Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Lindsay

As a small child, in 1962 I visited Neilston with my mother and sister from Canada. Her name was Annie Lindsay and was the parents of Margaret Roberston Lindsay and Anthony Lindsay of Neilston. My mother was expecting my younger sister ...Read more

A memory of Neilston in 1962 by Lynn Trodden

Caerau Library

I well remember all the dances at the Library on a Saturday night. It was a great time to meet up with friends, and the bands were great. Time to get all dressed up and kick up your heels till midnight. No worry about walking home at ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1950 by Brenda Smith

Main Street, Cippenham

This Main Street is the A4 Bath Road approaching Everret's Corner from Taplow direction toward Slough.  Slough was the (Road) Safety Town.

A memory of Cippenham in 1965 by Patrick Butterly

My Early Childhood

Most of the photos here are from 1955. I was a five year old boy living in Greatham in 1955 with my dad, who was the local 'Bobby', my mam and my younger brother.  We lived at 3 Egerton Terrace which was a terraced house with an ...Read more

A memory of Greatham in 1955 by Philip Purdie

Sutton Forest Side

I recall living at 163 Mansfield Road in 1947, when we had real winter, close to Kitty Hibberts shop, this is now a Chinese takeaway. Across the road was cobbler Betts Hut at the top of Barnes Street, on the opposite ...Read more

A memory of Sutton In Ashfield in 1947 by Lewis Bowler

East Hill Old Cotts

I visited the nursery quite a lot, we knew the people who work there. I was only ten years old. I remembered the pub up the road, Duke of Marlborough. Where have the good memories gone, from Malcolm Read.

A memory of Ashford in 1959 by Malcolm Read

My Childhood Memories Of Menai Bridge

My father was born in Talwrn near Llangefni and each year we would go by train to Liverpool and then go to the pier head and board St Tudno which sailed at 10 30 am, dropping people off about 12 in ...Read more

A memory of Menai Bridge in 1930 by Trevor Williams

Where Does The Time Go

This is the church where my 17 year old son was christened. This is also the church where I spent most of my childhood. From about the age of 10, my friends and I would go grave rubbing. We actually spent more time cleaning ...Read more

A memory of Farndon in 1980 by Tracey Nevitt

Everret's Corner (2)

This is Everret's Corner approached from the West. The road is the A4 and it is a good distance North of the real Cippenham Village. The main bus-stop for buses coming from Slough was right diagonally opposite the ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1965 by Patrick Butterly

Painful Memories Of Paulton Square.

As a frightened 7 year old, in 1950,  I was plunged into an unfamiliar London life when my meddling and self righteous aunt unfortunately reminded my stepfather of fulfill his promise to my dying mother to 'take ...Read more

A memory of London in 1950 by Dylan Rivis

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Captions

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Caption For Richmond, View From Castle C1965

large building to the left behind the Castle Tavern is the Methodist chapel in Ryder's Wynd, replacing an earlier chapel nearby, and superseded by the present Methodist church in Queens Road

Caption For York, Monk Bar C1955

The road passes through the walls between the two arches shown in this photograph, and the walk around the surviving walls of York is still one of the finest ways to see the city.

Caption For Sunderland, The Bridges 1900

A tram rattles across the old road bridge bound for Grangetown.

Caption For Burry Port, Station Road C1965

The road rises gently before swinging to the left into the station yard. The pleasant sunshine seems to have forced the owner of the shop on the right to lower the blinds.

Caption For Corby, The Samuel Lloyd School C1955

Named after the founder of the steel works, this imposing brick building in Rockingham Road was constructed in 1937 to cater for the large number of schoolchildren coming into the town and to ease

Caption For Corby, Forest Gate Road C1965

Housing now lines the eastern side of Forest Gate Road.

Caption For Desborough, Rothwell Road C1955

Taken from the corner of Pioneer Avenue and the Rothwell Road (A6), and looking towards the town, the photograph shows the five-storey Co-operative Wholesale Corset Factory on the left

Caption For Kimbolton, High Street C1955

As the road curves around the churchyard there is a milestone '60 miles to London'. The old market hall stood near the war memorial.

Caption For Soham, Churchgate Street C1955

Soham lies on the road from Burwell to Ely along the edge of Soham Mere, which marked the western edge of the old East Anglian kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons.

Caption For Stilton, The Bell Hotel C1965

This inn on the Great North Road was built in 1642 from the local limestone. It has a central carriageway and two wings; at the rear they formed an open courtyard with stables and a barn.

Caption For Southam, Market Hill C1960

It stands astride the Welsh Road used by cattle drovers, and in the early 19th century it was a stop for coaches such as the London-Warwick-Birmingham Mail, the Express and the Sovereign.

Caption For Water Orton, The Parish Church C1965

The original church was built on high ground above the River Tame, on Old Church Road. It was founded in 1347 as a chapel of ease to Aston.

Caption For Corfe Mullen, C1960

The view is from Lockyers School looking down Blandford Road North.

Caption For Wimborne, East Street C1955

East Street was still on the main road through Wimborne when this picture was taken, and the one-way traffic system was still about 15 years away.

Caption For Littlestone, The Parade C1955

The sandy beach stretched for miles in each direction, and the seafront road ran for two miles.

Caption For Ilfracombe, From The Torrs C1870

In 1910 the sea breached the sturdy sea wall above Cheyne Beach (centre) and caused a surge which flooded Ropery Meadow and damaged roads.

Caption For Middleton, The Gardens C1960

They occupied the triangle at the junction of Manchester Old and New Roads.

Caption For Chelsworth, The Village C1960

The River Brett runs parallel to the road over to the right.

Caption For Widnes, Runcorn Widnes Bridge C1961

If the curve of the bridge looks familiar it may be because it reminds you of the Sydney Harbour Bridge which was built by the same company, Dorman Long, who also built the Forth Road Bridge, the Severn

Caption For Chelford, Astle Hall Lake 1896

When the park was being created at the end of the 18th century, Roman remains were found, and there has always been a suspicion that a Roman road runs through the area, although this idea

Caption For Wilmslow, Grove Street C1955

Originally, Grove Street was the turnpike road to Manchester, and there was a toll bar at this junction, a great annoyance to Wilmslow people who objected to having to pay to go down their

Caption For East Meon, Church Street C1965

Looking north to the church a sense of nostalgia is created by the old style 'T' junction road sign.

Caption For York, The Treasurer's House 1908

while he was working in the cellar, he heard a trumpet playing; then he saw an army of Roman soldiers marching, but as if on their knees.When the cellar floor was dug up, the remains of a Roman road

Caption For Emery Down, The Swan Inn C1960

The village of Emery Down is reached by turning right at Swan Green after leaving Lyndhurst on the A35 Bournemouth road.