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Training To Be A Bricklayer

During my chidhood I was to perform lots of different tasks that would make life for my mother a little easier. I did not know it at the time but she was actually training me for my working life. Not ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1951 by Frank Mowforth

Melrose Cottage 8 Shalbourne

In the 1950s and early 1960s my brother and I were fostered to a Miss Little and her sister at 8 Shalborne, there were several children living there and I have many fond memories of our stay. We used to sleep in a ...Read more

A memory of Shalbourne by Rob Barnett

Newbottle Village

I remember coming from school and running up to the hillside fields helping Wheightman to load the hay onto his tractors and building the haystacks on North Pasture, off down to the yard pond looking for frogs and ...Read more

A memory of Newbottle in 1956 by Richard Leadbitter

Bonfire Night In Teesdale Road In 1955/56

Can anyone remember the Guilders living in Teesdale Road in 1955/56? It was fun the group of 4 quarters watching fireworks from inside, and eating jacket potatoes and parkin made by mom..mm...

A memory of Catterick in 1955 by Jennifer Jones

Armagh 1957 Onwards

I get a lovely glow when I think of my dear Armagh in the 1950s. Life seemed so good and simple then. I would spend my days roaming free letting my imagination grow as children do. I played down in the river by the Legar ...Read more

A memory of Armagh in 1957 by Aine Nicart

My Childhood Days Brynna Boy

8 Southall Street /16 Tan-y-Bryn. We, the Brynna Boys, used to run to school, Mr & Mrs Davies Head Master and thei two daughters, strict and friendly, firm and kind. I can only describe those happy days, Coronation ...Read more

A memory of Brynna in 1953 by Gary Edwards

My Nan Agnes Conor

I am trying to trace anyone who might have any history about the Conor family who lived at 14 Queen Street, Darlington in 1909. That year my nan was born to Sarah Jane Conor. She also had a daughter Elizabeth who was ...Read more

A memory of Darlington in 1900 by Lisa Ellis

School St In The Fifties

Hi Jacqueline, I lived at 9 School Street. My name is Mike Hawkins and I was born in 1947. I think your name was Burgess and your brother Tommy was my childhood best friend. He moved to Welwyn Garden City and I never saw ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1950 by Michael Hawkins

Leeson S School

I remember going to Leesons (Private School). It was run by Mr and Mrs Leeson with the assistance of their daughter Joy - sadly it was closed many years ago and there is a developement of several houses built on the site ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 1955 by Maureen Young

Where Is St. Patricks Open Air School?

Did you go to St. Patricks Open Air School? I was sent in 1957 as I had very bad asthma and I left in 1965. The school was open to about a hundred girls who suffered from a range of chest conditions. The ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1957

Captions

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Caption For Walkern, Church End C1960

Beecroft Lane runs opposite the lane that leads to the church at Church End.

Caption For Malham, Malham Cove C1881

Once water cascaded over this 240ft-high limestone cliff, but now it runs underground from the Tarn before it reaches this point.

Caption For Brotton, The Avenue C1955

Brotton is another settlement with an ancient history; it was also seriously influenced by the ironstone industry at a later date.

Caption For Southborough, London Road 1900

This is the same scene as photograph No 37890 in the opposite direction, four years later, revealing the rich assortment of buildings and businesses which had developed along this stretch of the main

Caption For Redditch, Evesham Street C1955

Earlier pictures of Evesham Street show Cranmore Simmons on the corner, a family-run furniture business established by Alfred Simmons in the 1920s.

Caption For Falmouth, Market Strand 1890

As well as excursions up the Fal, ferries operated to Flushing and St Mawes Castle. Larger excursion steamers were employed on runs to the Lizard and Penzance.

Caption For Brompton, Cockpit Hill C1960

This one, with the beck running through it, was built up in the 19th century to house workers at the nearby mill, where for a hundred years John Wilford & Sons produced linen, flax and wool.

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, Peterboro Road 1906

It all looks neater now, and the trees have been thinned. Nothing new architecturally has been added.

Caption For Halesworth, The Thoroughfare C1955

Before the by-pass this was the main road through the town; it is now pedestrianised.

Caption For Chelmondiston, The Red Lion C1955

The Red Lion changed its name to The Venture (a ship) in 1997. The 1880s red brick house beyond with veranda under the gable was part of the Berners' estate at Woolverton Hall.

Caption For Brecon, Ship Street 1910

This street is a short one, running up into the town after crossing the Usk. The motor car is not yet a common sight, hence the horse-drawn carts going about their business.

Caption For Eastleigh, High Street C1960

This photograph shows the shops on the other side of the street from E167019. On the comer (right) we have Delbridges. The nearest building on the right was originally Lloyds Bank.

Caption For Abingdon, Wesleyan Church And Schools 1893

Conduit Road runs north from Ock Street on the east side of the Albert Park estate, and the earliest buildings on it are this church group.

Caption For Ambleside, Bridge House 1912

Straddling Stock Ghyll, which runs by the side of the main road, this curious little structure is probably the best-known feature of Ambleside.

Caption For Croston, The Rectory Ruins C1950

The name 'Croston' means 'town with a cross'.

Caption For Whitehead, The Bay 1897

This shows the town, the railway and the headland. The first station had been provided only 20 years before.

Caption For Shipley, The Glen 1921

This stream, the Lode Pit Beck, flows off the moor into the Aire at Shipley. A former drovers' track took trade over the hills to Ilkley and Otley.

Caption For Runcorn, Devonshire Place 1961

The top of the High Street was known officially as Devonshire Place, but the locals always called it Devonshire Square, even though it only had three sides.

Caption For Kibworth, The Church Of St Wilfred C1955

Close to the road, the solid but impressive ashlar tower dominates the immediate street scene with its substantial angled buttresses and crocketted finials; these are not 15th-century, but were added

Caption For Newent, Broad Street C1955

The main shopping areas of Broad Street and Church Street have not changed too much in character since the camera clicked on this scene.

Caption For Radcliffe On Trent, The Weir C1955

East of the village, the Shelford Road climbs on to the red sandstone hills, which are undercut by the River Trent to form river cliffs.

Caption For Hampstead, Rosslyn Hill 1898

The camera looks towards Hampstead High Street, formerly Red Lion Hill.

Caption For Helston, Penrose From The Park 1890

Helston Penrose Walk 1913 Penrose Walk runs from the bottom end of Coronation Park down to the Loe and follows its shore to Penrose.

Caption For Balcombe, The Village C1955

This village is noted for its beautiful woods, a railway tunnel under the Balcombe Forest and a brick viaduct over the Ouse valley. The church of St Mary was built in 1847.