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Rednal Lickey Hills
Mum said she was 2 weeks overdue and it was the worst winter, and all she could think of was to go for a walk up the steps of the Lickey Hills hoping that would bring me into the world! Don't blame me for wanting to keep warm ...Read more
A memory of Bournbrook in 1963 by
Erith Shops
I used to work at the Midland Bank in the High Street which was next to the corner carpet shop. When I started there the Bank was just on one shop site but it later expanded to two shop sites. Mr Baker was the Manager who retired in my time ...Read more
A memory of Erith in 1962 by
Lyndale Eccles
When I left school in 1962 me and my pal Chris Marks used to go to the Lyndale over Burton's tailors. We saw some great acts - Herman and the Hermits, Rockin Berries, loads of local groups that didn't make it, Brian Page and the ...Read more
A memory of Eccles in 1962 by
Uxbridge 1957 To 1970
Mr grandparents moved to Uxbridge in 1957 or thereabouts when they took over, The Gardeners Arms in Park Road Uxbridge. The pub was a Harmans Uxbridge Brewery pub. I remember the old police house opposite and new some of the ...Read more
A memory of Uxbridge in 1962
Bakery Department.
I attended the Bakery Department Denbighshire Tech. from 1960 to 1962. Mr Nash and Mr Hawkins were the tutors. I went to the Tech rather than getting a job in a bakery because my Youth Employment officer said I was too small for ...Read more
A memory of Wrexham in 1961 by
Growing Up When Children Were Allowed To Be Children
I was born in Dordan, Warwickshire and moved to Hurley when I was 3 years old. From that point in my life I can honestly say I had a wonderful childhood whilst growing up in the ...Read more
A memory of Hurley in 1961 by
Thos Were The Days
I have read all the letters and they have bought back so many memories. My sister and I were born in Hillingdon and from 1961 we used to go to Burtons dance hall on Tues, Friday and Saturday nights. We would also go to The Blue ...Read more
A memory of Uxbridge in 1961 by
The George Hotel
Fond memories of the George, Saturday night meeting place when we would frequent the Palm Court Lounge with mirrored walls and a Grand piano at the end of the room with a man named 'Tinkler' ... believe it or not!!!! playing tunes ...Read more
A memory of Walsall in 1961 by
Dance Halls In Slough
Does any one remember going dancing on Sunday afternoon/evening at Suters in Slough High Street in 1960/61? Also dancing at the Adelphi ballroom where I learnt the Twist! My friend and I also used to travel on the 457(?) bus to ...Read more
A memory of Slough in 1960 by
Fond Memories Of Erith
I was born in 1947 and grew up in Brasted Road, Erith. I have very happy memories of my childhood. Saturday morning pictures at the Odeon, the dances over Burtons, the riverfront, the ice cream parlour in Pier Road, the library ...Read more
A memory of Erith in 1960 by
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The latecomer amongst Dorset's holiday haunts (the author Thomas Hardy called it Port Bredy), West Bay hamlet grew up around historic Bridport Harbour (centre) and its double piers, which protect a ship
In the late 17th century the main road from Nottingham to Newark went via Charlton (Carlton), Burton, Gunthorp (Gunthorpe), Horingham Ferry (Hoveringham), Bleasby Ferry and Stoak (Stoke) where it joined
The post-war years saw the spread of high-street chains, and Chesterfield was no exception.
This view looks east past the much-reduced George pub, with Burton's facade beyond, to the junction of Cambridge Street at the left and High Street to the right of the Round House.
Immediately east of Wicksteed Park, on the higher ground above the River Ise, Barton Seagrave has a small core of stone-built houses and cottages and a good Norman church around a triangular green.
The shops on the left were demolished in the 1930s to make way for Burton Tailors and F W Bradford Ltd, a family-run department store incorporated into James Beattie in 1960.
Well known chain stores were strongly represented in Marlowes and Bridge Street - Truform Shoes, Dorothy Perkins, Milletts and Burton the tailors were here - as well as local shops and retail outlets such
Most evocative of past shopping is The Fifty Shilling Tailors, a chain that grew up before World War II and originally offered suits for that price.
This view shows the Barton Road Swing Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal.
The pub had become the Woolpack in 1780 and Everard's in 1845.
East of the High Street and parallel to it, Silver Street leads us out of the market place.
Pricerite is now Peacocks, Lennards is the Abbey National Building Society and Dennis Cox acquired Dewhursts in the early 1990s.
Burtons and Woolworths altered the streetscape with their respective Art-Deco and stuccoed cost-cutting neo-Georgian designs.
Beyond is the Provisions Market of 1834, later the School of Art, fire station and library, now also shops.
Burton Abbey had around 6,000 and Dieulacres Abbey about 5,000.
Between Richmond and Kew, on the Surrey bank, are the three hundred acres of the Royal Botanical Gardens, opened to the public in 1841.
The 'new look' in fashions is demonstrated by the young woman crossing the street with her more dowdy companion; longer skirts, wider shoulders and a nipped-in waist were signs of relaxation from wartime
Beyond the Clocktower, the Georgian brick front belongs to the George Inn, which was replaced by Burtons in 1936.
Savage's and Burton's Menswear shop are on the right, and there is a cafe further up the street.
Bright yellow bands of geological strata known as the Bridport Sands make Burton Cliff one of the most distinctive landforms of the Dorset coast.
Although they are outside the City of Nottingham's boundaries, Carlton and Gedling are really its eastern suburbs.
Savage's and Burton's Menswear shop are on the right, and there is a cafe further up the street.
The streetscape is dominated by the former Burton's building, an urban interloper of 1939 with its giant Ionic pilasters supporting a heavy cornice.
The red PMT (Potteries Motor Traction) buses on the left ran to Derby, and the buses on the right ran to Hanley. 1946 saw the first double-decker buses in Uttoxeter.
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