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Memories

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Fishing & Folk Clubs

During the mid '70's I spent many happy school holidays in Christchurch. My brother, Colin, worked at the MoD base (Signals Research & Development) nearby. He had lodgings with a Mrs Alison in the town. There was a ...Read more

A memory of Christchurch by bru.enzer

Thinking Of Home.

I lived in Pelaw Place, South Pelaw from 1949 until 1972 when I left to live abroad. Growing up and living in South Pelaw was really fantastic. My mates and I played hide and seek, kicky the tin Block, and loads of other outdoor ...Read more

A memory of South Pelaw by john.gardner

Remembering The Downs Secondary School And Growing Up In Dartford 1963

I have some wonderful memories of Dartford and my old school. I remember walking down East Hill every Saturday morning with my mum and sister to go shopping downtown and always ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by h_nerwal

Growing Up In Camberley

I was born in 1939 in Camberley and lived there up to 1960. I loved the freedom as a child, we lived in Abbott’s lane on the frimley road and as a child had easy access to watchets woods and the Collage Grounds plus all of ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by frcole

Crossways

the year would be around 1978, I know this for in this year I passed my driving test, anyway we came to live in New Yatt having moved from Wantage where I grew up, so as one can imagine was not very happy having left my friends and the ...Read more

A memory of New Yatt by 144acopy

1960's/70's Shops Of Shepton

The shop on the right is Hobleys' Ironmongers. As a youngster I would buy my fishing tackle, airgun pellets, & sheath-knives there. I would gave in awe at the new Diana & BSA airguns that they stocked - ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet by bru.enzer

Beir Kellor

does any one remember a bar in croydon town centre in the late 60/early 70 called the beir kellor i think it was just past where marks and spencers is now you had to go down some steps to get i used to go there but cant find any reference to it

A memory of Croydon by murleysandra

Woolworths 1955/6

I started out working life at the pontypool store ,Mr Galander manager ,in the stockroom with Gwen later on the floor 'then being moved to Newport! Those were the days when ponty Meant something!! The streets were full on Fridays ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool by Terry Price

One Of The 1970/73 Students

I attended the teacher training college here in the village from 1970 tom1973. I really enjoyed my time there and got my teaching certificate ( what a surprise). My subjects were geography, drama and education. When I ...Read more

A memory of High Melton by druryv

Researching My Family In Pembroke Dock

As a six year old in 1949 I was taken to Pembroke Dock to visit my Grandparents, from whom we were almost estranged. My only memory of the visit is looking out of the upstairs window above their butcher’s ...Read more

A memory of Pembroke Dock by julie.lingwood

Captions

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Caption For Brighton, The Royal Pavilion 1889

The centrepiece of Brighton was and remains the extraordinary Pavilion or seaside palace.

Caption For Porthcawl, The Lower Promenade C1955

The promenade provides a curious facility that seems less user-friendly than we might expect today and is more akin to a stadium.

Caption For Preston, Church Street 1929

Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.

Caption For Clitheroe, Castle Street 1921

'A township, parochial chapelry, market town, corporate and parliamentary borough', was how Clitheroe was described in 1840.

Caption For Brecon, High Street 1899

This town can be confusing for the visitor, as not only has it two rivers, but also two High Streets.

Caption For Abergavenny, Cross Street 1893

Two doors up there are postcards outside the stationer, bookseller and Athenaeum Library of Evans Harrison.

Caption For Hyde, Market Street 1968

Another of Cheshire's cotton towns, Hyde was to be the scene of great industrial unrest when in 1848, a local group of Chartists marched through the town to disable the boilers, bringing all

Caption For Oughtibridge, The View Over The Valley C1960

As nearby Sheffield expanded, so did towns like Oughtibridge in the Don Valley.

Caption For East Dereham, 1893

A quiet lane on the fringes of the town.

Caption For Heckmondwike, Westgate And Park C1950

This main road through the town used to be the Wakefield to Halifax road, originally built by the Romans.

Caption For Crewe, Queen's Park, The Main Entrance C1950

Renowned as one of the finest parks in the north of England, Queens Park was given to the town by the London and North Western Railway Company to commemorate fifty years of the railway in the town.

Caption For Halifax, Technical School 1896

This photograph shows looms and other equipment installed in a workshop at the technical school; it shows the importance of the cloth industry to the town.

Caption For Barkway, High Street C1965

The school (left) was built in 1840, and provided education for the children of Barkway and Reed.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Angel Hill C1955

The gateway to the Abbey and the commercial edge of the secular town face each other across Angel Hill.

Caption For Bellingham, Market Place C1960

The town is considered the gateway to the moors and forests of the Northumberland National Park, and the Pennine Way also passes through the town.

Caption For Bedford, Suspension Bridge And Embankment Gardens C1960

The town's Parks and Gardens department is justifiably proud of its long record of good husbandry in the Embankment Gardens.

Caption For Keighley, From Parish Church C1900

The industrial and commercial parts of the town co-existed in a very confined space.

Caption For St Neots, High Street C1955

The town, while remaining essentially small and with only a minimal growth in population, continued to spread eastwards.

Caption For Winsford, High Street From Winsford Bridge 2003

The entire heart of the town has been moved over the hill to a new site, so that the little that remains of the old High Street is now totally run down.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1893

The horses and ponies which pulled the carts were stabled behind the town's many inns, where they were fed, watered and rested, ready for the journey home.

Caption For Uttoxeter, The Market C1965

King Henry III gave exclusive rights to hold a Wednesday market, and granted a charter to the town in 1251.

Caption For Wymondham, The Market Place And Cross C1965

This pleasant market town sits on the road from Thetford to Norwich, and was once a resting place for pilgrims – it still has a fine Guild Chapel dedicated to St Thomas à Becket.This well-maintained timbered

Caption For Knebworth, London Road C1965

All the needs of a developing small town are in evidence - the Bedford lorry loaded with builders materials, Charles Love & Son's ironmongery and radio/TV engineer's (right), Lisles petrol station (near

Caption For Ellesmere Port, Dock Street C1955

The Ellesmere Canal was busy, and more and more workers were needed to handle the goods and repair the barges; thus the port grew.