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Memories

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Wartime Boarding School

I was evacuated from London to Blewbury Healm-wic Boarding School in 1941 (the thatched cottage shown in the photograph). The Williamson sisters ran the school, owned I believe by their brother, a naval architect (submarines). ...Read more

A memory of Blewbury in 1940 by dsign4u2005

How I Remember The Good Times

I also remember Wrotham Road Centre and used to go dancing there, also the Embassy at Welling, my heart throb attended Townley Road for Girls (Sally Tollhurst), all this was around 1959 to 1962. Does anyone remember the ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1959 by Christopher Smith

Burnt Oak In The Second World War And After

I moved to Burnt Oak in May 1940, to 84 Fortescue Road. I was 4. My memories are like a batch of video clips, as follows: Moving in. Removal men trying to get a wardrobe into the front bedroom by hauling ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1940 by David Brusselen

The Carlton Grocery Etc Chester Road Little Sutton

My family had 'The Carlton' shop during my childhood and teenage years. My mum and dad (82 and 87) still live in Sutton, and I get back to visit often (I live in Spain). I have many fond ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1967 by Carol Harkness

Fabulous Hatch End

I also remember this scene of Hatch End.  I lived in the Pub which just about appears in this picture on the top far right, its the white buillding that is just sticking out slightly.  Next door to the pub was the Conoco garage ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1967 by Elaine Stephens (Nee Ockwell)

The Timberscombe I Knew 1957 1965

We moved to Oaktrow in January 1957 and until the house was habitable, we stayed at The Lion (prominently displayed in one of the photos). The village then had four shops, these being the Post Office towards ...Read more

A memory of Timberscombe in 1957 by John Nurcombe

Acton Bridge Cruising Club

My memories of Acton Bridge go back to the mid 1950s and early 1960s. The picture of boats at Acton Bridge Cruising Club takes me back to my teenage days. We had a boat called 'Scampi' which was a 32-foot ex-Norwegian ...Read more

A memory of Acton Bridge in 1957 by Laurie Hatchard

Hatton Cross (Heathrow)

I started work at Heathrow in Comet House by Hatton Cross. An RT bus went from Hounslow West to Hatton Cross. There was no railway station then. There was the Barclays bank and a large bus station in front. ...Read more

A memory of Heathrow Airport London in 1961 by Nick Beard

Byfield 70years Ago And Now.......

Looking at modern Byfield I am truly amazed and impressed with the changes that have taken place. I was born in village in1942 went to Byfield School and then Towcester Grammar School until 1960. The village was very self ...Read more

A memory of Byfield by rogerwevans

Barclays Bank Prees

I have a very good photo of a small branch of Barclays with some well dressed children in the street outside. It appears to date from the 1920's - 1930's. Bought on another website in 2013. The website also featured other photos of ...Read more

A memory of Prees in 1920 by Trevor Jones

Captions

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Caption For Wickham Market, Market Hill 1929

We start with the White Hart (left); then comes A J White, watch and clockmaker (the other half of the building was Barclay's Bank, open on Wednesdays), George Howe, draper and grocer, Adam's, baker and

Caption For Wickham Market, Market Hill 1929

On the left is A J White, watch and clockmaker (the other half of the building was Barclays Bank, open on Wednesdays), George Howe, draper and grocer, Adam's, baker and confectioner, and the Crown.

Caption For Ampthill, Market Place C1955

The three- storey building with painted architraved frames to the rows of sash windows is the early 18th-century White Hart, and beyond is a pedimented neo-Georgian 1930s Barclays Bank.

Caption For Spilsby, High Street C1955

E J Tong the ironmongers next door are still in business and still in the same building, and so is Barclay's Bank.

Caption For Crewe, Market Street C1960

The main change that immediately strikes the visitor today is that the lovely old Victorian Barclays Bank building (right) has gone, to be replaced by yet another typical 1960s monstrosity.

Caption For Debenham, High Street 1950

At this end was Mick Ellis the tailor, and at the other was Barclay's Bank. The 15th-century Red Lion, beyond, closed in 2000. Next door was Watson's the chemists.

Caption For Spilsby, High Street C1955

E J Tong the ironmongers next door are still in business and still in the same building, and so is Barclay's Bank.

Caption For Wallasey, Capitol Roundabout C1960

Martin's Bank (left) is now Barclays, and some of the buildings on the right have been demolished and replaced with more modern ones.

Caption For Bletchingley, The Hunt At Ye Olde Whyte Harte Hotel C1965

The 1890s terrace with its four gabled full-height bay windows steps down the hill; the left-hand one on the corner of Outwood Lane is now no longer a Barclays Bank, but the offices of financial consultants

Caption For Sudbury, Exchange 1895

Next door is Barclays Bank of 1879.

Caption For Ware, The River Lea C1960

Then, it was a bustling port with barges moored two or three deep unloading timber and barley. A few more years earlier, there would have been the occasional sailing barge with huge brown sails.

Caption For Abergele, Market Street C1965

Barclays Bank, which has by now replaced part of the terrace on the left, dates from 1924: it is a typical example of the pretentious architecture beloved of banks.

Caption For Mill Hill, The Broadway C1965

The shop front of W H Smith & Son is well-designed, and Barclay's Bank used a reticent, yet confident, typescript on their fascias.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Market Place 1932

On the left is Barclays Bank, next to the Rose and Crown, which was gutted by fire in 1969.

Caption For Launceston, Square And War Memorial C1922

Of the businesses that surrounded the square in 1922, only four remain in their original positions: Barclay's Bank, originally built for the East Cornwall Bank in 1885 with the town clock on its corner

Caption For Hampton, High Street C1950

Barclays Bank on the left was built in 1908.

Caption For Alderley Edge, Wesleyan Chapel 1896

Until Barclays Bank was built in 1904, the Methodist church had the only public clock in the village.

Caption For Ashtead, The Street C1955

Barclays Bank is now a restaurant and take-away, while the Westminster Bank on the right is offices.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1960

The Midland Bank is prominent on the left, facing the National Westminster and Barclays, which was a few steps from Lloyds' palatial building opposite the Royal Hotel.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1960

The Midland Bank is prominent on the left, facing the National Westminster and Barclays, which was a few steps from Lloyds' palatial building opposite the Royal Hotel.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1965

Barclays Bank (next to Trott's) arrived in Daventry in the 1960s to replace Wood Bros, wine and spirit merchants.

Caption For Andover, High Street C1965

Tea could be had next door to Barclay's Bank or in the Copper Kettle across the road, by Holmes & Sons, printers of the Andover Advertiser.

Caption For Bushey, High Street C1955

On the left stands Barclays Bank. This was built around 1905 on the site of the London and South West Bank, which in turn had replaced a Tudor farm house.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1950

A smart two-seater convertible is parked outside the imposing Barclays Bank, which had been built in 1910 as the Boston & Spalding Bank.