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Memories

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Number 1 Kersemill Cottages

I started being accident prone at an early age it seems. My parents lived at the above cottages with me and my big sister. My dad was a meal miller and worked at the meal mill just up the the road to the right I think, ...Read more

A memory of Kersemill in 1956 by Val Litten

Fond Memories

My grandfather, Reginald Dean, of 130 Bridge Road, Oulton Broad, used to moor his boat- the Eel- in the Staithe. I used to walk there ever day with him to pump it out and make a brew in the summer holidays. his pipe kept the mossies at bay. Great times.

A memory of Broads, The in 1956 by Nigel Dean

Little Did I Know

I was born in Bilton Harrogate in 1943. When I was 13 years old I had a new bike for my birthday and with some of my mates we went on a ride to Pateley Bridge Show, a first for me. At Wilsill we were dying of thirst and as we went ...Read more

A memory of Wilsill in 1956 by John Crowe

Early Times In Colindale

I was born after the war and lived in Sheaveshill Avenue until I was married in 1971. I lived in a house that which had the dubious distinction of being directly opposite to the Titanine paint factory on the other side of ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1956 by Ken Hunter

The Sales

It was about 1956. John Sample had started to change with the times and bought himself a pick up truck, him, 'Auld Jimmy' and me went to the horse sales at Gateshead just over the bridge, and I cannot for the life of me remember if it was ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1956 by Jimmy Burrows

My Childhood In Astmoor

I lived in Astmoor with my grandparents. My grandma sold sweets, pop and cigarettes. I went to Halton School and walked down Astmoor Lane which we called Summer Lane. Grandad worked at Astmoor tannery. We lived next to Ivy ...Read more

A memory of Astmoor in 1956 by Joan Tyghe

Holidays In The Mid 1950s

I used to holiday with my grandparents in West Huntspill in the mid 1950s.For a time we used to stay with a Mrs King. Heading west from The Globe you took a right turn at the crossroads past the traction engine and ...Read more

A memory of West Huntspill in 1956 by Alan Sandford

Fishing

During the school holidays the canal and it's towpath became a playground for many of the village children. Several of us caught the fishing bug and used the canal many times throughout the holiday. We always looked out for a barge called ...Read more

A memory of Wheaton Aston in 1956 by Roy Downton

Memories Of Bedhampton

We lived at 'Pantiles', Penhurst Rd, Bedhampton from approx the mid fifties until the mid sixties. I went first to the Priory school on Hayling Island, when Miss Rapley was Head teacher, until a Mr Neilsen-Carrigan took over ...Read more

A memory of Bedhampton in 1956

1956 1960

My dad bought a brand new house on Craigwell Avenue in 1956. Builder was William Old. I was 4. The house was blue and yellow, 4 houses up on the left from Newberries Avenue. The construction went on for at least two years after moving in. ...Read more

A memory of Radlett in 1956 by Robin Thompson

Captions

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Caption For Eling, Quay C1955

Here boats are moored on the estuary of Eling Creek with its causeway and centuries-old toll bridge. The causeway encloses water for Eling Tide Mill, visible in the distance.

Caption For Devonport, Torpoint Ferry Bridge 1890

Plymouth and Devonport were served by a number of ferries, including these wonderful steam-powered, chain- guided floating bridges on the Torpoint service, which were capable of carrying wheeled vehicles

Caption For Ludham, The Village C1930

This village is popular with visitors to Broadland, with St Catherine's Church and its beautiful hammer-beam roof and painted rood screen dating from 1493.

Caption For Little Eccleston, Cartford Lane C1965

A small caravan site and the Cartford Hotel flank the approach to the Cartford toll bridge, which was built across the Wyre in 1831.

Caption For Bransford, The Bank House And Motel C1965

THE BANK HOUSE AND MOTEL c1965. Bransford's original bridge over the River Teme was built by a local cleric, Bishop Wulstan de Bransford, in 1338.

Caption For Newby Bridge, The River And Gummers How C1955

She was 80 feet long and 11 feet 6 inches in the beam, and was launched at Newby Bridge in 1843. Lady was paddle-driven – this was necessary because of the shallow river waters.

Caption For Chelmsford, The Wesleyan Church 1898

Photographed in the year it was built, this church had seating for 800 people, and a commodious schoolroom at the back.

Caption For Polesworth, River 1958

The photographer in this instance was looking across to the south bank, recording for posterity a scene which no longer exists: only the bridge survives.

Caption For New Sawley, Marina C1967

Sawley Bridge Marina, on the Sawley Cut of the River Trent, south of Long Eaton, was already starting to cater for the ever-increasing boating trade when this photograph was taken in the mid-50s.

Caption For London, The Embankment From Temple Pier 1890

Here were clipped green lawns and exquisite quadrangles.The fortunate few could enjoy a few precious moments away from the bustle of the city streets above.

Caption For Yarm, High Street C1967

We are looking north towards Yarm Bridge, with Stockton beyond.

Caption For Honiton, New Street 1904

The Methodist chapel is on the left, whilst ahead is a railway bridge. The station is to the right, on the old London and South Western Railway line from Waterloo to Exeter.

Caption For Buckfastleigh, The Bridge Over The River Dart C1955

This bridge is first recorded as 'Dertebrygg' on the Assize Rolls of 1356; since then it has been enlarged several times as traffic has grown heavier.

Caption For Two Bridges, The Hotel C1955

Two Bridges is at the junction of all the ancient packhorse trails that cross the moor, and was thus the obvious meeting place for miners from all points of the compass.

Caption For Lincoln, Cathedral From Pelham Bridge C1960

The area south-east of the city was marshy and virtually undeveloped until its draining after the Witham Act of 1812.

Caption For London, Old Waterloo Bridge 1902

This is the first Waterloo Bridge, which was opened in 1817 by the Prince Regent; this view looks from behind Cleopatra's Needle on the north bank. Below are Victoria Embankment Gardens.

Caption For Bakewell, Rutland Square 1923

The view looks along Bridge Street towards the river. The Original Bakewell Pudding Shop is located further along on the right hand side. Stewarts Clothing Hall is the major building on the right.

Caption For Bakewell, Chatsworth House C1955

This view was taken 70 years after photograph 18642, and apart from the statuary missing from the bridge buttresses, the scene is timeless.

Caption For Ilkley, The Moors 1906

This captivating view was taken looking towards the top of the 1,320-feet-high Rombalds Moor and shows White Wells at top right.

Caption For Clydebank, Kilbowie Road 1900

In 1882, the American firm of Singers opened a sewing-machine factory, bringing yet more jobs and more people to the area. Clydebank became a burgh in 1886.

Caption For Wootton Bridge, The Sloop Inn C1955

Wootton Bridge has many connections with the sea, as the name of its inn suggests. In the churchyard lies the grave of the Victorian admiral Sir John Baird, who died in 1908.

Caption For Needham Market, Hawks Mill C1960

The central section of the brick watermill was built in 1884, and the wings were added in 1892. The road is carried over the millrace by an 18th-century bridge.

Caption For Reading, Caversham Hotel And Tram Terminus 1910

A much changed view: this shows the old Caversham Hotel on the Reading approaches to Caversham Bridge, with the electric tram No.9 at its terminus.

Caption For Boston, Witham Bank And Boston Stump C1955

The bridge, built in 1848, carried the Great Northern Railway main line from Grimsby to London King's Cross (via Peterborough), but since the Beeching cuts it now only carries the Skegness to Nottingham