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Summer Days In Stone

We were very lucky to grow up in Stone at a time when we could hang out all day with our friends enjoying the joys of the river at Eythrope, sipping cool water from the Egyptian Springs, or swinging on a rope over ...Read more

A memory of Stone in 1972 by Geraldine Akerman

Landlord 1972 1978

I was the manager in the 70's and had a wonderful few years at the pub.l still have a carved picture of the pub, which was carved by an American G I based at Chessington. The Gate was hung up so that the pedestrians could walk ...Read more

A memory of Chessington in 1972 by Eric Tingle

Knaphill & Inkerman Barracks

I was born in Nursery Road, Knaphill, and left Winston Churchill in 1972 and my first job was with RFDGQ with my friend Maureen Truman. I remember Valerie, Tony & Noel, and the boss was a lovely gentleman but sadly I ...Read more

A memory of Knaphill in 1972 by Gillian Allardyce

Thatch Cottage, Singleton

We bought a thatched cottage, in much need of renovation, next door to the butchers shop. It was a tied Goodwood Cottage previously occupied by Mrs Myrtle Ticehurst who remained a tenant when she was widowed in ...Read more

A memory of Singleton in 1971

Memories

I used to live in Bell Lane from when my parents moved there aroudn 1960 and moved out in 1977. This corner was known as Rachel's Corner and it was said that Bell Cottage was haunted. Rachel hanged herself on a tree after her lover didn't ...Read more

A memory of Thelwall in 1971 by Ally Whittaker

Walton Colliery

My name is Roland Mitchell. I worked at Walton colliery as a haulage hand. I worked alongside Percy Heckles, Alan Jennings, Phillip Casgoin and Phillip Redmond and a young lad by the name of George Bernard Shaw. We ...Read more

A memory of Walton in 1971 by Roland Mitchell

School

I remember walking to school in the winter from Hedgerley, only to arrive at the gates and seeing this view but the whole car park and playground being flooded.  No school today!!!  Sometimes it was a couple of days before the water had ...Read more

A memory of Farnham Common in 1971 by First Name Last Name

Ashby Aint Like It Used To Be

I was born and bred in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the eldest of three children. My memories of Ashby itself are snapshots from a time which now seems so old-fashioned that it as nostalgic as a Herriot novel. As a young ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1970

Phythian Cres 1970

I was brought up in Phythian Crescent - with our own playing field. Many comments were made - is it a council property? I asked my parents - no it isn't. I believe the house behind ours was a farm - Phythian Farm, at the end is ...Read more

A memory of Penketh in 1970 by Angela Pennington

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, Dad ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1970 by Susan Holt

Captions

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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 Salisbury, Fisherton Street C1955

Like many other shopping streets in Salisbury, Fisherton Street has changed very little over the last fifty years, in spite of most of the shops themselves moving or closing down and being replaced

Caption For Holywell, Village 1914

Seen here from the other side is the thatched Ferry Boat inn.

Caption For Devizes, St Mary's Church, Interior 1898

Here we see both Norman and Perpendicular features, but the organ is early 19th-century Gothic; a brass plate was set in 1789.

Caption For Stamford, Cheyne Lane C1960

This narrow passage leading down to St Mary's Street was home in 1900 to a fishmonger and hairdresser, as well as the Hole in the Wall Inn, previously the Coach and Horses (although it is hard to imagine

Caption For Aylesbury, County Hall 1897

This shows the Market Square in the heart of the town.

Caption For Runcorn, Widnes Bridge C1965

Linking Runcorn with Widnes, this bridge just gleams whenever the sun shines.

Caption For Richmond, Arthur's Oven 1913

Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle.

Caption For Sudbury, Ballingdon Street 1904

This photograph looks from the railway bridge towards the King's Head in Bulmer Road.

Caption For Denbigh, Market Place 1888

This pleasant stone-built market town, on the western side of the lovely vale of Clwyd, climbs the hillside crowned by its ruinous castle.

Caption For Uley, The Street C1960

We are looking in the opposite direction from No U3011.

Caption For Bidford On Avon, The Old Falcon Inn 1901

Shakespeare knew this 16th-century stone building as the Falcon Inn, and is reputed to have drunk there.

Caption For Acle, Fishing At The Bridge C1929

As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.

Caption For Market Rasen, Queen Street C1960

This view looks north towards the Market Place and captures well the character of this market town, most of whose 19th- and late 18th-century buildings still line the streets.

Caption For Penrith, Parish Church Interior 1893

St Andrew's has been described as 'the stateliest church of its time in the county'.

Caption For Barmouth, High Street 1908

Holiday makers walk the high street, and a coach and four is about to pull up outside the Cors-y-Cedol Hotel, one of the resort's many hotels.

Caption For York, Stonegate C1960

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

Caption For York, Stonegate C1960

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

Caption For Belmont, From The Downs 1903

We are on a high, sandy hillside on the outskirts of Hastings.

Caption For Cowley, Iver Lane C1955

In the parish churchyard at Cowley lies the body of William Dodd, novelist, religious author and social celebrity.

Caption For Heywood, The Centre C1955

The Queen Anne Inn, to the right of Benefit Footwear (left), is much older, probably dating back to the reign of Queen Anne, as it appears on Heywood Hall Map of 1718.

Caption For Glentham, Main Street 1953

The Crown Inn (right) still looks the same, but the stone wall has been reduced in height.

Caption For Nailsworth, The Cross C1965

This view looks down towards the Cross from the A46 Bath Road.