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Happy Times

I was born the day my parents moved to Sshilbottle. We lived at 16 Farne View but this was later changed to 16 St James Road. Nearly everyone's dad worked at the pit. Shilbottle seemed to be split in two - we had our own Church of ...Read more

A memory of Shilbottle in 1954 by Edith Frearson

Moving Here

Moved here to Rossington back in 1979. Lived at 42 Streatfield Cres, the end house. I rented the house from the N C B but a year later was offered to buy it from them. I paid one thousand 800 pounds for it, the morgage was 12 ...Read more

A memory of Doncaster in 1979 by Keith Scott

Lost Family Knowledge

My maternal grandparents (Hales) lived in Rectory Cottage, Wootton, and my mother was married from there in St George the Martyr Church, in the village, to a local man John (Jack) Evans on December 26 1938. I ...Read more

A memory of Wootton in 1930 by David Evans

Blackmill

My name is Beth McMillan - Mckay then. Now living in New Zealand. We lived in Glyn-Llan but I spent many a hour walking up and down that road to Blackmill, getting the shopping in the Co-op and little shop/post-office on the corner. ...Read more

A memory of Blackmill by Beth Mc Millan

Highgate Village In The 1960s

What I am most interested in writing about is how Highgate Village has changed so much since my school days, growing up there in the 1960s. Today most of the shops are coffee shops, ...Read more

A memory of Highgate in 1965 by Robert Molesworth

The Amazing Vaughan Family

Stan and Helen Vaughan met me at the Leicester Train station after my long journey from California. I had won a Rotary International Scholarship and the Vaughans were my host family. I was a scared young girl and I ...Read more

A memory of Desford in 1986 by Donna Rose Houchen

Memories Of Walthamstow

My memories of Walthamstow are mainly of other people - but here goes! My son was born in 1965 in Thorpe Coombe Hospital, where some of the people who have posted memories on this site were born. Before 1934 my ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1965 by Diana Dioszeghy

Car Intoxicated

Kilbirnie man, James Fairly, better known as JIMMY went on a camping holiday with four others to Fort William. We had car trouble on the way and had to pay the cost of that. This left us with reduced spending power and on the way ...Read more

A memory of Kilbirnie in 1965 by John Allan

Wartime In Bournemouth With The Post Office Service

My mother,Margaret Newell was employed at the Mount Pleasant Post Office HQ, London. In 1940 she was moved to Bournemouth where I believe the Forces Postal Service had been headquartered. ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1940 by Martin Newell

Visiting Uncle Fred And Auntie Stina Ashfield.

Growing up in the late 40s and 50s, a highlight of my visits to relatives was the trip to Horseheath to see uncle Fred and Auntie Stina at the post-office. I was always drawn to the large greenhouse ...Read more

A memory of Horseheath in 1955 by Christopher Wright

Captions

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Caption For Belfast, Methodist College, Mc Arthur Hall 1897

A Limerick architect provided the design of the building, though his estimates of cost proved to be low - help from the all-powerful American Methodists was welcome.

Caption For Lepe, The Beach C1955

In the 1970s a six-bedroom property with staff cottage in Lepe cost £70,000.

Caption For Southport, Cambridge Hall, Art Gallery, Library And Bank 1887

The complex was built on a site previously occupied by a row of cottages adjacent to Cambridge Hall, and opened in 1878 having cost around £14,000.

Caption For London, Westminster Bridge C1900

This fine bridge is one of the most dazzling structures spanning London's river and was constructed in 1862 at the cost of £250,000.With the waters at low tide as they are here, critics have

Caption For Abergavenny, Frogmore Street 1893

To its right stands the cathedral-like front of the Baptist church, built by George Morgan in 1877 at a cost of £4200. The huge wheel window over the double porch is flanked by twin towers.

Caption For Exmouth, The Pier And The Steamer 1922

The vessel we see here took trippers along the cost of Lyme Bay, visiting other resorts along the way.

Caption For Maybole, Culzean Castle 1904

Patterson's other work included Chillingham Castle (1803) and the rebuilding of Brancepeth Castle (1817) for William Russell of Sunderland at a cost in excess of £120,000.

Caption For Cambridge, River Cam C1965

This is still one of the main punt hiring stations in Cambridge today, although the modern-day prices reflect the passage of time - at the time of this photograph, it cost 3s 6d to hire a punt and 3s a

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1902

Roath Park was laid out in 1894 at a cost of £62,000 - a considerable sum in those days. The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

Caption For Greenock, Princes Pier 1904

The pier and railway station were rebuilt and extended between 1892 and 1894 at a cost of over £62,000.

Caption For Milford On Sea, C1955

In 1960 a new 3-bedroom bungalow with a garage and two WCs cost £4,700.

Caption For Louth, Mercer Row C1955

The town is more famous, though, for its superb and grand church, crowned by its 295 feet high spire, built in the early 1500s at a cost of £305.

Caption For Bournville, Mary Vale Road 1949

Initially 143 homes were built, which were sold at cost price. A 999 year leasing arrangement ensured that gardens and open areas could not be built on.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1902

Roath Park was laid out in 1894 at a cost of £62,000 - a considerable sum in those days. The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

Caption For Bristol, The Docks 1953

During the early decades of the 19th century, Bristol was losing trade to Hull, Liverpool, London and the South Wales ports owing to its high dock charges.

Caption For Bury, The Market 1902

The market re-opened in April 1868; the alterations cost about £5000.

Caption For Dinnington, Laughton Road C1965

On average, a 14oz loaf cost 1s, a pound of streaky bacon 3s 6d, a pound of cheese 3s 5d, and 2lb sugar 1s 5d.

Caption For Knutsford, Toft Road 1900

It took 7,000 gallons of water to cleanse one mile of roadway, 18 feet in width, at a cost of 8s 4d a mile.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, Christchurch C1960

The building was expensive, and the final cost of the church was thought to be nearly £60,000.

Caption For Brook, The Village 1923

was given to the village by the late Viscount Pirrie in the year this photograph was taken, and the village hall bearing his name, and which also serves as the pavilion, was built at the same time at a cost

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1902

Roath Park was laid out in 1894 at a cost of £62,000 - a considerable sum in those days. The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

Caption For Dover, Castle C1965

But the great keep, the inner bailey and much of the curtain walling were built by Henry II between 1168-86, at the then colossal cost of £3,000.

Caption For Netley Abbey, The Hospital 1908

The building was an incredible quarter of a mile long and cost more than £300,000 to construct.

Caption For Blackburn, The Town Hall C1955

The foundation stone for the Towen Hall was laid on 29 October 1852 by Joseph Fielden, and it was opened on 30 October 1856.The total cost was £29,428 16s 3d.The clock tower and the Market Hall are