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Tin Boats On The Cray

My friends and I spent many happy hours in a tin boat that my brother made for me, paddling up and down between the two bridges at riverside Crayford. Often we would use our nets to catch sticklebacks and shrimps but always ...Read more

A memory of Crayford in 1952 by Francis Coxall

After School

This little ford and bridge over the silver Darent river was, and still is, my favorite place in England. When I attended the Sutton at Hone Primary School in 1947 -1953 we often took nature walks down the gravel path beside the ...Read more

A memory of Sutton at Hone in 1952 by Alfred Ward

What Went On

This is from about the 1950s. Along Grange Road was a huge piggery and it was owned by the Liddle family, by, did it pong. Further along you came to the railway crossing with the sign STOP, LOOK, LISTEN in red, this was where the steam ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1952 by Jimmy Burrows

The

The bridge from which this photograph was taken was a "humpitty-backed" stone bridge where a pair of arches spanned the river and a smaller arch crossed the "lade". The bridge was in service from about 1840 until the new bridge was ...Read more

A memory of Bridge of Allan in 1952 by Alastair Macdonald

Leaving Home 1952

November 17th 1952 I left home from Earlestown Station for Liverpool to join the Royal Navy as a boy seamen. I proceeded to St. Johns Lane then onto the train headed for London and Ipswich and eventually to HMS Ganges at ...Read more

A memory of Newton-le-Willows in 1952 by Neville Pearson

Happy Home

Halfway, with Uncle Idwal and Auntie Lal, was full time home from about 1951 to 1954 whilst mum was in hospital. She died in 1954 and I returned to live in Chester with Dad though I spent holidays at Halfway up to about 1964, including ...Read more

A memory of Halfway Ho in 1952 by Christopher Frost

Croxall Mill, Yoxall, Alrewas, Burton On Trent, Staffs

In the 1950s my parents and I were frequent visitors to friends made during the war years. They lived near Branston Road, Burton, and were business people. John, his wife Doris, and their daughter ...Read more

A memory of Alrewas in 1952 by Ronald Jones

Life At Broadclyst Station

What a lovely life. Playing in the station, the copse and by the river at Double Bridges. We lived in Alexandra Terrace and the first house opposite the Inn was run by Mrs Wicigrin (spelling?). We used to play in the ...Read more

A memory of Broadclyst in 1952 by Mary Hutty

Memories Of An Old Visitor!

My grandfather, Frank Green, lived next door to Stevens shop in Ten Mile and was the local baker working from Hilgay High Street, with his family. He supplied most of the surrounding fens and West Derham etc.. with ...Read more

A memory of Ten Mile Bank in 1952 by John Dearsley

Diving Of The Bridge

I lived in Belgrave Rd, Loughor from 1946 to 1957 and would often visit the sandy beach near the bridge with my mam and dad, David Howell Evans and Jenny Evans. I remember my father's brother, Uncle Elfed, diving off the bridge ...Read more

A memory of Loughor in 1952 by Hywel Evans

Captions

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Caption For Portland, Bow And Arrow Castle 1898

This is Portland's rugged eastern seaboard, south-westwards from Gilbert Castle and Castle Hayes (foreground) to medieval Rufus Castle and Gallops Weare (centre); God Nor is the headland above Freshwater

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

They lie in a north-south axis on the western edge of the town; they measure as high as 22ft 6in, and are as big as the stones at Stonehenge.

Caption For Hitchin, Bridge Street C1955

Bridge Street, looking east. Sweet jars are clearly visible in Furr's window. Three doors up is J B Crone, a furniture dealer; next door, W H Walker sells cycles.

Caption For Wallington, Woodcote Road C1950

This view looks north along Woodcote Road towards the railway bridge. The station is on the left, but is concealed by the distant shops.

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

They lie in a north-south axis on the western edge of the town; they measure as high as 22ft 6in, and are as big as the stones at Stonehenge.

Caption For Cheam, Upper Mulgrave Road C1950

In the distance is the broad concrete bridge installed in 1927-28 carrying the four-lane by-pass south to Belmont and north towards London.

Caption For Boxford, View From Church Tower C1965

Bridge House, the Post Office Stores and the adjoining houses (centre bottom) follow the curve of the street, named after The Swan Inn.

Caption For Anstey, Pack Horse Bridge C1960

On the south-east side of the village the five-arch stone bridge, perhaps of the 16th century, steps quietly across the very reedy Rotherby Brook.

Caption For Abingdon, Bridge Street C1955

This view was taken looking north along Bridge Street towards the Market Place – indeed, in the left centre of the view we can see the cupola and stair tower of the Town Hall.

Caption For Bristol, St Augustine's Bridge 1901

Car No 118 of the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co heads for St Augustine's Bridge.

Caption For Newby Bridge, The Swan Hotel 1914

The hotel stands on the north bank of the River Leven, by the bridge.

Caption For St Ives, Bridge 1899

The bridge across the Ouse at St Ives was built in medieval times.

Caption For Luton, Vauxhall Motors C1950

The building to the left is K Block; it housed the greater part of the marketing and sales functions for the company.

Caption For Abingdon, Town Hall 1890

Frith's Victorian photographer was in the lane leading to the abbey gateway, and looking across the Market Place to what is now undoubtedly the finest building in Abingdon: the Town Hall.

Caption For Anstey, Pack Horse Bridge C1960

On the south-east side of the village the five-arch stone bridge, perhaps of the 16th century, steps quietly across the very reedy Rotherby Brook.

Caption For Luton, Manchester Street C1955

As one of four major thoroughfares leading to the Town Centre, and formerly called Tower Hill, Manchester Street's importance was typified by the presence of many privately-owned shops and businesses and

Caption For Paignton, Tricycle 1889

Victorian engineering may have had its successes with its railways, bridges and steamships, but not every invention made it into the handbook or classic designs.

Caption For Worsley, The Wooden Bridge C1960

The wooden bridge spans the spur to the Delph. Here, iron ore deposits colour the water bright orange. There were two canal and tunnel systems, one set higher than the other.

Caption For Sandsend, The Beach 1925

It was a popular place for holidays when this picture was taken, even though the village was disfigured by a ruin of an alum works and an iron bridge carrying the LNER railway line from Whitby to Saltburn

Caption For Whitchurch Canonicorum, Church Of St Candida From West 1900

Only this church and Westminster Abbey have the honour of holding the relics of the saint to whom it is dedicated. St Wite was killed on an Anglo-Saxon mission to Germany.

Caption For Melsonby, Bridge And Church Of St James The Great C1960

Quarrying for limestone and copper brought new people to this quiet agricultural village - mines were still operating in the 1920s. Now Melsonby is a well-kept residential village.

Caption For Seathwaite, Stockley Bridge 1889

The earliest tourists to the Lake District were overwhelmed by the 'horrid' and 'frightful' nature of the mountains and crags, which frowned down on them as they negotiated the passes.

Caption For Studland, Ferry C1960

The lifeline between Poole and Purbeck, crossing between Sandbanks (right) and Shell Bay (left), is the Floating Bridge.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Priory Ruins 1890

The Augustinian Priory of St Mary and St Thomas the Martyr was founded c1200 by Robert fitz Richard (d1213).