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A Very Big Step

My wife and I went to Caio some 6 months after we married. I was recalled into the army 2 days after our wedding due to the Sues crisis although I was only away from home for 4 months it was long enough for me to loose my job and so ...Read more

A memory of Caio in 1957 by George Larbey

A Yokels Tale

A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by Tom Thornton

A Fantastic Place To Grow Up In

I Lived in Bulford Camp from 1942 - 1958 and attended Wing School. The street the school was on was Bond St. A street of terraced corrigated iron houses, inhabited by civillian workers. My family and I returned in ...Read more

A memory of Bulford in 1958 by Brian Williams

A Long Time Ago

My Godmother Ruth Pallister came from Shildon. Her father and mother owned a shop there, and she would recount the story of a bull or steer that escaped from the local slaughter house, and pushed its head through the shops front ...Read more

A memory of Shildon in 1910 by Iain Chapman

A Long Time Ago!

Hi everybody, only just found this site and so interesting to read the comments. I was at Tiffield in the old Victorian "fridge" they called the main building from early 1957 to approx middle 1959. Mr Turner was head (nice chap) ...Read more

A memory of Tiffield by Robert Day

A Long Way From Australia

I have just started researching and writing a family history for my daughter who was born here in Australia and has little knowledge of the backgrounds of her English grand- and great grandparents. My theme is "Thank ...Read more

A memory of Eastwood by Paula Stocker

A Lovely Devon Village

We moved to No. 6 Tipton Vale in 1950. Maureen a baby, myself (Valerie) and parents Eric and Joan White fom Fenny Bridges. The house was a new council house, pink and blue. Dad dug out a bank at the rear and we found ...Read more

A memory of Tipton St John in 1950 by Valerie Jordan

A Visit To London In 1953

At this time I was a resident at a K.C.C. children's home at Hadlow near Tonbridge Kent. During the summer holidays a friend - Paul Thornton - and I though it would be a good idea to visit London, with very little ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's by briang7jwx

A Young Yank At Wadenhoe 1955

In 1955, several Air Force families stationed variously at Alconbury and Molesworth Air Force Bases in England found themselves renting flats (apts) in a Jacobean Manor House in the English Countryside. The landlady, ...Read more

A memory of Wadenhoe in 1955 by Perle Champion

Aiden's Bike.

I remember this picture well, back in 1955, i was a nipper, and my good friend Aiden, he was a bit of a petrol head, he loved bikes more then anything in the world, that bike in the picture was his one, he was my best ...Read more

A memory of North Weald Bassett by Mike Rock

Captions

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Caption For Roseberry Topping, C1885

At the foot of Roseberry Topping is the hamlet of Newton under Roseberry, and in this view we see the Kings Head Inn (extreme right).

Caption For Eye, Church Street C1960

Down the street the King's Head has closed, but retains its Lacon's sign on the wall.

Caption For North Weald, The Kings Head C1955

Parts of this beautiful old building date back to the middle years of the 16th century.

Caption For Long Melford, Little St Mary's C1955

We have now nearly reached the southern end of the street, and have turned round to head back to the church.

Caption For Wimborne, The King's Head C1960

The King's Head dates back to at least 1726, but it underwent a major reconstruction in the 1880s.

Caption For Aylesbury, Cambridge Street C1955

Cambridge Street, misleadingly, does not head for Cambridge, and was formerly Bakers Lane.

Caption For Wells, Sadler Street C1960

The east side of the street was developed after 1340, but some deeds for the west side date back as far as 1301.

Caption For Othery, Main Road C1955

From Bridgwater we head south-east into Sedgemoor to Othery, a village built on a low hill that rises 60 feet above the Moors.

Caption For Beare Green, The Duke's Head 1924

The Duke's Head Inn (right), which would appear to date back to the 16th or 17th century from its quaint interior, is still here at the side of what is now a modern dual carriageway.

Caption For Rottingdean, Village Pond C1955

With Kipling's 'blunt, bow-headed, whale-backed Downs' surrounding it, the village runs up a valley from the sea, climaxing beyond the High Street on the Green with its pond, where Kipling lived.

Caption For Hailsham, St Mary's Church C1955

The brick footpath heads towards the porch which, with the south aisle, was added in 1870 to designs by H E Rumble.

Caption For Beare Green, The Dukes Head Hotel C1955

Back on the A24 London to Worthing Road, and north of Capel, is Beare Green with the Duke's Head pub.

Caption For Peterborough, Cathedral Square And Guildhall C1965

It has been pedestrianised with trees, imitation gas globe lights and CCTV, with Starbucks occupying the old Lloyds Bank building (extreme right) and an opticians shop in lieu of E J Gibbs on the corner

Caption For Dartford, High Street 1949

This photograph shows the centre of the busy High Street, with the road to Bexley and London ahead and the turning to Crayford visible on the right.

Caption For Blunham, The Hill And Square 1968

Firmly back in Bedfordshire and heading south, our route passes through Blunham, a most attractive village, where the poet John Donne was rector from 1622 until his death in 1632, although he was also

Caption For Hawkshead, The Parish Church 1892

It contains Tudor murals and painted texts on its walls, and its parish registers go back to the same period.Hawkshead is one of the prettiest Lakeland villages; it stands at the head of Esthwaite

Caption For Blackburn, Sudell Cross 1895

Next to the draper's shop on the left is Walmsley's Stationers and Bookshop.The large window proudly proclaims that they have a Bible and Prayer Book Department.The horse-drawn tram heads off towards

Caption For Welshpool, Church Street C1955

The van on the left was ahead of its time by using the back door for the slogan: 'If it's tractors ask Reginald Tildesley'.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Cavendish Street C1960

We can see the back of a road sign proclaiming 'Halt: major road ahead' standing by a number of pedestrians on the right.

Caption For Newent, Broad Street C1965

On the right is the elegant Georgian frontage of Lloyd's Bank, complete with a fanlight over the door and a decorated gable at the roofline.

Caption For Southwell, The Saracens Head C1955

Frith's photographer was looking back through the carriageway towards Church Street straight ahead.

Caption For Southwell, Market Place C1960

Frith's photographer was looking back through the carriageway towards Church Street straight ahead.

Caption For Barlborough, The Church C1955

The parish church of St James is thought to date back to the reign of either Henry II or Richard I, though it was heavily rebuilt about a hundred years after its original construction.

Caption For Preston, Horrockses, Crewdson & Co Ltd 1913

At the back of this picture are the old works, which date from 1791.