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Bridge Bungalow Cafe

We lived at the BBC for many years. Near to the bridge over the River Thame, next to the garage run by Harold Thomas and Jeff Lafford. I went to Thame Grammar School on the double decker blue bus. Dad was George Allen, Mum was ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley by Roger Allen

Cadets The Dolphin Club

I was one of the young fellows in the early 'fifties that used to ruin the peace in and about Streatham as a drummer with the 5th County of London( RA) cadet band. It was a rather splendid band , and we were based up ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by Bill Axten

A Game Of Soccer In The River

Every year there would be a game played in the river in the village using the bridges as goal posts and is, as far as I am aware still played today. It would be around 1955 that my late father, Frederick ...Read more

A memory of Bourton-on-the-Water in 1955 by George Tarte

Home Base

This pic was taken from Tunnel Terrace looking over the old iron bridge coming from The Tunnel Hotel. The building closest after the slag heap is the old Police station with the Bandroom next door to it. My Grandmother and Grandfather Loveday lived in number 5 Tunnel Tce. Sadly no longer there.

A memory of Blaengwynfi in 1957 by Philip Loveday

The Dingle

I lived in Colwyn Bay as a child and have fond memories of The Dingle. It seemed like a magical place to a young child. Over the brook, which runs through The Dingle, there was a little bridge which led to a fortune teller's ...Read more

A memory of Colwyn Bay by Mary Lillington

In Line And Two By Two

Miss Cary was short and stout with grey hair in a bun. She always wore a cameo brooch on a white silk blouse, grey skirt and sensible shoes. She was kind and patient, she was also my first teacher. One day as the mothers picked ...Read more

A memory of Kew in 1951 by Barry Hawgood

My Home Away From Home

I arrived in Totnes January 1944 and lived up at Dartington until a day before the invasion at Normandy. Totnes became our "hometown." I returned for the fiftieth anniversary and honored for being the first American to come ...Read more

A memory of Totnes in 1944 by Robert Pocklington

Camping Holiday

As a young teenager with fond memories of Evesham and surrounding areas, I enjoyed with two of my male friends, camping  at  Weir Camping Meadow, which was located by the River Avon down in the lower part of the town. The camping ...Read more

A memory of Evesham in 1940 by Arthur Forty

The Village Policeman

My father was the village policeman in the late 30s. My first memories was the police house next door to the garage, and the sweet shop with a lot of steps, (is it still there) the bridge sticks in my mind. The time dad ...Read more

A memory of Harrold in 1930 by Pamela Surmon

Transporter Bridge

As a child brought up in Yorkshire, we spent holidays visiting family across the Pennines; mother's family in Liverpool and father's in Runcorn. Although he had done well, now a country doctor, father always seemed to think he ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn by Rob Oldfield

Captions

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Caption For Sandsend, The Beach 1925

It was a popular place for holidays when this picture was taken, even though the village was disfigured by a ruin of an alum works and an iron bridge carrying the LNER railway line from Whitby to Saltburn

Caption For Southport, Floral Hall Colonnade C1955

The Floral Hall and Theatre complex continue to provide a conference and concert centre of national importance.

Caption For Abingdon, Bridge Street C1955

This view was taken looking north along Bridge Street towards the Market Place – indeed, in the left centre of the view we can see the cupola and stair tower of the Town Hall.

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

They lie in a north-south axis on the western edge of the town; they measure as high as 22ft 6in, and are as big as the stones at Stonehenge.

Caption For Wallington, Woodcote Road C1950

This view looks north along Woodcote Road towards the railway bridge. The station is on the left, but is concealed by the distant shops.

Caption For Abingdon, Town Hall 1890

Frith's Victorian photographer was in the lane leading to the abbey gateway, and looking across the Market Place to what is now undoubtedly the finest building in Abingdon: the Town Hall.

Caption For Luton, Vauxhall Motors C1950

The building to the left is K Block; it housed the greater part of the marketing and sales functions for the company.

Caption For St Ives, Bridge 1899

The bridge across the Ouse at St Ives was built in medieval times.

Caption For Bristol, St Augustine's Bridge 1901

Car No 118 of the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co heads for St Augustine's Bridge.

Caption For Newby Bridge, The Swan Hotel 1914

The hotel stands on the north bank of the River Leven, by the bridge.

Caption For Anstey, Pack Horse Bridge C1960

On the south-east side of the village the five-arch stone bridge, perhaps of the 16th century, steps quietly across the very reedy Rotherby Brook.

Caption For Penrith, Askham Bridge 1893

Forming a picturesque scene near Askham, the bridge arches over the River Lowther whose waters have their origin in the north-east Lakeland fells above Shap.

Caption For Seathwaite, Stockley Bridge 1889

The earliest tourists to the Lake District were overwhelmed by the 'horrid' and 'frightful' nature of the mountains and crags, which frowned down on them as they negotiated the passes.

Caption For Studland, Ferry C1960

The lifeline between Poole and Purbeck, crossing between Sandbanks (right) and Shell Bay (left), is the Floating Bridge.

Caption For Melsonby, Bridge And Church Of St James The Great C1960

Quarrying for limestone and copper brought new people to this quiet agricultural village - mines were still operating in the 1920s. Now Melsonby is a well-kept residential village.

Caption For Godmanchester, Bridge 1901

The footpath crosses the river firstly over the weir and then across the Chinese Bridge.

Caption For Warrington, Latchford Locks 1894

The course of the canal meant that a section of the L&NWR line to Liverpool via Warrington and Speke would have to be re-routed; this resulted in the building of Latchford Viaduct.

Caption For Newark, Great North Road And Castle C1955

This seems a quiet day, for my childhood memories of passing through Newark are of nose-to-tail crawls and relief on crossing the bridge.

Caption For Chelford, Macclesfield Road C1955

The Macclesfield road rises in the distance to the bridge over the railway line, with the station and livestock market going down on the left.

Caption For Molesey Lock, The Lock C1955

Further downstream and opposite Hampton Court, Molesey Lock is photographed from Riverbank, the busy A3050 along the Surrey bank of the River Thames.

Caption For Downham, The Village 1894

Children pose near the small bridge over Downham Beck, a brook which runs through the heart of the village.

Caption For Cardigan, The Bridge C1965

An earth and timber castle was established here by the Normans in 1110. After several attempts, the Welsh took it in 1165, rebuilt it in stone and held the first Eisteddfod within its walls in 1176.

Caption For Pevensey, Castle 1894

In Roman and medieval times the castle was on the sea, but this has retreated half a mile away.

Caption For Stanwell, The Rising Sun C1965

In 1965, when Greater London was created, Surrey crossed the River Thames and gained a segment of the former county of Middlesex.