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Orange Hill

Hi there... great to read these posts. Seems like most are from alumni who attended earlier than me but clearly some of those teachers had been there forever. I started in the second year in 1964, and immediately started a friendship ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak by tmdleary

Kidbrooke And My Childhood

My dad returned from the war in 1946. My mother and I were living in Eltham with my grandparents and her brothers and sister. It was pretty crowded. We moved into the prefabs on Kidbrooke Way shortly after and my sister ...Read more

A memory of Kidbrooke by Jean Fields Fields

Leslie Weedon Sweet Shop On Acre Lane

I would love to know more about my grandfather Leslie Weedon who ran a sweet shop at 10A Acre Lane (next door to the post office) until his death in 1956. My father and mother had the shop for a while after that, ...Read more

A memory of Brixton by Carla Weedon

My Holidays In The 50's At Court Hall

I spent most of my school holidays, together with my brother Ronny, at Court Hall from July 1952 to approximately May 1955 - if my memory still serves. From those days. I have retained or rediscovered ...Read more

A memory of North Molton by Cedric Carton

Hatch End 50/60/70s Memories

As I’ve only just stumbled on this web page so offer excuses if it’s past its sell by date. I lived in Sylvia Ave Hatch End from 1951 (as a babe in arms) until I married and moved away in 1976. My recollections may now ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End by Martin Harris

Black Lion

My parents, Joan & Roger Graham, bought the Black Lion pub in 1963/4? and concentrated on building the business up and making it a large part of village life. With the full co-operation and hard work of my parents and the ...Read more

A memory of Abergorlech in 1964 by Wendy Graham

Stacksteads Boyhood.

My family moved from Haslingden to Newchurch Road in 1950 opposite the Farhome Tavern. As an eight year old I attended Western Junior School until 1953 leaving to attend Blackthorn Secondary Modern until June 1957 when our ...Read more

A memory of Stacksteads in 1950 by Tom Pilling

John Ansells Memories 1938 1951

As a 10 year old, I moved with my parents to 90 Middle Lane 1938, which is now demolished. I remember watching the firework displays at Alexandra Palace. I was evacuated to Cornwall in 1938 with Crouch End Junior ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1940 by John Ansell

The Best Memories

I was born in Otley hospital as were most from Guiseley and all around. In 1969 I was posted there as a police officer and stayed until 1974. My daughter was born there in 1972 and my dad died there on his 81st birthday. I know ...Read more

A memory of Otley in 1969 by Alan Hill

Post Office On The Corner Of Endsleigh Road

I was a postman in the 1960s and collected the post from this post office.

A memory of South Merstham in 1966 by Derek Warner

Captions

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Caption For Netherbury, Village 1902

Standing outside the village Post Office on the left, the bewiskered elderly man leaning on two sticks and wearing a bowler hat was probably a figure of some status in the village, where there were a

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road 1890

On the right are Elm Cottages, of which four were later altered to shops and one pulled down to make way for a new post office (1896).

Caption For Barcombe, The Village Sign C1955

They were replaced soon after the war finished, in time for the great expansion in post-war tourism.

Caption For Thetford, St Cuthbert's Church 1921

On the right is the 1884 post office; its decorative detailing recalls the ancient East Anglian tradition of pargetting.

Caption For Market Rasen, Queen Street C1960

The steps used to lead into the post office, but it is now a restaurant and Tourist Information Office.

Caption For Formby, Post Office And Village C1955

At the opposite end of Chapel Lane stands the post office (left), which originally offered a full counter service, but is now relegated to sorting and parcels distribution.

Caption For Lindfield, Bower House And Church 1957

The Bower House is a timber-framed hall house with a kingpost roof.The Tiger public house was once Church House—behind the brick façade it has a king post roof and a 15th-century hall.

Caption For Herstmonceux, Gardner Street C1965

Round the bend, past the old garage, the A271 continues as Gardner Street, the main shopping street of the village.

Caption For Otterton, The Village 1906

The King's Arms now serves as the post office and village store as well as a public house.

Caption For Tickhill, Market Place C1955

In medieval times Tickhill, which lies 4 miles south of Doncaster, was more important than Sheffield; its castle, built about 1130, was one of the most important in the north - we can just

Caption For Kildwick, View From Church C1965

From the elevated position of St Andrew's Church we look down the Aire Valley, where now a dual carriageway leads into Keighley.

Caption For Dorking, The White Horse Hotel C1960

Dickens's brain than Sam himself, but its counterpart in our everyday world is said to have lain in North Street, the King's Head, a vast establishment in the 18th century, now vanished, like the Post

Caption For Kettering, Newland Street 1922

By the post-war period traffic had increased, so traffic lights were installed (see K13018, pages 52). The KICS (Co-op) drapery building with Jacobean bay windows can be seen down Newland Street.

Caption For Hogsthorpe, High Street C1960

The first house on the left is named The Old Post Office, and the Old Cobblers Shop is further up the street.

Caption For Llandough, Hospital, Nurses Home C1955

The hospital's inaugural year was not without controversy – a minor furore ensued after an 'important post' was awarded to a sister of a city councillor.

Caption For Chesham, Church Street C1965

that view were replaced by Dawes Close, a group of single storey cottages, built in 1959 for the Mary Gertrude Davies Trust, set around a small green whose access can be seen by the lamp post

Caption For Freshfield, Post Office, Old Town Lane C1965

An unusual, but often most welcome, combination of pharmacy and sub-post office, the building on the near left has performed the function under at least three owners to the knowledge

Caption For Hogsthorpe, High Street C1960

The first house on the left is named The Old Post Office, and the Old Cobblers Shop is further up the street.

Caption For Aspley Guise, The Square C1955

The motor car in the centre of the picture is a Jowett Javelin - arguable one of the very best vehicles designed in post-war Britain.

Caption For Elvington, The Post Office C1960

This charming post office is still here, and overlooks the green and the beck.

Caption For Newbury, The Broadway C1960

The Clock Tower pub on the extreme left is now called Broadways, while next door to it A W Luff is now a post office and convenience store.

Caption For Upper Dicker, Coldharbour Road C1955

The openness on the right has now given way to modern houses, and the post office and general store on the left is now a private house.

Caption For Shalford, The Village C1955

The post office survives here, with the garage converted to be part of it, while the rather fine late Victorian butcher's shopfront to the right has now been rebuilt as Wing Hung Chinese restaurant

Caption For Dunoon, 'columba' 1904

Built in 1878, and flagship of the MacBrayne fleet, Columba was renowned for the quality of her passenger comfort, with saloons the full width of her hull, a barber's shop and a post office.