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Happy Times In Maldon

My family and I moved from London in 1955 to Maldon, following a visit the year before with our Sunday School outing, and we moved near to the Prom. We had such happy times living there and as children my friends and I used ...Read more

A memory of Maldon in 1955 by Yvonne Borrett

Happy Days At Broad Parade

I remember being one of the first families to move into Broad Parade (No.5) in 1955. My dad, Jim Weller, was the manager of Greens Stores, the grocers... the Wests, were our next door neighbours, with Al Milby and family ...Read more

A memory of Hockley in 1955 by Chris Weller

Harnage Road And Surrounding Area

My mother Rose Rye was born at 24 Harnage Rd Brentford in 1908. She married my father Arthur Collins, from Strand on the Green, in the 1930s. They lived there all their married life until the houses were needed ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by A Macken

Harry

If it is the same Harry hargreavs I remember I use to knock about with him and he worked at the slaughter house that was on the Corner just where the mancunan way starts now, thats how ne came to be in the butcher game. .I lived in pine ...Read more

A memory of Salford by a.smith500

Hart Road Service Station

I used to be the foreman in the garage, I am Maltese, so anybody about my age (67) will probably remember me repairing cars there. The service station was owned by Mr Willetts who lived on the corner of Kenneth Road ...Read more

A memory of Thundersley in 1965 by Alfred Grech

Hatch End 50/60/70s Memories

As I’ve only just stumbled on this web page so offer excuses if it’s past its sell by date. I lived in Sylvia Ave Hatch End from 1951 (as a babe in arms) until I married and moved away in 1976. My recollections may now ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End by Martin Harris

Hayeswater Road

A view along Hayeswater Road from the roundabout sited halfway along the road. Even though I now live about 150m from the Moorside Road end of Hayeswater Road, it's difficult to tell in which direction we are looking - towards the ...Read more

A memory of Davyhulme by Roger Hare

Hedgemans Road To Goresbrook

My parents moved to the Becontree Estate in about 1926 and we eventually settled in Hedgemans Road overlooking the field near Talbot Road. In those days the council used to decorate a couple of rooms as well as keep ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1920 by Ernie Cann

Hells Angels In The Box

I'm not sure if the box was still in use in 1965. I remember it better about five years later when Hells Angels used it as a type of den. We (a few mates and I) used to walk the railway line from the pithead to Broad Lane ...Read more

A memory of Essington in 1965 by David Hector

High Road Shops

I lived in No 2 Shabden Cottages with my mother and grandfather. Our name then was Wood. I was 6 years old in 1952 and this is my memory. The shops on the left of the road were: the newsagent/sweet shop run by Mr & Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Chipstead in 1952 by Robin Whiting

Captions

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Caption For Hungerford, High Street 1903

Famous for its many antique shops, which line the broad High Street, Hungerford was given a fishing charter and a brass drinking-horn by John of Gaunt (the Duke of Lancaster), who granted fishing rights

Caption For Dorking, Old Reigate Road 1906

We enter at a place by London Road, say on a summer's morning ...

Caption For Bedford, St Peter's Street 1921

St Peter's Street is still as broad today as then, but it would be a brave cyclist who rode down its centre now.

Caption For Scarborough, The Beach C1885

Punch and Judy hold the attention of the formally-dressed crowd of holidaymakers in the South Bay.

Caption For Lenham, The Limes C1960

The village stands under the downs near the source of the Len and has a broad, attractive market square fringed with lime trees, which create a shadowed path over the uneven setts and cobbles.

Caption For Morecambe, The Beach 1888

The stone jetty that we can see in the background was the main terminal for ships to Ireland and the Isle of Man, until Heysham Harbour was cut in the 1900s.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1909

As a result it gained royal cachet, and the Prince's emblem of feathers sprang from the parapet above the name of landlord Robert Lutke.

Caption For Leicester, Clock Tower, City Centre C1955

This photograph shows Churchgate and Belgrave Gate viewed from Gallowtree Gate - 'gate' is derived from the Scandinavian, meaning 'a road to'.

Caption For Bonchurch, Village And Post Office 1934

Both the hillside and village are named after the Devon-born churchman who brought Christianity to Germany.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Beach 1907

From the end of the pier Ramsgate looks very well indeed.

Caption For Nottingham, Landing Stages, Turney's Quay 1893

A lock linked the river and Nottingham Canal at the projection near the end of the walkway.

Caption For Portland, Chesil Beach 1890

This is a spectacular view from the top of Portland, with the expanse of the Chesil Bank on the left, stretching 16 miles along the Dorset coast to Barton Cliff, and the broad expanse of Portland Harbour

Caption For Tirril, From Penrith Road C1955

From Tirril, midway between Penrith and Ullswater, a road leads to Sockbridge.

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, 1927

Over the last 200 years or so, erosion has only managed to claim two rows of houses and a road.

Caption For Brighton, Municipal Camping Ground, Sheepcote Valley C1955

After the war, Brighton and other Sussex towns were still popular for holidays, but in the 1960s package tours took the tourists abroad.

Caption For Barnstaple, Boutport Street 1919

The Horse and Groom together with the next two buildings made way for a road; the Queens Head inn now occupies a corner of the new road - Queen Street.

Caption For Laindon, Wash Road C1955

Wash Road was a road of many farms: Watch-House, Mundell's, Petchey's, Benson's, Puckle's, Sellers, and Laindonponds.

Caption For Coulsdon, Brighton Road C1960

Few traffic controls are in evidence at the southern end of the shopping area in about 1960.

Caption For Greystoke, The Church 1893

Chantries were added to the original structure by the 14th Baron Greystoke, who built the first Greystoke Castle.These had painted oak screens, which were removed during the Reformation, giving the nave a broader

Caption For Bramber, Village C1950

Initially the village developed along a road constructed on a causeway across the marshes between the castle and a possible wharf near Bramber Bridge.

Caption For Cropredy, Station Road C1955

We can almost feel the peace and tranquillity typified by a road deserted apart from a solitary horse-drawn delivery cart, standing near an attractive row of brick-built thatched cottages.

Caption For Odiham, Western Cross 2004

The former toll house was demolished as part of a road-widening scheme, and access to and from West Street was blocked to traffic in the interest of safety.

Caption For Blaenavon, The Memorial To Gilchrist Thomas C1960

The bronze head on the statue was designed and cast by the sculptor Fred Mancini.

Caption For Ham, The Street C1950

On the right can be seen the public house the Ham Tap, and also Mr Elson's greengrocer shop.