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My First Try At Stand Up Comedy In Cheshunt :

When I attended a weekend course called "The Entertainers" at the old Theobalds centre in Cheshunt, I had no idea what was in store. I was supposed to prepare a ten-minute piece to perform that night in ...Read more

A memory of Cheshunt in 1989 by Jon Danzig

The Pub In The Centre Of Dartford

There was a pub near the railway bridge on Overy Street called 'The 3 Tuns' was that the one? I was born in a house in Dartford Road in 1955, the family moved to a new bungalow, no. 6 Tuffnail Road, tel. 23838, in ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1961

Cookridge School And Perkins Farm

I was born in 1946 and spent the first 3 years living in a curved un-insulated "nissen" hut next to the gunsight in Adel. We then moved to 71 Raynel Way in 1949. I attended Cookridge School and used to walk up ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge in 1949 by Brian Jarvis

Memories Of The Dulas Arms

My name is Dilys Bandtock nee Williams, what a shock I got this morning while browsing my computer to come across this site Wow! Explore my past, gee I was born here in 1938 in Raynes Cottages, Llysfaen Station in the ...Read more

A memory of Llanddulas in 1943 by Dilys Bandtock Nee Williams

Diane Kurn And Rosiland Dry

We were always good friends the closest... Rosoland died quite young and I had moved from Croydon and settled where she had moved to years before. Hastings. I was born in 2 Stretton Road East Croydon. stones throw from ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Dianne Woollams

The Lyric Cinema

The Bedford O Type lorry is delivering fruit & Veg and belonged to Mackness Produce (a local firm) on the right is the old 'Cosy Cafe' which I remember 'doing' a great toasted tea cake and cup of tea. The Co-Op buildings ...Read more

A memory of Wellingborough by Mick Austin

Kingsbury Swimming Pool Before World War 2.

I remember waiting impatiently for the pool to open on May 2nd each year. The entrance was 2d, and 7/6d for a season ticket. There were always long queues on the first day of opening. I was 11-12 years old ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1930 by Winifred Jeffers

The Town Of My Birth

This is one of my endearing images of Margate. I was born at 5 Market Place, which lies just behind the lower white buildings to the centre rear of the photo. It was 1952 and my father was a bus inspector on the East Kent Road Car ...Read more

A memory of Margate in 1955 by Peter Croft

Emery Down Church

At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 I was evacuated to Emery Down from Portsmouth. I was billeted with a very nice couple who lived in a cottage quite close to the church. The church was the centre of the village ...Read more

A memory of Emery Down in 1930 by Alan Evans

Groves Lock

In my youth (1950s) the lock on the right was know as Groves lock.  Mr Groves hired out boats in the summer months and his house was to the right rear of this picture.  The river divides here, with the river going of to the left.  You used to ...Read more

A memory of Send in 1950 by John Jelly

Captions

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Caption For Hawes, Main Street C1950

The bustling village of Hawes is the 'capital' of Upper Wensleydale, and the economic and social centre for the farmers of the dale.

Caption For Leeds, Parish Church 1891

Leeds also became the leading centre for the manufacture of ready-to-wear clothes.

Caption For Bardsea, The Beach 1895

Visible amongst the trees is Wellwood (background, centre right).

Caption For Newport, Castle 1893

The curtain wall faces the River Usk, with the arched water gate in the centre.

Caption For Wadhurst, Castle 1903

West of the village centre is Wadhurst Castle.

Caption For Market Deeping, Stamford Road C1955

This is the A16 coming in from Stamford towards the town centre.

Caption For Littlehampton, Harbour 1903

Although cumbersome to handle, a paddle tug still manages to turn her charge professionally in the centre fairway of the River Arun, whilst a stiff breeze catches smoke from the funnel and

Caption For Barnstaple, Sticklepath, Showing Old Bideford Roads 1913

Despite additional building and road widening, this scene is still easily recognisable, although a walk down the centre of the road (as the two men are doing) is not advisable.

Caption For Cranbrook, Stone Street 1903

This perfect little town, the capital of the Kentish Weald, was formerly a centre of cloth weaving.

Caption For York, The Castle C1885

As we look east over Skeldergate Bridge and the River Ouse to the left we can see the Assize Court; to the centre, standing out against the skyline is the spire of what was the Debtors' Prison and is now

Caption For Ashford, High Street 1901

Note the building in the centre by the attractive street lamp - we will see it again.

Caption For Ambleside, Tarn Hows C1955

This is a classic view of Tarn Hows, near Hawkshead, with the peaks of the Langdale Pikes in the centre background.

Caption For Maidenhead, Bridge Street 1890

Here, looking towards the town centre, very little survives.

Caption For Abersoch, St Tudwal's Hotel 1901

Abersoch was not just a centre for visitors - there were lead mines nearby.

Caption For Wimborne, The Square C1965

In this picture, The Square is beginning to acquire its modern layout with marked parking bays in the centre, one-way arrows and white lines to define the bus-stop outside the Midland Bank

Caption For Cliffe, Church Street C1955

In the centre is Parker & Son, a grocer's and general stores.

Caption For Yoxford, The Church 1909

The railed tomb (centre) is that of John Barnes (d1845).

Caption For Mildenhall, Market Place C1955

The Tiger's Head, in the centre, also had a taxi service run by Sid Bonnett.

Caption For New Brighton, The Pier C1960

In the 21st century the option of a toffee apple being 'made before your eyes' (as the stall centre right boasts) without an EU directive is something at which one can only wonder.

Caption For Nantwich, Hospital Street C1965

The Lamb Hotel, in the centre of the picture, was built in 1861, and is currently being converted into flats.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, General View C1955

Penuel chapel is in the centre, and to its left is Wilputte Terrace, named after a Belgian gentleman.

Caption For Kents Bank, Abbot Hall From The Park C1955

In 1915 it was purchased by the then Wesley Guild, and is now used for holidays and a conference centre.

Caption For Heswall, School Hill C1955

The original village, however, was at the bottom of the hill, centred on the church of St Peter, with the estuary of the Dee beyond.

Caption For Deal, Victoria Road 1906

It has not been long since a horse or two trotted along this Edwardian street, as the evidence in the centre of the road reveals.