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The Flying Horse

I worked at the pub on Parson Street. Banbury is a great town, to remember crazy memories, like when you did not have any money then there would be no electric or TV. I remember St Mary's church bell practice was on Wednesday ...Read more

A memory of Banbury in 1977 by Carol Jeacock

St Malachys Primary School 1951 To 1956

I was born in Manchester in 1945, and moved with my family to Kingsly Crescent Collyhurst flats. My father died in 1948, and my mother, brother Joe and I moved to Elizabeth-Ann Street, Collyhurst, where we ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1951 by Vincent Stevenson

Memories Of Chile Okeford Church

I was born in 1940 and was christened and confirmed in the Church. Rev Richard Taylor was the vicar for most of my scool days. In 1953 I learnt to ring the bells, we went to Shroton to be taught by Mr George ...Read more

A memory of Child Okeford in 1940 by David Moon

My Childhood Garden Part V

Beside the strawberry bed grew a large cooking apple tree that produced enormous green apples. We had a variety of both eating and cooking apple trees in the garden, the fruit from which was harvested and then stored ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

Fish And Ice Cream!

Hello. I used to live in Thornhill from 1958 to 1968/9 (aged 1 -11) and I always seem to remember it being sunny even though the area is one of the wettest in the UK! Fish and Ice Cream....not together. I remember my mother ...Read more

A memory of Thornhill in 1965 by George Middleton

Cranford Shops 1980s 2010

Starting from Tesco Express: This used to be a block of about 2 or 3 shops which included a building society and a travel agent. Next to this was Barclays Bank which closed down in the late 1980s/early 1990s. It remained ...Read more

A memory of Cranford

Does Does Anyone Remember Me? I Lived On Alta Road

We used to live at number 20 (next to the junior school), there was myself, Geoff, Geraldine, Liz my siblings and my mum and dad, my dad was called Kenneth Douglas and was a WW2 warrant officer, my ...Read more

A memory of Deepcut in 1955 by Alan Douglas

The Happy Days

To Mary Muir, I remember you very well. Those were the days. I started school then in February aged 4 and a half years old. I remember all my teachers. I wonder if these names ring a bell, Miss Todd, Miss Taylor, Miss Cuthbert, Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Lumphinnans in 1957 by Ellen Hogg

When I Was 12

I was born in Dublin, Ireland. My mother was born in Six Bells. Her name was Olwen Roche, nee Griffiths. In 1959 my mother took myself and my brother to stay with my grandparents who lived at no 9 Griffin Street. I will never forget ...Read more

A memory of Six Bells in 1959 by John Roche

Binbrook, The Holiday And Life.

Onwards and upwards through the years, I had an aunty and grandmother who lived there. Ending up at No2 Mount pleasant after living in Low Lane. Lilly and Bill Stone, parents of my mother Jaqueline Stone (now Stevens). ...Read more

A memory of Binbrook in 1956 by Ian Stevens

Captions

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Caption For Beachy Head, Coast 1910

The rugged nature and scale of the cliffs at Beachy Head, seen here to the east of the lighthouse, is clearly shown in this view.

Caption For Helston, The Parish Church C1950

The fine 103ft tower has a peal of eight bells. The

Caption For Old Basing, 1898

The village has long been famous for Basing House, a ruined building reduced to rubble by Cromwell and his army during the Civil War.

Caption For Chester, Ye Olde Blue Bell 1929

Ye Olde Blue Bell and Ye Olde Cabin both date from the 15th century.

Caption For Chesterfield, Holy Trinity Church 1914

The fine embattled western tower of Holy Trinity houses a clock and one bell.

Caption For Broad Chalke, The Congregational Church C1955

Now a United Reformed Church in weekly use, this flint church has lost its neighbouring large tree and the central bell tower and short spire.

Caption For Sandwich, The Barbican C1955

Across the sluggish waters of the River Stour, the Bridgegate, usually called the Barbican, was built in 1539 with semi-circular flanking bastions.

Caption For Ormskirk, The Clock Tower C1960

Standing at the cross-roads in the centre of the town is the clock tower, which was erected by public subscription in 1876.

Caption For Long Sutton, Village 1904

The house on the left is the residence of the headmaster of the adjoining school, opposite the church.

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Caption For Helensburgh, The Esplanade 1901

The coming of the railway put Helensburgh into the Glasgow commuter belt, whilst its steamer connections helped it develop as a holiday centre.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Pier 1929

The steamer 'Swift', launched in 1900 as the then largest boat on the lake, sits at the end of the pier, whilst a cluster of yachts, possibly racing, passes between the boat station and

Caption For Botley, The Village C1950

The peace and tranquillity of Botley all changed in 1964 when major development took place.

Caption For Fivehead, Parish Church C1960

Fivehead lies on a ridge overlooking the Levels.

Caption For Windermere, From Biskey Howe 1887

The rocky knoll of Biskey Howe, rising abruptly above the built-up area of Bowness, has long been a favourite viewpoint—from here a large proportion of the lake is visible.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1950

Stand in the same spot today and you would not recognise this scene.

Caption For London, Cheapside And Mansion House 1915

Here we have a later view down Poultry and Cheapside, with Christopher Wren's spire of St Mary-le-Bow dominating the street.

Caption For Eastbourne, Belle Vue Hotel C1965

All the buildings in this view survive, including the smaller houses in Elms Avenue and the rather good 1850s stucco of the Belle Vue Hotel, with its arched ground floor windows and heavy moulded cornice

Caption For Goudhurst, The Star And Eagle Hotel C1960

Standing near the top of a hill overlooking the Weald, the Star and Eagle is a fine half-timbered 15th-century inn adjoining the churchyard, and is believed to have had monastic connections.

Caption For Painswick, St Mary's Church 1900

St Mary's church is the focus of this ancient little town, which is built almost exclusively from Cotswold stone.

Caption For Eastbourne, All Souls Church 1890

Apparently transplanted from Romanesque Italy, this remarkable church in yellow and red brick was funded by the great-niece of the Duke of Wellington, Lady Victoria Wellesley.

Caption For Leeds, Briggate C1955

Leeds was one of the pioneers of segregated tracks, keeping trams and other vehicles apart.

Caption For Northfield, Bell Lane C1955

Bell Road is an echo of Northfield's agricultural past.The population grew by over 200 per cent between 1881 and 1891, nearly all of it overflow from Birmingham; but modern Northfield owes much to

Caption For Washington, The Village C1965

The Village c1955 The two principal churches in the village at this time were the Roman Catholic Our Blessed Lady Immaculate, which dated from the late 1870s, and Holy Trinity, which had been

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.