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Collyhurst By Ernie Dignam

I too was born in Collyhurst and we lived on Providence Place. My brother went to the tin school and we have a photo of him walking in the Whit Walks. Marcell Guest Paints is now on the site of Providence Place and ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1950

Summer Holidays With Granny

I was brought up in Ireland, but we spent a month of the summer every year with our grandparents, who lived in Frindsbury and, later, Wainscott. Going by the Maidstone and District buses into Strood, Chatham, Rochester ...Read more

A memory of Strood in 1960 by Siobhan Elam

Stokesleys 2nd. Fire Station

For the information of readers, it may be of interest to note that the building just past the Town Hall Block, left side, was known as the Shambles and in the 1800s and early 1900s was open fronted and used as a ...Read more

A memory of Stokesley in 1920 by Alan Swales

Hanging Over

I remember being hung over this bridge by my ankles. Not one of my better moments and I'm sure if the two lads that did it read this, they will know who they are without me having to mention their names! We had some happy times together, our gang.Those were the days.

A memory of Great Haywood in 1966 by Peta Helen Smith

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

Catholic Seminary

I'm researching my family and have come across a reference to a Catholic seminary for foreign missionaries in Newby Bridge. The person I'm tracing would have been there in the late 1920s. If anyone has knowledge of this place, I would greatly appreciate hearing about it. Thank you.

A memory of Newby Bridge in 1920

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

Rowfant Station

When we lived at the Fox Hotel (opposite Three Bridges Station), Mrs Turner, who was the retired station mistress (and still lived in the station house), used to catch the evening train to us, spend a couple of hours in the ...Read more

A memory of Rowfant by David Randall

Feeding The Donkeys And Racing Pigeons.

The Crown, when I was a child was owned by my Aunty Denny's family. She married my Uncle Terry and they later ran The Firs at Dunhampstead, where I worked through my teen years. My late grandad Joseph ...Read more

A memory of Wychbold in 1975 by Kerrie Moor

Living In Littlehampton

I was lucky to be born in Littlehampton in Manning Road, before moving to Howard Road with my two brothers and two sisters. We have lots of memories about growing up on the river bank, west beach and the main beach, ...Read more

A memory of Littlehampton in 1968 by Shirley Smith

Captions

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Caption For London, London Bridge 1904

Here the 1903 widening of the bridge has just been completed, hence the pristine stonework.

Caption For Barnstaple, Bridge And Terrace 1890

The first bridge here was built in the 13th century by Henry de Tracy. In 1547 the mayor referred to the river as 'a great hugy mighty perilous and dreadful water', and the present bridge was built.

Caption For Grindleton, The Bridge And The River Ribble 1921

Until 1974, the River Ribble here formed the boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire, with the bridge carrying the lane between Lancashire's Chatburn and Yorkshire's Grindleton.

Caption For Chideock, The Village C1955

Bridge Cottage Tea Parlour (centre) doubled as a newsagent's under the ownership of Edgar Allen, and also advertised a wide range of entertainments, from 'Viva Zapata' at the Lyric Cinema, Bridport, to

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street From Town Centre C1950

This view down Bridge Street, looking towards Bridge Foot, shows the impact of the redevelopment of the earlier 20th century.

Caption For Durham, Elvet Bridge 1918

Elvet Bridge was built by Bishop Hugh le Puiset in 1160 to give the peninsula direct road access to the south. It was repaired by Bishop Richard Fox between 1494 and 1501.

Caption For Abingdon, Tea Rooms C1960

Stevens's Boatyard withdrew to the west parts of Nag's Head Island beyond the bridges, and the Abingdon Bridge Restaurant and Tea Rooms took over their buildings to serve river- borne

Caption For Pateley Bridge, Station Square C1955

This view of Pateley Bridge, 'capital' of Nidderdale, was taken from Station Square and the bridge over the River Nidd.

Caption For Bradwell, From The Bridge C1955

This view from the bridge over the Bradwell Brook looks north up the main village street, with the Bridge House Café and Pearce's ice cream shop on the right - Bradwell is famous for its home-made ice

Caption For Bashall Eaves, Post Office, Café And General Stores C1955

The café is in the building at the top of the lane, with a post office and grocer's under the signs.

Caption For Bedford, Suspension Bridge 1898

The Great Ouse has always been of importance to Bedford's economy and pleasure, and successive administrations have successfully managed the environs of the river to keep them as an amenity for the benefit

Caption For St Ives, Moped C1965

Until the modern causeway was built in 1980, this medieval bridge provided the only crossing point over the River Ouse between Huntingdon and Earith.

Caption For London, Tower Bridge 1910

Where London’s other bridges are dignified and utilitarian, Tower Bridge, with its ‘daring majesty’ cocks a snook at Victorian formality.

Caption For Acton Bridge, The River Weaver Near Acton Swing Bridge C1955

The nearby swing bridge was built in 1932, and was the first such bridge built on a floating pontoon in Britain.

Caption For Brandon, River Ouse 1925

Parts of this bridge may date from the 1670s, when the river was made navigable. The Borough of Thetford had the right of tolls until 1872 and was responsible for its repair until 1950.

Caption For London, London Bridge 1890

The Monument and the tower of St Magnus's Church stand side by side - we are looking from the centre of the sixty-year-old London Bridge.

Caption For York, Barges On The Foss Navigation 1885

The first recorded wooden bridge was built in 1583, and was destroyed during the siege of York.

Caption For Staines, The Bridge 1907

The refined and somewhat austere rusticated three-arch bridge of 1829-32 by John Rennie, the architect of old Waterloo Bridge, has been marred by a widening in 1958 in which footways were cantilevered

Caption For Three Bridges, The Fox 1905

Three Bridges derives its name from its bridges over the River Mole.

Caption For Staverton, Staverton Church

Staverton Bridge has seen its fair share of incidents, especially in the form of floods; though less common than they were, these still occur.

Caption For Buckfastleigh, The Bridge Over The River Dart C1955

Dart Bridge is the first on the river to be built from anything other than granite - its four arches are constructed from local limestone.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Toll Bridge C1955

Built by the Wharton family of Skelton Castle for ease of access across Saltburn Glen, the toll bridge was completed in 1869. It stood 120ft high at the centre.

Caption For London, Cannon Row, Westminster C1856

This drawdock on the north side of Westminster Bridge disappeared in the 1860s when Victoria Embankment was built. The carts were for carrying coal landed from the river.

Caption For Sudbury, The Croft Bridge 1900

This bridge over the Stour leads from The Croft (adjacent to St Gregory's Church on the right) to Fullingpit Meadows, part of Sudbury freemen's land, on the left.