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Stubbington 1956 1968

Thank you Lorraine for the many memories you brought back. I lived in Queens Crescent from when I was born in 1956 until I moved to Australia in 1968. I also remember the bakery on the corner of the lane by the school ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington in 1962 by Nigel Read

Petworth Mill

My grandparents Hylands live in the millhouse at Petworth. When I was a child, after moving from a farm at Sutton my grandad Bill worked for the mill driving a flour lorry and nan Olive used to sell tickets to men wnting to fish ...Read more

A memory of Petworth in 1970 by Jackie Bush

Honeymoon

Alas my wife passed away in 2005 but my memories are still very vivid re St Columb Minor, maybe someone reading this will know where I am talking about, our honeymoon was spent in a cottage next to the village pub, Mr & Mrs ...Read more

A memory of St Columb Minor in 1963 by John Kirkham

Wallasey Village

Where St Marys is now used to be a narrow lane with sandstone cottages. I remember one day in the early '50s seeing them demolish these cottages. They wrapped a steel cable round the bases, attached it to a tracked bulldozer and pulled. The cottages simply folded in on themselves. I was quite sad.

A memory of Wallasey in 1950 by Martin Knott

Canal Memories

I grew up at Bulls Bridge and my maiden name was Betty Miles. I went to Western Road school from the age of 5 to 14 and spent all my single life at Bulls Bridge because dad worked for the British Waterways and we had one of the ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1942 by Jan Theobald

Family Holidays

My grandparents lived in Brenchley for many years, and all our summer holidays in the 1950s and 1960s were spent there. We lived in London so I really looked forward to the summer! My grandparents lived near Castle Hill, and on ...Read more

A memory of Brenchley by Pamela Foster

Down Town Shopping With My Mum Aunt Edie

I remember shopping with my mum & aunt every Saturday. When we were finished with the shopping we would visit a little cafe right next door to Woolworths. After I had drank my bottle of Tizer, I ...Read more

A memory of Littlehampton in 1953 by June Fahnestock (Nee Clea

Port Quin

As a young man with my first car and girlfriend we toured Cornwall and came across Port Quin, wow what a place. No one came here, most of the houses were derelict, the small car park to the left was the only place to park about six ...Read more

A memory of Port Quin in 1969

Memories Of Village Haircuts

Just before the 1960’s transformed our innocent lives, all us village boys had a limited choice of tonsorial art; indeed you could count the number of available haircuts (styles wasn’t a word used for men or boys) ...Read more

A memory of Sherington in 1960

Kings Cottage

Whilst at Priors Marston my grandfather, Rowland Joseph Marsh and his wife Annie Elizabeth Lavender had twins: Leonard and Vera Marsh. They already had a daughter Kathleen Annie. I am the eldest daughter of Kath Marsh, who is ...Read more

A memory of Priors Marston by Pamela Cook

Captions

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Caption For Odiham, High Street C1965

The cottages are of different ages, but were probably refronted c1800.

Caption For Crawley, Old House 1903

The timber-framed cottages seen here were part of Mitchell's Farm, which survived until the 1920s and was the last working farm in Crawley High Street.

Caption For East Runton, High Street 1921

The Edwardian terraces in the foreground, with their bay windows and neat, walled gardens and railings, harmonise with the simpler cottages beyond.

Caption For Rothley, Old Cottages, Fowke Street C1955

It has been described as being fragmented, but here, in the centre, cottages of differing styles combine to give an air of rustic beauty.

Caption For Ramsbury, Burdett Street 1906

Note the small windows, dictated by the timber framing and thatched roofs of the cottages.

Caption For Writtle, The Green C1955

This corner of Writtle has not altered: the pump and the cottages are still there. The house to the right was originally a maltings - the structure with the lantern was the oast-house.

Caption For Moorsholm, The Village And Church C1960

The stone cottages to the left also remain, but the grass paddock enclosed by the stone wall has now given way to more modern

Caption For Mountsorrel, The Green C1960

Hardly picturesque, crouched under the outcrop of granite, is a collection of small cottages, the earlier one probably occupied by the granite workers who came from as far away as Scotland to quarry and

Caption For Lower Slaughter, The Green C1955

through the fabric of this little village, and the fountain on the Green makes a focal point in the perfect picture; its design echoes the steeply pitched and gabled roofline of the old cottages

Caption For Hemsby, The Beach C1965

It was during this time that most of the wooden cottages and shops along Beach Road became the concrete amusements and shops we know today.

Caption For Selworthy, The Green C1960

The cottages were built in the 1820s for retired workers on the Acland family's Holnicote Estate. They were medieval farmhouses, remodelled to the fashionable designs of John Nash.

Caption For Anna Valley, Little Ann Village C1955

The fencing on the right has been replaced by a hedgerow, and the third cottage in the row is now tiled.

Caption For Brampton, Camp Entrance C1965

The thatched cottage was the original gatehouse for Brampton Park, which became RAF Brampton in the Second World War.

Caption For Camberley, Gordon Road 1908

This view looks towards Park Street, and the cottages on the left are still there.

Caption For Hoveton, The Village 1934

A long-vanished view of Hoveton in the days of the horse and cart, the flaming torch sign for the school approach and the neatly thatched cottage.

Caption For Alloway, Robert Burns's Birthplace 1897

The cottage was rebuilt by the poet's father and later became an inn. In 1881 it was purchased by the trustees of the Burns Monument and opened as a museum.

Caption For Eype, Ships Light's Shop C1955

The thatched roofs of the Ship Light's and Port Cottage lie in the valley at Lower Eype.

Caption For Byworth, The Village 1906

The picture shows children playing outside rows of timber-framed cottages, and adults intrigued by the prospect of being photographed.

Caption For Watlington, Church Street C1955

Here we see two old 17th-century thatched cottages in Church Street. The cart we can see approaching along the road is carrying a bicycle.

Caption For Little Shelford, The Village C1955

On the corner of Kings Mill Lane, some timber-framed cottages are built gable-end to the street.

Caption For Cheam, Park Lane C1955

This view shows the picturesque weatherboarded cottages that still line the southern side of Park Lane as it curves towards the junction with Malden Road.

Caption For Wass, Main Street C1955

Note the pantiles on the roofs of the cottages on the left, typical of the villages on the eastern side of Yorkshire.

Caption For Hayle, Penpol Terrace 1892

It was described as having 'mean cottages, a few poor shops, an inn and a shabby railway viaduct ... and over all whitewash and coaldust struggling for mastery'.

Caption For Ringmore, Church Hill 1907

Now, a thatched cottage like this would be in the six-figure price range, but in 1907 it would have been in the hundreds - and at this time houses depreciated when sold on.