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Waterfoot Is Still My Home After 54 Years.

I was born in 298 Burnley Road East on August 18th 1945. The Nurse who delivered me was Nurse Bowe, who was a good friend of my Gran's (Teresa Whittaker, nee O'Brien). All my Aunties and Uncles were born in ...Read more

A memory of Waterfoot by Judith Mc Creath

Was The Sweet Shop Foyles, Near Holy Trinity?

I still remember the thrill of walking down the drive from Cheshunt Sec' School on the last day, with the image of it burning on the back of my neck. Refusing to look back I was saying to myself, "I will ...Read more

A memory of Cheshunt in 1963 by Valerie Pedlar

Wartime Years In Llanarmon Yn Ial

Shortly after the outbreak of war, my Father who had a pet shop in Wallasey, evacuated the family to Llanarmon.  We consisted of Dad, Mum, my brother Ray and myself. We moved into Rose Cottage in the village, ...Read more

A memory of Llanarmon-yn-Ial in 1940 by Don Thurlow

Warnham Village Hall

Nice to see the old village hall again, I used to go with my mum to Mothers Club in the 1960s and lots of jumble sales, church bazaars, barn dances and even football training. At some jumble sales we used to try and ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1961 by Alan Ramsay

Warmfield A Forgotten Village

I have lived in the parish of Warmfield-cum-Heath practically all my life,and attended the now very 'dilapidated' local school. I still live in the parish, and have very fond memories of Warmfield. Much has changed! I ...Read more

A memory of Warmfield by Glynnis Wilson

War Years

I remember, in what must have been June 1944, when myself and our neighbours the Brays were watching what seemed like an endless stream of lorries loaded with soldiers coming down the hill (High Road) and on to somewhere, with ...Read more

A memory of Great Tarpots in 1944 by Colin Mackenzie

War Baby

I was born in Olney in May 1945. My mum had been sent from bombed out East London to a safe place to have her baby, me. I was taken back to London 2 weeks after I was born. The house where I was born had been set up for pregnant women to ...Read more

A memory of Buckingham by Carol Chaplin

War

The Blitz started with the Sirens wailing in the early evenings, to warn of the approach of enemy planes. Then complete silence for quite a long time as we waited with mounting apprehension in the passage way, mother, myself, Dennis and David ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1940 by Arthur Cottrell

Walthamstow

I was born in Forest Road, Walthamstow, in 1927. My father was a councillor in the thirties, on the entertainments committee organising film star visits and concerts by the London Symphony Orchestra. He owned the ironmongers, Cole ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1930

Wallsend Central

Central Girls school Wallsend was operational during the ten years I was there from 1941. It was one of three large units that were respectively, The Infants, Boys, and Girls. We were segregated once we survived the 'Infant's, and ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend in 1951 by Bob Proud

Captions

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Caption For Slaidburn, Church Street 1921

Now very much part of Lancashire, the village of Slaidburn was in Yorkshire at the time of our photograph.

Caption For Daventry, Tennyson Road C1965

Having completed the tour of Daventry town centre, we now look at some of the 20th-century housing and industrial development.

Caption For Stafford, Register Office, Eastgate Street 2005

In 1815 Sir George Jerningham began paying it the sum of £60 a year, and, together with his brother Edward, built a new church on the site. It opened on 5 June 1817.

Caption For Nelson, Manchester Road 1958

The story of how the town got its name is an unusual one. When the railway arrived, a station was built here at Marsden.

Caption For Rugby, The School Gateway 1922

Dr James was not one to spare the rod, but his successor, Dr Henry Ingles, was known as 'The Black Tiger' for the severity of his rule.

Caption For High Wycombe, The Grange, Amersham Hill 2005

Meanwhile down in the town, away from the lush gardens and villas of Amersham Hill, the furniture industry was modernising into the factory system.

Caption For Alderley Edge, The Tea Room 2005

Inspection of the sale catalogues belonging to the people who were at the auction shows bids creeping up and then the lot being withdrawn as it had not reached the reserve price.

Caption For Beachy Head, 1912

The first official record of a petition for a navigation light appears in the Parliamentary Papers of the Lords of the Privy Council for Trade, written during the reign of William III and Queen

Caption For Colchester, East Gate C1955

Colchester was also visited by the Roman Emperor himself, who considered the capture of this capital vital to the success of the conquest from AD43 onwards.

Caption For High Wycombe, The Old Cane And Rush Works, Desborough Street 2005

The furniture legacy from this period can be found mainly in the western part of town: many are relatively small two-storey structures up to 100 feet long, and date mostly from the first two decades

Caption For Maidstone, The Tithe Barn C1955

The former stables of the Archbishop's Palace, for long believed to be a tithe barn. The building now houses the famous Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages.

Caption For Holbeach, High Street C1955

The photographer is now positioned east of Franklin's Outfitters, since demolished.

Caption For Easington, Seaside Road From Church C1955

As with most rural churches, All Saints' had an attached farm and barn. The

Caption For Bredon, The Village C1955

The present church owes its origins to the Normans and their influence, its medieval additions making it an architectural joy.

Caption For Hull, Wilberforce House 1903

This house, according to tradition, was owned and built during the 16th century by the Lister family, who entertained King Charles I here in 1639.

Caption For Dolwyddelan, The Castle 1891

Five miles south-west of Betwys-y-Coed, Dolwyddelan Castle was founded about 1170 by Iorwerth Trwyndwn (the Flatnosed), and this was where his son Llywelyn was born. The

Caption For Holyport, Sturt Green 1909

Farther down the A330 is Stud Green, a hamlet of Holyport. Its character is now largely suburban, following much rebuilding. This view looks west.

Caption For Trough Of Bowland, Sykes Farm 1921

Sykes Farm is typical of the isolated farms in this area. Another was Birkenhead Farm, where James Baines, woollen draper and benefactor to education in the Fylde, was born. The

Caption For Easington, Tithe Barn And Church C1955

As with most rural churches, All Saints' had an attached farm and barn. The

Caption For Dolwyddelan, The Castle 1891

Five miles south west of Betwys-y-Coed, Dolwyddelan was founded c1170 by Iorweth Trwyndwn (the Flatnosed), and this was where his son Llywelyn was born. The

Caption For Empingham, Crocket Lane C1960

This charming lane near the church has a concentration of thatched cottages. Further along is Jubilee Barn, the original tithe barn of the village.

Caption For Simpson, Main Road C1958

This view looks north to the thatched cottages, Nos 456 and 458.

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Caption For Wray, C1955

Still pleasantly rural, with views of woods and the distant Bowland Fells, this village stands near Wennington Hall, where Peter Hesketh, founder of Fleetwood-on-Wyre was born. The

Caption For Drayton, Gravel Lane C1955

A little north of the High Street Junction, off Abingdon Road, is Gravel Lane, which has a number of farm buildings on each side at its west end.