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Wycliffe Road

I lived in 31 Wycliffe Road just down from where the chimney sweep kept his soot. A number of films were shot in the "courts" between the streets Beaufoy Road and Bassnett Road. I moved in 1965 aged 11 not long after the area was ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by Lynn Wassall (Nee Barney)

Market Place, Boots The Chemist

Well this is of the corner of the Market Place and the High Street to the right or the A6. They moved Boots further down to the left, now a few buildings down.

A memory of Loughborough by Brian Atkins

Hillside Standon

My parents (Harold and Peggy Warden) bought Hillside (which was the miller's house, the mill fell down after the First World War) and moved my sister (Rosemary) and I from Surrey in April 1951, I was then 7 years old. Later that ...Read more

A memory of Standon in 1951 by Richard Warden

Totteridge Buckinghamshire

We moved to High Wycombe just after the war when Dad came home and he went back to work for the London Transport at the bottom of Marlow Hill. We lived at first in Suffield Road and I went to the Church Of England ...Read more

A memory of Tylers Green in 1947 by Anne Sheridan

Nurse Hampton

On August 13, 1961 I took up residence as a student nurse in Lindsay Smith House across from the hospital. It was the day the Berlin wall went up, and, as I recall, the day before the grouse shooting season began. I was 19 ...Read more

A memory of Virginia Water in 1961 by Patricia Hampton

Childhood

I was born at Peartree Cottage which was half way down the high street. For a young boy growing up the war was one big adventure. The fire station was opposite our house and they made me some really great wooden toys. As ...Read more

A memory of Minster in 1930 by Michael Heyes

St Andrews Parish Church

I was christened in the parish church around 1955/56. They used to send you a postcard every year until you were 5 years old to remind you of the event - unfortunately having moved several times during my life I no longer ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by Robert Pratt

My Old Gran, 1950s

My name is Peter Smith. I have some wonderful memories of Ryde. The flying boats in East Cowes is one of them. The trams that ran through Ryde, before the underground stock was bought in from London. I remember being severly told ...Read more

A memory of Ryde in 1957 by Peter Smith

Growing Up In Post War Harrow Weald

I lived at 20 Silver Close, Harrow Weald from 6 weeks old in 1941 until I left for Australia in 1961. I atended Harrow Weald Infants School from 1946, the old building was opposite the bus garage in the ...Read more

A memory of Harrow Weald in 1941 by Colin Lane

Miracle On Hope Street

Many years ago I was a window cleaner and would often do my rounds on many of the small estates in Monk Bretton, many of my customers would bring me cups of tea and sandwiches out and in one case an Italian lady invited ...Read more

A memory of Monk Bretton in 1978 by Roland Mitchell

Captions

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Caption For Guisborough, Fox Inn, Bow Street C1960

The Fox Inn dominates this view up Bow Street to the tall Market Cross, which we can just see at the head of Westgate in the distance.

Caption For Moorsholm, The Plough Inn C1960

This hostelry is today known as the Toad Hall Arms, and stands at the northern end of the High Street.

Caption For Norton, The Green And Pond C1965

The properties we see here sit on the edge of Norton Green, with the High Street off to the right, and the church and vicarage a short distance up to the left.

Caption For Yarm, High Street C1965

The market held in the High Street was widely famous, particularly for horse trading and for the selling of dairy products, especially cheeses.

Caption For Halesworth, Bridge Street C1955

The end of the street has changed: the gabled building on the left and the adjacent one with the awning have been demolished.

Caption For Fulbourn, Apthorpe Street C1950

In contrast, the two cottages further along the street have a traditional swept ridge to their thatched roof. The two cottages were once a farmhouse before the enclosure of 1806.

Caption For Hinxton, High Street C1960

The farmhouses and cottages all have steps down to the street because the old unmetalled road to Cambridge had been gradually lowered by use.

Caption For Bampton, High Street C1965

Bampton has an interesting variety of 17th- and 18th-century buildings; many of those in the High Street have 19th- or 20th-century frontages.

Caption For Cropredy, Red Lion Street And Church C1955

The very narrow Red Lion Street in Cropredy (pronounced Cropreedy) is named after the Red Lion Inn, seen half way along the row of houses on the right.

Caption For Crawley, High Street 1903

Much of the older town has gone, but in and around the High Street there are still reminders of Crawley as it used to be.

Caption For Gillingham, High Street C1960

The station is behind the camera in this alternative view of the High Street.

Caption For Empingham, Post Office Corner C1955

This is Loves Lane leading off the Main Street and heading for Horn Mill. There is a mixture of housing from thatched and tiled to prefabricated postwar styles.

Caption For Uppingham, High Street C1955

The street lamp is of the older variety. It had been replaced by the 1960s.

Caption For Bath, Cheap Street From Orange Grove 1895

The shaped gables to the building on the corner of Cheap Street have been replaced by a more correct 'Georgian' parapet.

Caption For Wellow, Manor House And High Street C1955

This view looks west along the High Street past the Manor House on the right, a good 17th-century house with a tall gabled three-storey chamber wing.

Caption For Herne Hill, Railton Road C1951

Railton Road runs from Brixton and today, at its south end, it continues to be a one-way street. It is unusual that many of the shops have not changed.

Caption For Bury, Technical School 1895

Designed by Maxwell & Tuke and completed in 1894, the Technical School, Broad Street, was built to fulfil the requirements of the Technical Instruction Act (1890).

Caption For Manchester, Victoria Building And Gateway C1890

Through the centre of the complex ran the Victoria Arcade, whilst at the Victoria Street/Deansgate end was the 100-room Victoria Hotel. The building was destroyed during an air raid in December 1940.

Caption For Dinnington, Lordens Hill C1965

There are few cars parked along the street, but in those days private car ownership amid working families was still something of a novelty.

Caption For Larne, Glynn Village C1890

He saw what he wanted in this winding street of thatched cottages, and just needed the helpfulness of the driver to bring the thing off.

Caption For Chelmsford, Tindal Street 1906

Ask a Chelmsfordian to name the biggest planning crime in the town's history, and the chances are that they will mention the demolition of Tindal Street in 1969- 71.

Caption For Frome, Cork Street 1957

This street was named in honour of the 8th Earl of Cork and Orrery.

Caption For Berkhamsted, High Street C1948

The south side of the High Street was higher and drier, and it was here that the wealthier properties of the medieval town were to be found.

Caption For Minehead, The Parade 1903

A track running beside the stream was one of Minehead's original medieval streets. Originally called La Lane, it became known as Water Lane.