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Llangua Post Office
My aunt and uncle, George and Edith Haynes, had the Post office, shop and bakery in Llangua for many years in the 1930’s to 1940’s. According to Google maps the house is still there along the main road. There was no ...Read more
A memory of Monmouth Cap by
A Village Celebrates
In 1953 the village was chosen by Picture Post to feature in their Coronation special edition under the heading "A village celebrates". On the Sunday nearest the Coronation there was an open air inter-denomination ...Read more
A memory of Hinton St George in 1953 by
My Childhood
I was born to Victor Owen Colman Emmerson and Jean Florence Emmerson at the family home of Garden Cottage, Holmbury St Mary in September 1957. I have an older brother, John and a younger sister Diane who were also born there. ...Read more
A memory of Holmbury St Mary in 1957 by
Highcroft School, Castle Bromwich
I've just posted 2 photos of Highcroft School pupils circa 1961 on my Facebook Page . If you're interested friend request to view them. I now live in Torquay.
A memory of Castle Bromwich by
Beanz Dreamz...
Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more
A memory of Abbey Hulton by
Ronald Peel
My dad Ronald Peel was born in Wheatley Hill in 1932. He had very happy memories as a child growing up there He sadly passed January 28th 2022 I have done a lot of family research on my dads family since I last posted on this ...Read more
A memory of Wheatley Hill by
Mum And Me In Bridgend !
I have the original post card of this picture, bought in 1950 by my Mum. I was delighted to see it was one of the Frith Prints. It's hard to see that we are on it, as the Frith watermark is right on us (not on the Frith print ...Read more
A memory of Bridgend by
My Childhood In Coldharbour
In July 1959, I was born at home, to Eric and Ann Shields in Coldharbour village. My father was the village policeman; we lived in what was then the police house, which was situated next to the village shop opposite ...Read more
A memory of Coldharbour in 1959 by
Phil Munton
Hi, I've recently discovered this while doing research on a book I am writing and was interested to hear how many people from Selsdon remember their childhood and, in most cases, enjoyed the village as I knew it as a good place to grow ...Read more
A memory of Selsdon by
A Real English Village
My parents moved to Wickham Bishops in 1948 to help friends run the village Post Office Stores which sold everything - stamps, paraffin (you brought your own can and it was filled from a barrel at the back), vinegar ...Read more
A memory of Wickham Bishops in 1948 by
Captions
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The flint Post Office Stores and cottages have changed very little; the brickwork is still partly painted.
The growth is self-evident here, with Brooke House's massive V-shaped struts in the background (left) and the post office under construction.
Ongar was an important staging-post for carriers, passenger-coaches and wagons.
Gweek was at one time a port of some significance at the head of the tidal Helford River, which lies between the buildings and the wooded hillside.
At the height of the British Empire, the colleges took in the children of military officers and civil servants posted to far-flung corners of Queen Victoria’s realm.
Stone urns were added to the gate posts at a later date.
The village general stores and post office once housed its own manual telephone exchange.
The nearby post office is surely one of the most delightful of such buildings anywhere in England, situated as it is in a genuine Queen Anne building.
Forty pairs of horses were maintained at the inn for posting.
Forty pairs of horses were maintained at the inn for posting.
The Dolphin Hotel is an old coaching and posting house.
The post-war building expansion is well shown in this mid-50s view of Oaks Lane, Willington.
Many businesses grew from the tourist trade that came to Wales in the post-war decades.
Post-war prosperity and the desire for modernity swept aside many of Rainham's old buildings.
A new retail block has been built between the post office and Marks & Spencer, replacing Lesters and the White Swan.
Now, an architecturally unsympathetic post office occupies the corner of Queen Street/Boutport Street, Clarkes printing works has become Clarkes Hotel and Symons has lost its glorious canopy.
The post office stands on the right, with a stamp machine on the wall outside.
Local news, however, is provided by the 'Nottingham Post'.
On the opposite side of the road are the chemist's Hinton Lake and the post office.
The building to the left is the rear of the China Bowl, which fronts onto the market place near the main entrance to the church, where once the stocks and whipping post stood.
Over on the left, near Liptons, is Below Bar Post Office.
Another well-known multi-national dominates this view; the branch has been here since about 1930, though the left-hand extension is a post-War development on the site of the Cinema de Luxe, which burned
The reassuringly solid-looking Post Office is brick built and faces the Old Ship Inn.
Over on the left, near Liptons, is Below Bar Post Office.
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