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North Shields Test Centre
The building which houses North Shields test cente in Cecil Street was erected in1848 as a chapel for people to worship. It remained this way until 1891 when it changed ownership and became a sauna and plunge baths ...Read more
A memory of North Shields by
Growing Up In Newton
I was born in the old cottage on the left, 175 High Street, in 1948, as June Glencross, my parents squatted there after the war, my dad became the local builder. In 1956 we moved up the road to the old congregational ...Read more
A memory of Newton-le-Willows in 1948 by
Chelmsford, Shire Hall 1895.
Many years ago the Shire Hall was where the Quarter Sessions trials were held. This would be the same as the Crown Court trials of to-day. The magistrates court was held in an old building which can still be seen in ...Read more
A memory of Chelmsford by
Welsh Girl From Six Bells
Born in Abergavenny in Dec/ 1951. Brought home to my Nanna's house who we lived with in 1 Lancaster Street where my family lived. Dad worked down the six bells pit at the time, and I have fond memories while I was growing ...Read more
A memory of Six Bells in 1958 by
Where I Was Born
I was born on New Road, Crickhowell in the very early 1930s. My mother was born in Bridge Street, number 28, where my grandparents lived. My grandfather worked on Glanusk Estate for the then Lord Glanusk until he died. The estate ...Read more
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East Ham In The 1960s
In February 1963, when I was six and a half, my parents bought their first house, in Thorpe Road, East Ham. It was and had been a very cold winter, and when we moved in we had difficulty opening the back door, as there was so ...Read more
A memory of East Ham in 1963 by
Park Street , Bristol Bs1
My, how Bristol's once prestigious Park Street has changed. The picture from a hundred years ago shows just what a graceful place it was to shop in those Edwardian days of long ago. Strolling up, on the left, one could visit ...Read more
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My Childhood In Houghton Regis.
My name is Daniel (Danny) Cronin, the youngest of 5 and the only boy of Harry 'H' and Ann Cronin. My life began on the 27th of November 1970. My first place of residence was Recreation Road where I have broken ...Read more
A memory of Houghton Regis in 1970 by
Summer Holidays At The Avon Water
I would have been about ten years old and I remember on a lot of hot sunny days packing some jam "pieces" and filling an empty bottle with some diluting orange juice or even just water if there was no juice, ...Read more
A memory of Maddiston in 1975
The Steel Houses
Having lived in Brymbo in a very damp two up two down house in 'The Green' my parents were 'over the moon' to be given a new three bedroomed house; 23, Bryn Hedd, Southsea, (which means peaceful hill) became their home for ...Read more
A memory of Southsea in 1950 by
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This view looks back towards Woolworth's from Bakehouse Hill, where the mini-roundabout marks the convergence of the High Street, Gold Street and Lower Street.
The most striking change comes with the pedestrianisation of this area and the erection of a wrought iron archway, proclaiming the High Street.
The most striking change comes with the pedestrianisation of this area and the erection of a wrought iron archway, proclaiming the High Street.
This photograph was taken from the cross, the best place to start looking at Northgate Street. Stead & Simpson, the shoe shop, is located four buildings down from the traffic lights on the right.
The streets are packed with onlookers, and anxious officials wait by the entrance to the site of the new town hall.
When the new Worcester Bridge opened in 1781 it gave Broad Street quite a boost, helping it to support three coaching inns.
The High Street, this time looking east towards the (then) new Town Hall.
Back in the new city of Milton Keynes, Simpson is one of the villages it engulfed; but it is conserved within its boundaries.
Paternoster Row, on the right, was once a fashionable shopping street patronised by Pepys and his wife.
A little uphill from view R352015, The New Inn is set at an angle to the A5 Watling Street and has a 1740 middle with late Victorian wings. It has since been renamed The Heart of England.
The older anchorages of Sutton Harbour and Stonehouse, with the greater expanse of the Hamoaze and Plymouth Sound beyond, created a perfect naval base long before the new town of Devonport was founded.
Again we are looking west from the central part of East Street with the illuminated sign carrying the initials of the Cyclists` Touring Club (far left) having dropped its `Wines and Spirits` in
Again we are looking west from the central part of East Street with the illuminated sign carrying the initials of the Cyclists` Touring Club (far left) having dropped its `Wines and Spirits
The left-hand side of Duke Street has not changed much since the 1950s, but the opposite side has. The building nearest to the camera, Rainsford House, was built around the turn of the century.
As a relatively new town, Bournemouth was able to develop as a holiday resort unencumbered by the street pattern and buildings of an older settlement; its main purpose has always been to cater for thousands
This view shows the other end of the Square abutting Market Street. Marks & Spencer can just be seen on the left.
The Baker Street to Rickmansworth line had already been electrified using the London Transport Underground network in January 1925 as part of the programme to promote the new villages and towns of Metroland
In the background the tower of the Town Hall dominates the street. Trowbridge was famous for its cloth trade; the Bristol Drapery company is on the right.
Here we see the Royal Exchange from the corner of Market Street and Cross Street.
This is the main shopping street, and it leads up to the Victorian clock tower at one end from the railway station at the other.
Others included The Bell Hotel and The New County in Southgate Street and The Fleece in Westgate Street.
It is coming up to ten minutes to eleven by St Peter's clock as one of the new electric tramcars rattles along Bridge Street on its way to Saltney.
Many of the cottages lining Quay Street, which leads below North Hill to the harbour, belonged to fishermen who once sailed after herring.
In the earlier one, looking north up High Street, The Greyhound Inn is still an 18th-century colourwashed building, while Burgis' shop on the left corner and the dor- mered cottages beyond are
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