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Days Gone By

My family arrived in Seaforth late in 1939 after we were shipped back from Gibraltar where my father was stationed with the Kings Regiment. Early memories of our house in Holly Grove are vague. My sister Maureen and I, along with ...Read more

A memory of Seaforth in 1940 by Charles Hegarty

Derry Hill Wiltshire

I did not live in Derry Hill, but rented a cottage there, Primrose Cottage, in 1990. I was introduced to Wiltshire in the 1980s by my husband's mother who had been based near Pewsey in the Land Army during the Second World ...Read more

A memory of Derry Hill in 1990

Ashby Broadway

I lived in Ashby as a child, and when I started attending Ashby Girls' School on Ashby Turn, I had to walk from the bottom of Ashby to the top every day, rain or shine. When I was 11 in 1948, Broadway was nothing more than an ...Read more

A memory of Ashby in 1958 by Vivienne Johnson

Colindale The Early Years

I was born in the house on the corner of Woodfield Avenue and New Way Road in 1944 and lived there until the end of the 1970s. My birth was in fact on Friday the 13th of October, which coincided with the dropping of a ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1958 by Jack Richardson

Rev Kenneth V Kenny Povey Nbsp C Of E

I am trying to find Kenny Povey, his mother lived in Little Sutton, Kenny was in Neston area, then I was told he was in Blacon area and then moved down south, would anyone have any idea of where he would be? Many thanks, Valerie Waring

A memory of Blacon by Valerie Waring

Horney Common As A Child

I was born in London in 1938. When war broke out the following year my father sent my mother and myself down to Devon but soon after that he, and many of his regimental colleagues in the Army, rented a large country ...Read more

A memory of Horney Common in 1940 by Juliet Baxter

Fun Times

I was born in Lower Aire Street in 1944, my brother was born in 1942. I left when I was 8 years old but can still remember the street. We lived next door to Mr and Mrs Wiley on one side and Mrs Hargreaves on the other ...Read more

A memory of Windhill in 1944 by Christine Thomas

Slough High Street Park Street & Chandos Road

Hi, I am researching my family tree and am trying to locate Chandos Road and Unity Cottages in Park Street.  I believe that Chandos Road was knocked down when the Queensmere Centre was built.  I wondered ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1900 by Jan Saunders

Helmshore 1950 1968

I was born in Musbury Road at the bottom of Tor Hill and spent 5 years with Tor as my back yard; my name is still chiselled in the rocks at the top. Anyone remember the Tor Mile race? In 1955 we moved up to 3, Lancaster ...Read more

A memory of Helmshore by Ian Seville

Mother's Brother And Sisters

Just after the war Dad, Mum and I would travel every other weekend to visit aunts and uncles and cousins on our Norton motorbike and sidecar. We usually based our visit with Aunt Flo and Uncle Stan (a wartime despatch ...Read more

A memory of Andover in 1940 by John Scott

Captions

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Caption For Stafford, Greengate Street C1960

Further down the street we can see the distinctive sign of the Bear Inn.

Caption For London, The Embankment From Temple Pier 1890

The delightful Temple Gardens once extended right the way down to the river.

Caption For Chippenham, Monkton House C1960

In front of the house, gardens and pleasure grounds ran down to the river; a channel was cut from the river for private moorings.

Caption For Ockley, The Windmill 1906

The mill was powered by four patent shuttered sails, and winding was controlled by hand with an endless chain gear hanging from the rear of the cap down to the staging. Only the brick base survives.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1965

This photograph was taken midway down the High Street.

Caption For Aberdeen, 17 Castlegate 1892

The house is in Loanhead granite, and this photograph shows the eaves courses, designed to prevent rainwater washing down the wall and leeching out the mortar.

Caption For Reighton, Gap C1960

Judging by the way the sand is churned up, the little horse has had a few gallops up and down. The boy with his hands in his pockets seems fascinated by the animal.

Caption For Ware, High Street 1925

We are looking north down the High Street towards its division into East and West streets.

Caption For Shefford, North Bridge Street 1951

Sheep on the High Street are a distant memory, but the town has managed to preserve a number of older buildings - including the 16th-century porch on the left.

Caption For Huddersfield, New Street 1957

The bustling town of Huddersfield, like so many other Pennine towns, was founded on the wealth won from the 19th-century explosion in the worsted and woollen industries.

Caption For Totnes, Totnes Castle At The Landing Stage 1896

Trips down the river were as common then as they are today. It is regrettable that steam has given way to the internal combustion engine. Note the covered carriages waiting on shore.

Caption For Castleford, Carlton Street C1965

We are looking down the main shopping area to the old Market Hall, which was partly demolished in 1992.

Caption For Worbarrow, Bay C1930

The fishing hamlet of Worbarrow (upper left), is seen here with Hill Cottage below Gold Down and Sea Cottage boathouses facing Worbarrow Bay.

Caption For London, Trafalgar Square From Whitehall C1950

This view down Whitehall shows the yet-to-be-cleaned Nelson's Column. The two buildings to the left are banks, with the modern Whitehall Theatre between the two.

Caption For Southbourne, Fisherman's Walk 1913

Boscombe was built across a wooded chine (a wide ravine) that led down to the sea; these features are common along this coast.

Caption For Pendleton, The Village 1921

Owned for centuries by the Aspinall family, Pendleton was an old village when the Domesday Book was compiled.

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Caption For Burslem, 1956

The last bottle kiln to be used commercially closed down in 1967.

Caption For Ripley, The Square C1955

It is dominated by its cobbled Market Square, which leads down to the castle, home to the Ingilby family for more than 600 years.

Caption For Madingley, Hall C1955

This beautiful Tudor mansion was built at the end of the reign of Henry VIII by the successful lawyer Sir John Hynde, partly from materials salvaged when they pulled down the church of St Etheldreda in

Caption For Bath, North Parade And Abbey 1949

The balustraded enclosure on the traffic island surrounds steps leading down to The Island Club and the Parade Gardens, formerly known as St James's Triangle.

Caption For Ewhurst, Pitch Hill 1911

The Windmill pub, on the left, was a new replacement for an earlier building which had burnt down.

Caption For Whittlesey, Market Street C1965

This view down Market Street shows how Whittlesey has prospered in the past fifty years.

Caption For Burford, High Street C1955

Often described as the gateway to the Cotswolds, the picturesque town of Burford has changed little over the years.

Caption For Coulsdon, Brighton Road 1906

New houses are appearing in the distance on Smitham Downs.