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The Newhaven Dieppe Ferry In 1960

Pinner Grammar School had an exchange programme for students in Annecy and every year a party of 4th and 5th Forners travelled to France on the Newhaven to Dieppe Ferry. When I was in the fourth form I joined ...Read more

A memory of Newhaven in 1960 by John Howard Norfolk

The Gloucester West Croydon

I was born in 1949 in Northcote Road just across the road from the Gloucester. My uncle, Eddie Clements, lived there up until January 2012. He has just recently passed away. I have fond memories of the area. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Keith Gooderson

The Folly, Radlett, Hertfordshire

My family worked at the Folly House in the 1700's and 1800's. They lived in a row of the farm cottages. Their surname was Hawtry and although there are now only two cottages remaining, there is a road off Watling ...Read more

A memory of Radlett by coljan.wilson

The Folly, Radlett, Hertfordshire

My family worked at the Folly House in the 1700's and 1800's. They lived in a row of the farm cottages. Their surname was Hawtry and although there are now only two cottages remaining, there is a road off Watling ...Read more

A memory of Radlett by coljan.wilson

The Fleetwood I Left Behind

I was born in Fleetwood in 1947 but seemed to oscillate between there and Malaya for a number of years up to the age of 12 just before dad died. My first memories are of starting at Stella Maris convent and then ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood in 1970 by Pat Corrigan

The First Annual Flower Show

In 1938 Wood Street village enjoyed their first Annual Flower Show . My father, Arthur Stock was a driving force in promoting this event. he was later presented with a chiming clock inscribed "Presented to Mr. ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1930 by Patricia Ryder

The Farm On Broad Lane

I was four years old and lived with mum in a caravan parked in this farmer's field along with other caravaners. Mum and dad would have paid rent to the owner of the farm. I was the only youngster around and had no ...Read more

A memory of Burtonwood in 1959

The Down And Up

We went to stay at Plas-Y-Nant, Easter, Whit and Summer every year in the 50s. It was simply wonderful. Yes, I remember Auntie Lena and the whole range of little customs and practices we willingly engaged in. Not the least ...Read more

A memory of Betws Garmon in 1955 by Derek West

The Cricketers Arms And The Town Hall

I always remember the Cricket Green as the lazy hazy days of summer.  My father played cricket here, I don't remember the name of his team, but we had to sit and watch him.  I liked it when the crocuses poked ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1959 by Carole Baldwin

The Crescent Tottenham

I lived at number 59 The Crescent for 10 years from when I was born until 1970 when we moved due to the road being demolished for the new estate that is there today. Our family name was Dobson and there was my Mum Joyce, ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1970 by Susan Holt

Captions

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Caption For Coltishall, A Cornfield 1902

A farm worker and child standing in a freshly harvested cornfield.

Caption For Falmouth, Penryn From Viaduct 1890

At the top of the town Brunel's Great Western Railway crossed the broad wooded valley on a mighty viaduct. Here primroses and bluebells grow in profusion in the pretty College Woods.

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Street C1955

While wheat straw is often used as the roofing material, the chances are that these houses will be thatched with longer-lasting reed from the Broads.

Caption For North Cheam, London Road C1955

The broad expanse of the A24 London Road heading towards Stonecot Hill and Morden is lined with parked cars and bicycles outside the shops.

Caption For Honiton, High Street C1960

The High Street again, and a much busier scene is shown. The road is the A30 London to the west of England road which, even in 1955, could become horribly congested, especially at summer weekends.

Caption For Bude, The Town 1929

With its shallow sandy bays, broad grassy downs, civic gardens, and terraces of unpretentious lodging houses, Bude is almost completely an Edwardian construction.

Caption For Ranworth, The Staithe C1945

The reed-beds on the right of the picture have been cut, and the reeds will be used for thatching roofs.

Caption For Westbourne, The Beach 1918

Spacious houses and hotels are situated around a dramatic woodland chine leading down to the sea.

Caption For Evesham, Bell Tower From The Avon 1892

At the centre of a broad vale, rich in market gardens and fruit orchards, and to which it gives its name, lies Evesham.

Caption For Hythe, The Promenade C1950

The broad expanse of the Promenade stretching east to Sandgate is still as popular with visitors today as it was with the Victorian and Edwardian holidaymakers who visited this Cinque Port, and whose continued

Caption For Ashford, High Street 1901

The broad High Street, once the site of the market established under a charter from Edward I, was, at the turn of the last century, still very much a rendezvous for the cattle and sheep farmers of the

Caption For Woolacombe, The Bay 1911

Barricane Beach is behind the camera, and we see the broad expanse of Woolacombe sands stretching away south towards Croyde.

Caption For Saltash, The Ferry 1924

For travellers to Cornwall, crossing the broad, sweeping waters of the Tamar deepened the sensation that they were entering a foreign land.

Caption For Westbourne, Herbert Home 1892

Westbourne, on the west side of Bournemouth, retains a village atmosphere even today, with spacious houses and hotels situated around an attractive woodland chine leading down to the sea.

Caption For Wigton, The Square C1965

The fountain in the centre of Wigton's Square or Market Place has a pyramidal cross-topped spire, and depicted on its four sides are the four Acts of Mercy.

Caption For The Broads, Near Barton Staithe C1945

The Parish Staithe at Barton is a lovely backwater off the broad.

Caption For St Ives, The Harbour 1895

St Ives, the pilchard capital of the west and Mecca for artists, encapsulates everything Cornish.

Caption For St Albans, Holywell Hill 1921

This peaceful view looks up Holywell Hill towards the city centre, as it dips towards the river and the curative spring from which it takes its name, with, on the right, one of the fine Georgian houses

Caption For Bletchingley, Fair Day 1907

Once upon a quieter time, the broad street through the village was perfect for a fair.

Caption For Ashford, Lower High Street C1965

The broad expanse of what had been Ashford's original market place and a rendezvous for Kent's sheep and cattle farmers had, by the mid 1950s, been bisected by a central traffic reservation and new road

Caption For Scarborough, Foreshore Road 1891

From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.

Caption For Coltishall, The Village 1902

In the second half of the 19th century, Coltishall was a major wherry building centre, and even at the time this photograph was taken, Allens were turning out the sleekest, fastest wherries on the Broads

Caption For Staindrop, Raby Castle C1955

Built round an internal courtyard, Raby's defences included inner and outer curtain walls surrounded by a broad ditch.

Caption For Hickling, Broad C1965

A large broad exposed to the cold east wind, Hickling can appear grey and unfriendly on a bleak day, but on sunny summer days it provides an exhilarating sail.