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Boyhood Memories From 1952

It was around this time that the tram lines were taken up from Sunderland Road in Gateshead. The men stored the old lines in Somerset Street and Devonshire Street. As boys we would dig up the tar from around the  streets ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1952 by Dave Southern

River Row

My family lived in the end cottage in River Row,our garden backed on to the river and railway line beyond.My brother and I were aged 3 and 4 years old and I can remember waving to my father as he went to work in the pits, the train was a ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert in 1951 by Patricia Greenacre

Fenland Farming Around Peterborough

On reading the book 'PETERBOROUGH A Miscellany' a couple of items are incorrect by my own knowledge and experience. Page 4 : 'Dockey' was a word almost exclusive to fen farmworkers, it was the break taken at ...Read more

A memory of Peterborough in 1952 by Colin Berrisford

Mossford Garage

I started work at the age of 15 years as 'the boy', apprentice mechanic at Mossford garage. I remember going down the High Street to Pither's bakeries to get ham and cheese rolls, as well as pies for the mechanic's tea breaks. The ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside in 1965 by Glenn Savill

Childhood

In the 1960s I lived in Ogilvie Terrace and spent lots of days wandering happy and safe in Deri. I remember the nut wood, picking whinberries, Doreen's shop, the gas pipes where we balanced and luckily did not come to harm, the horse-shoe rock ...Read more

A memory of Deri in 1960 by Lesley Kavanagh

Going To Junior School In Radcliff On Trent In 1960

My dad was in the Canadian Air Force (RCAF) stationed in Langar (born in England though) but my family lived at 16 Douglas Close just outside Radcliffe. I remember walking daily to the ...Read more

A memory of Radcliffe on Trent in 1960 by John Reid Wilkinson

Early 1950s

I was born in Dartord where I lived in Stanham Road until I moved at the age of 9 years. Childhood friends I remember are Anthony Artist, Janet Cork, Michael Burville (not sure of spelling of surname). My next door neighbour was the ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1953 by Roger Dadd

To School Along The Prom

I lived in Mochdre, and went to the grammar school, 1955-1962. Getting off the bus at the station we would walk along the prom, skipping stones in the sea, or dodging the waves during stormy high tides. Then we would walk ...Read more

A memory of Colwyn Bay in 1955 by Eryl Williams

Cooksons Leadworks Part 2

1965. During my time working here I carried out a number of different jobs, one was to make Zinc ingots, my shift would start with my furnace fired up and there next to it would be my "charge" this would be a pile of old ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1965 by Jimmy Burrows

Evacuee

I was evacuated from London to Oxford with Burlington School on 1st September 1939. At first we had our lessons in the old Milham Ford School premises but after a few weeks transferred to the new school in Marston where we shared the ...Read more

A memory of Oxford in 1940 by Sheila Kent

Captions

405 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Hemingford Grey, High Street C1955

The early 18th-century Cock Inn may have been built as a public house - its brick has been colour-washed white.

Caption For St Austell, 1890

This photograph looks from the west towards St Austell in its rural setting.

Caption For Whitby, The New Pier Extensions 1913

There was great rejoicing when the new stone and iron extensions were finally erected in 1912, having first been suggested by William Scoresby the elder (1760- 1829) a hundred years before

Caption For Preston, Fishergate C1955

The Institute for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge has stood up well to the passing of time.

Caption For Billingham, The Town Centre C1970

This view was taken further down the shopping precinct.

Caption For Somerleyton, The Broads C1960

This tranquil scene, with pleasure craft moored along the towpath, contrasts with the activity here in the Victorian period.

Caption For Batley, Market Place And Branch Road C1955

Batley was the north's shoddy town: its prosperity came from the process of breaking down and reweaving woollen cloth from waste rags.

Caption For Bluntisham, The Chapel C1945

The Baptists have been recorded in Bluntisham since the mid 17th century; a Meeting House was built on this site in 1787, and rebuilt in 1874.

Caption For Barton Mills, The Bull Inn C1965

This was a coaching inn on the London to Norwich turnpike, now the A11, since at least the mid 18th-century.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, Cliffs 1922

Bright yellow bands of geological strata known as the Bridport Sands make Burton Cliff one of the most distinctive landforms of the Dorset coast.

Caption For Clayton West, Long Lane C1955

Clayton West was typical of many South Yorkshire coalfield villages in the 1950s, when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Abercairny, House 1899

Built between 1804 and 1844 by Richard Crichton and the Dickson brothers for Charles and James Moray, Abercairny was a break with what had become a traditional approach to the design of country houses.

Caption For Mousehole, 1927

Putting ashore the catch is a perennial attraction for bystanders on any jetty.

Caption For Studland, Ferry C1960

The lifeline between Poole and Purbeck, crossing between Sandbanks (right) and Shell Bay (left), is the Floating Bridge.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Victoria Pier And Duchess Of Devonshire 1912

The paddle-steamer is not approaching the Cobb wall on a busy day.

Caption For Edgware, St Margarets Parish Church 1954

The trees have grown, and the street signs have changed, but the church, with its substantial 15th-century ragstone west tower and mid 18th-century brick-faced body, remains substantially unaltered behind

Caption For Upwell, Town Street 1923

The photograph is taken from the Norfolk bank of the Wellstream that flows into Wisbech.

Caption For Upwell, Town Street 1923

The photograph is taken from the Norfolk bank of the Wellstream that flows into Wisbech.

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Caption For Batley, Market Place And Branch Road C1955

Batley's prosperity came from the process of breaking down and reweaving woollen cloth from waste rags.

Caption For Over, The Mill C1965

A brick tower mill, this was photographed at about the time it was purchased by a mill enthusiast for preservation.

Caption For Bangor, Main Street 1897

Here we see another view of the main street.

Caption For South Wigston, Countesthorpe Road C1960

Bootscrapers, timber-sashed windows and moulded brick arched heads to the ground floor windows and doors provide a quality so often lacking in modern housing.

Caption For Amersham, High Street C1955

From further west this view gives a good idea of the Georgian and later brick frontages added to the mainly 17th century timber-framed cottages lining the High Street and giving the town its distinctive

Caption For Great Meols, Railway Inn C1965

This pub should technically be called The New Railway Inn, because it stands on the site of a former inn of the same name.