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Claybury Memories.

Both my parents were nurses at Claybury during the 1950s. My dad worked days and my mum worked nights. I can remember her telling me that when she did 'the rounds' during the night she used to ride her bike through the dark ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1950 by Hilary Hughes

The 2010 Oxford Folk Festival

This view shows just one of the many venues for the 2010 Oxford Folk Festival, a weekend long festival of music, song and dancing including a grand parade through the city on Saturday morning. Thousands of residents and ...Read more

A memory of Oxford in 2010 by John Howard Norfolk

Queens Hotel

My mother and father Vera and Fred Groves took over the Queens Hotel when I was a youg boy (BORN 1957). I remember the circus coming in the adjacent field. One day our dog Jip took ME for a walk down to the Flash reservoir much to the ...Read more

A memory of Winsford in 1960 by Victor Groves

St Von Tromp (Public House)

Hi there, just wondered if anyone knew any information or of any photos of a pub at 70 Church Street called The St. Von Tromp, which closed in December 1922? There would have also been a theatre/music hall in the area...? If anyone can help it would very much appreciated. stellabellatak@aol.com

A memory of St Helens in 1910 by Tracey Kirkby

The Lion And Lamb Inn

Amazing to see the photo of the Lion and Lamb, I worked there as a cocktail barmaid in 1962 or 1963, the manager was Harvey Storch. I have a lot of fond memories from my time there and to see it has hardly changed is ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood in 1962 by Sandie Salmon (Nee Clifton)

Holystreet

I was a pupil at Holystreet from 1956 till it closed as a school a few years later. I have vivid memories of Miss Watson and Miss Thompson, also Miss Wyatt and Mrs Ruegg. It was a beautiful place for a school, I remember the chilly ...Read more

A memory of Chagford in 1955 by Rosemary Webber

Memories Of Parsons/ Blackdown/Deepcut/ And Chilwell Barracks

I was stationed at Parsons barracks for two weeks before we moved to Blackdown camp for basic training. I did a course on office work and did touch typing which lasted for ten weeks. During ...Read more

A memory of Deepcut in 1952 by Les May

17th Century Murder Replayed At Church Norton.

The more I think back on this incident, the more bizzare and terryfying it seems. In 2001, around Oct/Nov, myself and a friend drove to the car park at Church Norton church at about 11:00pm. We were at ...Read more

A memory of Sidlesham in 2001 by Jon Clatworthy

My Ancesters!

My memories are not of my own associations with Latimer, but I still feel a great affection for the place. When my grandparents got married in 1897 they went for a brief honeymoon in Latimer. My grandfather's aunt, Elizabeth Amanda ...Read more

A memory of Latimer in 1890 by Marjorie Davidson Smith

Shaftesbury Crescent

My grandparents lived at 41 Shaftesbury Crescent near the baseball ground from 1946 till 1980, next door lived Ethel Paling, she was a wonderful cook, the smell of her baking I can still remember today. Next to Ethel was Mr and ...Read more

A memory of Pear Tree in 1946 by Gayle Megill

Captions

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Caption For Macclesfield, The Barracks 1903

It was said that the dragoons left town in as much haste as did the Mayoress.

Caption For Langton Green, Village Green C1950

The village sits three miles west of the Tunbridge Wells on the East Grinstead road, which is much busier today than when this picture was taken some 50 years ago.

Caption For Canford Magna, Canford Bridge 1899

Canford Bridge has three arches of Portland stone over a languid length of the River Stour, and carries the road from Wimborne to Poole.

Caption For Edgehill, Edgehill Battlefield 1922

The actual battle took place below the escarpment in the much flatter area between Radway and Kineton.

Caption For Blackheath, The Volunteer Arms C1955

The pub dates from about 1840, and used to have a later elaborate arched canopy, now long gone. The pub is now called the Villagers.

Caption For Abingdon, St Nicholas's Church 1890

Once the sixth wealthiest of England's medieval monasteries, it was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538, and much of its stonework was carried by river to London.

Caption For Widnes, Municipal Buildings C1965

When the route was first laid out it was deemed unlikely that there would ever be much expansion here and it was known locally as 'David Lewis's Folly' after the Councillor who decided on it.

Caption For Carbis Bay, General View 1901

The scenic St Ives branch railway follows the coast, with a four-arched viaduct crossing the little valley behind the beach; the station platform is just beyond.

Caption For St Austell, View From Ring Road C1955

The bypass on the south side of town was opened in 1926; it was much needed to relieve the narrow streets of both local china clay and through traffic.

Caption For Clifton, The Suspension Bridge 1887

By coincidence, a young engineer by the name of Isambard Kingdom Brunel had been staying in Clifton for his health, spending much of his time sketching in the Gorge.

Caption For Rowsley, Bridge And Peacock Inn C1870

This fine five-arched bridge over the River Derwent at Rowsley has carried traffic for nearly four hundred years.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1902

It's quite possible that the attendant pictured here is the much-loved 'Sammy the Boatman'.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1925

With smartly-dressed attendants very much in evidence we may be viewing an early morning scene as the boats are lined up and ready but there are few paying customers.

Caption For Leeds Castle, 1892

In the 19th century much reconstruction had taken place. By 1926 its owner, the Honourable Mrs Wilson-Fulmer (Lady Baillie) had begun a 30 year restoration project.

Caption For Haverhill, Market Place C1950

As a result of the expansion of the town since 1959 due to London overspill, much of the center was redeveloped.

Caption For Llandough, St Dochdwy's Church C1955

Although much eroded by weather, the cross is adorned by an interlaced rope pattern and various sculptures, including a horse and its rider.

Caption For Gainsborough, Bridge Street C1955

On the left is now either cleared or a car park, and the road is much wider. Here the river Trent is the boundary between Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow 1901

Indeed, in 1924 the bank liked the style so much it demolished the building on the far left and added a further bay in the same style. Later the Midland Bank, it is now the HSBC.

Caption For Chepstow, Beaufort Square 1906

Beaufort Square is very much the hub of Chepstow.

Caption For Cuckfield, Church Cottages C1950

The vicar could not afford to keep the cottages, and the Church Commissioners sanctioned their sale to the then tenants, much to the annoyance of a local entrepreneur, who wanted to demolish

Caption For Lindfield, The Common C1960

The Common is much appreciated by the local residents.

Caption For Ilkley, Royal Hotel 1914

It was built on the site of Mother Downes' charming thatched cottage in 1870 and was much enlarged ­twenty years later.

Caption For Acle, Oby Drainage Windmill C1929

The Broads have been called the pleasure grounds of Norfolk; they are the remains of a huge estuary that once spread over much of the eastern part of the county.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park 1902

This view, looking along the Roath Brook, does not give much idea of the park's scale. But at a total of 102 acres, the park was a pretty immense area for a day out.