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Ve Day Street Party York Road Northfleet Kent Uk.

My grandson has had two days away, living how it was like during world war two. I would like to find the street party photos that had been taken, or any others around that area please. I lived in ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet in 1945

My First Memory

I was sitting in a tall pram outside my grandfather's pie shop (Pyburns') and men were herding cattle down the High Street to some abattoir, I put my hand out and felt the side of one the cows and to this day can feel the ...Read more

A memory of Sunderland in 1947 by Jacky (Jacqueline) Smith Nee Pyburn

I Was Born In Milford

I was born in Milford in 1945 and lived at Stafford Lodge, Milford until in my early twenties. My maiden name was Susan Evans. The lodge was, and still is, the entrance to Shugborough Hall. My childhood was a ...Read more

A memory of Milford in 1945 by Susan Jozefowicz

Great Shopkeeper

We lived in the Paddock, Merrow opposite the shops in 1965 and I can always remember the kind, Mr Cookson (with sunglasses) running the sweet shop in the 1960's. I lived there until 1977.

A memory of Merrow by Steven Miller

Chillblains, Door Bells, Bethams And Costons

Born at 14 Greenford Gardens, my late parents Dr & Mrs Erskine founded Greenford Surgery at 297 Greenford Road. Earliest memories were of chilblains, no proper heating at home, and the door bell ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1956 by Robert Erskine

Sutton At Hone

My sister attended Sutton at Hone school, catching the bus from Hawley or walking through the fields with friends. Such a quiet village . I used to cycle from Hawley to the paper shop and collect my papers to do 'my round' ...Read more

A memory of Sutton at Hone in 1959 by Kathleen Pittock

Memories Of Kilburn

Born of Irish immigrants in 1951, maiden name Power, I lived in Maygrove Rd and used to visit Timms sweet shop alot. I went to Kingsgate School and the Grange Park most lunch times, and every Sunday I had to ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1964 by Eileen Winters

Memories

We (me and older brother and sister), stayed in a relatives bungalow really close to the sea several years.. disjointed but strong memories :- - pebble dashed walls - those garden walls made of preformed concrete blocks with patterned ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick

Working At The Bowling Alley

Having returned from Australia, I got a job as controller 4 nights and Sundays, it was a great scene, what with the disco downstairs, the bar upstairs, a barber shop, restaurant, 24 lanes, and a juke box with great ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1966 by Bob Bell

Do You Remember?

Remember Mrs Griffiths, the radio and Listen with Mother with Daphne Oxenford? Mr Griffith's class, new schools broadcasts? Learning tables, sometimes for days, no national curriculum for him but I have found knowing my ...Read more

A memory of Woolfardisworthy in 1955 by Mary Edwards

Captions

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Caption For Worthing, South Street 1899

The old Town Hall building was finally demolished in 1966 and its site covered by the entrance to the modern Guildbourne shopping precinct.

Caption For Swindon, High Street C1950

The Victorian shop-front of the chemist next to the hotel has now gone - the premises have been taken into an extension and courtyard for the hotel, which has been changed almost beyond recognition

Caption For Loughborough, Market Place C1965

Look up from Loughborough's modern shop frontages and you will see another age in the windows, brick and stone of the buildings.

Caption For Epsom, B Division, Woodcote Park 1917

Every shop on the route was closed, and almost all houses had their blinds drawn.

Caption For Hitchin, St Mary's Church From Market Place 1908

This 1908 view of the churchyard from the south shows the gates that once protected the dead from body snatchers.

Caption For Hitchin, St Mary's Church From Market Place 1908

This 1908 view of the churchyard from the south shows the gates that once protected the dead from body snatchers.

Caption For Uppingham, High Street C1950

The Crown Hotel and Price & Son, boot and shoe- makers, can be seen. On the right-hand corner is the ironmonger. Further down, Esso Royal Daylight Oil and Calor Gas are advertised.

Caption For Margate, Hotel Metropole 1892

The impressive facade of the Hotel Metropole, with the Ship Hotel next door, faced the end of the Jetty to greet the thousands of holidaymakers who travelled down on the paddle steamers.

Caption For Wells, Cathedral West Front C1950

This view shows the entrance to the cloisters, now housing the gift shop and cloister restaurant. The letter box beneath the lamp post has gone.

Caption For Malmesbury, The Market Cross C1955

The shop beneath the signs is owned by Norman H Lewis, a watchmaker and jeweller.

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate C1965

Next to the bank is Boothroyd's TV and radio shop, and next door but one is the Orange Café, the venue of many a wedding reception, coming of age party and funeral tea in the town.

Caption For Great Eccleston, The Square C1965

To the far right with the Evening Gazette sign was G L Johnson's newsagent's shop. J

Caption For Loughborough, Market Place C1965

Look up from Loughborough's modern shop frontages and you will see another age in the windows, brick and stone of the buildings.

Caption For Carlisle, Council Houses By The Caldew, Bousteads Grassing 2005

Shop fronts were simply built over the gardens and new floors added above. All of these were demolished in the following decades to make way for new department stores.

Caption For Manchester, St Ann's Square C1876

It was on a spot where the entrance to this shop is now that on 30 November 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie declared his father to be King James III.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Smithy 1909

In the early 1900s, no village was without its blacksmith's shop.

Caption For Twickenham, The River And Parish Church C1955

Richmond Council, despite vociferous local opposition, struck a deal to sell the site to their preferred developers, the property group Dawnay Day, who own most of the shops and flats on the south

Caption For Belfast, Royal Avenue 1897

This shows the far end of the Avenue, looking into York Street.

Caption For Berkhamsted, High Street C1948

On the other side were the stalls, shops and shambles of the traders.

Caption For Twickenham, York House C1965

Richmond Council, despite vociferous local opposition, struck a deal to sell the site to their preferred developers, the property group Dawnay Day, who own most of the shops and flats on the south

Caption For Chelford, Astle Hall 1896

The church is opposite the entrance to Astle Park, some way from the station and shops, and the Dixon Arms, which used to provide a focal point, has recently been demolished to make way for yet

Caption For Grantham, Angel And Royal Hotel C1960

Boots the Chemists were still next door to the hotel, but not for long: they were soon to move further along the High Street as Grantham's shopping centre gravitated towards St Peter's Hill, following

Caption For Pitsea, View From Church C1955

It is a pity that many old houses, shops and farms disappeared and were swallowed up in the growth of the New Town.

Caption For Wells, High Street C1960

The Co-operative society (right) - now Stokes the greengrocer's and Lewis's – is now a sports shop. Woolworth's remains.