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Memories

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Rugeley

I too grew up on the Peartree Estate and have memories of all that Christine remembers. I saw my very first pig at a small farm at the rear of Uplands Green, I think the farmers name was Mr. Duval. I too attended to St Joseph's school ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley in 1954 by Miriam Lawrence

The Good Old Days

I remember when I was about ten or eleven, we used to camp out in the back field behind the flats in Rockford Avenue, four or five of us in a two-man tent. After a rough nights sleep we would get up early in the morning ...Read more

A memory of Kirkby in 1960 by Tim Dwyer

Streatham Growing Up In The 50s And 60s

Born in 1947, I grew up on Babington Road, Streatham. I remember the Home Guard a few houses up and Robin Hanson and I would play on the search lights left over from the war when we were four or five. ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1960 by Paul Chandler

More Memories Of Blissford

My previous memories caused quite a bit of interest and several people who either knew me, or the area got in touch. I thought I would add a bit more to those memories. I mentioned how close we were to the bombing ...Read more

A memory of Blissford by Nevile Chalke

Maybank

Maybank was a large house, formerly a doctor's surgery, situated off St Anne's Road, in Aigburth. I was in "digs" there with the Jones family (Ron & Nell and their children Peter & Helen) in the 1960's. I met Peter at Cardiff ...Read more

A memory of Aigburth in 1964 by David Lougher

Above Bar Southampton

We moved to Southampton in early 1950 just after the trams had stopped running - some of the rails were still there. Above Bar along with much of the town had been badly bombed in the war and there were many bomb sites on ...Read more

A memory of Southampton in 1950 by Revel Partington

Biddulph,Early 1960s,Fondest Memories.

My father was transferred from a North East Mining Community,to a beautiful place called Biddulph.While he worked hard in the pits,we enjoyed many long days playing in some of the most wonderful places of ...Read more

A memory of Biddulph in 1962 by Elizabeth Graham

Childhood Dreams Of Grosmont.

1942 was the year that my mother, Ethel Tyreman (nee Davidson) and sister Iris and brothers Harry, Fred, Frank and myself Eric, moved to Grosmont when our Whitby home was hit by German bombs. My dad, Fred, was a ...Read more

A memory of Grosmont in 1942 by George Tyreman

1944 Evacuation To Yeovil

My sister, brother and l were all evacuated to Yeovil from Caterham/Warlingham areas of Surrey from June to December 1944. I was billeted in St Andrews Road and my brother close-by in Summerleaze School.Intend to return to ...Read more

A memory of Yeovil by Jill Turk

Trades Early Twenties

Early Twenties. I can remember, because most tradesmen used a pony & trap to vendor their wares. The pony needed to have space to relax, eat and so forth. Billericay had a brick field pug dug out and made into bricks. ...Read more

A memory of Billericay in 1920

Captions

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Caption For Whitby, Captain Cook's Monument 1913

Designed by John Tweed, the statue was presented to the town of Whitby by Gervase Beckett MP in 1912. It stands on West Cliff.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1955

There was a joke - especially appreciated in a boot and shoe town - that one cycled to save shoe leather.

Caption For Wickhambreaux, The Forge 1903

From the Bridge 1899 A town when the Domesday Book was compiled, and a settled place as far back as the 7th century, Fordwich was a flourishing port on the River Stour for Canterbury when the river was

Caption For Southwold, Gun Hill 1896

The battery of six 18-pounders was presented to the town in 1745 by the Duke of Cumberland. Queen's Street is in the middle distance, and the lighthouse to the right.

Caption For Newbury, View From Victoria Park Bridge C1950

Much of the greenery has gone and the scene on the right is dominated by Camp Hopson's furniture store as well as several other modern buildings.

Caption For Rochdale, Falinge Park 1906

The family were woollen merchants, who employed weavers working in their own cottages such as Bentmeadows.

Caption For Nantwich, The Square C1965

The rebuilding of Nantwich after the fire was so effective that in 1620 the town was described as 'very fair and neat and every street adorned with some special mansions of gentlemen of

Caption For Swindon, The Civic Offices, Euclid Street 1948

The offices have suffered the same fate as the Town Hall - they have become too small for the intended council work with the massive expansion of Swindon.

Caption For Congleton, The Canal C1965

The Macclesfield Canal passes through the outskirts of Congleton, complete with an elegant iron aqueduct where it crosses Canal Street, and several attractive bridges.

Caption For Hartlepool, Seafront C1955

More tall town houses look out to sea over the sea wall. These are known locally as Albion Terrace.

Caption For Redcar, The Town Clock C1955

This is a famous town centre view. This clock was originally a project by the Redcar Urban District Council to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1908

Trade is quiet; one hopes the large stall well-stocked with boots and shoes has done better business earlier.

Caption For Barnard Castle, The Bank 1892

This is now the oldest surviving house in the town.

Caption For Boscombe, The Pier 1903

Paddle steamers arrive and depart from Boscombe's pier during its Edwardian heyday.

Caption For Belfast, View In Ormeau Park 1897

Lord Donegall was quite willing, since he had just built the new Belfast Castle on the Antrim side of the town. He

Caption For Brynmawr, Beaufort Street C1955

This is the busy main street of the town. Lyndon Sims' well-advertised record shop (note the HMV banner, left) is now a beautician's.

Caption For Staines, View From The Bridge 1907

As we pass beneath the bridge, still on the Egham bank, the 18th-century Swan Hotel on the right now also occupies the boathouse and garage in front of it, behind the ladies with their parasols.

Caption For Ightham, The Village And Memorial Cross C1960

This village was anciently known as Eightham, and was once a market town, with a Whit-Wednesday fair called Cockscomb Fair.

Caption For Bradford, Kirkgate, Market Buildings 1897

Here, shoppers were offered an impressive choice of produce right in the centre of the city, just opposite the tram and trolleybus stops outside the town hall.

Caption For St Breock, Church 1894

The town of Wadebridge falls within the parish of St Breock, but the church lies in a quiet valley nearly a mile away.

Caption For Herne Bay, From The Pier 1897

Promenading in the afternoon, these late Victorians are out to see - and to be seen. A group of London businessmen founded the town in 1837.

Caption For Bognor Regis, The Parade And The Pier 1911

On the left is Bognor's pier, one of the town's more familiar features. Constructed in 1865, the structure later became something of a liability and had to be rebuilt in 1910.

Caption For Bath, Great Pulteney Street 1901

In this view the trees are more mature and obscure the long facades of this eleven hundred foot long road.

Caption For Launceston, St Mary Magdalene Church C1949

The Orange Tea Rooms (we can see the projecting sign) is now a florist, and the slate-hung shop on the right, in this picture Miss Whitford's, selling pots and pans, china, paraffin and other useful items