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Memories

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Growing Up In Fairy Cross

Born 1937 in Swan Cottage (demolished for road widening), one of four children, father farm worker for the Jeffrey family. Then moved to Port Ledge where father moved to work and lived in a cottage near a big house about ...Read more

A memory of Fairy Cross by Michael Curtice

The Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital

My memories of Heswall children's hospital? An imposing building. Actually very intimidating to a youngester. They did not get 'person centred care'. I can recall a nurse on the the Cleft Pallete and Hare ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1965 by Alison Brear

Whifflet Shawhead And Coatbridge

My memories of the above are vivid in my memory, I remember Shawhead from about 1959 when we first moved there, when we moved in there was an old railway line that ran in front of the shops which then were the ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge by George Mc Conville

Those Were The Days

I lived in Harold hill, from 1956 till 1970. We lived in Chudleigh Rd - Mum, Dad, and my sister Susan. I attended Dycourts, then went to Quarles - what memories of Miss Knapton and her dog, Pickles, who she would often ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1962 by May Law

Bourne Road Bexley

The building with pointed roof, left of centre of the pic is Bexley Library. On the right I remember the first building as a stationery shop and further into the photo on the right would be the Post Office. On the left, just out of ...Read more

A memory of Bexley by Darryl Ransom

My Childhood Home

I was born in 1952 and lived in this village untill I was 22. My home was no3, the red brick semi in the centre of photo and later no5, the white house right hand side. These houses were called Kerrsland Cottages and were owed by ...Read more

A memory of Hurtmore in 1977 by Janet Wilde

A Playground

This was the entry onto the moor, the Moor Gate in the centre leads towards Long Wood. At the right hand side there is a gate, a stone stile by its side, just over the stile and a little way up the moor is Rankin's Well. Over the wall on ...Read more

A memory of Skipton in 1948 by Ian Perriman

The Bridge 40+ Years Of Memories

'Mum, did you catch fish in the pond at the Bridge' asked my son when Googling for ponds to fish. 0f course we did, with our home made nets of a piece of material attached to a stick, carrying home the ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge by Patricia Lucas

Hunslet

I was born in 1952 and lived with my grandparents, mum and dad in Cross Whitehouse Row, Hunslet. When I was 6 months old we moved up across Hillidge Road to Ashbourne Street and then up to Belle Isle when I was about 4. It was a new house, ...Read more

A memory of Hunslet

My Dear Old Home Town

I lived in Bletchley as a young boy from 1960, schooling at Church Green Road Infants, Holne Chase Primary & Juniors, Bletchley Grammar School & finally Lord Grey (was Wilton) Comprehensive. I lived in Newton Road ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley in 1960 by Tony Muse

Captions

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Caption For Berkeley, High Street 1956

The arched entrance to The White Hart (centre) reminds us that this inn, along with others in the town such as The Berkeley Arms, rang to the clatter of hooves in the days of horse- drawn coaches.

Caption For Cranham, Prinknash Abbey Bells C1960

When it was completed in the 1960s, the uncompromisingly modern abbey was at the centre of controversy: it was hailed by some as a fine example of functional architecture, and criticised

Caption For Clun, View From The Mowdens C1960

Actually this castle was less a military stronghold than a centre for hunting.

Caption For Yetminster, View From Tarks Hill C1960

We are looking north- eastwards from one of the public footpaths across Tarks Hill over Mill Lane and Brister End (centre) to the twin peaks of Honeycombe Wood (top left) and Lillington Hill

Caption For Wimborne, Merley House 1904

It is now a model museum and exhibition centre.

Caption For Corfe Mullen, Pardy's Hill C1955

His brand new Volvo once rolled, driverless, across Blandford Road and into Pardy's Hill, coming to rest harmlessly against the tree (centre).

Caption For Ambleside, The White Lion And Royal Oak Hotels 1912

As we move further down the main street, no less than three hotels are now in view: the Queen's peering round the corner (centre left), the impressive White Lion and the more humble Royal

Caption For Crays Hill, The Shepherd And Dog C1955

Crays Hill has, in the past, been at the centre of various speculative transport schemes: there was once talk of an Islington-Wallasea railway passing this way, as well as plans to link the village to

Caption For Fordingbridge, The Village C1960

The local policeman (centre) goes on his daily beat around this peaceful village – a sight not to be seen now. The nearby River Avon attracts anglers.

Caption For New Milton, C1965

The town centre is in the distance; there are some Edwardian and many modern buildings here.To the north is a pond, and south of the railway line is a water tower resembling a castle.

Caption For Wareside, Babbs Green C1955

They face onto the road leading to Wareside village centre. The van (right) is driving down Fanhams' Hall Lane from Ware, and may be about to turn left past Appleton Farm and Baker's End.

Caption For Thornaby, Mandale Road And Five Lamps 1957

Thornaby Town Hall in the centre distance still survives - an elegant building constructed in 1890.

Caption For Horsmonden, The Green 1903

Looking across the green, on the right-hand side we can see the boot and shoe shop of the Foord family, and in the centre the butcherís shop of H J Harvey.

Caption For Lowestoft, Children's Corner C1945

Punch and Judy (centre right) first arrived in Lowestoft in 1886, but they moved to the south side of the pier in 1902.

Caption For Richmond, Trinity Church C1965

On this sunny early afternoon Di Palma Cream Ices and Johnny's Creamy Ices compete for trade (centre), and people sit in the rose garden formed next to Trinity Church after the iron railings

Caption For Richmond, View From Castle C1965

The Channel, the main access to the Market Place before the formation of King Street, is in the centre, continuing up towards the top left as Frenchgate, past St Mary's parish church.

Caption For Plympton, St Mary's 1890

Behind the church, hidden in the trees, is Plympton sta- tion, which closed in 1959, and in the centre of the picture is the old St Mary's Church of England School.

Caption For Halifax, The Town Centre C1955

At its height in the 19th and early 20th century, Halifax was the greatest of the textile towns of West Yorkshire, a centre for woollen manufacture and clothing, larger even than Leeds or Bradford.

Caption For Appledore, The Village C1955

On the edge of Romney Marsh, this village, with its broad street, was once a flourishing seaport and shipbuilding centre; it was captured by the Danes with a fleet of 250 ships in the 9th century.

Caption For Edinburgh, Castle From Princes Street Gardens 1897

The large building in the centre is one of the twin ordnance stores (1753-54) built either side of the magazine.

Caption For Scarborough, The Beach C1960

Note the name 'Corrigan' on the building in the centre: this family have operated side-shows and amusements in this area for decades, and are active to this day.

Caption For Cardiff, High Street 2004

Despite re-branding it remains a 'traditional' pub - increasingly scarce in the city centre.

Caption For Blackheath, 1921

He was an accomplished musician, and played the organ at St Martin's Church (centre right).

Caption For Margate, Clifton Baths Promenade 1897

In the centre is the white façade of the Cliftonville Hotel, where now stand Thorley's public house and a bowling alley.