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Raised In The Lodge, Beddington During The Early 1920's

My mother grew up on the Lodge in Beddington. Her family lived there throughout the war years and remembers the V2's and sheltering in the basement of the orphanage during air raids. Somewhere ...Read more

A memory of Beddington by mandyinoz

!960's Kidderminster.

Ah. 1965. I was 23 when this photo was taken. How many times did I walk up this street? MacFisheries on the left, a little further up on the same side was the Futurist Cinema with its long entrance lobby with a number of ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster in 1965 by Malcolm Knowles

"Any Old Iron"

This photo brings back lots of memories for me as it shows High Road, Woodford Bridge which is where the old-fashioned ironmongers that my family owned was situated. There had been one on the site since the beginning of the ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1974 by Jane Manley

"Apache"

This photo brings back memories filled with trepidation, it was 1960 and I had to go into Wythenshawe hospital for plastic surgery after falling off a bicycle I was 9yrs old. The day before I was to be admitted my mum and my Auntie Jean took ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn by acko21660

"Gobowen" Orthopaedic Hospital

I remember this hospital with mixed emotions. As a child of 5/6 in 1953/4 I was taken by my Dad weekly to visit my mother who had spinal fusion surgery - I think Mr Rose was the name of the surgeon. Spinal fusion ...Read more

A memory of Oswestry in 1954 by Sue Oliver

"Mill" Mill Lane, Great Sutton

I am trying to find out information about a Mill? that was situated in, mill lane, Great Sutton, I don't not have any information on this, only what I was told. Many years ago a person told me of a post card ...Read more

A memory of Great Sutton by Valerie Waring

"The Stores" Station Road

My late Great Grandfather had a bakery at "The Stores" F.W.Dobson bakers in about 1948. I wonder if anyone remembers him or if there are any photos of the shop. His nam was Frank. Many thanks Diane

A memory of Halstead by Diane Maskrey

#11 Station Road Family 1916 Till Present

My family, the Wicketts, were the first family to move into #11 Station Road, just after it was built. I believe not long before my father, Wilfred, was born in 1916, or prehaps just after his birth(?). My ...Read more

A memory of Totnes by Clive Wickett

''tram Crash On Tabor Hill''

On Tuesday, August 23rd 1932 there occurred at almost exactly the same spot from which this photo was taken, the most serious runaway and crash that ever ocurred on the line. Car no. 4 broke away from the haulage cable ...Read more

A memory of Llandudno in 1930 by John Owen

'down Yer 'wey'.

Moved to Farncombe in 1942 from Datchet, but evacuated originally from Barking, London. I remember arriving at my new home at 1 Tudor Circle. My Step-father was a fireman in the AFS, who's ...Read more

A memory of Godalming in 1942 by Arthur Bird

Captions

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Caption For Skegness, The Beach 1910

Merrie Men performed in the wooden theatre on the left, near the bathing machines, whilst the fair ground was also near the high water mark with a helter-skelter, roundabouts, a rifle range (right), a photo

Caption For Moore, The Post Office C1955

The latter apparently has a feature on 'Forces Favourites - Beautiful Colour Photos!'

Caption For Godalming, River Wey Camping Ground 1908

One suspects that Frith's photos of the river shown on these pages may have been commissioned by Mr Leroy to sell to his customers - he appears in this one too, in a Canadian canoe, fashionable at

Caption For York, The View From The City Walls 1897

This and the following three photos, although from the same vantage point, span a period of 60 years.They show many changes in some of the buildings and in the mode of transport.Two horse-drawn vehicles

Caption For London, Bank Of England 1908

A gap of just eight years after photo number L130223 sees this junction now dominated not by horses but by motor cars and buses.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

At the time of our photo, its three echelons included ABC Wallpapers, Forbuoys newsagents and Robinson Rentals at the bottom; Peter's gents' hairdressing and Hart's store in the middle; and offices for

Caption For Crays Hill, London Road C1955

Pump Cottage (in the middle of our photo) was—as the name suggests—the source of the village's water-supply.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Hart Street C1955

Henley is renowned for its annual regatta, which takes place in July; notice that the Forge House Studio, on the left, is displaying a banner advertising Regatta Photos.

Caption For Laindon, The Arterial Road And School Lane Crossroads C1955

Note the 'Cyclists Only' sign in the photo: cycle paths are by no means a recent idea.

Caption For Uppingham, High Street C1955

This earlier photo looks east and gives a better view of the thatched cottage and the large house with the impressive porch.

Caption For Barnstaple, The Square 1929

Note Bridge Buildings, vantage point for the photographers who took some of the other photos of the Square.

Caption For Barry, 'old Barry' 1899

Rose Cottage, one of three cottages built for farm workers, is the foremost cottage in this photo.

Caption For Chorley, Chapel Street C1965

Our photo- graph was taken before the M6 or the Chorley by-pass opened— Chorley was troubled by heavy traffic for many years.

Caption For Beyton, The White Horse Inn C1955

This was demolished to widen the road shortly after the photo was taken.

Caption For Alton, Ashdell 1928

By 1928, the Rustic Bridge seen in photo 40743 had been taken down.

Caption For Laindon, The Fortune Of War Hotel C1960

At the time of our photo, the pub offered 'dancing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening—to the music of the Roundabouts'.

Caption For Laindon, The Fortune Of War Hotel C1960

At the time of our photo, the pub offered 'dancing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening—to the music of the Roundabouts'.

Caption For York, A Tudor House C1950

The sign on the building to the right forefront of the photo advertises Stroud's Agency for Servants; it is now a fashion accessory shop.

Caption For Cossington, The Village C1965

In the village are a good variety of houses, including the early 16th- century rectory and Hallside Grove, a Gothicised house of quality set behind the low wall on the left of the photo- graph.

Caption For Eccles, The Library And Monument C1955

To the left is the public library, designed by Edward Potts and noted for its Venetian windows.

Caption For Bishopstoke, The Old Church C1960

The tower was taken down shortly after this photo was taken.

Caption For York, The View From The City Walls 1897

This and the following three photos, although from the same vantage point, span a period of 60 years.

Caption For Great Dunmow, Market Place C1960

By the mid 1960s, Dunmow`s electric cables were being put underground: our photo shows what a good thing this was, aesthetically speaking.

Caption For Great Easton, The Ford 1951

Within fifteen years of this photo, the roadway had been made into a proper bridge, and there had been an infilling of bungalows on the left- hand side.