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Memories

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Bank Street School

This is the year when the school finally closed.  It was worn out but much loved.  The roof leaked, the knots in the floorboards stood high while the wood was highly polished with years of wear.  The teachers had large baby boomer ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge in 1965 by Jenny Saggers

1942 1949

I was born at Danbury Palace in Danbury and lived at Marks Farm bungalow in Rettendon. I remember getting frightened of the storms on the way home from Rettendon School. I remember walking home from school up Chalk Street. My ...Read more

A memory of Rettendon in 1942 by Margaret Dennis

Growing Up In 1950s Wheatley

I can remember my early childhood days.  We lived in The Avenue.  All the fields at the back of us were open fields.  It is all houses of course these days.(Elton Crescent, Miller Road etc). Early school days were having ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley by Bill Middleton

Kennards Waddon

Hi On finding your memories pages I simply had to add my own contribution as my memories of Croydon and area are so dear to me. My grandparents lived in Waddon, just off the Purley Way, and I visited regularly on holiday, when my ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Liz Griffin

Happy Days

WELL I REMEMBER THIS VERY CLEARLY  I SPENT SOME OF MY CHILDHOOD DAYS HERE CONVALESANT HOME FOR CHILDREN WE WAS SENT THERE TO CONVELESCE IN THE BRACING SEA AIR FROM POLLUTED INDUSTRIAL TOWNS . NUNS LOOK AFTER US THEY HAD LOVELY CHAPEL I ...Read more

A memory of Lytham in 1962 by Pauline Webb

Fairs Cinema And Hides

From the lates 50's I remember going to Danson Park fairs. My brother would take me when I was quite young and I seem to remember him winning a large dog on the air rifles - I think it must have cost him quite a bit to win ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1958 by Alan Roberton

Port Quinn Visit

Having stayed with relatives at Port Quinn on Wednesday 12 September, we drove to Tintagel staying overnight in an hotel, just out of the town. We spent a wonderful Thursday in Tintagel and enjoyed a terrific time viewing this ...Read more

A memory of Tintagel in 2007 by Theresa Eagles

Summer Of 64

In June 1964 a group of us Belfast grammar school boys crossed the sea to Liverpool and took the long coach journey south to spend the school summer vacation working in the Bournemouth beach cafes. Three of us shared a bedroom at ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1964 by John Mc Millan

Burnt Oak A Way Of Life

What a great place this web site is. I certainly love the Burnt Oak as I knew it between 1947 and 1969 when I then emigrated to SA (since back in Weston super Mare). All the memories you folk have mentioned are mine too. I ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1960 by Fred East

Happy Memories Of My Grandparents

My first memory of Chellow Dene reservoir dates back to the mid-sixties. My grandparents Jack and Betty Parkinson lived at Chellow Grange Lodge, just down the road from the reservoir, and when I visited them - my ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1965 by Julia Atkinson

Captions

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Caption For Lytham, The Windmill And Green C1950

The photograph gives the impression that the town is waiting for someone or some-thing to lift it from gloom and despondency.

Caption For Maltby, Crossroads C1965

BBC and ITV aerials proliferate above the rooftops of Maltby.

Caption For Emsworth, The Old Mill C1955

The old tide mill overlooking the quay at Emsworth, once Chichester Harbour's main port and an important centre for the oyster trade.

Caption For Maltby, Crossroads C1965

BBC and ITV aerials proliferate above the rooftops of Maltby.

Caption For Wickersley, St Albans Church C1955

BBC and ITV aerials proliferate above the rooftops of Maltby.

Caption For Ilkeston, Parish Church And War Memorial C1955

The originally 14th-century pinnacled tower of St Mark's parish church watches over Ilkeston's wide Market Place, with the town's war memorial in the foreground.

Caption For Salisbury, High Street Gate 1894

called the North Gate) is still closed every evening, a practice that has continued since about 1340AD when the wall surrounding the cathedral was completed, thus emphasising that the cathedral and

Caption For Basildon, Market Place C1960

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange.

Caption For Tiverton, St Andrew Street 1920

This road was cut in half when a new by-pass was built round the town.

Caption For Lytham, Clifton Street 1901

The town's premier shopping area still exhibits the same charm that is evident in these pictures.

Caption For Minchinhampton, Market House 1901

Minchinhampton's very fine Market Hall dates from 1698, and demonstrates the early prosperity of this important wool town.

Caption For Cowes, The Parade C1955

However, the currents are strong and the shoreline shelves steeply.

Caption For Nelson, Centre C1953

We are looking down Manchester Road, the A56; the road looks quiet and almost asleep.

Caption For Sherborne, From The Slopes 1895

Sherborne is, by some people's estimation, the most beautiful of the Dorset towns.

Caption For Belford, The Square C1965

The small market town of Belford was once a coaching stop for travellers on the Great North Road.

Caption For Lechlade, Burford Street C1955

St Lawrence's church was built in the Perpendicular style and paid for by merchants made rich from wool.

Caption For Northleach, Market Place C1960

Most of the buildings in the town centre date from Tudor and Jacobean days.

Caption For Ross On Wye, Evening Reflections C1950

Described in 1972 by Maxwell Fraser in his book, 'Welsh Border Country' as 'one of those perfect English towns which are unsurpassable in their friendly atmosphere and old-world charm', Ross is beautifully

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, The Bay Hotel 1927

The place became a favourite with artists and holidaymakers alike; many of its red-roofed cottages were perched somewhat precariously on the cliffs.

Caption For Altrincham, Stamford New Road 1903

Altrincham is situated only 8 miles south-south-west of Manchester, and its popularity as a residential area for business people grew with the opening of the Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway

Caption For Blackpool, From Central Pier 1896

The tide is in, the sea is calm and the bathing machines have nowhere to go except on the Promenade.

Caption For Romford, St Andrew's Church 1908

On the western approach to the town, St Andrew's Church, in St Andrew's Road, was built in 1862.

Caption For Newquay, Towan Beach 1901

Hotels and boarding houses stand right on the cliff edge overlooking the beach and harbour area.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

There were around 160 shops in the town centre by this time, and the Development Corporation had turned their attention to providing Basildon with a health centre, and also police, fire and ambulance stations