Maps

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Memories

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A Wartime Evacuee

During the war I was evacuated with my family to Dunsmore and we lived in Appletree Cottage, opposite The Fox. I attended Wendover School and returned to London in 1946. At the time Robert Donat lived in ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore in 1940 by Ken Norris

Trevelyan Road Tooting

I was born on 8th May 1945 (the day the war ended) at 61 Trevelyan Road Tooting. My mum told me that there was a heatwave on the 8th May and whilst she was trying to get some rest there was a street party going n which she ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1945 by Victoria Mason

Payne Family Knaphill / Bisley

I have enjoyed reading the 'Memories of Knaphill' contributions, and though I have not lived there myself, my Payne family did, so thought I might share a few of their memories! In the 1890's, Captain George Payne and ...Read more

A memory of Knaphill

My Years At Woodford Bridge

I lived in Canfield Road, Woodford the very last house on the left hand side, right next to the cricket field. I went to the little mission (The Bridge) run alongside the tie factory. I remember Grants the shoe ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green in 1957 by Valerie Sims

Dr Smallshaw

Just a little way down Fir Tree Road from where this was taken, was the home and surgery of my childhood doctor - Dr Smallshaw. I remember him as a kindly man, and his surgery smelt of surgical spirit and his waiting room had dark leather chairs.

A memory of Epsom in 1960 by Patricia White

British Home Stores

I worked further down the road in BHS at this time as a Saturday girl. I thought it was great and earned about £1 which bought my dinner and stockings and bus fare and I still had money in my pocket.

A memory of Brixton by Joan Watson

Plympton Station Holiday Memories

My grandparents, my mother's parents, lived in Vicarage Road, Plympton until 1962 when they moved to Moorland Avenue. As children we always spent our holidays with them and I have early memories of accompanying ...Read more

A memory of Plympton in 1958 by Edward Godfrey

Bennetts Shop Brook Street

Hi Does anyone remember the old fashioned style local shop half way down Brook Street in between the Coylers Lane and Belmonth Road junctions? The shop is still there but in a very diffferent form. The ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath by Tracey Winters

Marsh's Pie Shop

Marsh's pork pie shop was opposite Labour Club Number One, at the end of Old Whint Road. The pies were known as the best in the world and we kids at Jagger's (Richard Evans Junior School, West End Road) used to sing 'Marsh's, they ...Read more

A memory of Haydock in 1960 by Ann Atherton

Nefyn Primary School, War Memorial, Doctor's Surgery

This is a photo of all three named "institutions" with the Red Garage and Church Hall just off to the left. I thought this was an ENORMOUS road and we never crossed it by the Memorial! That is ...Read more

A memory of Nefyn in 1960 by Janet Kaiser

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Captions

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Caption For Dudley, From The Castle Keep C1955

Trindle Road runs across the centre of the picture, whilst the corner of Hall Street can be seen centre right.

Caption For Manchester, Piccadilly 1895

Horse-drawn ambulances, taxi cabs, flat wagons, and even a horse bus were used to convey the patients down to the new Royal Infirmary on Oxford Road.

Caption For Cheam, Ewell Road 1925

An open-topped bus trundles along the Ewell Road towards the crossroads of the village, passing the petrol pump of the small garage near the entrance to Park Lane, and with the trees on the edge of Nonsuch

Caption For Upton, The Cross Roads C1955

Teas are still being served on the corner of The Village and Arrowe Park Road at the Stone House Café (U36010, right), and the Horse and Jockey Hotel still occupies the junction of Rake Lane

Caption For Abergavenny, The Blorenge 1893

Two bridges crossed the Usk at Llanfoist: the medieval stone-arched road bridge is dwarfed by the railway bridge, which was demolished shortly after the Abergavenny to Merthyr line closed in the

Caption For St Boswells, The Buccleuch Hounds C1955

The village of St Boswells borders the main road from Jedburgh to Edinburgh. The 5th Duke of Buccleuch was just a boy when inherited his title in 1819.

Caption For Skegness, The Clock Tower C1955

There is a road crossing nearby.

Caption For Spalding, Hall Place C1960

The traffic islands and the roads were being replaced by a brick surface. It all had to be finished before the Tulip Parade in early May. The shops are still there, but all have changed owners.

Caption For Earley, St Peter's Church 1910

St Peter's is Early English in style and is appropriately in Church Road, Earley, now part of Reading.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Blorenge 1893

Two bridges crossed the Usk at Llanfoist: the medieval stone-arched road bridge is dwarfed by the railway bridge, which was demolished shortly after the Abergavenny to Merthyr line closed in the early

Caption For Woodhouse Eaves, The Village C1955

but the stone mullion and transom windows have gone in favour of unattractive modern replacements; strangely, the bell-cote now resides in the garden of School House on the oppo- site side of the road

Caption For Richmond, Station Bridge 1892

The bridge was constructed to give road access to the railway station built on the St Martin's side of the river in 1846; it was designed in the same Gothic Revival architectural style, and the parapet

Caption For East Grinstead, Convent Courtyard 1890

Off Moat Road is the former St Margaret's Anglican Convent. It was founded by the Rev John Mason Neale, who was among other things a prolific hymn writer, the author of 'O come, O come, Immanuel'.

Caption For Barmouth, Railway Bridge 1896

It is 800 yards long and has a road for foot passengers, who can enjoy the freshness of the air and the sublime vistas of Cadair Idris.

Caption For Horning, The Swan C1965

To the left of the hotel, the road apparently entering the water is a public slipway for private boats.

Caption For Ludford, The Village C1955

During that time it suffered the highest losses of any squadron, and there is a monument to that effect beside the road in the middle of the village.

Caption For Misterton, The Church 1960

The house with the butcher's shop on the right was demolished in the 1960s for road improvement.

Caption For Newark, Trent Bridge C1955

The town is now by-passed by both the A1 Great North Road, which crossed the bridge, and the Fosse Way (the A46).

Caption For Windmill Hill, The Windmill C1955

Iron electricity poles line the road; they are of a type only seen in this part of Sussex.

Caption For Wilmington, The Old Yew Tree C1960

This very pretty village with its flint and brick houses and cottages runs south from the main road to its parish church of St Mary and St Peter, which is set high above the lane with the ruins of Wilmington

Caption For Guildford, High Street 1953

Note the road with its stone setts rather than tarmac.

Caption For Sudbury, Exchange 1895

On the corner of Station Road is a three-storey block of Victorian shops. The gable beyond is Thurlows the draper's in Friars Street.

Caption For Aberdare, Cardiff Street C1955

There appears to be only one car on the road; however, in the left- hand corner there is a wheeled vehicle on the pavement.

Caption For Sandwich, The Barbican And Bridge 1894

On the right, carrying the road from Ramsgate, is the swing bridge over the River Stour of 1863, which replaced the original drawbridge of 1757.