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Coopers And Booths

My Great, Great Great Grandfather, William Booth, used to push a cart up and down the streets of Clayton le Moors with his son John Booth, selling shellfish. He was known as 'Muscle Bill' and his son, 'Oyster Jack'. (This is ...Read more

A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1890 by Donna Cooper

Air Conditioning

I worked in Rolls-Royce installing the air conditioning unit, taking the car out on the road to test the system worked correctly. I worked with Maurice Ashwin, my foreman was Jack Gadd. The senior bosses were always known by their ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1960 by Ken Wood

Summers Holidays Were Invented For Fishing

I remember as a small kid growing up in England I couldn't wait for the summer holidays to arrive.  As the days drew closer I could hardly sleep at night knowing that any day now we would be packing our ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere in 1972 by Darren Crumbleholme

Hop Picking

I used to go to Little Chart Farm, Pluckley as a child, being born in the East End in 1946.  My memories are of freedom and adventure, long, happy carefree days spent in the beautiful Kent countryside, for a few weeks each summer. My aunt ...Read more

A memory of Pluckley in 1956 by Alexandra Mustin

Sandstone Site As At 21 August 2006

First time on web page, co-incidently was at site yesterday 20 Aug 2006. I used to play all around the area as a young child 1970+ when the area was allotments, the current site has lost about 10ft in height due to 20 ...Read more

A memory of Stone in 2006 by Paul Spilsnury

Gants Hill Smiths Bus Stop

I used to live in Montreal Road, off Perth Road, and remember the bus-stop outside Smiths stationers. There was also a real butchers, greengrocers, shoe shop, Woolworths, banks, a small dress shop and later a Jewish ...Read more

A memory of Gants Hill in 1961

Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle

My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction company. ...Read more

A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by Denman Lalonde

St.Matthias Youth Club 1950s

I was born in December 1939 in Redhill Hospital which then changed to Edgware General. My parents Bill and Gladys Wyness lived in Marlow Court, Colindeep Lane and my maternal grandparents lived in Chalfont Court also in ...Read more

A memory of Colindale by sandymills03

Taking A Tumble In 1960

Seeing this photo bought back painful memories!  The year before this photo was taken I was in my usual rush to get from Slough Technical School to my home in Langley.  This meant changing buses in Slough and if you were very ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1960 by Bill Burrows

Maltby Memories

I lived in Bubwith from August 1949 until January 1961 when my family moved to York following the sale of the family grocery business. The shop was located directly opposite the end of The Intake on the main village street and is now a ...Read more

A memory of Bubwith by Helen Maltby

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Caption For Clayton, Village C1960

St John the Baptist's church has a wooden bell turret, and the interior is decorated with a series of 12th- century wall paintings.

Caption For Clayton, Jack And Jill Windmills C1955

Jack, on the left, is a large brick-built tower mill which was worked until the early part of this century.

Caption For Preesall, Town Foot C1955

Here lived some of the workers in the salt mines, including Joe Danson, Jack Fairhurst, and Bill Davis.

Caption For Bourton On The Water, The River C1955

According to the guide- book of your choice, Bourton is billed 'Queen of the Cotswolds','the Venice of the Cotswolds', or 'the jewel in the Cotswolds' crown'.

Caption For Road Weedon, Watling Street C1965

The photographer is now looking south along Watling Street back to Road Weedon.

Caption For St Neots, River Terrace C1955

During the floods of 1947, the River Ouse rose over the gardens of the twelve houses in River Terrace and drenched the ground floors.

Caption For East Hoathly, High Street C1965

From Crowborough the route heads back nearer to Hailsham's environs and to the village of East Hoathly, a village now much more peaceful than a few years ago.

Caption For Portsmouth, Victoria Pier And The Sally Port C1960

That evening Crabb went to Havant and caught a train back to Portsmouth.

Caption For Chelmsford, Tindal Street 1906

The High Street itself was filling up.

Caption For Chelmsford, High Street 1895

By now, the High Street was crammed with houses: all the plots had been filled.

Caption For New Brighton, The Beach 1887

Designed by Capt John Kitson, Royal Engineers, Fort Perch Rock was built between 1826 and 1829 at a cost of £27,000 to defend the seaward approach to Liverpool and the Mersey.