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Memories

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The 1950s

Though I have some recall of the 1940s - eg starting school in 1948 at the age of three and a half and being reluctant to get off a rocking horse on the first day, it was the 1950s that really kicked in - to the accompaniment of songs ...Read more

A memory of Corwen in 1950 by Gareth Hughes

Growing Up

I have some very happy memories of growing up in and around Burwash. Both sets of my grandparents lived in Swife Lane. Mr and Mrs Frederick owned Corner Farm, where my mum grew up, and Mr and Mrs Smith lived in Byeways. I remember as a ...Read more

A memory of Burwash in 1972 by Helen Hobbs

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

Reminiscences Of Portsmouth In The Late 1930s

I was born in Portsmouth in 1933. My family and I lived first in Lyndhurst Road - about which I don't recall too much - then later in Merrivale Road. I remember very clearly where Merrivale joined ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth by Brian Veall

Some Childhood Years In Sorbie 1932 T0 1937

The family moved from Reay in Caithness to Sorbie in 1932 - I was 2 years old and had a sister who was 12 years old and a brother, 10 years old, so there was a huge difference in ages and I was brought up ...Read more

A memory of Sorbie in 1930 by Fionn Young

Summer Holidays

The sun always seemed to shine on our annual summer holiday to my grandmother's at Emmanuel Road. What excitement running down West hill to the town and the beach. There was always a ride on the boating lake, you could smell the ...Read more

A memory of Hastings in 1955 by Sue Little

Victoria Park Latchford

I remember when there used to be a place in Victoria Park, Latchford, called `The Pavillion'. It had a row of bushes beside it - dividing it from a sunken paddling pond that had rather ornate brick walls around it and ...Read more

A memory of Warrington in 1945

1946 1951 Age 2 Years To 7 Years

I was in St Claire's Orphanage with my two sisters after my father died in 1945. The Rev Mother Sister Phillomina had been a childhood friend of my mother's. This fact did not give us any added privileges. I ...Read more

A memory of Pantasaph in 1948 by Dora Murphy

Does Anyone Remember The Rag And Bone Men?

Does anyone remember the rag and bone men that used to come round the scheme looking for old rags etc? I was so desperate to own a red balloon, nothing was to stand in my way, but where would I get enough good ...Read more

A memory of Ayr by Laura Wilson

Living At The Mill

My father got a job in the mill in about 1950 and we moved into Mill House which is actually a part of the mill itself, on the right as you stand facing the building. I don't know what Bordon is like now, but in my day it had its ...Read more

A memory of Bordon in 1950 by Colin Noble

Captions

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Caption For Enfield, Bush Hill Station, St Mark's Road C1955

One stop down the line from Enfield town, Bush Hill Park station was opened in 1880 to service this development by the Northern Estates Company.

Caption For Formby, The Beach C1960

However, the sands gradually began to engulf the station, and it was closed down in 1919.

Caption For South Harting, Church Of St Mary And St Gabriel 1906

We are in the main part of the Hartings, nestling in the northern slopes of the Downs, on the pilgrims' route to Chichester.

Caption For Charlton, Woodstock House C1955

Woodstock House is a country house hotel nestling in the Downs below the heights of Charlton Forest. We are near Goodwood racecourse, hence the racing scene on the hotel restaurant signboard.

Caption For Brockham, The Green 1906

Overlooked by the slopes of Box Hill and the sweep of the North Downs, this delightful village acquired its name from the badgers whose setts were by the River Mole.

Caption For Smallhythe, The Village 1900

The half-timbered house on the left was the Priest's House, and it stands beside a small church which was rebuilt in brick after being burned down in 1514.

Caption For Blakeney, Blakeney Street C1950

At the time this photograph was taken, the bend in the road was a notorious accident black spot: here heavily laden lorries often came to grief on the long descent down Blakeney Hill into the village

Caption For Great Yarmouth, The Beach 1899

It was known for its pleasure beach, and before the days of the scenic railway visitors could get a bird's eye view of the town from the Revolving Tower (left).

Caption For Ingoldmells, Moores Holiday Estate Camp C1955

All that is the same are the steps leading down to the building, which is now two-storey and called Sealands. The adjoining house is now fully incorporated with it and unrecognisable.

Caption For Eastwood, Nottingham Road 1955

The house, a two-up, two-down and attic, is now a museum which spreads into the shop next door, on the corner of the evocatively named Scargill Street.

Caption For Clitheroe, The View From The Castle 1921

We are looking down from the keep of Clitheroe Castle to the town below.

Caption For Chatburn, The Village 1921

The Brown Cow public house is on the right, and the Black Bull Hotel can just be made out further down the road. The village is 400ft above sea level.

Caption For Shefford, North Bridge Street 1951

Once an important market town, Shefford was blighted this century by through traffic; its central T-junction was a bottleneck until the town was recently by-passed.

Caption For Gloucester, Westgate Street 1923

If we count four awnings down on the same side of the road, we will just be able to make out Boots.

Caption For Swanage, Station Yard 1897

Ballard Down (top left) and the Victorian villas of Gilbert Road (middle distance) form the backdrop.

Caption For Lechlade, The Old Market Place C1950

The Cotswold rivers of Coln and Leach join the Thames here, and the town is much influenced by them.

Caption For Malmesbury, The Abbey 1924

The impressive and imposing ruins of Malmesbury Abbey look down on the River Avon 60 feet below.

Caption For Calne, Bentley Grammar School C1965

It has grounds of about 35 acres, with splendid views of the Downs and the White Horse. It became a comprehensive in 1974, merging with the Fynamore Secondary Modern School.

Caption For Preston, River Ribble From Miller Park C1935

Today, it is quite hard to get down to the river in some places, but the Ribble is still there waiting to be reinvented.

Caption For Skegness, The Clock Tower 1910

The amusements are down on the beach, with the old museum ship on the right.

Caption For Launceston, Castle Street C1955

The house with the two dormers is Lawrence House, now the town museum, and at the far end we can see the gable of Eagle House.

Caption For Launceston, Castle Street C1955

The house with the two dormers is Lawrence House, now the town museum, and at the far end we can see the gable of Eagle House.

Caption For Kinver, The Canal C1955

Unlike many of its rivals, the Staffordshire & Worcestershire never sold out to the railway companies, some of whom made a policy of buying up canals, then running them down so that they could gradually

Caption For Kendal, The Castle 1894

Kendal Castle was built by the Normans to the east of the town, probably by Ivo de Tailbois, the first Lord of Kendal in the late 12th century.