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Lynch Hill Primary School

I moved to Britwell Estate with my parents from Battersea in about 1958. I attended Lynch Hill Primary School from 1959 to 1965 (approx). Our teachers were Mrs May, Mrs Peirce, Mr Cutler, Mr Rolfe, Mr Treglowan. The Head was Mr ...Read more

A memory of Slough

Noddy's Shop

I moved to Elm Park in 1960 when I was 4 years old with my mum and dad, from Hackney, East London. My dad owned and ran the Newsagents in Station Parade and we lived in the flat above the shop. I remember it was next to the green grocers, ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park by Chrissy Robinson

Little Waltham

I was born in Little Waltham and lived there until 1967. I only left because I got married and the cost of housing in the village, even then, was way out of our reach, so we had to move 20 miles north to Sible Hedingham. I had a ...Read more

A memory of Little Waltham by Richard Mansfield

Memories Of Baby Burial At Dilston Maternity Hospital

by Mr Alex Hillary (April 6th 2007) - as reported to Susan Hedworth, Community Care Assistant No, we don’t get the snow like we used to! Like it was in 1941, I mean. I was a taxi driver at ...Read more

A memory of Corbridge by Susan Hedworth

Broxhill Secondary Modern School

I lived in Heaton Avenue from when I was 2 to when I was 14. I had the good luck to be part of the first pupils to go to Broxhill in the 60's when it was first built, we were at Harrowfield's huts at the start of the ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill

Wow, I Used To Work Right Here

My first job as a teenager was with ICT, which subsequently became ICL and I think has now disappeared. I used to repair punch card equipment at Ilford Film, Plessey and Ilford Town Hall back in the early 60's. I probably ...Read more

A memory of Ilford in 1962 by Robert Graham

Memories Remembered

Memories Remembered After reading Brian Keighley’s story of his memories in Lifton, my memories came flooding back and has prompted me to recall a few of my own. I was born in Lifton 18 months after my sister Jean in 1927 at Rock ...Read more

A memory of Lifton by geoffbailey29

Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle

My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction company. ...Read more

A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by Denman Lalonde

Heston Middlesex 1950s

It was good to see people's memories of Heston, as I spent much of my childhood there. My father was manager of a branch of grocers called Platts Stores Ltd, Norwood Green, although we were on the corner of Fern Lane Heston and ...Read more

A memory of Heston by Rita Burgess

Sparking A Memory Of Rnwt Station New Waltham

I was based here in 1972, as a very young RN Radio Engineer. Antony’s memory sparke a few of my own. Long nights in the transmission hall monitoring an old B&W TV to make sure we weren’t interfering ...Read more

A memory of New Waltham by starplots

Captions

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Caption For Retford, Market Place C1955

The railway (in the 1950s the LNER's east coast main line) brought further prosperity; this included the building of a new town hall in the 1860s, seen here with its clock tower.

Caption For Chesham, High Street 1897

The tall building on the right was refronted about 1920 and Henry Chilton was replaced by the 1930s Midland Bank, stone faced and Moderne, now the HSBc bank.

Caption For Stafford, Town Centre C1965

The elegant, classical façade of the Shire Hall has dominated the Market Square since it was built in 1798, replacing an earlier Elizabethan hall.

Caption For Horbury, Westfield Road And Town Hall C1955

The bus offices on the left stand opposite the old Midland Bank and the Town Hall and Library.

Caption For Dewsbury, Town Hall 1964

Three years in the building, the Town Hall opened on 17 April 1889, and this day was proclaimed a public holiday in the town.

Caption For Stafford, Market Square C1955

The elegant, classical façade of the Shire Hall has dominated the Market Square since it was built in 1798, replacing an earlier Elizabethan hall.

Caption For Bodmin, Mount Folly Square 1894

The Shire Hall of 1837 is on the right.

Caption For Ross On Wye, Gloucester Road C1960

This view looks along Gloucester Road from its junction with the High Street beside the Market Hall.

Caption For Haddenham, The Green C1950

On one side of the green the Baptist chapel is still active, but the Chequers pub and Lloyds Bank (right) have gone, and the old Baptist Hall is now the new health centre.

Caption For Talgarth, The Square 1937

We are looking up into the Square, with the National Provincial Bank, now in the shade, on the immediate right.

Caption For Ashby De La Zouch, Market Street C1955

The slightly overlarge Italianate Town Hall, along with the French Renaissance bank building of 1891, dominate an otherwise well-ordered street scene.

Caption For Walton On The Naze, High Street 1921

A view of the High Street showing—on the left—the Town Hall of 1900, which housed Barclays Bank and the Post Office downstairs.

Caption For Bakewell, Holme Hall 1923

Close to the banks of the Wye above the town, Holme Hall was built in the 17th century as a private residence, a function it performs to this day.

Caption For Stockton On Tees, Town Hall C1955

The Town Hall stands prominently in the centre of the High Street and dates from 1735.

Caption For Wiveliscombe, The Square 1962

Constructed as the Court House in 1881, it became a bank, then the library.

Caption For Uttoxeter, The Girls' High School C1955

The Staffordshire Education Authority acquired the Hall on Dove Bank in 1919 and named it Uttoxeter Girls' High School.

Caption For Newark, Market Place C1955

To the left of the Town Hall is the local branch of the National Provincial Bank, while to the right The Central Pharmacy is still a chemists, but under the name of Cherrington.

Caption For Wilmslow, Carrs Bridge C1955

Pownall Bridge over the River Bollin carries the public footpath that runs from Wilmslow along the river bank to Styal.

Caption For Newark, The Town Hall Market Place C1955

To the left of the Town Hall is the local branch of the National Provincial Bank, while to the right The Central Pharmacy is still a chemists, but under the name of Cherrington.

Caption For Goodmanham, Post Office C1960

Up the bank on the right is the parish church, and the road also leads to the Old Hall.

Caption For Truro, Boscawen Street 1923

At the end are the imposing premises of Lloyds Bank, built on the site of the old Coinage Hall.

Caption For Calne, High Street C1960

The delightfully ornate building at the bottom is the Town Hall, and the Central Gardens seen in the previous picture are on the extreme right.

Caption For Camelford, Town Hall 1895

This attractive town of grey slate houses sits at the edge of Bodmin Moor on the banks of the Camel.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Picknalls School C1965

The Staffordshire Education Authority acquired the Hall on Dove Bank in 1919 and named it Uttoxeter Girls' High School.