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Rosies

does any one remember rosies cheap shop on commercial street we all used to go there for our cheap things

A memory of Batley by Gillian Walker

The Lowe Family In Market Street

My great grandfather, Andrew Corden LOWE moved to Tenbury Wells about 1904 with his wife Florence "Flo" and their two little children: Douglas age 4 and my grandmother Cordelia "Queenie", age 1. He was an ...Read more

A memory of Tenbury Wells in 1900 by Mandy Sutton

My Home Hawkhurst

I grew up in hawkhurst , i lived in gills green in hawkhurst , hawkhurst has a close community everybody knew everybody , most familys that lived there had lived there for years even generations . my dads family had lived there for ...Read more

A memory of Hawkhurst in 1982 by Susanne Jones

1964 To 1987 In Shield Street

I Lived at 2 shield Street between 1964 and 1987 the people who lived in the street are all gone now but they were true Allerdonians. Anyone reading this will remember the likes of Jack & Peggy Warwick , Billy ...Read more

A memory of Allendale Town by Lee Dodd

The Dolby Family

My family, the Dolbys lived next door to Deighton's Butcher Shop (c1926). My father, Richard Edward Dolby worked as a groom for Colonel Staniforth. My mother, Winifred, was a teacher at Green Hammerton School for over 20 years. We were: Frank, John, Mary, Ruth, Enid and Audrey.

A memory of Kirk Hammerton by Mrs. Mary Jenkins

Bathing In The River

Montague terrace was home to many children. I remember the Allen's, John, June, Barry, Hazel, Ivan & Valerie. The White's, Maurice and Barbara, The William,s and Smith,s, Joan, Roy, Margaret, Jeffrey, and at least three ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke in 1949 by Barbara R Bryan

Ye Old Tuck Shop And Mrs Price

My grandmother was Ann Elizabeth Price and lived in a beautiful house. She ran a little shop in the house and it was called YE OLD TUCK SHOPE. It is the most beautiful little village I have every seen. I remember the ...Read more

A memory of Lucton in 1962 by Sandra Mc Mahon

My Grandparents

My grandparents come from Elsecar and Wentworth, in Mill Lane, you may have seen the Roundhouse,Can`t miss it really just up from Pondside. When my real grandad died my grandmother remarried a man named Stanley Horn from Harley. Now ...Read more

A memory of Elsecar in 1952 by Susan Sutton

Wrens Nest Bramhall Lane

I remember when I was about six, we lived in Peterborough and had travelled to Bramhall to visit my Grandparents Joe and Harriette Morris who lived at Wrens Nest #1 Bramhall Lane, There was a grassy area in front of the house ...Read more

A memory of Bramhall in 1949 by Stuart Hook

Summer Holidays

My Grandfather was the doctor for Kilcreggan from 1953 -1970.He and my grandmother lived at Kenilworth which was on the Shore Road.He was called John Campbell Miller.Our family holidayed there every year during the 1960s. We used to ...Read more

A memory of Kilcreggan in 1960 by Ann Liddell

Captions

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Caption For Streatley, The Village 1904

The 'Wells' grocer's sign survives, but the shop is now a living room.

Caption For Richmond, The Channel 1929

The coffee merchant E W Coleman's van is parked outside his shop (centre); beside its window is an LNER train timetable - Station Road is off to the left.

Caption For Richmond, Castle Hill 1929

Of the shops visible here, none is still in retail use except what was Walton's pork butcher's on the Market Place corner (right). Centre left is Castle Walk.

Caption For Clee Hill, The Village C1955

The main shop in the town is the one beyond the parked cars - then a branch of the Co-op, it is now a combined store and post office.

Caption For St Helens, Church Street 1952

Once upon a time, quiet, low- pollution trolley buses brought people into Church Street, which, before its uninspired redevelopment, was the main shopping thoroughfare.

Caption For Botley, High Street C1960

Just this side of it can be seen the premises of Botley Garages, now a sports shop and a hairdresser's. The swinging AA sign has gone, replaced by one for the sports unit.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, The Arches C1955

At the top of the steps on the right was a fish and chip shop; its practice of throwing out vinegar caused the area to be nicknamed Vinegar Hill.

Caption For Cardiff, High Street 1925

The shop on the extreme right complete with elegant spherical lighting is Dale, Forty & Co Ltd.

Caption For Bognor Regis, High Street 1890

The High Street is noted for its Arcade shopping centre, which dates back to 1901 and includes ornamental stained glass.

Caption For Wimborne, East Brook 1908

The shops between Pottle's and Poole Corner were demolished to make way for the old post office and an ironmonger's.

Caption For Canford Magna, Canford School 1936

In 1992 an art history professor famously discovered a 3,000-year-old carved stone slab in the school tuck shop.

Caption For Old Newton, The Shoulder Of Mutton C1965

The small building behind the finger post was Cooper's butcher's shop (centre left). To the right is the Victorian village hall, now a house.

Caption For Chorley, Market Street C1965

Bleasdale's furniture shop and Yates's Wine Lodge are on the left, and Mangnells and E R Booth are on the right.

Caption For Bromley, High Street 1948

A prosperous row of shops indicate the popularity of this desirable suburb so near to the capital.

Caption For St Annes, St Annes Road 1906

More fine buildings are in evidence in this parade of quality shops. Bickerstaffe's the ironmonger's is behind the fluted lamp, and Rhodes the butcher's (with the sun blinds) is to the right.

Caption For Aldeburgh, High Street 1909

On the left a baker makes deliveries, while two girls cycle to Arthur and James Fisher's shoe shop, now Butcher's. The buildings beyond the chemists have been radically altered or demolished.

Caption For Pickering, Smiddy Hill C1955

Smiddy Hill in Pickering, a bustling little market town west of Scarborough on the edge of the moors, probably takes its name from the site of a former blacksmith's shop in the area.

Caption For Stroud, High Street C1955

Beyond Smith's chemist's shop, on the left, and the entrance to the Shambles, is another Smith's: Alma House clothing store.

Caption For Stroud, Bank Gardens C1960

The gardens behind Bank House, situated in the lower High Street, were given to the town of Stroud in 1930 by Mr Ernest Winterbotham, and were intended as a quiet corner where shop workers could enjoy

Caption For Botley, High Street C1960

Just this side of it can be seen the premises of Botley Garages, now a sports shop and a hairdresser's. The swinging AA sign has gone, replaced by one for the sports unit.

Caption For Norton, High Street C1965

Some of the local shops look out onto the large pond at the top end of Norton High Street, with the Unicorn public house on the corner just to the right of centre.

Caption For Wolverhampton, Darlington Street 1890

The shops on the left were demolished in the 1930s to make way for Burton Tailors and F W Bradford Ltd, a family-run department store incorporated into James Beattie in 1960.

Caption For Newbury, The Broadway And Clock Tower C1965

Many of the shops seen in this picture have gone or changed hands.

Caption For Chorley, Chapel Street C1965

Bleasdale's furniture shop and Yates's Wine Lodge are on the left, and Mangnells and E R Booth are on the right.