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Wonderful Memories Growing Up In Bassaleg

I lived in Bassaleg from the age of 3, (1955), when Church Crescent and surrounding area was being developed. I lived in Church Crescent with my family until I left for Manchester in 1976. I went to the ...Read more

A memory of Bassaleg in 1966 by Linda Sullivan

Researching Ancestors

On Sunday 21st Feb 2010 my mother, family and I visited Hinton Charterhouse to look for information on the Wiltshire family who lived in the High Street. We found the bow window house that was a butchers shop and ...Read more

A memory of Hinton Charterhouse in 2010 by Nic Hall

Little Pond House At Tilford

My wife's health was not that good, and, in 1961, she was sent for a recuperative fortnight at the Little Pond House. It was a convalescent home for children used by the NHS and had also been home to children from Europe ...Read more

A memory of Frensham by Mark Hough

Collyhurst

I was born at 528 Collyhurst Road, in 1961. I remember there was a shop at the end of the road and a croft facing our house. My dad worked on the railway and my mum stayed home to look after us. I went to Albert Memorial Nursery before ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1860 by Jo Dykes

Jack Garside And Mucky Minnie

Does anyone remember 'Spring-heeled Jack' and 'Mucky Minnie', the local tramp and his partner from the market place? Well, we do, and we also bought his house to sell on. My husband still has the scars from the flea bites to prove it.

A memory of Birstall by Carole Firth

Finding My Roots

I was born in 1952 in Church Lane in my granddad's house which we all lived in, it had no electric or gas, only oil lamps as I know, I have still got one that my dad got new the day I was born, a bialladin table model, it ...Read more

A memory of Carlton in Lindrick in 1952 by Alec Padley

Buying Sixpence Worth Of Stale Buns

I remember as a wee girl going with my brother Donald to buy sixpence worth of stale buns. I don't remember the bakers but it was behind Boots the Chemist. It was always a treat if your mum had a spare sixpence and ...Read more

A memory of Ayr in 1967 by Laura Wilson

Grandfathers Memories

My grandfather was born in Cobham on Painshill. My memory is that it was on a slight hill with a slight bend, the Greenline bus used to stop near the old home, it was a cottage with a porch and had a very thick door with big ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1946 by Alan Rosher

The 1950s

Though I have some recall of the 1940s - eg starting school in 1948 at the age of three and a half and being reluctant to get off a rocking horse on the first day, it was the 1950s that really kicked in - to the accompaniment of songs like ...Read more

A memory of Corwen in 1950 by Gareth Hughes

My Parents And I Lived In Ashby Close Burton On The Wolds 1940 To1942

My father, Emilio de Althaus, and my mother Blanca spent weekends in Ashby Close, property of the Lembke family. My father was a Peruvian diplomat in London and came ...Read more

A memory of Burton on the Wolds in 1940 by Miguel De Althaus

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Caption For Aylesford, The Almshouses C1960

These houses, also known as the Hospital of the Holy Trinity, were founded in the 17th century. Built in ragstone, these pleasant cottages with dormers were restored in about 1842.

Caption For Bagshot, Viaduct 1901

On the extreme left is Peel House, built in 1851 and once the police station.

Caption For Mousehole, Harbour 1893

Although some houses have been altered, this view is recognisable today.

Caption For Newquay, Fern Pit And West Pentire 1904

This uninterrupted view out over the lower Gannel estuary and the golden sands and dunes of Crantock confirms why Pentire became popular in the early days of housing development on the western outskirts

Caption For Wilmslow, Grove Street 1897

When this picture was taken much of the town was fairly new, having been built over the previous thirty years or so to meet the demand for housing from Stockport and Manchester-based business people wishing

Caption For Repton, The Hall C1955

Here we see the headmaster's house at Repton, which is known as the Hall. It incorporates part of the 15th-century Prior Overton's Tower.

Caption For Compton Wynyates, The Courtyard 1922

The house consists of four ranges built round a courtyard. On the right here is the south range, which includes the parlour and great chamber.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Square C1955

In high summer it became difficult to find an available bed in the resort's many hotels and guest houses.

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, New Road C1955

We can see the steepness of the streets by comparing the level of the Laurel Inn with the houses rising up behind.

Caption For Botley, High Street C1955

Standing out in the distant centre is an attractive house where beer was once sold. It is situated at a crossroads, with Winchester Road on the left and Church Lane on the right.

Caption For Liphook, New Town 1911

Liphook had begun to expand by the time this photograph was taken; its streets were characterised by neat rows of Victorian and Edwardian houses.

Caption For Wilton, West Street C1950

By 1955 the horse and cart have made way for the car, the street lamps have appeared, but the shops and everything else have changed very little in West Street.

Caption For Salisbury, New Canal C1950

The Wheatsheaf Public House on the left is now a jewellers shop, and Matthews, the Gillingham brewery, closed down soon after this picture was taken.

Caption For Broadstairs, Viking Bay 1951

On the left is Bleak House, now castellated, and on the right the pier and little harbour. Broadstairs retains its Dickens association with its annual Dickens Festival.

Caption For Pevensey, Royal Oak Hotel 1890

It stands across the road from the old Mint House, now an antique shop, seen here when it was three cottages.

Caption For Winchelsea, The Town 1894

Winchelsea, despite its status, is really little more than a village; it feels like a prosperous garden suburb with its grass verges and widely-spaced houses.

Caption For Fernhurst, 1908

George Bernard Shaw used to attend meetings of the Fabian Society at a house in the village. Fernhurst is closely associated with the Sussex ironworks industry.

Caption For Stoney Middleton, C1960

This view shows Curbar and Baslow Edges in the background, with the houses of the village filling the dale in the foreground.

Caption For Bluntisham, Colne Road C1955

Two new housing developments have appeared further down the road.

Caption For Hemingford Grey, The Village C1955

Further down on the left is the Society of the Resurrection's retreat, St Francis House.

Caption For Leverington, Gorefield Road C1960

The tree-lined road still runs straight past the refurbished village hall in the distance, whilst the building hidden behind the trees on the left was demolished and the site redeveloped as a small housing

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, View From The Common C1955

Many of the townís older houses in London Road can be seen in this view from Mount Ephraim.

Caption For Mithian, The Village C1950

Here at the top end of the hamlet, the nearest end of the thatched house is the post office, with a telephone kiosk outside. The very small village hall is on the left.

Caption For Trenarren, The Vale C1884

Trenarren hamlet is in the far distance, and the mill house at Hallane is on the extreme left.