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My Home Town

I was born on New Road, Crickhowell in the year of your photograph of 1931 and I love the town. I left there in the late 1930s, only to return in 1949, leaving in 1955, but I return each year to visit old places and tend the ...Read more

A memory of Crickhowell in 1930 by George Evans

Church Choir

I remember when I was about 14 being a choir boy in St Mary's Church. This would be 1953. We used to receive two shillings and sixpence for weddings, some of us belonged to another church further down the road toward Chatham and we ...Read more

A memory of Chatham in 1953 by Brian Atkinson

Baldock Hostel

I lived in the hostel in the 1960s and liked the area very much. I was a member of the working man's club, the cinema always had up to date films. The town boasted good pubs, there was plenty of work in nearby Letchworth. I had ...Read more

A memory of Baldock by First Name Last Name

To Wheatley And Back

After the Second World War and during the austere period of rationing, among the items that were in short supply was coal. People would burn anything in order to keep warm, and many were the trips that I ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1947 by Frank Mowforth

Childhood 1952 Onwards

I think Stonehouse had something for every age growing up. Brownies, cubs, scouts, and guides. A youth club and a coffee bar. Always somewhere to explore, the canal, Doverow for sledging, the brickworks and always ...Read more

A memory of Stonehouse in 1952 by Jackie Shearman

The Quadrant

I used to live in Niton Road, Richmond and used to catch the bus at the top of the Gas Works bridge and get off at the Quadrant, from when I worked 1961-1967 until I married and moved to Kent late 1967. I worked at a ...Read more

A memory of Richmond by Linda (Walden)Bexx Stallon

Brownrigg

The 2012 Brown Rigg School Reunion wil take place over the weekend of 8/9/10th June. There will be a packed programme of entertainment and the opportunity to take a look around Brown Rigg once again. Bellingham hasn't changed very ...Read more

A memory of Bellingham by Edward Graham

Lynmouth Lifeboat, Louisa

This boat belonged to a local legend, Tommy Morrissey. I've fond memories of getting up at 5am to go fishing with him during the mid 70's. In 1982, after Tommy went to the big fishpond upstairs, his boat Girl Maureen was ...Read more

A memory of Padstow by Dave England

1949 1966

I was born at 16 Roding Avene, the prefabs right next to the River Roding. Across the main London Road was Delayneys, also the Masters Match factory with its tall chimmney. I remember seeing the chimney being knocked down, the man at the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Yvonne Tilbury

Kidderminster The Canal

Being born and raised in Kidderminster leaves me with a lot of good memories. I moved to the USA in 1958. My Dad worked on the canal before the war and indeed during the war. As a kid I spent a lot of my time ...Read more

A memory of Chaddesley Corbett in 1946 by Peter Conway

Captions

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Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill 1897

The main street of Alllington village (bottom left) leads into this panorama of Bridport town, looking south-east from Allington Hill, with the outer parish's St Swithun's Church being the prominent building

Caption For Nantwich, High Street C1965

In this picture we get some idea of the architectural diversity of the town centre.

Caption For Bracknell, High Street 1901

Some time during the second half of the 19th century, Bracknell became a town, helped by the coming of the railway in 1856 and the development of market gardening and brick-making.

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Caption For Tredegar, C1955

Although pig iron was being produced in the area in the late 18th century, it was the setting up of the Tredegar Iron Works in 1800 that gave the town prosperity, growth and its name.

Caption For Exmouth, Beacon Terrace 1906

Many visitors made the town their home, and the population increased markedly as Exmouth entered the 20th century.

Caption For Colchester, Cups Hotel And Corn Exchange 1892

The hotel, with its six gables and ponder- ous style, replaced a stuccoed 18th-century building, but it has now gone, to be replaced by the bland misjudgement of 1970s Greytown House.

Caption For Bridgnorth, High Street 1896

It is remarkable that the Town Hall still almost totally blocks the town's High Street. It was built in 1652.

Caption For Southampton, God's House Tower 1908

Now Southampton's Archaeological Museum, this used to be the home of the town gunner, with the guns and powder stored here.

Caption For Ilkley, West View 1900

At the top of Wells Road, as the town turns to moor land, lies this delightful area, ideal for a little perambulation.

Caption For Ashbourne, Memorial Gardens C1955

Little has changed today, and the gardens still impart an air of tranquility for the residents of the town.

Caption For Watlington, Town Hall C1955

The small town of Watlington, at the foot of the Chiltern escarpment, used to be famous for its many inns.

Caption For Minehead, North Hill C1939

The town had been keen to keep out of the National Park when it was created in 1954 as it perceived that this may restrict such development, whereas places like Lynton, Lynmouth and Porlock saw the

Caption For Harlow, River Stort C1955

The River Stort, with the Town Park along its banks, has become a beautiful and popular venue for the people of Harlow, Old and New.

Caption For Saffron Walden, The Market Place C1965

The Market Square is still the commercial centre of the town. There are several banks, and the market is held here on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Caption For Woodbridge, The Thoroughfare 1894

Although quite narrow and winding, this is the main street of the town, stretching for nearly a mile, and running parallel with the River Deben.

Caption For Harlow, First Avenue C1965

The New Town was to be beautiful, and to work well, with wide tree-lined roads densely planted with trees and shrubs.

Caption For Amersham, Church And Market Square 1958

In the heart of the town the church and the grand Market Hall are the key buildings.

Caption For Loughborough, Baxter Gate C1950

Buildings from the last two hundred years adjoin each other in a rather odd and uneasy way in Leicestershire's second town.

Caption For Ashby De La Zouch, Old Cottages

Here we see pretty brick and stone cottages of the 18th century and earlier, which went to make up the Ashby referred to by Camden as 'villa amoenissima'; they pre-date the dramatic launch of the town as

Caption For Tiverton, In The Park 1903

With an old castle, and the River Exe running through the town, it presents plenty of opportunities for recreation.

Caption For Tetbury, Church Street C1949

Tetbury lies near the boundary of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire on the long stretch of high road between Stroud and Malmesbury.

Caption For Brading, High Street C1969

This lovely old building, the town museum and waxworks when this photograph was taken, adorns Brading High Street. Note the early appearance of double yellow lines prohibiting car parking.

Caption For Chatham, View From The Pier C1965

The vessel moored to buoys against the far bank is probably unloading grain into a Town Mills silo. This view across the river separates Rochester Cathedral and the castle.

Caption For Clifton, College 1901

The college admitted both boarders and town boys, and somewhat uniquely for the period, regarded them all with equal status.