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More Of Cissies Memories

On the 24th May 1900, which was observed as a general holiday in honour of Queen Victoria's birthday and as a celebration of the relief of Mafeking, Cissie as a young child, was taken down to Barry Island, accompanied by ...Read more

A memory of Barry in 1900

Bellis Cafe

I was born in 5 Lower New Rank, Blaenavon in 1950 and went to the Garn School and left Blaenavon in 1962 for Kent. My dad was born there, Tommy David, does anyone remember us? I used to go to Bellis Cafe at the bottom of town, we though it was real cool.

A memory of Blaenavon in 1950 by Michael David

Ripple Road

I was born in 1948 and lived behind Wallis's undertakers in Ripple Road, where my dad was the manager. I went to St Margaret's Church of England School in Back Lane, and was married at St Margaret's Church in 1970. I also did my nursing ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Carol Harding

First Love

1995 was the best year of my life, I was aged 13 and I was totally besotted with a lad in the village called James Power, he was working with a local builder from Penmachno called Jeremy McWilliam. I loved the way he was of being the ...Read more

A memory of Cwm in 1993 by Sarah Collins

Mobo Horses

We moved to Prestatyn in 1948. I loved the Mobo horses that the little ones could ride at the Bastion Road beach. My little school was Pendre, up the hill Fforddlas I think. Also going to St Chad's School annual fair and sale. Always ...Read more

A memory of Prestatyn in 1950 by Mo Edwards

Harrogate Station Square

Here is Station Square appearing as its architects intended, an open airy town centre piece. The gardens in the foreground are the Coronation Gardens of c.1953, which complimented the Victorian square admirably. Just as ...Read more

A memory of Harrogate in 1965 by Nigel Bunce

Burns Pit Disaster

From his seat, by the fire, my grandad could see the great mound of the spoil heap of Stanley Burns Pit. It was the site of a horrific explosion, on 16th February 1909, in which 168 men and boys lost their lives. He would ...Read more

A memory of Stanley in 1900 by e5484.suddes

Technical School Park Square

I attended this school from the 8th January 1951 until the end of March 1953. Every morning all classes would attend assembly in this building and would then disperse to their classrooms which were often at other points ...Read more

A memory of Luton in 1951 by Alan Squire

Pastures Avenue, Nottingham

I remember Clifton in a different light. We lived at 17 Pastures Avenue during 1966/7, my brother or one of them, he's the youngest, was born there. I met my half sisters and brothers there. I have always liked ...Read more

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1967 by Jean Smith

Little Waltham

I used to live in Little Waltham when I was eight until 19. We lived in a thatched cottage without electric, and no central heating, only an open fire and kitchen range. The windows used have patterns on them in the winter. In ...Read more

A memory of Little Waltham in 1954 by Pat Kings

Captions

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Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road 1958

Most if not all of these cars would have been made in Britain, and may have been purchased through one of the town`s car dealerships, Caffyns, Wadham Stringer or Dinnages.

Caption For Bellingham, High Street C1960

Main Road c1955 Once the market town for Northumberland's principal lead-mining area, Allendale Town also lays claim to be at the geographical centre of the UK.

Caption For Louth, Mercer Row C1955

Louth was a prosperous, compact market town serving a large area of the central Wolds.

Caption For Eastbourne, Town Hall 1894

Eastbourne, to befit its new status, built itself a splendidly showy and grand town hall in the 1880s.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Salutation Square C1960

There are three such memorials in the town to remember the dead in foreign lands, but the town itself has seen action on its own soil.

Caption For Rye, The River Rother 1901

In the 1190s Rye joined the Cinque Ports federation, a group of Kent and Sussex ports that provided ships for the King's navy in return for enormous privileges.

Caption For Guisborough, Highcliffe 1913

Highcliffe's immediate neighbour to the right has always been known in the town as Green Hill, a distinct hillock with a rocky outcrop on its northern face.

Caption For Scarborough, The Bay 1886

The town has been popular for centuries; as a spa town it was known as 'the Queen of watering places', and it has always been a healthy, bracing and fashionable resort.

Caption For Falmouth, Market Strand 1890

The old town, quaint and picturesque, is situated on the low ground near the edge of the harbour, and as a matter of course, the streets are very narrow.

Caption For Aldershot, Victoria Road 1927

The town of Aldershot is largely Victorian; in those early days some of the streets had shops on one side and barracks on the other.

Caption For Loftus, Woods C1960

Being on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Loftus is surrounded by some lovely countryside and the woods on the outskirts of the town have long provided a place of peace and tranquillity

Caption For Buxton, In Corbar Woods 1915

This wooded area to the north of the town was laid out and intersected with walks in the latter half of the 19th century and remain today a pleasant, if steep walk to the northern rim of the bowl

Caption For Bridport, Victoria Grove 1897

Named for the Queen and photographed in the 60th year of what had become the longest reign on record, Victoria Grove encompassed the social and architectural extremes of the era, ranging

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Water Gardens C1963

When the New Town was being built many new streets were named after people linked with the town: King Harry Street, Waterhouse Street and Combe Street, are adjacent to Marlowes where the first

Caption For Bracknell, Church Road 1901

With New Town status and under the aegis of the Development Corporation, Bracknell began to expand rapidly.

Caption For Accrington, Broadway C1965

Whilst some of these shops were newcomers to the town - Hardy & Co the furnishers, Macfisheries, and Marks & Spencer - others relocated to Broadway from other parts of the town.

Caption For Carmarthen, The Old Oak 1949

The old stump of this tree known as Merlin's Oak is still kept in the town's civic hall.

Caption For Cowbridge, Town Hall 1955

The county jail was then relocated and the new Town Hall was built incorporating some of the cells.

Caption For Romsey, Market Place 1904

The market town became a borough in 1607 and since then it has had five town halls, including the Guildhall, which is now a pub, the Tudor Rose.

Caption For Cowbridge, Town Hall 1955

The county jail was then relocated and the new Town Hall was built incorporating some of the cells.

Caption For Bedford, St Paul's Church 1898

St Paul's Square became very much the civic centre of the town with the Floral Hall, the Corn Exchange, the Town Hall, the Shire Hall and County Offices looking out onto the church in its central

Caption For Ashburton, West Street 1904

The town lies just inside the Dartmoor National Park alongside the main Exeter to Plymouth road.

Caption For Tiverton, Castle Street 1920

Castle Street runs north from the town centre.

Caption For Newport, High Street C1955

Wellington, Canning and Palmerston represented the town in Parliament.