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Tosh And I And Easy Pickings
Tosh and I and easy pickings Hi everyone, It's me again with the continuation of my wee story. I was taken by surprise how many people liked and responded to ...Read more
A memory of Newarthill by
Holy Trinity Church 1891 Margate
The Margate cliffs were chalk. An extremely tall church named The Holy Trinity Church sat in the middle of Trinity Square about 800m from the sea. During the war, the roof had collapsed leaving the outer walls, ...Read more
A memory of Margate by
'the Bank'
We always met outside the Halifax Building Society Head Office on Commercial Street and we would say "meet you outside the bank".
A memory of Halifax by
12a Coronation Close Blenden
I was born at 12a Coronation Close, Blenden (near Danson Park and Bexley woods) in July of 1947. My family shared the house with my nan and aunts, Molly and Olive for the first 5 years of my life (we then moved to ...Read more
A memory of Bexleyheath by
1940s And 50s
I was born in 1942 and lived in Ovington Grove behind The Lonnen. My memories would fill several books, but for starters:- the Regal; Quadrini's; Number 2 blue bus; Holy Cross Church; Cowgate then Wingrove Schools; playing football ...Read more
A memory of Fenham by
1949 1966
I was born at 16 Roding Avene, the prefabs right next to the River Roding. Across the main London Road was Delayneys, also the Masters Match factory with its tall chimmney. I remember seeing the chimney being knocked down, the man at the ...Read more
A memory of Barking by
1950s Rosenau Rd.
Hi, I was born in 1946 at the South London Hospital for Women and lived for a while at 15 Etruria St. Battersea, it was near Dogs Home Bridge and Battersea Power Station, where my dad, Charlie Jones worked. Soon we ...Read more
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1956
Crescent Road Primary School ... more names flooding back today! Pauline McNutt, Judith Ward, David.....woops surname just slipped out of my head again, or should I say back in?! A Brian with fair curly hair. A girl who had impetigo badly? ...Read more
A memory of Erith by
1957 Upwards Susan June Keeler
I was a little girl who was adopted to Cecil John Keeler and my first visit to Petham was as a 5yr old. My Granny Fanny keeler and had 5 sons. Dick.Ray.Ted.Cecil and Reg.Granny Keeler also had 3 daughters Daisy.Girlie and ...Read more
A memory of Petham by
1965
1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more
A memory of Market Harborough by
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In the 19th century, banks often built very imposing buildings to reflect their status in everyday life.
In the 19th century, banks often built very imposing buildings to reflect their status in everyday life.
In the 19th century, banks often built very imposing buildings to reflect their status in everyday life.
On the left is the corner of Lloyds Bank; then comes Siddal and Kirby's shoe shop, the Wool Shop, now Nationwide with a new shop front, and the Midland Bank.
This view shows one of Salter's pleaseure steamers, the 'Henley', having just passed through Burford Bridge heading upstream towards Oxford.
On the left is the Queen's Head Hotel; beyond that is the Chesterfield & District Co-operative Society.
We are looking at West Bank and the Victoria Promenade.
The scaffolding beyond the lamppost hides Lloyds Bank, which was being extended and restored at the time this photograph was taken (there are rainwater heads dated 1921).
The view looking north from the King's Head shows the National Provincial Bank on the left (now NatWest) and, opposite, the Button Shop (now the Wimborne Pottery).
From Brook the route heads to Milford, formerly partially on the A3 London to Portsmouth road but now, mercifully, by-passed - but the traffic is still heavy.
By 1906 the pier had been considerably widened and extended in length.
By 1906 the pier had been considerably widened and extended in length.
At the junction with Paternoster Row, Cheapside swings from the north in an arc and heads east towards the Bank.
A clipper-bowed excursion steamer crowded with passengers heads along the Dee, attracting little attention from the young fishermen on the bank.
The photographer is looking east towards Poole Head, at the end of the long high cliff of Poole Bay which includes Bournemouth.
Approaching is an LCC ambulance; on the left a tram, about to go out of service, heads towards Walworth Road.
The boy on the left appears to have been diverted from what he was doing: probably he has been hailed by the two cyclists opposite Lloyd's Bank, who seem to be about to head across the road towards him
The bank to the right, where the car is parked, now houses a boat hire firm, Castle Narrowboats.
The bank to the right, where the car is parked, now houses a boat hire firm, Castle Narrowboats.
At the junction with Paternoster Row, Cheapside swings from the north in an arc and heads east towards the Bank.
Heading north-east we come to Wisbech St Mary, which is built alongside the New River, which takes the water of the Nene to the huge pumping station at Denver Sluice.
The Mumbles-Swansea train in the centre of the photograph is heading for or leaving the Elms Terminus.
By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge
This is Loves Lane leading off the Main Street and heading for Horn Mill.
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