Maps

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Memories

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More Foggy Beacon Park

I also remember a foggy Beacon Park, probably 1954. I used to live in the Close, my father being a minor canon, and went to a nursery school (Mrs Allen's) on the other side of the park. I think that one of my parents would ...Read more

A memory of Lichfield in 1953 by Gerald Wilson

Cranford 1975 80

Hello. I used to live on Berkeley Ave. I remember the parade of shops. There was a row of Co-op shops, baker, butcher, mini market and I think a green grocer. After the shops was an alley where there was a milk company, I think that ...Read more

A memory of Cranford in 1978 by Shamim Khan

Escrick Park Gardens Market Gardens 1950 1966

My aunt and uncle - Mr and Mrs George Pratt - used to manage the market gardens in Escrick. We had many happy holidays there, and I remember the peaches and apricots growing up the wall, rows and rows of ...Read more

A memory of Escrick in 1950 by First Name Last Name

Whitethorn Morris At The Winchester May Fest 08

May 2008, and the city of Winchester hosted a festival of music and dance, with the streets closed to traffic and thronged with entertainers, market stalls and happy crowds. I was part of the band ...Read more

A memory of Winchester in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

The Red Lion And The Square

My parents ran the Red Lion between 1953-83. I was brought up here and went to Blendworth School, Mrs Byrne was the headmistress. The pub was situated on a tight bend on the old A3 and was regularly hit by vehicles unable ...Read more

A memory of Horndean in 1960 by Jon Blandford

A Very New Broadway

In 1962 my parents and I (12 years old) moved from Bristol to open Victoria Wine (later to become the Wine Market before reverting back to Victoria Wine). There were still several empty units awaiting occupation. I can recall ...Read more

A memory of Plymstock in 1962 by cpden

International Stores

A previous shared memory recalling International Stores reminds me that my father worked there, as a roundsman. He would cycle every day from Leiston,  then do the equivalent all over again in Saxmundham, several times a day as ...Read more

A memory of Saxmundham in 1930 by John Fisher

School Days

First school London Road Infants, a short time in Scotland and then the Church Infants, each school day walking from Theatre Street (two doors up from 'The Cherry Tree') through the market place and down Church Street. I moved on to the ...Read more

A memory of Dereham in 1940 by Iain Innes

Bell Street

I remember going to Bell Street around 1967/8 to see Michael Aspel open "Key Markets" which was a supermarket of sorts, and would be on the left-hand-side of this picture (I think either next door to the Co-op, or may have occupied the ...Read more

A memory of Wigston in 1967 by David Harriman

Shops

Bryant's Post Office with Mrs Robson, a Queen Motherish figure always dressed in a black two piece, dishing out pensions, stamps and postal orders from the aloof position behind her cage. Duggie Bain's cobblers, the warm oily smell, my ...Read more

A memory of Howden-le-Wear by David Quinn

Captions

2,318 captions found. Showing results 361 to 384.

Caption For Sedbergh, Market Place 1894

Here in the Market Place a number of local people and tradesmen are curiously watching the cameraman's antics in the middle of the street.

Caption For Ulverston, The Cross C1950

Ulverston evolved as a market town for the surrounding farms and villages, and required many cafes and inns to meet the demands for refreshment on market day.

Caption For Reading, St Lawrence's Church 1896

This fine church at the top end of the Market Place was situated by the south gate of the Abbey.

Caption For Spilsby, High Street C1955

The High Street runs parallel to Market Place and Market Street; it is terminated to the east by Aveland House, a dignified three-storey late Georgian town house.

Caption For Chesterfield, Market Hall 1896

In the 1960s and 70s the Borough Council, aided and abetted by Derbyshire County Council, planned to demolish the Market Hall, New Square and The Shambles and sweep away the open market so that the area

Caption For Rugeley, Market Place C1955

There has been a market in Rugeley since 1259. In 1878 an indoor market hall was built, to the right of this photograph. The two buildings which dominate this view are of very different dates.

Caption For Greystoke, The Green C1965

The centre of the village, with its attractive houses round the green, is marked by a market cross reminding us that Henry III had granted a license to Thomas de Greystoke for a weekly market and fair

Caption For Romford, The Market 1910

In 1247 King Henry III granted Romford a charter permitting a livestock market to be held in the town every Wednesday.

Caption For Eckington, Parish Church And War Memorial C1955

On the left is the Electra Cinema which occupied the ground floor of the defunct Market Hall.

Caption For Wotton Under Edge, Market Street 1897

This revealing glimpse looks down Market Street towards the High Street.

Caption For Salisbury, Blue Boar Row C1950

Almost the same view as photograph number S48128, but obviously taken on market day.

Caption For Abingdon, The Market Place C1955

Abingdon's Market Place is an ancient space, probably established at the gates of Abingdon Abbey by the year 1000, some years after AD954 when the Anglo-Saxon abbey had been re-founded by St Ethelwold

Caption For Romford, North Street C1960

North Street in front of us and the Market Place to the right, are now largely pedestrianised.

Caption For Crewe, Market Hall C1955

The market hall was built by John Hill in 1854. It should come as no surprise in Crewe that he was a railway contractor for the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).

Caption For Alfriston, The Ancient Market Cross C1960

The medieval market cross was erected when Alfriston was granted the right to hold a weekly market.

Caption For Thorpe Market, The Green C1955

As its name suggests, this tiny village once had a market; although trading ceased centuries ago, it is still possible to make out the shape of the Market Place.

Caption For Enfield, Town Centre C1950

Close to the northern end of London Road, the market place and the parish church, the weatherboarded Ebben Steam Bakery, now departed, contributes to the market town feel of the photograph.

Caption For Darlington, High Row 1893

The street is dominated by the Italianate clock tower, paid for by Joseph Pease; along with the Town Hall and covered market, it was designed by Alfred Waterhouse and built in 1864.

Caption For Chagford, Market Place 1906

Chagford is a tiny market town on the eastern slopes of Dartmoor, close to the upper reaches of the river Teign.

Caption For Mildenhall, Market Place C1955

A small market town of medieval origin where the Fens meet Breckland, Mildenhall gained an airfield between the wars, the starting point for many famous air races.

Caption For Bedale, From The Tower Of St Gregory's Church 1896

The market town of Bedale is just a few miles to the north-east of Masham.

Caption For Salisbury, Minster Street C1950

Almost the same view as photograph number S48128, but obviously taken on market day.

Caption For St Austell, Market Street C1960

A lorry (centre) is delivering Corona soft drinks to The Queen`s Head beyond the Market and Town Hall, while on this side of it is the hanging sign of The Sun Inn.

Caption For Rothwell, The Market House 1922

A market charter was granted by King John in 1204. The Market Hall in the town centre was designed by William Grumbald. Work began in 1577, but the building remained unfinished until 1895.