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Memories

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Pupil

I attended Caterham School in the 90's, and very little had seemed to have changed since Victorian times. I'd be interested to know what the tower thing in the centre of the building is/was, it's purpose and why it was removed.

A memory of Caterham

Park House Carlton

My Gt Grandfather John Godfrey had Park House, Carlton, built for his family in the early 1900's. The house was on the corner of Main Street and Burton Road. After John died in 1921 my Gt Grandmother lived there for ...Read more

A memory of Carlton by Angela Keyworth

High Street Aka Coombe Lane

This is Coombe Lane looking towards Raynes Park station, just visible on the righthand edge of the photo. We lived over the butcher's shop in the mid 1950's so its probable we were in residence when it was taken. The ...Read more

A memory of Raynes Park in 1955 by John Young

The Fairy Belle Restaurant 1950''s

The building that was once The Fairy Belle still stands at the bottom of the High St on the opposite side to The Crown & Sceptre. The name has nothing to do with bells. The word belle was a shortened form of ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

Friends Of Daisy Jackett {Jacquet}

Does anybody in the Bude , Marhamchurch area remember Daisy ( my mum ) who lived in Bude / Marhamchurch area, 1940 to 1947. Daisy worked at the Clairmont hotel in Bude, which I think now is a outdoor activity centre.

A memory of Bude in 1940 by Margaret Culverhouse

Derbyshire Miners Holiday Centre

I have got a lot of photos of my grandad and mamma at Linconshire Derbyshire Miners Holiday Centre, now called camp. My grandad died when I was nine years old, my mamma when I was sixteen. My grandad Fred Armson was ...Read more

A memory of Skegness in 1940

The Good Old Days

Hello, my name is Helen nee Irvine, we moved away from Corby in July 1964, so I only have a few memories. I do remember we lived at 34 York Rd. Corby, Northants, from about 1958 to 1964. I'm actually trying to track down a few ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1962 by Helen Rayner

Maesteg So Many Happy Childhood Memories.....

So many happy memories of Maesteg - where do I start? I was born in 1947 and lived at No 3, Plasnewydd Street until I was about 19. My best friend when I was young was Paul Spracklen (with whom I re-kindled ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg by Nick Davies

Swimming In The River Derwent Shotley Bridge

Those were the days - loads of fun swimming in the so called "divvy" (river) at Shotley Bridge in the early fifties - different parts of the river namely; Leveys, Puddlers, chat ties, the dry rocks ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Bridge in 1950 by Joan Sedgwick

Willow Cafe Etc

Returning to Wickford after being in the USA for a few years I remember the Willow Cafe, Egans, Adrian's in a hut in Market Road, the livestock market where the Willowdale Centre is now. Dr. Rentons Georgian house in the High Street, ...Read more

A memory of Wickford in 1967 by Sue Burn

Captions

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Caption For Bridport, East Mill 1904

East Mill and its mill pool, looking eastwards from the north bank of the River Asker towards houses beside East Road (centre).

Caption For London, London Bridge 1890

The Monument and the tower of St Magnus's Church stand side by side - we are looking from the centre of the sixty-year-old London Bridge.

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

Caption For Bewdley, Load Street C1950

Bewdley was an important trading centre where road traffic met river traffic. Before a bridge was built here, there was a ferry crossing.

Caption For Lavenham, Lady Street C1960

In the centre of the picture, in Water Street, is Priory Farm, which once belonged to Earls Colne Priory in Essex.

Caption For Newton Abbot, 1895

Most of the architecture is Victorian, including the fine Market Hall in the middle distance, slightly left of centre. The central church has gone, to be replaced by a store.

Caption For Kings Norton, Old Saracen's Head Inn C1960

Since then it has served as an inn, a grocer's shop, a chemist's, a tea room, a community centre and a royal bailiff's residence.

Caption For Cardiff, The Docks 1893

The one in the centre, pictured here, has docked from Liverpool.

Caption For Coltishall, The Village C1945

the shop to the right is unchanged since Edwardian days and is now Coltishall Pharmacy, but the corner where the confectioner's small shop stood has been redeveloped and now houses Coltishall Antiques Centre

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 Eastleigh, The Swimming Pool C1955

Water from the Barton River was filtered through the chlorination plant at the far end, left centre.

Caption For Great Chart, High Street 1908

The landlord of the Swan Inn - the pub sign is in the centre of the photograph - was a Mr Beaney in 1908. The two men deep in conversation are clearly posed.

Caption For Yardley Hastings, The Square C1955

The house beyond, now enlarged, is the National Youth Resources Centre for the United Reformed Church. Young people can stay here either in single rooms or small dormitories.

Caption For Wainfleet, High Street C1955

The Nottingham Co-operative Society (centre) is no longer on the left of the High Street - the building is now a pet shop, and the Co-op has moved to a more modern building across the street.

Caption For Little Haven, 1898

A boat is being beached to the right beyond the slipway and the other boats in the centre.

Caption For Penarth, The Pier 1896

With a beautifully attired young lady at its centre, this photograph brilliantly captures the fin de siecle elegance of the seafront.

Caption For Penarth, Windsor Road 1896

The earliest plans were to centre the business heart of the town on Glebe Street and develop into Arcot Street.

Caption For Grantham, High Street C1955

The George Hotel on the left, a very large coaching inn on the old Great North Road built in 1780, has now been successfully converted into The George Shopping Centre.

Caption For Orford, Market Hill 1937

The Manor House (centre left) with its 19th-century brick façade is central to the market place. The houses to the left have been replaced, and those beyond restored.

Caption For Daventry, Market Square C1955

The buildings that run on down Abbey Street have long since been demolished and replaced by The Abbey Centre and a new leisure complex.

Caption For Crosby, Marine Gardens C1960

Within the immediate vicinity there are ample leisure facilities for those whose interests lie outside sailing: athletics, pitch and putt, tennis, soccer, rugby football and a fitness centre complete

Caption For Bonsall, Via Gellia, Pig Of Lead Inn 1892

are interesting, from the horse and cart and man carrying a basket and harness on the left, to the two boys, one dressed in a sailor suit, and a man who may be their father in a straw boater in the centre

Caption For Torrisholme, The Shopping Centre C1965

Here we see the centre of Torrisholme, a quiet Morecambe suburb, on a pleasant, sunny day. It is an old settlement—Domesday Book recorded Torrisholme as Toredholme, and later still as Toroldesbi.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Square C1955

Coombe Street turns off to the left (with van, centre) and St Michael's Parish Church rises above the roofs (top left).