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Memories

8,101 memories found. Showing results 81 to 90.

A Somerton Childhood

I have always lived in Somerton. As a child I lived in New Street in and as an adult I now live at the other end of Somerton. I have fond childhood memories of attending Mrs Potts' playgroup, the Infant school in Etsome Terrace ...Read more

A memory of Somerton by Mary Hayter

Walking To School

During a visit to Andersons Optician in Houghton-le-Spring, I was fascinated to see a full wall mural of this photograph. As I waited at the desk, I realised that the two little girls walking past the bank looked like my ...Read more

A memory of Houghton-Le-Spring

Lancing In The Fifties And Sixties

My family moved to Lancing when I was six months old, living first in Orchard Avenue and then Tower Road, which had a bad reputation - totally undeserved! I liked the fact that there were always children to play with, ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Avril Boyd

Memories Of Marks Gate

I lived on Marks Gate from 1954-1972 when I got married. We lived in a two bedroomed flat in Arneways Avenue. I went to the Oaks school in Collier Row, John Preston school on Marks Gate and The Warren school, Chadwell Heath. I ...Read more

A memory of Marks Gate by peterphelps06

How Burghfield Common Has Change.

I have lived all my 60+ years in Burghfield Common and I have seen it totally transformed. I was born and brought up in Three Firs Way, and lived here until 1987 when I got married and moved to Hunters Hill. ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield Common by Ian Turner

1939 Onwards I Remember

I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which I ...Read more

A memory of Harborne in 1940 by whisky1974

Growing Up In Earl Shilton

I have fond memories of Earl Shilton around the 1950s. My first school was in Wood Street where I lived in a little old cottage, now knocked down. I remember celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's coronation at the school, ...Read more

A memory of Earl Shilton in 1950 by Maureen Burdett

The Triangle

When I was about 7 or 8 I used to stand outside Wally Kilmister's shop to see the Queen as she arrived for the Cup Final in May. Yes, Wally Kilmister's was a treasure trove - bought football boots, a football and all sorts of things ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Ian Waddell

60 Years On And I Still Love It!

My Auntie May Howard and her husband Frank, from St. Helens, had a wooden holiday bungalow she called Homestead in Dee Avenue Talacre - it was definitely 1961 onwards and possibly just before that and the community centre ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by joan.bohan

The Hostels 1956 65

I lived in the hostels from 1956 to 1965, firstly in 5 Ty Draw Square (around the back of the nursery school), and later in 17 Heol-y-Ynys, right next to the square (where we played football, cricket and kick the tin). As well as ...Read more

A memory of Abergarw by byronjones8

Captions

3,478 captions found. Showing results 193 to 216.

Caption For Croydon, North End 1896

The brand-new tower of the Town Hall can be seen above the far shops in North End, which today is a pedestrianised road.

Caption For St Austell, Fore Street 1912

Two prams represent the only traffic in St Austell's attractive shopping street in this scene, which is dominated by the richly carved tower of Holy Trinity church.

Caption For Sevenoaks, High Street C1960

the mock-timbered frontage of the Holmsdale pub, with its coat of arms suspended beneath the Watney's Red Barrel advertising emblem, adjoins the similarly sham premises of Freeman, Hardy and Willis's shoe

Caption For West Harptree, The Square C1955

The Crown Inn (left) survives, along with the village shop on the right and the adjacent little shop, now a beauty salon.

Caption For Salisbury, The Poultry Cross And Silver Street 1928

This view of the Poultry Cross and Silver Street clearly shows a sign over Olivers' shoe shop - the only shop in this street which is still there today.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Square C1955

Chain and department stores arrived early in Bournemouth, though a large number of family-owned shops survived until the end of the 20th century.

Caption For York, Low Petergate C1960

The pawnbroker has gone; instead there is a modern shopping block housing the furniture shop of Stevens and Goodall.

Caption For Odiham, High Street 2004

The former ironmonger's shop became a building society office and is now an estate agent's.

Caption For Banstead, High Street C1955

Collinson`s shop on the left is now Oscar`s hairdresser`s, with a Scope charity shop next door.

Caption For Clitheroe, Castle Street 1921

Castle Street is Clitheroe's main shopping street.

Caption For Chalfont St Peter, Market Place C1955

Up the hill towards one of Chalfont St Peter's commons, Gold Hill, Tudor-style shops and flats were built on the north side of the road in 1922, called Market Place and decked out with fake

Caption For Camberwell, The Town C1950

A break in the traffic gives a clear view of the shops on the south side of Denmark Hill.

Caption For Chelmsford, High Street 1919

Of interest here are the two (separate) shops on the right-hand side: Wenley Ltd, and Bolingbroke & Sons.

Caption For Loftus, Zetland Road C1960

This attractive view taken during one summer around 1960 shows that many of the shops followed the fashion of the day in using sun blinds over their shop fronts.

Caption For Hailsham, High Street 1902

Beyond Parkers, all has gone, replaced by a modern shopping centre, while to the right the tree has gone, and all the houses are now shops.

Caption For Harrow, Station Road C1960

Timber gables and full-height faceted bay windows create an imposing range of shops and flats of the early 20th century.

Caption For Hartley Wintney, High Street C1965

It retains a distinctly rural character, yet also has the attributes of a small town with shops on either sideof the road.

Caption For Witham, Newland Street C1955

Awnings protect the shop fronts on this sunny day.

Caption For Galleywood, The Parade C1965

This development is known as Galleywood Village Shops.

Caption For Frimley Green, 1906

The shop and the house next door have been replaced by a modern parade of shops.

Caption For Kettering, Bakehouse Hill C1955

The Odeon was to be demolished in 1974, when shops would be built on the site.

Caption For Preston, Fishergate 1903

The tower with its clock belongs to the Preston Baptist Church; the Town Hall spire can be seen further up Fishergate.There is an interesting diversity of shops, from a plumber's to the Cocoa

Caption For Wilton, West Street C1950

By 1955 the horse and cart have made way for the car, the street lamps have appeared, but the shops and everything else have changed very little in West Street.

Caption For Bluntisham, Village Square C1965

This scene, with Lieutenant Colonel Tebbutt's 19th-century barograph under the shelter in front of the village shop has hardly changed.