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Clifton Park

I used to live in tree-lined Lister Street. All I had to do was climb over the back wall to the rear of my house to get into Clifton Park. I remember Sunday School held at the Bandstand: 'Sunshine Corner always jolly fine, is for ...Read more

A memory of Rotherham in 1940 by John Wigglesworth

Windsor Road

We moved to Bromley Cross about 1947 just before my sister Virginia was born, it was a lovely new prefab, but I don't remember much about the inside of it apart from the wood-burning stove, that sticks in my mind for some ...Read more

A memory of Bromley Cross in 1947 by Julie Christo

Childhood In Addlestone

I have many memories of Addlestone having lived there from 1940 to 1964. My family lived in Bourneside Road, at the far end was Coxes Lock Mill and the mill pond. We knew almost everybody that lived on Bois Hall estate. I ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone by Jacqueline Parsons

Little Sutton Shops

The church was the Presbyterian and the fruit and veg shop also sold fish (Tommy Jones, fish).  There was a  furniture shop (Flackets)  On the corner of Ledsham was Miss (although a Mrs.) Locket’s.  Over Ledsham past the ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1967

Childhood

I lived in Danemore Lane just a few yards from Anglefield Corner from 1939 until I was married in 1961. I remember having to wait for ages to cross the road at weekends because there was so much traffic. As my father was a special constable he would be on duty to direct the traffic at weekends.

A memory of Blindley Heath in 1947 by joan

Canter Across The Canal

It must have been around the late 1960s, early 1970s when my sister and I used to ride our ponies down to Avoncliff. We lived a short distance away in Upper Westwood and our mother liked us to ride along the tow path as it ...Read more

A memory of Avoncliff in 1970 by Frances Nelson

The Bus

My family purchased and converted an old single decker bus for us to have holidays in. It was parked on a small piece of land opposite the church. An old Gypsy caravan was parked just inside the gate to the land, I was told that it had ...Read more

A memory of Lowsonford by Alan Yardley

Hillingdon In The 1940s And 1950s

My family lived in Hillingdon from the beginning of ww2 until 1953 when we moved from Biggin Hill. Our first home was a top floor flat in Pinewood Ave which was not ideal for a family with 4 children and then ...Read more

A memory of Hillingdon by Mary Gower

School Road

I used to live at 5 School Road nearly 20 years ago.  My mum used to work at Dianes florists on Donny Road and my Dad managed the Corner Pocket snooker club.  I still visit there now as my stepmum lives on Donny Road and my Dad, I'm ...Read more

A memory of Langold in 1985 by Joanne Withell

North Road Looking North From Church Street, Fen Street Junction

Previous memories talk about The Talbot Inn and on the left hand corner (Church Street Corner) Marshall's the newsagents . Before the village was bypassed around 1956 the Newsagents ...Read more

A memory of Stilton in 1954 by Bruce Allen

Captions

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Caption For Long Melford, The Green And Melford Hall C1955

Behind are the pinnacles of the octagonal Tudor summerhouse in the corner of the Hall gardens. The group of trees was felled in 1979 as a result of Dutch elm disease.

Caption For Bridgwater, The Bridge 1902

This view looks east into Eastover to the more industrial part of Bridgwater; unfortunately, J Sander's grandiose 1880s corner-turreted building has gone.

Caption For Sleaford, Southgate C1950

north, just beyond the Handley Memorial, and heading for the Market Place, we see buildings mostly from the late 18th- and 19th-century phase of Sleaford's prosperity, with the castellated house on the corner

Caption For Epsom, High Street 1902

junction of the High Street and Waterloo Road gives a clear impression of the original narrowness of the eastern section of the thoroughfare, with the old coaching inn, the Spread Eagle, prominent on the corner

Caption For Cheam, Old Cheam, Park Lane 1925

The timber framed jettied house called Whitehall, standing on the corner of Park Lane and Malden Road, is thought to have been built as a farmhouse c1500, and over the last five centuries it has undergone

Caption For Ipswich, Westgate Street 1893

On the corner was the Provincial Co-operative Drug Co (centre), and next was the Barley Mow tavern run by William Ellis.

Caption For Belfast, Royal Academy 1897

Situated at the corner with Donegall Street, and very near the parish church, the academy was in a pleasant enough part of the town.

Caption For Bangor, Terraces 1897

The block at the corner is one of the latest boarding houses, and has clearly pushed back some older buildings.

Caption For York, A Tudor House C1950

This house stands on the corner of Coney Street and New Street. The lower part of the house is now a shop that sells mobile telephones, but the upper storey remains virtually unchanged.

Caption For Edwinstowe, High Street C1955

The Mansfield, Sutton and District Co-operative Society shop on the corner (left) was funded by Earl Manvers in 1895.

Caption For Marnhull, New Street C1960

The view is north-eastwards from Finger Corner and the garden hedge of the Homestead (left foreground).

Caption For Baldock, George And Dragon Hotel C1955

The George and Dragon stands opposite the corner of Sun Street and adjacent to the site of the Sun public house (later the Victoria.) Only the 1950s 'Keep Left' sign differs from the view today.

Caption For Uppingham, C1950

The large house with four bay windows, on the corner of Queen Street (Horn Lane) was built after 1870.

Caption For Salisbury, Poultry Cross And Silver Street 1906

In the background a horse-drawn cart delivers ales and beers, and K Boots and Shoes are sold at the corner shop in the background.

Caption For Kingswinford, The Townsend Precinct C1965

The precinct is built on the site of the Townsend tram terminus, next to a junction known as the Cross, which is also the name of a good-looking pub on the opposite corner.

Caption For Sutton, Worcester Road 1913

Edwardian and later houses can be seen in the foreground, including Dumbreck House on the left hand corner. This house was built in the Arts and Crafts style around 1910.

Caption For Silchester, The Village C1965

It is hard to believe looking at this unremarkable village centre that just round the corner lie the remains of an important Roman town, Calleva Atrebatum.

Caption For Netley Abbey, The Hospital 1908

The sick, dying and injured were brought here from the war-torn corners of the British Empire; the 570-ft-long pier enabled casualties to be carried ashore from troop ships.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1929

Cookes next door was a printer and stationer selling postcards, and then came A G Metcalfe, a baker with café, and R S Corner, a confectioner.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, High Street C1960

The Anchor Inn is around the corner and a range of 17th-century cottages are opposite. Bramble Cottage, below the telegraph pole (left), has a `For Sale` sign in the window.

Caption For Dartford, High Street 1902

Opposite, on the corner of Bullace Lane, is the reputed home of the Kentish rebel leader Wat Tyler.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, High Street C1960

The Anchor Inn is around the corner and a range of 17th-century cottages are opposite. Bramble Cottage, below the telegraph pole (left), has a `For Sale` sign in the window.

Caption For Newark, The Old Governor's House, Stodman Street C1955

Stodman Street leads out of the south-west corner of the Market Place. Its most famous building is the Governor's House, a 16th-century timber-framed house with three storeys of coved jetties.

Caption For Disley, Market Street C1960

Right in the far north-eastern corner of the county, Disley straddles the busy A6.