Maps

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Memories

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Fetcham In The Forties And Fifties

This parade of shops is in my memory for ever - my family moved to Orchard Close - which starts just beside the post office on the right of the picture - in 1946. My brother was five and I was six months old. We ...Read more

A memory of Fetcham in 1950 by Christine Fox

Early Years In Park Road

Born in 1947 to Ted & Cred Fowles, I lived in 3 Park Road until 1955 when I moved down the hill to Southsea. I started Tanyfron primary school in 1951 and went on to Penygelli Secondary school, Coedpoeth, in 1958. When ...Read more

A memory of Tanyfron by Ann Evans

New Parks Boys,

I remember well the tennis courts . We were a secondary modern and our tennis courts were very secondary. Holes and gravel with a perimeter fence that had so many holes in it that about 20% of the balls sailed through it only to be ...Read more

A memory of New Parks in 1967 by Richard Lees

The 1950s

I was born at the maternity hospital in 1951, we lived at 3 St Oswalds Crescent and my granny and grandad lived close by on Park Road. I attended St Oswalds C of E School - I had a lady head teacher whose name escapes me before moving up ...Read more

A memory of Ashbourne in 1958 by Patrick Else

Licensed Game Butcher

Our gt uncle Edward Cope Statham, born in Barrow in Furness, was a licensed game butcher in Longton. He is on the 1901 census, aged 24, as lodging in Trentham Road so don't know if the shop was there too but we do have a photo ...Read more

A memory of Longton in 1900 by Ann Hale

When I Joined The Royal Air Force 22nd May 1952

I attended the Presbyterian Church Rossett Primary School in Station Road before attending the new school near Tom Bishop's shop, where I first bought my first cigarettes, Willy Woodbines, 5 for a ...Read more

A memory of Rossett in 1952 by John Griffiths

Ware Swimming Pool

I spent great times as a boy in the swimming pool which always showed the water temperature on a board outside the entrance ( sometimes 50F ). Our favourite activity was doing bombs off the top board and soaking anyone who was near to ...Read more

A memory of Ware in 1955 by David Langelaan

Army Barracks Overlooking Vivary Park

I lived in the Army Barracks [Jelelahbad] from around 1960-61 and went to Mary Magdalene School which is now closed and used as an auctions room. One teacher I recall was a Mr Oak and pupils were Margaret Harvey, ...Read more

A memory of Taunton in 1960

The White Hart In 1881

I've been researching my ancestors and discovered that my great-great-grandfather, William Fox, was living at the White Hart in High Road, West Wickham, in 1881 with his daughter Mary Ann Reading and her husband John ...Read more

A memory of West Wickham in 1880 by Roger Lancaster

Early Years In Hindley

What - no memories of Hindley? I was born in 1935 (nee Pennington) at a house in Liverpool Road, just up from the Strangeways Pub (The Paddock). The area was called Navvies' Lump, and although the address was "Liverpool ...Read more

A memory of Hindley in 1930 by Edna Booth

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Captions

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Caption For Ellesmere, Scotland Street C1955

Despite its name, this is the main road into Ellesmere from the west, in other words from Wales.

Caption For Stourpaine, South Holme C1955

With a half-hipped timbered frame, visible at the gable end, and attic windows plus roadside flowers, early 16th- century Anthorn Cottage continues to give character to Blandford Road in

Caption For Laleham, Chertsey Lock C1960

Thames Side Road is on the right with a mobile home park beyond, while on the left in the distance is now the blue steel bridge that carries the M3 over the river.

Caption For Gilwern, The Canal C1955

Above the trees and below the houses in the centre, the busy Heads of the Valleys road passes very close to the canal.

Caption For Walsden, Church And Lock C1960

The Rochdale Canal was built as a cheaper alternative to turnpike roads for Rochdale`s woollen trade.

Caption For Brynmawr, From Blaenavon Road C1960

Here we see Brynmawr, the highest town in South Wales, from the old Blaenavon Road; this is one part of Brynmawr which has not changed at all.

Caption For Alderley Edge, From The Railway Station 1896

Looking up Trafford Road, one can see the large villas on the Edge, above the village that serviced their needs.

Caption For Flookburgh, The King's Arms 1903

A boy is sitting between the shafts of a handcart in the middle of the road. At this time the main business activity in Flookburgh was fishing on Morecambe Bay.

Caption For St Ives, Draycott Terrace 1901

This is a steep site, and the road along the front of Draycott Terrace is supported by a substantial stone wall. The terraced cottages in Primrose Valley below are still intact.

Caption For St Blazey, The Church C1965

This is how the church is seen by motorists coming from St Austell, before the road passes below the solid churchyard wall on the right.

Caption For Norton, Post Office Corner C1950

Now part of a strictly controlled conservation area, this group of shops on the corner of Green Lane and Norton Road blend into the environment.

Caption For Strood, High Street C1950

Mence Smith (on the left), still catered for the home handyman before the DIY superstores arrived, while the radio shop also sold bicycles - perhaps to some of the cyclists emerging from Commercial Road

Caption For Uppingham, From The South 1932

As early as 1841 the church laid out 24 allotments for churchgoers, off London Road.

Caption For Combeinteignhead, Coombe Cellars 1925

It is built on a spit of land to the south side of the Teign estuary, and can be reached by only one road. It is immensely popular with visitors, and on a Sunday lunchtime it is very crowded.

Caption For Hanbury, Post Office C1965

This view shows the junction of the two roads, where The Vernon Arms has been offering refreshment to travellers for many years.

Caption For St Michaels, Garstang Road C1960

Old barns and farmsteads were scattered along this road, but by the 1960s had become houses. Here we see the Wyre Garage and general stores.

Caption For Blackpool, Seafront 1901

Before the promenade defences were completed in 1905, Blackpool's sea-front hotels were literally that, with only a narrow road separating them from the waves that crashed onto the beach.

Caption For Morecambe, Central Promenade C1950

Car ownership is no longer confined to the rich, and the mass-produced, 'sit-up-and-beg' vehicles were now a common sight on the road. A

Caption For Wokingham, Town Hall From Market Place C1955

Cars in the market place, road signs to direct the traffic and the addition of electric street lighting are just a few of the changes.

Caption For Sutton, Christchurch Park 1903

The views are remarkably evocative of a past era of the town, as the road has, with one notable exception, been entirely redeveloped.

Caption For Sutton, Christchurch Park 1903

View 49180 looks west from the junction with Langley Park Road along Christchurch Park, with the well-known copper beech trees newly planted in the verges.

Caption For Lowestoft, A Trip In A Lifeboat C1950

The Hatfield Hotel (centre right) looks very modern for 1950, and contrasts with the Victorian buildings on Parade Road South. In the foreground is a Victorian sprung cart in the shape of a lifeboat.

Caption For Metfield, Main Street C1955

The building at right angles to the road (centre) is the medieval Guildhall.

Caption For Eastleigh, Leigh Road C1955

This fascinating photograph shows Leigh Road at its junction with Market Street. This corner of Eastleigh has changed significantly.