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Pontypool Town Centre

I lived in Upper Bridge Street and remember a few of the shops in town, I think! On the corner of Upper Bridge Street and the Bell Pitch was Franketti's fish shop with an awesome Art Nouveau till and free chips if you took ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool in 1960 by Sandra Rudd

Living In Melrose Ave, Willesden Green In 1950s

Hi, my name is Liz Ely (maiden name O'Connell) and I was born in Melrose Ave, Willesden Green in 1953 and I still live in the same house. I remember doing my mother's shopping in Sainsburys in ...Read more

A memory of Willesden in 1953 by Liz Ely

Top Rank

I can remember very vividly going to Top Rank on a Saturday morning with my friends. We all went to Francis Coombe Secondary School. We all had so much fun dancing on these Saturday mornings... loved it...The memories of this and all ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1968 by Linda Adkins

Green Grocers And Grocers In Leytonstone High Road

My dad, George Cotter, had some connection with the green grocers in Leytonstone High Road sometime in the 1930's. Also my mum Constance Lomax's parents had a grocers along there too......does ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1930 by Hilary King Nee Cotter

My Childhood Of Old Bracknell Farm

Hi Peter, I remember the Thompkins was it the baker or was that the Cheneys? Joe Smith was the newsagent who used to treat the kids to a summer outing by train every summer. We used to get a new florin and a ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell in 1949 by Susan Hindle Nee Wesley

My Family

I was born in St Helens Hospital in 1957 to Eric and Phyliss Croucher. My dad owned the village Newsagent at the time and my grandfather Frederick Croucher and a Mr Fuller owned the grocery shop in the High St. Both my grandparents ...Read more

A memory of Robertsbridge in 1957 by Lynda Clarke

Cartwrights Was That Hinchcliffs In The 70s

My dad worked for Pearl Assurance, and l think at one point in the early 70's the local office was above this shop. I remember it being called Hinchcliffs, they used to sell all sorts; Mr Hinchcliffe ...Read more

A memory of Holmfirth in 1972 by Clare Ginns (Parratt)

Bretts Farm Romford Rd Aveley

I arrived in Aveley in 1957/58 I was herdsman at Bretts Farm, Romford Road and worked for David Watt. Once a year we would take the young cattle through Belhus Park then along Daglen Drive, up Stifford Road to Ford ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by Alan Tarrant

Kenley

My dad was born in Lower Road, Kenley. Sadly he passed away in July 2012, but we often would sit and talk about Kenley. He remembered Roke School and playing up on the downs at Riddlesdown. He used to mention that there were caves in that ...Read more

A memory of Kenley in 1960 by Vanessa Thorne

Oh, It Brings It Back

As a child I remember being dragged around Fine Fair once a week, being sent for a box to the front of the store to put shopping in and being given the job of licking the greenshield stamps and putting them in the book!

A memory of Farnborough by Tony Bingham

Captions

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Caption For Bucklers Hard, C1960

The fifth cottage down from the start of the terrace, No 84, is a chapel, and No 74 is now the village shop. The last house in the terrace was the master shipbuilder's house, now a pub.

Caption For Swindon, Faringdon Road C1955

Adjacent to the public house was the range of New Swindon Co-operative Society shops, comprising menswear, footwear, shoe repairs, drapery, confectionery and grocery stores.

Caption For Newton Le Willows, High Street C1965

They show a quite surprising use of private cars - an indication of the prosperity of the town - but very few pedestrians.

Caption For Petersfield, High Street C1965

The little round hanging sign indicates the position of Rowswell's tobacco and sweet shop; pop in there and look at the quality of the old wooden door.

Caption For Loughborough, High Street C1955

Hundreds were employed in Paget's 'manufactory' but most people worked at home or in small frame shops. Yet the town was still under the control of the one - Hastings - family.

Caption For Leeds, The Town Hall 1894

The architect of the Town Hall, Cuthbert Brodrick, also left many other Leeds legacies, including the Corn Exchange (1860), the Mechanics' Institute (1860), the Oriental Baths (1866)and shops on Cookridge

Caption For Swindon, High Street 1948

In the 19th century the shop on the corner was a grocer's and baker's owned by the family of the writer Richard Jefferies.

Caption For Lindfield, High Street C1960

It was used as commercial offices before Miss Maud Savill, daughter of the local shipping magnate Walter Savill, paid for its restoration; it then became one of the most photographed houses

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1912

westwards up West Street to the Town Hall (left of centre), a Ford Model T passes the shops of Best, Warren and Spiller (right).

Caption For Stamford, St Peter's Callis C1955

Since the photograph was taken, there have been changes along the approach to Sheep Market: the building with the mansard roof, end on to the photographer, has been replaced with an incongruous group of shops

Caption For Luton, Vauxhall Motors C1950

In Luton they included one under shops on the east side of Park Street, and tunnels were made under Upper George Street.

Caption For Walsingham, Old Houses 1929

The village shop (centre) does a good trade in cycle parts, but at certain times in the religious calendar, pilgrims arrive on foot from all over Europe.

Caption For Broxbourne, The Parish Church C1955

Today, the upstart Hoddesdon is a large and successful market town, whilst Broxbourne boasts only a short row of shops in its High Street.

Caption For Cirencester, Cricklade Street C1950

This view shows Cricklade Street, which leads out of the Market Place.

Caption For London, Trafalgar Square 1890

1830s on the site of the King's Mews and a jumble of decrepit buildings known popularly as Bermuda, Caribee and Porridge Islands, where the poor of London frequented a plethora of cheap cook-shops

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Station Road 1904

Pallister Road is the impressive Bank Building built in 1899 to house the London & County Bank as well as a number of shops, including the Home and Colonial Stores.

Caption For Guisborough, Church Street 1913

Richardson's ironmongery shop is further up on the left. Then comes Wear's Café and Barker Brothers (antiques, restoration and cabinet making).

Caption For Tintagel, King Arthur's Castle 1894

Situated almost a mile inland from the castle, Tintagel village has a single plain street, a confusion of antique slate buildings and tawdry modern bungalows and shops.

Caption For Wareside, The Village C1955

It closed in 1990, and for a short while was an antiques shop which only opened on Friday afternoons. The property is now a private residence.

Caption For Avebury, The High Street C1950

The post office (left) is now a Celtic gift shop. The walls have gone, and cobbles found in the rear garden have been laid at the front.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1929

Trinity church was given a neat new look in 1923 when a number of shop buildings were removed from around the tower - many still remain lower down.

Caption For Dorking, Rose Hill 1906

bookshop), the Chequers Arms, the Bricklayers Arms, the Gun (the building remains), the Old King's Arms, the White Lion, the Arundel Arms (now housing), the Queen's Arms, the Rose & Crown (a lighting shop

Caption For Chelmsford, Mother And Child, Mildmay Road 1906

For a while, the mansio and its attendant shops were surrounded by a series of banks and ditches.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow C1950

Woolworth & Co (right) also moved from the High Street into the Waterside Shopping Mall until March 2004, when they closed down.