away from the eastern edge of the town.

Caption For Kings Lynn, High Street 1908

This street of small distinctive shops and fine 18th-century terraced buildings is the commercial hub of the town.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Beach C1880

Opened in 1863, it closed in 1926 when a new station for the town was opened to the rear of the town. Note the wheeled stalls on the beach, and the row of chairs all in a line.

Caption For March, The Bridge From Nene Quay 1929

The town's name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for frontier or border.

Caption For Boston, The Docks 1890

Boston's Tudor decline was steep: the wool trade upon which the town had waxed fat faded away, and the river silted up.

Caption For Fairford, High Street C1955

Like other wool towns in the Cotswolds, such as Stroud, Painswick and Woodchester, Fairford has a 'Rack Hill'.

Caption For Cirencester, Cricklade Street C1950

They founded their town of Corinium by the River Churn, in an area occupied by a native tribe called Dobunni.