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I grew up in Welling in a house on Ridley Road. My mother lived in that house for over 60 years until she died this past January. I have 3 sisters - that was a tiny house with 1 bathroom, at times we seemed to really fill the place - felt more ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Louise Daring

The Bakery, Tatsfield

Hi My family (The Watsons) owned the bakery which was a substantial building in the village centre. It housed the bakery itself (my Uncle Dick Watson was the baker in those days). It was also a hotel with six bedrooms, plus it ...Read more

A memory of Tatsfield in 1955 by Barry Watson

Wightman Road

I was born in England and lived at 399 Wightman Road for seven years of my life from 1961 t0 1968. My parents were poor immigrants from Jamaica, W.I. Our family consisted of myself, my sister, my brother and my parents. I remember our ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1961 by Ava Watson

A Hot Summers Day.

My name is Paul.D.Dean. I am the little boy in the photograph. I was eight years old at the time. The year was 1953, Coronation year. It was a hot day in the school summer holidays. My house can be seen in the background to the left ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1953 by Paul Dean

My Walk From Mandalay Farm To Center Of Great Bardfield

I was stationed at RAF Wethersfield from 1961 to 1964 and often on Sundays I would ride with the Gilbey's in their horse-drawn coaches down the lanes and through Great Bardfield.  I also ...Read more

A memory of Great Bardfield in 1962 by Benjamin Franklin

Home Sweet Home

Porthywaen born and bred, lived at the Gate House for nearly 30 years with Mum Dad and 2 Brothers, Dad lived there most of his life he was born next door at Yew Tree Cottage in 1940 his father worked in the quarries and some very ...Read more

A memory of Porth-y-waen by Phil Davies

East Horsley In The Sixties

I grew up in East Horsley, where I attended St Martin's C of E Primary School. We had no car and we lived nearby so we always walked to the primary school and my mother walked to the shops on Bishopsmeade Parade. When Mum ...Read more

A memory of East Horsley by Diana Johnson

Leave Things Alone

I lived on Frenchbarn Lane just across from St Peters church from 1960 to 1972, I was 5yrs old when I moved there. Coming from Salford docks area it was like moving into one of Enid Blytons books. A real farm just up the ...Read more

A memory of Blackley by Neil Edwards

My Early Years In Longton 1870s To 1940s

I was born in Longton in 1933 at 151 High Street Post Office, Longton. All my childhood was spent there with my grandmother, Sarah Wright and my great aunt Matilda Ward (my grandmother's sister). Between them ...Read more

A memory of Longton by Barbara Johnson

Alcombe School

This is a very exciting discovery for me because it is one of the oldest photographs I have seen of a part of old Alcombe that I can recognise, even at my great distance from the UK. My Great-Grandfather, George Mildon had a school at ...Read more

A memory of Alcombe in 1880 by Richard Mildon

Captions

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Caption For Teignmouth, From The Pier 1903

The bathing huts will soon be winched down to the shallows so that modest ladies can paddle discreetly.

Caption For Blewbury, London Road C1955

Felixstowe Cottage, on the left, is now called Above Town Cottage, and the taller timber-framed house on the right is known as The Downs House.

Caption For Longworth, Tucks Lane C1965

Further down Tuck's Lane, on the right, is the Blue Boar public house, selling Morrell's ales. R D Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone, was born in the village.

Caption For High Bentham, Mount Pleasant From The Cross C1955

There are two Benthams, High and Lower, and this view looks down Mount Pleasant from the village cross in High Bentham.

Caption For Menabilly, The House 1888

It was surrounded by its own wooded grounds, leading down to the sea at Polridmouth Bay.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The New Bridge 1890

It is now a series of steps leading down to the water. Out of sight and beyond the bridge to the left is the new County Hall.

Caption For High Wycombe, Wycombe Abbey School C1955

From the arches of the Georgian Guildhall the camera looks down White Hart Street. The buildings on the right replace medieval market place encroachment.

Caption For Potter Heigham, The Broads C1926

The old wooden hut on the bank is sliding inevitably down into the shallows, its thatched roof rotted and patched.

Caption For Barry Island, 'paddling' 1925

These stages had to be manhandled up and down the beach as the tide went out and came in.

Caption For Cocking, The Village 1906

The village is famous for a charming myth which suggests that if the mist in the beechwoods on the nearby Downs rolled westwards towards Cocking, then rain was on the way.

Caption For Finchingfield, The Green C1965

Later the house became a butcher`s: older residents recall blood dribbling down into the picturesque village-pond.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, New Promenade 1897

The civic fashion was to lay down long promenades, like this one at Colwyn Bay, to allow the leisured classes to promenade and take their sea air without having to trudge through sand

Caption For Braintree, High Street 1906

This is a busy scene looking down the High Street.The photographer appears to have persuaded almost all the people in the street to pose for the camera.The only wheeled traffic is the bicycle on the

Caption For Stourbridge, Lower High Street C1960

This view looks down Lower High Street, where the King Edward VI Grammar School can be seen on the right.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The River Cleddau C1960

Looking down towards the Old Bridge this is barely recognisable today.

Caption For Atwick, The Cliffs C1960

Erosion is a real problem here, and it can be quite difficult to get down to the beach.

Caption For Usk, The Riverside C1960

Here we see Conigar Walk running down the bank of the River Usk.

Caption For Belfast, Albert Memorial 1897

The statue of the Prince Consort gazes benevolently down High Street. The tower, built on reclaimed land, now leans slightly.

Caption For Liphook, New Town 1911

Further down is Plums Cycle Depot.

Caption For Ringmore, Church Interior 1907

All Hallows looks down on the beautiful Ayrmer Cove. Note the curious little circular window on the left.

Caption For Plymouth, Guildhall And Bedford Street 1904

The northern end of the Post Office (just visible down Basket Street in the centre) would now be on Royal Parade outside Dingles.

Caption For Torpoint, Fore Street And Ferry Queue C1950

The ferry queue no longer blocks Fore Street - it takes the road on the right down to a large waiting area by the river.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Dalton Road 1912

Pedestrians could walk down the middle of the street with impunity when this mid-morning photograph was taken just before the First World War.

Caption For Stourbridge, Lower High Street C1960

This view looks down Lower High Street, where the King Edward VI Grammar School can be seen on the right.