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Wrexham Dairies

Does anyone remember the dairy in Pandy? It was Wrexham Dairies . I used to help out on the milk float that used to do the Rhosrobin run, also Gwersyllt. The woman who used to drive it was Joyce and on a ...Read more

A memory of Pandy in 1960 by Philip Kersey Smith

Love That Place!

Born at Petersfield in 1940, my first home was Berry Cottage, down Sandy Lane, opposite Sibley's farm. Berry cottage had only 4 rooms (2 up and 2 down), no running water, only a well and later a tap down in the lane. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Rake Firs in 1940 by Monica Stewart

Great Horton

Our family lived in Lidget Green, near the Great Horton railway station. I was born in 1949 near Bradford (Wakefield), and lived in Lidget Green from toddlerhood until we emigrated in 1960. The neighborhood provided many memories ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1959 by Richard L

Auntie Lena

I went to Plas in the 1960s and have fabulous memories of the wonderful holidays and all the fun things that happened, the outings, the trips to Carnaerfon, the tricks we played and of course our wonderful Auntie Lena who actually ...Read more

A memory of Betws Garmon in 1969 by Gill Otoole(Ne Coughlin)

My Home Area

Although I was born in Princetown I spent endless hours and days in Tafarnaubach. I was brought up in the area and my closest friends all lived in Princetown or Tafaneu. Friends like Ken Woods, Graham Davies, Denis Francis, Alun ...Read more

A memory of Tafarnaubach in 1948 by John Carol Evans

Colerne In The Second World War Continued

Those of us at Colerne school who passed our 'scholarship' exam at the age of about eleven usually went on to Chippenham Secondary School, which probably goes under a different name now: it's at ...Read more

A memory of Colerne in 1940 by John Bunting

1962/63 Best Time Of My Childhood

I can't believe this, amazing even if the names are coincidence, I was at Warnham Court 1962-63, I can remember lots of names: Roy Riggs, with his 'German' dictionary. June Palmer. John Thorp, we ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1962 by Victor Chytry

Pontnewydd Church School

As I remember, the discipline there was tough, but at least you knew right from wrong and if you did something wrong you could expect punishment - nearly always the cane. We all had to attend the church for assembly ...Read more

A memory of Pontnewydd in 1940 by Lance Ford

Events On The Hill

I have left the year of these incidents because they were on going throughout my childhood. The first concerns Dr Clinch's dog. Dr Clinch lived at the top of Penygarn Hill. He was a large man with a gruff exterior, I believe he ...Read more

A memory of Penygarn by Robert Miles

Margaret Sewell Girls Selective School Carlisle

A cousin of mine, Winifred Dogherty, was appointed Head of this school in 1933 and I believe stayed there until her death in 1952. She lived at 3 Beech Grove North, Stanwix. Some of her family joined ...Read more

A memory of Stanwix in 1930 by John Dogherty

Captions

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Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1900

The shop window at No 26, the draper Henry Octavius Bickley (right), contains clothing and parasols.

Caption For Fishguard, The Square 1959

There is no car parking today, but a busy road junction with a cannon in the centre.

Caption For Gargrave, The Lock, Eshton Road C1955

An aqueduct carries the canal over the river, the main road crosses over the canal and a railway runs over the road.

Caption For Worcester, Old House In The Corn Market C1890

A carved inscription above the left-hand lower window reads 'Love God WB 1577 RD Honor Kinge'.

Caption For Berwick Upon Tweed, The Tweed Bridge C1960

The 1405ft long concrete four-span Royal Tweed Bridge, designed by L G Mouchel & Partners, was built in 1925-28 to take traffic off the old stone bridge that still stands nearby.

Caption For Brampton, The Royal Oak And Signpost C1955

A few hundred yards along the present B1514 road past the turning to Pepys House, the road forks at the roundabout where the main road runs eastwards towards the A14 and the left road takes us

Caption For Harlech, Castle Entrance 1933

Additional protection was given to the eastern and southern flanks of Harlech by a deep ditch. Entry to the castle was by way of the twin-towered main gatehouse on the eastern side.

Caption For Braughing, The Post Office Stores C1955

The garage on the left has been replaced by two houses, but almost fifty years later, the post office still sports its black exposed timber on white rendering.

Caption For Beddgelert, The Bridge And Llewelyn Hotel 1889

The small stone village of Beddgelert stands at the confluence of the Colwyn and Glaslyn rivers. It sits in the shadow of Snowdon, and is a favourite tourist spot.

Caption For Hitchin, The Market 1901

This photograph shows how the traffic used to run diagonally across the Market Place.

Caption For Minehead, Hopcott Lane 1919

This became the main park for Minehead in 1924 following private donations towards a scheme for the conversion of 6 acres of meadows.

Caption For Eype, Beach 1930

This view shows Eype Mouth, looking westwards to what is now a National Trust skyline, with Ridge Cliff and Doghouse Hill rising into the 508-feet summit of Thorncombe Beacon (centre).

Caption For Walkern, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin C1960

The River Beane runs close to the church, and is liable to heavy flooding.

Caption For Stanstead Abbotts, View From Cats Hill C1960

Running downhill into Stanstead Abbots from the north-east, Cats Hill presents a formidable hazard to modern motorists. It was not so in the 1960s, without a vehicle in view.

Caption For Blakeney, The Blakeney Hotel 1925

Trading from its port ended in 1922, and this heralded the start of Blakeney as a tourist centre, specialising in boating, fishing, walking, painting, bird-watching and nature study.

Caption For Tring, St Peter And St Paul's Church C1960

It is thought that there has been a building on the site of the church since Roman times.

Caption For Beddgelert, The Bridge And Llewelyn Hotel 1889

The small stone village of Beddgelert stands at the confluence of the Colwyn and Glaslyn rivers. It sits in the shadow of Snowdon, and is a favourite tourist spot.

Caption For Manchester, Exhibition 1887

This photograph shows the part of the Jubilee Exhibition of 1887 that was situated between Talbot Road and the railway.

Caption For Cawston, High Street C1965

In its heyday this was a huge village with shops of every description and five prosperous inns; there was even a beer house run by Matthew Austin.

Caption For Houghton, The Village 1914

The name Houghton, always pronounced `Hoe`ton`, has its origins in Saxon times, although there is evidence that there was a settlement here before the Roman period.

Caption For Liverpool, The Floating Road 1895

Our photographer is standing on the Prince's Landing Stage, looking up the floating road towards St Nicholas' Place and the church of Our Lady and St Nicholas at the top.

Caption For Bibury, Swan Hotel C1960

William Morris described Bibury as the most beautiful village in England, and it has charmed visitors throughout the ages with its quintessential Cotswold character and composition.

Caption For Dunoon, 'columba' 1904

Launched on 11 April 1878, the Clyde paddler 'Columba' was the last vessel built for David Hutchinson & Co; the firm changed its name to David Macbrayne the following year.