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Part 8

Entertainment The Men: Mostly the pubs provided a good range of entertainment with darts, dominoes and cards being played. Some men kept greyhounds or whippets for racing, but generally gardening took up a lot of their time, as ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

Part 11

And had an inter-house sports day annually that was highly contested. The school was divided into four houses, St Columbus, St Aiden, and St Patrick and St Cuthbert’s. Church attendances were very high, poor Fr. Tuohey had to give ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

Parkinsons Store

I have very fond memories of holidays spent with my Aunt Susan Parkinson and my cousins Jane and David Boggia and their daughters Mel and Bev. I helped out in the store one holiday and had my first romance with a lad from the ...Read more

A memory of East Harling in 1965 by Dorothy Ormston

Parker Terrace.

I was born in Preston Hospital, North Shields.in 1943. My first recollections as a child were of living on Rosehill Road known as Parker Terrace at No7. An old lady called Mrs Roper lived next door. Another family called Spencer ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend in 1947 by Maggie Ridley

Park Court ~ Balham Park Road

My Aunt & Uncle (Ella & Cecil Forbes) lived in a two bedroom flat in Park Court in Balham Park Road from 1948 & throughout the 1950s and I spent much time staying with them as my parents ran pubs in The City. ...Read more

A memory of Balham in 1955

Parents Live3d Here From About 1914 Till 1933

Tracing my family history and led to Great Ayton. My G/mother..Anne Eliza Stabler and my G/father Frederick Henry Stabler lived in Church St...... now Guisbro Road??? Found her unmarked grave ...Read more

A memory of Great Ayton in 1930 by Malcolm Stabler

Paradise!

My grandparent's on mother's side lived in top flat of Otterburn, Stroncarraig Brae, Rhubaan and my first visit was in August 1938 on a three weeks holiday from my home in Penarth, South Wales. My grandfather had a small open motor ...Read more

A memory of Tighnabruaich by Alastair Urquhart

Paradise

1969 wasn't my first visit to Blackwaterfoot, that was two years earlier, but it was probably the year I fell in love with the place. We stayed at The Rock Hotel, and I was 12 at the time. It was a small establishment, probably ...Read more

A memory of Blackwaterfoot in 1969 by Keith Palmer

Palmers Green

My grandmother lived at 50 Old Park Road, opposite Bloomfield Park, and I went to school at Franklin House School in Palmerston Road from 1955 to 1960, then the Winchmore Hill Collegiate School from 1960 to 1962. I used to ...Read more

A memory of Palmers Green in 1959 by Christopher Liddle

Paignton Was My Crucible 1947

My mother gave life to me in Paignton hospital (now a hospice I believe) in July of this year (1947) and I spent much of my early years in and around this lovely little town. Not so lovely or little now but still ...Read more

A memory of Paignton in 1947 by Peter Chave

Captions

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Caption For Welford, High Street C1965

The Leicester to Northampton road passes through Welford's High Street, parallel with the much more tranquil West Street.

Caption For Blackburn, Corporation Park, The Entrance 1923

The Borough coat of arms and its motto, 'Arte et Labore', is cut into the stone, along with the name of the park over the entrance arch.

Caption For Abergele, Market Street 1895

Tradesmen's carts are much in evidence in this view. Although there are several changes to the street, the town hall is still a landmark.

Caption For Rolvenden, Village 1901

At one of these cottages lived an elderly lady, who spent much time seated at her window, who as a four-year-old girl had been present at the Battle of Waterloo with her father, a colour sergeant in

Caption For Abingdon, St Nicholas's Church Interior 1890

It is basically a late Norman and early 13th-century building, but it was much changed in the 14th and 15th centuries, including the battlemented west tower; its interior is relatively plain,

Caption For Woodford Bridge, High Road C1950

Much of this scene had not changed since before the war. The post office (near right) was run by F S Mowlam in the 1950s. Further on we see the gabled end of the White Hart Hotel.

Caption For Godmanchester, The Causeway C1950

Townsend`s Stores (left) have become J G Clifford, dispensing chemist; the tearooms and cafe are now Riverside Hair Design; Ali`s Tandoori Restaurant lies on the opposite side of the arched

Caption For Budleigh Salterton, From East 1898

Its lack of sand might be the reason that it did not develop as a traditional family resort, but rather as a refined watering place much loved by residents and visitors, who return year after

Caption For Westbury, Market Place C1955

Dating from the early 18th century, it has unusual features, 'an undulating Edwardian parapet with 3 blind arches over plate glass sash windows' (The Department of Environment List of Buildings

Caption For Salisbury, Poultry Cross And Silver Street 1906

People sit and watch life go by under the hexagonal arches of the Poultry Cross. For five hundred years commerce has surrounded this area with ironmongers, shoemakers and fish and meat shops.

Caption For Luton, St Mary's Church C1955

Much of the exterior was remodelled in the 15th century to give the striking chequer pattern of flint and stone.

Caption For Fareham, High Street C1955

Tucked away at the mouth of the little River Wallington is Fareham - much busier around the 18th century than when this picture was taken.

Caption For Earls Colne, Church Hill C1960

Although much of the building was rebuilt in Victorian times, the tower dates from 1535. The decoration includes the mullet (or star), the badge of the de Veres.

Caption For Broadstairs, Viking Bay 1951

Much of 'David Copperfield' was penned in the crenellated Fort House, visible on the left, which has been renamed Bleak House and is now a commemorative museum.

Caption For Dover, Castle C1965

But the great keep, the inner bailey and much of the curtain walling were built by Henry II between 1168-86, at the then colossal cost of £3,000.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow 1901

All was much restored by Pearson in the 1880s: he added the battlements, for example. The left-hand and centre archways are least altered.

Caption For Old Langho, The Black Bull C1955

On the right, facing the village green, stands this old-world inn; the wide arch is the entry to a mews area for horse-drawn carts and carriages.

Caption For Newbury, The Clock Tower From Oxford Road C1955

Buses still use the Broadway and Northbrook Street but today traffic cannot use the section of the latter thoroughfare much beyond Wheelers Garage during the daytime.

Caption For Sprotbrough, The Bridge 1895

This fine seven-arch Grecian-style bridge over the River Don was built in 1850; it linked the village to Warmsworth, and replaced the ferry service.

Caption For Stamford, Town Bridge C1955

The Hospital, a set of almshouses founded in 1597 by William Cecil, owes much of its present appearance, including the chimneys, to alterations made in the 18th century.

Caption For Cheddar, Village And Gorge C1873

The area is now very much a tourist mecca. MONTACUTE, Montacute

Caption For Dorking, High Street 1888

Much of the market trade was performed in the public houses which lined the High Street.

Caption For Sidmouth, Looking West 1924

Many years later, Queen Victoria placed a window in the parish church as a monument to the father who had loved her so much.

Caption For Whitby, West Cliff 1891

Since this photograph was taken in the summer time, there is not as much smoke coming from the dwelling houses along the Crag (which lies behind the houses on the river front), but there