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18 Two Meadows

As a Londoner, when my new husband was offered a job in Great Yarmouth in 1964, I was excited, although a bit apprehensive about moving to the small village of Hemsby. We bought a brand new house in a new subdivision at Two Meadows. It ...Read more

A memory of Hemsby by Carol Watts

Hornchurch, High Street Towards Upminster C.1950

The Kings Head on the left of the photograph was one of the pubs I would regularly drink in when I was in my twenties. I remember it being 'tarted up' at one time with fake beams made of chicken wire ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch

A Schoolboy's View Of Bexleyheath In The Early 1950s

I went to school in Bexleyheath between 1950 and 1954. I believe the school was in Pelham Road but I can't be sure. Maybe there was a separate infants department in North Street? My first ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by John Howard Norfolk

The Polehampton Schools

I think this picture could show Mr Farthing who was a teacher at the Boys School, near the railway bridge. When I was walking to and from the girls' school at the other end of the village I often used to meet him rolling ...Read more

A memory of Twyford in 1953 by Phoebe Newton

Colomendy Camp School

I attended Colomendy School for about two years, coming from the City of Liverpool. I was fascinated with all the open spaces and especially the mountain - Moel Fammu. I can remember having great times there: walking into ...Read more

A memory of Loggerheads in 1947 by Ronald Jones

One Of The Nicest Places In The World

In 1998 I travelled to a beautiful town in England called Frinton- on-Sea, a very unique and special place - where everyone is very friendly, clean and helpful. I would say Frinton is like no other town ...Read more

A memory of Frinton-On-Sea in 1998 by Karen Bellamy

My Home Town

My wife moved to Sutton 1950 aged 4, now aged 60 and living in Norfolk we are rekindling memories of such a warm and inviting town. Memories come flooding back. The railway station, the cinema, the old tree outside Trueforms where my ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1963 by David Buettner Banks

So Many Memories

My family arrived in Wargrave just after the war. We moved into a flat above the Post Office/ Telephone Exchange. Dad was a caretaker operator. Things I remember about the village were of course the nearby river, the houses so ...Read more

A memory of Wargrave by M Ichael Aldridge

Burtons Corner.

A foundation stone laid by Arnold James Burton in 1933 is to be found on the extreme right of this shop, just off the picture.  I'm sure this foundation stone used to be at the other end of the building.  The possible reason for its move ...Read more

A memory of Crewe

Shopping Memories.

On the left hand side of the photograph next to the zebra crossing is Eastwells, a greengrocers and fruiterers. My father Harold Besent who is in the window in a white coat was a partner and also the managing director from 1940 ...Read more

A memory of High Barnet in 1955 by Claire Allen

Captions

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Caption For Spilsby, The Terrace C1955

Hilton's shop is still a boot and shoe shop, but Mr O'Connor is the owner.

Caption For Camberley, High Street 1927

The shops on the left have now made way for more modern blocks of shops and offices.

Caption For Par, Par Green 1927

It is mostly a residential street, illuminated by gas lamps at this date; but there is a group of shops on the right.

Caption For Seaton, The Town From Car Park C1950

The car park has disappeared with the building of flats and shops. But the shop on the right has survived, albeit with the loss of its decorative railings.

Caption For Belbroughton, High Street C1965

On the right, outside the post office selling Park Drive cigarettes, there is an old-style red telephone box, and beyond it two village shops.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road 1897

Henry Wormwell, a mill and general furnishing engineer, had premises on the corner of Piccadilly, the block of shops just opposite the Town Hall.

Caption For Accrington, Town Hall C1965

The shops on the right are on the site of the Piccadilly shops built by Edmund Hepple using the compensation for loss of use of his corn mill during the building of the railway viaduct

Caption For Cheriton, High Street 1903

This shopping parade still exists, but Cobley the milliner and outfitter, Gilbert the baker and the bicycle shop have been replaced with more modern outlets.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1930

Frost's shop front 1909 Mr Frost's printing works and shop would have been kept busy in a market town like Bridport, producing a local newspaper, bills of sale and stationery for farmers and

Caption For Seaton, Main Street C1955

The white shop front on the left-hand bend is bedecked with them, and the shop on the near right has a sign for Park Drive.

Caption For Kings Lynn, High Street 1908

This street of small distinctive shops and fine 18th-century terraced buildings is the commercial hub of the town.

Caption For Hove, Kingsway Road C1955

The parade of shops still exists and the corner shop is still open, but the Post Office sign has disappeared.

Caption For Hinckley, Castle Street C1965

In a street of mainly late 19th- and early 20th-century buildings, the uncomfortable all-purpose shop fronts of the 1960s on the left warn of an equal disaster in the world of architecture.

Caption For Lancaster, Penny Street C1950

This is one of Lancaster's main shopping streets. Note the radio shop on the right—in country districts, the radio, with its BBC Home and Light programmes, helped people to keep in touch.

Caption For Saxmundham, High Street C1955

The International Stores (right) has had a shop here since c1900, but by 1986 it had become Gateway.

Caption For Liss, Station Road 1934

Only small changes in 70 years, the Railway Hotel at the far end of the street is now the Whistle Stop.

Caption For Brean, The Post Office Stores C1960

All the way north from Burnham to Brean Down, the six miles of road behind the sand dunes and beaches has a string of bungalows, chalets, shops, caravan parks, amusement parks and holiday camps, as well

Caption For Glasgow, Buchanan Street 1897

This street is mostly now pedestrianised, with a large variety of shops to suit all tastes. The architecture is interesting, including the Stock Exchange, and St George's Tron Church.

Caption For Wickford, High Street C1950

The shops on the left were built with bricks from the Nevendon Road brickworks. The shrubs conceal Ladybrow, a former doctor's house and surgery.

Caption For St Ives, Market Hill C1955

If we look northwards towards Crown Street along what is now called The Pavement, we see that the frontages of the shops have changed little over the past fifty or so years, although many

Caption For Manchester, Market Street C1885

At this time these shops would close at noon on Saturday, and Sunday opening was unheard of.

Caption For Chelmsford, High Street C1965

Of interest here are the two (separate) shops on the right-hand side: Wenley Ltd, and Bolingbroke & Sons. The former sold carpets, wallpaper and timber; the latter dealt in drapery.

Caption For Chester, Watergate Street 1888

The shop with the poultry hanging outside is now an antique shop. Notice the carving detail on the top of the building.

Caption For Barnt Green, The Village C1965

Barnt Green is a rare village in this series in that instead of the number of shops on the main street declining, here they have actually increased.