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Station Road, Willow Street And Eglington Road
My mother, Doris Pace, was born in Chingford in 1909 and lived in Eglington Road. She belonged to the tennis club and used to go shopping in Station Road. Her Nanny, Annie Hilling, lived in Willow ...Read more
A memory of Chingford in 1930 by
Stacksteads Boyhood.
My family moved from Haslingden to Newchurch Road in 1950 opposite the Farhome Tavern. As an eight year old I attended Western Junior School until 1953 leaving to attend Blackthorn Secondary Modern until June 1957 when our ...Read more
A memory of Stacksteads in 1950 by
St. Mary's
Several of my Tarbox ancestors were baptised at St. Mary's. William Tarbox, b. 1849 (wife Helen Pitt Cooke) lived on Broad Street and he worked as a weaver. He left for NYC in 1880, leaving his wife and 5 children in the workhouse! ...Read more
A memory of Kidderminster in 1880 by
St John's Gate Broad Street
St John's Gate in Broad Street in Bristol is the only surviving medieval city gateway, at one one time there were seven gates into the old city. Fortified gateways pierced the town wall at intervals. St John's Gateway, ...Read more
A memory of Bristol by
Southwood Drive
I arrived in Tolworth at the age of 5. Went to Sheephouse Lane School, later to Tolworth Central School (Boys). In 1940 I was standing outside 84 Southwood Drive when an unexploded bomb went off behind 73. The blast blew the front ...Read more
A memory of Tolworth in 1940 by
Southend On Sea Airport
Yes I can remember in the 50's as kids in Snakes Lane, racing down to the airport on our bikes if we viewed any aircraft out the ordinary on it's flight path to land. One day in the fifties I rember an aircraft ...Read more
A memory of Southend Airport
South Park High School For Girls
I lived in Monks Rd, opposite the arboretum and near to the Church until 1955. I have very happy memories of Lincoln; the Cathedral where I was confirmed along with three other friends from Guides, the Monks Rd ...Read more
A memory of Lincoln in 1953 by
Somerton Staithe
This photo stirs memories of West Somerton, my 1940's and 1950's childhood home. We kids trying to fish with bamboo stakes, string and worms, sitting beside serious fishermen on these banks. Then there was the time the ...Read more
A memory of Winterton-on-Sea in 1950 by
So Different Now
I used to live at 22 Clifton Road. Tin baths, outside loos, newspaper on a nail in toilet, all of that. I went to Clifton Road School so I only had to skip a few yards to get there. I remember a teacher called Mrs De Orfe and ...Read more
A memory of Southall in 1952 by
Slough Safety Town The Teds
I remember going to Slough on a Saturday night in 1958. I was fifteen years old. My hair was well greased and combed back at the sides and ending in a D.A. at the back together a quiff at the front. I was dressed in ...Read more
A memory of Slough in 1958 by
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A motor dinghy carries a boatload of adults and children past the pumping mill at Martham Staithe.
Warminster, on the A36 at the head of the Wylye valley, was an important market town and communication centre.
The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.
These late 19th-century houses were in Broad Street, and were demolished during the Trinity clearances in the early 1960s.
This building, which was part of Leeds University, was designed by T A Lodge and opened in 1951. Its broad tower dominates the city skyline.
This view looks across the broad expanse of firm sands to a goods train, which is probably carrying slate on the now-vanished harbour branch of the railway.
These enterprising retailers are taking advantage of a captive market on the Broads.
Station Road, though quite short in length, still manages to achieve a broad mix of shops and dwelling houses.
This broad thoroughfare, seen here where it leaves the Strand, was constructed in 1875. The woman and young girl on the left are standing in the doorway of the local piano shop.
The ore was shovelled into trucks and hauled by horses to the surface. The tunnels were lit only by candles stuck to the miners' broad-rimmed hats with a lump of clay.
Apart from milling, they were used to drain the fens and broads; their numbers dropped when fuel-powered engines were introduced.
The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.
Beyond Southgate, on Broad Quays, the 1966 Churchill Bridge over the River Avon replaced the Old Bridge we see in this view.
Here we see the broad sweep of the garden city's main street looking west, with a wide assortment of businesses lining the wide tree-lined pavements.
Looking along the broad sweep of Lyme Bay toward the eminence of Barton Cliff, with the protective harbour walls jutting out to sea, and the signal mast of the coastguard station clearly visible.
It is a busy day for the small Ranworth Broad, with sailing boats and dinghies out as well as a large motor cruiser.
The long, broad street winds through this attractive market town, that sits in the valley of the River Culm alongside the busy M5 motorway.
This ornate fountain was erected in 1912 and cost £180; it was the subject of much public debate.
In this view of the square, coaches are parked in the broad open expanse. The town consists of ten streets within the walls, which are defended by round towers, and around twenty outside.
Typifying the sixties town planning dream here, Broad Walk presents a range of shops away from the hazard and pollution of the motor car.
Designed by Maxwell & Tuke and completed in 1894, the Technical School, Broad Street, was built to fulfil the requirements of the Technical Instruction Act (1890).
The Bristol & Portishead Pier & Railway was a single broad-gauge line, which opened in April 1867, and connected with the Bristol & Exeter Railway at Bedminster.
This broad junction is now occupied by a mini-roundabout, but in 1911 it appears that nobody was too bothered about which side of the unmade road traffic chose to use.
This broad junction is now occupied by a mini-roundabout, but in 1911 it appears that nobody was too bothered about which side of the unmade road traffic chose to use.
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