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Memories

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Life In Cadley In The 1950s

No electricity, outside toilet, built in copper in the kitchen. All cooking was done on a coal fired oven that also heated the kitchen. The kitchen was the main room in the house, parlour (lounge) was only ...Read more

A memory of Cadley by Anthony Goodson

Memories Of Hartford

I went to The Little School which was by the crossroads in Hartford. Part of The Grange School. Housed the kindergarten and the 1s. I was there 1964 - 1966. My teachers hers included Mrs Wood, Miss Hatton. The playground seemed ...Read more

A memory of Hartford by Liz Hicks

Heath House School 1962 1966

Share many of the same memories of the swimming pool and the jungle gym. Also remember what looked at the time like an enormous boarding the kindergarten with the alphabet on it and matching pictures. Remember every morning ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge by Guy Phillips

Fulham Memories

I was born in 1951 at Parsons Green maternity home. I have many memories of my mum's family. My nan lived in Bayonne Road, Escourt Road, Heckfield Place, Bramber Road, Cassidy Road, Fairholme Road and latterly Charleville Road, then ...Read more

A memory of Fulham by jenny_blakemore

Growing Up In Slaugham 1961

I was born in Slaugham at No1 Carpenters Arms in 1961.  It was the very last house on the right hand side before the White Gate.  What a great time all of us kids had and I hope they share fond memories like I do.  The ...Read more

A memory of Slaugham in 1960 by Lena Schriever

Berwick Road C Of E School

I started at Berwick Road C of E School in 1957 together with some of the people referred to in the other memories ie: Heather Wallis, Christopher Bennior, Lorraine Staton.  There were others obviously such as Margot ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1957 by Kathleen Green

Visiting Maescynon

My grandparents lived in Maescynon for many, many years.  I have fond memories of going up the farm for fresh eggs.  Walking with my Nana to help her at the co-op and then stopping at Mrs Bray's for sweets.  My grandfather's garden ...Read more

A memory of Hirwaun in 1972 by Clare S

Working On Church Street Six Times

When in 2018 I started work as a supervisor in a shop on Church Street, it occurred to me that I had had four jobs & two volunteer posts on the road. The first was a temporary job in the late '70's under the ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern by bru.enzer

My Memory Of My Grand And Grandad

my granny and grandad used to live in the old school house my grandad was a teacher there his name was hugh williams

A memory of Trewern by Graham Botley

Gerald’s Grocery Shop

Does anyone remember the Grocery shop that was once on Bedford Road, not far from Longland’s Primary School? It’s now a house and owned by a friend. I’m trying to find out the history of his property and ideally would like to try ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup

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Captions

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Caption For Sherington, Crofts End C1960

The car is parked outside the former Congregational chapel, dated 1822, and converted to housing.

Caption For Tetbury, The Green C1965

Once the centre of the Anglo-Saxon village, the Green is overlooked by houses mostly dating from the 16th and 17th centuries.

Caption For Melton, Station Road C1965

The dark façade hides an 18th-century timber-framed house. Set back behind the railings beyond is The Rosery, a red brick house of c1750, which stands opposite the parish church.

Caption For Preesall, The Village From The South C1955

The Round House, re-named Rose Cottage, stands at the centre of the village - it was a toll house. The expense of maintaining roads was met by payment of tolls.

Caption For Kibworth Harcourt, Main Street C1955

The photograph looks at the original village centre, with the Old House immediately behind the camera, and the parish pump out of shot to the right.

Caption For South Wigston, Countesthorpe Road C1960

No-one could pretend that this scene is one of romantic beauty, but this long row of late 19th-century terraced houses with its excellent corner shop has a well mannered charm.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Moor Park 1897

By the time this picture was taken, the arrival of the Metropolitan railway in the town ten years earlier had seen part of the extensive grounds sold for housing development.

Caption For Woolsthorpe, The Village By Belvoir C1955

Many of the village houses are built of the local ironstone; this gives them a rusty red colour, the same as the houses in Denton.

Caption For Castle Bromwich, Chester Road C1965

The development of Castle Bromwich really got under way in the 1930s with the Hodgehill Common housing estate.After the second world war, in which Castle Bromwich played a major part with its Spitfire

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Corn Exchange 1922

To the right is the cupola of Cupola House. In the foreground Charles Tozer, house decorator, of Orchard Street, is at work on the present Saffron Laundry.

Caption For Odiham, The Old Telephone Exchange, The Bury C1955

The fine Georgian house in the centre has housed the telephone exchange since 1925, when it was moved from the post office at Mr Gotelee's shop in the High Street.

Caption For Borth, Beach 1892

Much of Borth consists of a single street with houses on both sides that gradually spread between the railway station at the north end of the village to a group of fishermen's houses built in the lee of

Caption For Glynde, The Square C1955

Glynde is most famous for its internationaly renowned opera house built in the grounds of Glyndbourne.

Caption For Milborne Port, The Village 1953

Ven House c1955 Further downhill along London Road, Ven House is set back from the road beyond a forecourt.

Caption For Ilkley, Wells House Hotel 1900

The £30,000 Wells House Hydro opened in May 1856.

Caption For Tarring, The Church 1890

To the right is Church House, which shortly before this view was taken had ceased to be a farmhouse; the flint walls in front are remnants of its barns, retained as boundary walls.

Caption For Westdean, 1921

Not far away is Charleston Manor, the remains of a late 12th-century hall house. There is also a tithe barn and a dovecote still housing pigeons.

Caption For Rockingham, The Village C1960

The large gabled house on the left of the street, with the telephone box outside, is the village shop and post office, both of which have since closed.

Caption For Headcorn, The Village 1903

On the south side of the street are several half-timbered houses of notable quality, with Shakespeare House and its prominent gable, and the Chequers Inn, both very evident.

Caption For Abinger Common, Wotton House, The Hunt C1965

He was born in Wotton House in 1620 and inherited it later in the century; he died in 1706 and was buried in the fine parish church, which is isolated in the fields north of the A25.

Caption For Egham, High Street C1950

The buildings on the left survive, as does the church, although now converted to flats as Winslade House.

Caption For Abingdon, Wesleyan Church And Schools 1893

Beyond is Trinity House, the minister's house, probably also by Woodman.

Caption For St Neots, River Terrace C1955

During the floods of 1947, the River Ouse rose over the gardens of the twelve houses in River Terrace and drenched the ground floors.

Caption For Sudbury, Grammar School 1904

The complex was purchased by Babergh District Council in 1991 and became William Wood House, sheltered housing, which was opened by Princess Diana in 1993.