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Growing Up In Seaton Sluice In The 1960s

I moved from Blyth to Seaton Sluice into a newly built house in Cresswell Avenue in 1957. Life as a child in the village was exciting; most days we would either play on the beach and harbour or the new ...Read more

A memory of Seaton Sluice by Stuart Mc Leod

Childhood Days

Mitcham a lovely little place, here you used to catch the buses to Sutton and beyond, the picture house and opposite the pictures used to be a sweet shop where I can remember Mars bars used to cost 2/6 in old money, gobstobbers that ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1963 by David Buettner Banks

Growing Up

We moved to Cattedown in 1952 when I was 8 years old, to Tresillian Street. My first memory is of the Coronation celebrations and a resulting street party, when we received Coronation Mugs, had bicycle decoration contests and street ...Read more

A memory of Cattedown by Jeffrey Smith

Before The Hippies...

During the '70's I lived in nearby Shepton Mallet. After I'd left school many of my mates & myself bought motorbikes, Glastonbury was often a destination - my first bike was a very unreliable Czech made CZ175. Luckily, ...Read more

A memory of Glastonbury by bru.enzer

Seaford Rd In The 50s And 60s

I was born in 15 Seaford rd. in 1954. Tottenham then was like a village where everyone knew everyone else. I can clearly remember rag and bone men with their horse and carts, ringing their bells yelling "old rags and ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by John Martin

Wrotham, Old Palace Photo

In doing family history research I discovered my Grandfather, George Crowhurst, was born and grew up in this beautiful home from 1895 til 1920. His father, Isaac, leased the house and the land to farm. They lived on the farm ...Read more

A memory of Wrotham by Holly Parker

Childhood Holidays In Crich

I live in Scotland but my family hail from Bulling Lane, Crich, where up until November 2006 my Nanna still lived until her death. We used to have fab holidays every summer visiting family and every year children that ...Read more

A memory of Crich in 1985 by Sarah Blaikie

Growing Up In East Ham

I lived in park avenue, in a block of flats in the middle between market street and Langdon crescent. There were families of every age group in the 2 blocks and you couldn't have wished for a better community growing up. ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by William Butler

Fishcross

I left Fishcross in September 1962. I was part of the MacKay clan way back when everyone knew everyone. I had a friend across from where I lived at 2 Alloa Road, her name was Catherine Logan. My brother Ken (Kye) had a pal Michael ...Read more

A memory of Fishcross in 1962 by Marg Mackay Bell

Captions

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Caption For York, The Shambles 1909

Here the wording on the banner has been changed to 'Ye Olde Starre Inne'.

Caption For Babbacombe, The Beach 1889

The thatched house (now demolished) is The Glen, the scene in 1884 of the murder of Emma Keyse by her handyman John Lee.

Caption For Edenbridge, High Street 1906

This main street was once part of the Roman road which ran from London to Lewes in West Sussex.

Caption For Marlborough, Castle And Ball Hotel, High Street C1955

Ugly new street furniture in the form of electric street lamps begin to make an appearance.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The Old Bridge And Castle C1950

An excellent view of the Old Bridge with the castle in the background.

Caption For Binsted, Holy Cross Church 1907

The grave of Field Marshal Montgomery, who died in 1976, is in the churchyard, and his banner hangs in the nave of the church.

Caption For Downham, The Village 1921

A small group (centre left), seeking the shade of mature trees in the hot summer of 1921, faces the photographer.

Caption For Littleport, Main Street C1955

They robbed farmers, and marched to Ely in protest.

Caption For Linlithgow, The Cross Well 1897

On 23 January 1570, Regent Moray was shot as he rode through Linlithgow.

Caption For Alton, High Street 1927

The buildings on the left of picture No 40722 have now been replaced by a new Swan Tap, and the Swan is advertising its garage.

Caption For Eling, St Mary's Church C1955

A short stroll from the toll bridge brings you to the little church of St Mary's.

Caption For Ipswich, Ss Suffolk 1896

Looking at the lifeboat hanging from the davits (presumably there was one on the other side), one is tempted to wonder whether they would have been sufficient to cope in an emergency if this paddle steamer

Caption For Littleport, Main Street C1955

Littleport is distinguished as being the last place on which the Bishop of Ely exercised his temporal powers.

Caption For Stocksbridge, From The Clock Tower C1955

A retired steelman looks across the industrial landscape of Stocksbridge, the steel-making town in the valley of the River Don between Sheffield and Penistone, on the edge of the Pennine moors.

Caption For Thaxted, The Church Interior 1906

The most conspicuous feature here is the 15th-century font cover (right).

Caption For St Austell, Market Street C1960

This photograph was taken around lunchtime, and parked cars are beginning to congest the scene.

Caption For Holywell, The Ferry 1914

The ferry is pulled by a chain across the Ouse; at this time villagers used the ferry to go to work in Over or to cycle to Cambridge.

Caption For Brockham, Old School Lane 1958

Further down Tanner's Hill, the lane becomes Old School Lane; this view looks north past these pairs of tile-hung former estate cottages, which are all now in private hands and extended by a bay at

Caption For Downderry, The Church 1890

The church interior is shown here just a few years after it had been built, looking towards the east window.

Caption For Ticehurst, Church Street 1903

Further up Church Street, these late Victorian terraces of cottages, numbers 12 to 20, adopted the Sussex vernacular style with tile-hung upper floors, bay windows, dormers and tiled roofs.

Caption For Kersey, The Splash C1955

The building on the left was Mr Lemon the vet's, and has a horse's tail hanging at the far end.

Caption For Houghton, The George And Dragon C1960

Houghton is a hamlet with a long stone bridge across the tidal River Arun.The inn is a 13th-century timber-framed brick and flint building.

Caption For Ramsey, Harbour 1893

Numerous buildings, including the church, the Royal Oak dining rooms, the Union Hotel and the Alexandra Hotel, indicate the importance of Ramsey harbour as the second largest in the Isle of Man.

Caption For Buttermere, The Hotel C1873

The hotel at Buttermere, formerly known as the Fish Hotel, was the scene in 1802 of a great scandal: the landlord's daughter, Mary Robinson or 'the Maid of Buttermere', was seduced and bigamously married