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My Youth In Thornley

I was born at 128 Thornlaw, North Thornley. I am one of 8 children. My perants where Mr & Mrs Coles, Mary Ellen & Eric. My brother's names, Eric, Charles, Lawrance and Joseph. Sisters are Margaret, Mary, Pauline ...Read more

A memory of Thornley in 1963 by Pauline Bagnall

Growing Up

I was born on the 24th of July 1929 above a shop next to a pub called the Rose of Denmark, in Hotwells, Bristol, very convenient for Father to wet his whistle and my head at the same time. Father was born in 1893, Mother in 1895. They ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1930 by Arthur Cottrell

Fulham Girl

I lived in Burlington Road, at No.1 - it was called Jubilee Terrace, and was built to commemorate one of Queen Victoria's Jubilees. There was a pottery at the New Kings Rd end of Burlington Road which was built way back in the reign of ...Read more

A memory of Fulham in 1955 by Caroline Schurmer/Brewster

Kingsbury Green

Hi, I served my apprenticeship at L.E. Westwood (now Kingsbury Printers) at Kingsbury Green, behind the garage and car sales yard, 1949-1955. Prior to that, as a boy, I worked at United Dairies, helping the milkman (Mrs Eaton). ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1952 by Tony Day

Im An Essex Girl And Proud Of It

I was born in late August 1949 in Joan Gardens..a banjo off of Joan Road. Yes we lived on the big council estate but we didn't know. All I remember is the wonderful tmes we had playing in the banjo and the streets ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1949 by Patricia Arnold Nee Treadway

5 Jubilee Cottages

Born here 1942 - mother a member of the Wicks family based at Holly House (hurdle makers) father an airman stationed at RAF Hullavington. I recall land girls, the drone of planes. I was too young for school & roamed ...Read more

A memory of Hullavington in 1942 by Tony Dighton

Jubilee Grove Memories

I have very fond memories of staying with my grandparents Norman and Ivy Ralphs in 15 Jubilee Grove in the late 1970s and 1980s. My mother, my older sister and myself would visit in the school holidays and because we ...Read more

A memory of Sleaford by Charmaine Van Beek

My Memories Of Dibden Purlieu

I lived in Talbot Road back then with my foster sisters and our wonderful Foster Mum Mrs. Jones. I can remember attending Orchard Road Junior School durring the Queens Silver Jubilee and getting a coin with the ...Read more

A memory of Dibden Purlieu in 1977 by Andrew Price

Caravan Holidays

Ahhh, glorious Penmaenmawr where I have spent some lovely holidays.  The sunsets over the bay to Puffin are really something to see, the Fairy Glen and Dwygyfylchi pubs to stay awhile and drink in the atmosphere.  The walks ...Read more

A memory of Penmaenmawr by Susan Jones

The River

My family moved to Brampford Speke in 1972 when I was two and we moved away in the summer of 1977 to Bristol. We lived in the bungalow opposite the village pub. I went to the village school and spent most of the time down by the ...Read more

A memory of Brampford Speke in 1972 by Alison Flannery

Captions

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Caption For Newbury, Clock Tower C1955

There was an earlier clock tower on this site, known as the 'Jubilee Clock', erected in 1889 to commemorate 50 years of Queen Victoria's reign.

Caption For Skegness, South Parade 1899

This view looks towards the Jubilee Clock Tower, with Lumley Road to its left.

Caption For Otterton, The Village Green 1914

To mark George III's jubilee in 1809, a couple danced a hornpipe there - their joint ages totalled 180 years!

Caption For London, Diamond Jubilee 1897

After 60 years on the throne, Queen Victoria did not have the strength to climb the steps of St Paul's Cathedral for her Jubilee thanksgiving service, so it was held outside.

Caption For Launceston, Fore Street 1906

The prominent sign at the top of the hill is that of the Jubilee Inn.

Caption For Cheltenham, College Chapel 1906

To mark the establishment's jubilee, this new chapel designed by H A Prothero was built - to great critical acclaim.

Caption For Chatham, Victoria Gardens C1960

land, beside New Road, and the venue for the fictional proposed duel between Mr Winkle and Dr Slammer in The Pickwick Papers, before the public gardens were opened in 1897 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee

Caption For Weymouth, Town Centre C1955

Weymouth residents tend either to love or to hate the statue of George III, erected by grateful townsfolk to mark his golden jubilee, and seen in the middle distance of this photograph.

Caption For Cleveleys, Jubilee Gardens C1950

This bird's eye view shows Jubilee Gardens, opened by Lord Stanley in 1937.

Caption For Freckleton, Preston Old Road C1965

Straight ahead is the Primitive Methodist Jubilee Chapel built in 1861.

Caption For Swimbridge, The Mill C1955

Above the white roofed building, The Jubilee Parish Hall, is an area of land that was actually a tennis court.

Caption For Great Bedwyn, High Street C1955

In the foreground is a chained area enclosing the Jubilee Memorial lamp standard.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Main Street 1912

The hall itself was opened in 1901, as part of the town's commemoration of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.

Caption For Skeeby, Village 1913

The building on the left became the village's Jubilee Hall in 1978.

Caption For Windsor, Castle Hill 1914

Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee statue of 1887 replaced a market cross, and emphasises the 'company town' nature of Royal Windsor, for the castle has been a royal residence since 1075.

Caption For Crewe, Queen's Park C1960

Queen's Park was presented to the town by the London North Western Railway Company (LNWR) in 1887, and marked not only the Queen's Jubilee (hence the park's name), but also the 50th anniversary

Caption For Byfleet, Civic Restaurant C1955

It was built in 1898 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in a typical domestic Tudor revival style with a timber-framed upper floor, a cupola and battlemented stair turrets - an attractive

Caption For Alton, St Lawrence's Church, Reredos 1898

It was dedicated by the Bishop of Winchester on 10 August (St Lawrence's Day) 1898, the money having been raised as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Caption For St Blazey, The Fountain 1904

Rough granite stones provide the enclosure to contain a fountain and the Queen Victorian Jubilee Lamp of 1897.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Market Place 1893

The Town Hall was built to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

Caption For Burton Fleming, The Church C1960

A small turret clock, with two dials, was erected in the tower in commemoration of Queen Victoria's jubilee.

Caption For Cleveleys, The Beach C1955

Punch and Judy, donkey rides, boating and a wooden refresh­ment hut where the renowned Cleveleys Gingerbreads were sold in 1927 were replaced when Jubilee Gardens was made.

Caption For Drayton, The Cross And Wheatsheaf C1955

The stone cross was erected to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

Caption For Launceston, Fore Street 1893

The Jubilee Inn's sign is just below the church clock.