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Memories

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Childhood

After moving from birmingham to abertillery to live with my grandparents in chapel street we lived over the fire station the front of the station being in the street below.My grandfather a miner would give me a penny on Friday on his way ...Read more

A memory of Abertillery by maggiekim120

Caerau Park

I have very fond memories of Caerau. I was born 1946 and I loved Caerau. We had real fun times in the summer picking whimberries and your mam making delicious tarts, families gathering on the mountain for picnics, spending hours on end ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1951 by Diane Vincent

Building The Bridge

I was sat in my classroom at the parish school in church street and I had just put away my plastic counters after a hard maths lesson ,I was only 5 ( and 1+1 was very hard)my teachers name was mrs oats she was lovely and as I sat ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1961 by Carol Cooke

Brentford

What wonderful memories of Brentford. My name was Dorothy Pearce I lived in Netley Road with sisters Beryl and Hazel and brothers Richard and Philip. My Nan lived in Potteery Road next door to Edie Joyce. The Shepherds lived opposite ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1943 by Dorothy Hill

Beautiful Guernsey

I was reading on one of your pages, someone was asking about a shoe repairer, opposite 'The Red Lion' in the Bouet. His name was Len Purdy snr, I worked in Purdy's shoe shop in the pollet , from 1960 to 1965, leaving when I had my ...Read more

A memory of Guernsey in 1965 by Christobel Sparrow

Bachpann

I remember as a child flattening out card boards boxes, as we lived on Great Arthur Street, Smethwick, the gardens led onto the canal banks and my brother and my cousins used to slide down to the bottom - what a thrill - and trying to get ...Read more

A memory of Smethwick in 1968

A Baby At Heswall 1959

I really don't remember much about Heswall, but it holds a special place in my heart, as that is where my mother found me. I had been born in May 1959 in Wrexham, but for some reason was not taken home by the women who gave ...Read more

A memory of Heswall

Yuk1950s 1960s

I remember my mother buying a hot black pudding in Bury Market and giving half to me and the other half to my sister. It was absolutely freezing weather and it was used as much to keep our hands warm as for food. I can't even bear the ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1952

Youth Conferences And Holiday Work

I first got to know Hollybrook in November 1961 at a Methodist Youth Weekend. I attended, eventually leading, such weekends until the house closed. I also worked as a member of staff during summer holidays and at ...Read more

A memory of Ilkley in 1962 by Robert Davies

Young Rascals And The Market Square

I have lived most of my life in Australia, Hong Kong and more recently Japan. However memories of Dear Old Consett will live on eternally. I was born in Medomsley Road in December 1945 and later moved to West ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1955 by Ian Sharkey Bell

Captions

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Caption For Whitwell, High Street C1955

In the 1830s, the Bull's sign spanned the High Street, but this was removed after a number of accidents in other parts of the county.

Caption For Ware, High Street 1925

On the left, along West Street, stood the Crown and Anchor public house next door to the shop selling 'home-made pork pies and sandwiches'.

Caption For Bangor, High Street And Clock 1908

Looking across the Menai Straits to Anglesey, the city of Bangor is the largest town in the north-west corner of Wales, the former principality of Gwynedd, and home to an ancient diocese and the University

Caption For Belfast, High Street 1897

The far, tall building marks Bridge Street, the spot where the first bridge upstream was located.

Caption For Gisburn, Main Street 1921

Here we see the main street, and two cars parked outside the Ribblesdale Arms.

Caption For Manchester, Art Gallery And Mosley Street C1885

Designed in Grecian style and proportions by Sir Charles Barry, who also designed the Houses of Parliament, it was built as a home for the Royal Institution of Manchester.

Caption For Newark, Magnus Street 1908

This street is named after Dr Thomas Magnus.

Caption For Newark, Magnus Street 1908

This street is named after Dr Thomas Magnus.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1900

We are looking north-westwards up Bell Street from the Assembly Rooms.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, St James Church 1895

The last one was recorded in 1908, and the curate of St James's Church in Blake Street, HIndpool (pictured here), with the backing of some local businessmen, provided a much-needed soup kitchen to alleviate

Caption For Maidstone, St Faith's Church 1892

Another famous Maidstone building is the Museum in St Faith's Street.

Caption For Holywell, The Great Ouse 1914

Holywell developed by the Great Ouse as a traditional `ring` village: the main street runs around the perimeter of the community with only one access road.

Caption For Middleton Tyas, The Shoulder Of Mutton And Post Office C1955

Copper mining in the 18th century brought an influx of workers into this quiet spot just to the east of Scotch Corner on the Roman Watling Street.

Caption For Teddington, From The Bridge 1899

Nationally it may be best remembered as the home of Teddington Studios, the location for films and TV productions.

Caption For Epsom, Market, High Street 2005

The drama began with proposals for a relief road that would take traffic away from the High Street to make it a more inviting shopping environment.

Caption For Exmouth, General View 1890

owing to the growth of cheap foreign holidays and an industrial recession.