Maps

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Memories

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Lindsey Cottage And The White House

In 1949 my mother and I moved to Bentworth when my mother became the Health Visitor for Alton. We first stayed at rooms in the White House which was diagonally across from the Dugdales in the Big house at ...Read more

A memory of Bentworth in 1949 by morrowmm

Chelmsford, Infirmary, 1895.

This may well have been called the Infirmary, so its use didn't change a great deal for many people lots of decades later. It then became the London Road Hospital, and the A. & E. section were accessed down the ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

An American In Barassie

I lived at 51 Becah Road, Barassie, Troon. My step-father was in the U.S. Air Force and stationed at Prestwiick. I remember the gentleman who lived on the ground floor of our house. His name I think was George ...Read more

A memory of Troon in 1956 by Cheri Gardiner

Mother Coming Home Frome Wok

My mother told a story from the time of the Second World War which involved her coming home and finding her caravan which she and her brother, sister and her mother lived in near the dock wall on Broadway off Trafford ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1941 by Sidney Bennett

Petty France Cottages

I was born in the middle cottage out of three which the Duke of Beaufort owned back those days, now they have been modernised to a high standard and are privately owned. I used to spend a lot of my time in the Seven Mile ...Read more

A memory of Petty France in 1970 by Terry Hewer

Anyone Remember The Chapel By Cyfyng Cottage Near Ty Mawr National Trust House

A family member owns Cyfyng Cottage which is attached to the old Presbyterian Chapel that was used by people of the Wybrnant Valley from about 1850 until the 1960s. The ...Read more

A memory of Penmachno in 1950 by Christine Conroy

Short Memories Of Burnt Oak

Writing this is difficult. I lived in Burnt Oak as far as I know from 1949 to 1953. I recall living in a top floor flat in 100 Littlefield Road. I attended a school off Gervas Road but cannot remember the name. I do ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1951

The Day We Topped Out £12m New Leisure Centre In Wednesfield!

£12m Wednesfield Leisure Pool. It has been a very big week for both myself and Mary, we have attended 11 individual events as well as trying to hold the day jobs down! On Monday we ...Read more

A memory of Wednesfield by Phil Bateman

Fairfields Infants

I went to Fairfields Infants in the years 1951-53, and can remember hearing of the death of King George VI in February 1952. My sister (a year older) was there too. We each received the book "Elizabeth Our Queen" soon after the ...Read more

A memory of Basingstoke in 1952 by Kenneth Smallbone

Lovely Friendship At Raf Compton Bassett

When I was posted to Compton Bassett in 1951 I was feeling rather low, and remained so until I formed a friendship (just friendship) with a lovely girl, a member of the WRAF known as 'Woodie' My ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1951 by Ben Bennett

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Captions

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Caption For Uckfield, High Street 1904

Here the photographer looks downhill along High Street from the Church Street/Heathfield Road junction past Ye King's Head, then a commercial hotel - its ground floor was altered in the 1890s.

Caption For Moseley, The Lake, Moseley Private Park C1965

In 1896 Salisbury Road was constructed, bisecting Moseley Hall Park. The northern part was bought by a consortium of businessmen who built houses overlooking it.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Market Street 1906

Note the unmarked and unmade road, the baby high chairs on sale on the right, the coffee tavern beyond it and Olivers, the boot and shoe chain, further down the street on the right.

Caption For Tadcaster, Market Place And Kirkgate 1907

Nine miles from York on the road to Leeds, Tadcaster was once the Roman outpost of Calcaria.

Caption For York, The View From The City Walls 1897

Two horse-drawn vehicles can be seen on the road, and some people in their finery, the ladies twirling parasols, are on foot. Perhaps it is a Sunday and they are heading for church.

Caption For Leeds, New Briggate C1955

The other Leeds theatres were The Royal in Land's Lane, The Queen's in Meadow Road and the Empire Palace in Briggate.

Caption For Brockworth, Coopers Hill And Stroud Road C1955

The old Roman road, Ermin Street, is a right turn off this roundabout. Coopers Hill looms in the distance, the site of the annual cheese-rolling races.

Caption For Coltishall, The Village C1945

The nearest this long, straggling village has to a market square is a broadening of the Norwich to North Walsham road, beside which the War Memorial stands under chestnut trees.

Caption For Kettering, High Street 1922

A butcher's delivery boy can be seen cycling down the road, more of the shop fronts are covered by awnings, and a uniformed policeman can be seen on the right.

Caption For Rothwell, Church And Memorial Cross 1922

Trees still line the road; at the end of it stands the town's ironstone Holy Trinity Church, the longest in the county.

Caption For Rushden, High Street 1966

The line, which opened in 1893, ran from Higham Ferrers to Wellingborough Midland Road, and closed to passenger services in 1959 and to freight in 1969.

Caption For Cardiff, Fidlas Road C1965

A caravan is parked up in the first driveway just above the Morris 1000 on the road, whilst in the background a triple arch carries the railway.

Caption For Bakewell, View From The Bridge 1923

The photographer took up his position on the 13th-century road bridge and pointed his camera south towards Haddon Hall.

Caption For Swanage, From Ballard Downs 1899

New Swanage (centre right) is beginning to cluster around Ulwell Road and the 1898-built Grand Hotel (centre) at the northern end of the beach.

Caption For Abingdon, Tea Rooms C1960

west parts of Nag's Head Island beyond the bridges, and the Abingdon Bridge Restaurant and Tea Rooms took over their buildings to serve river- borne trade as well as those coming by road

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 Hermitage, Holy Trinity Church C1960

The tree cover at the front is quite dense now, so much so that little of the building is visible from the road.

Caption For Saxmundham, High Street C1955

Ely's fish and chip shop (left) on the corner of Chantry Road has a Dutch gable. Beyond is the sign for Clarke's Tea Room, and then the Co-op, built in 1932.

Caption For Ampthill, Market Place C1960

All the main roads converge here, and Ampthill's history as a coaching stop is still visible in the form of the White Hart hotel on the right of this picture.

Caption For Upton, The Village And Church C1950

St Mary's parish church, on the left of Ford Road, is largely obscured by trees now, but the church clock still rings out the time to the people of Upton.

Caption For Whitegate, Main Road C1965

Today there is another white gate at the entrance to the church, just across the road from this delightful old cottage.

Caption For Congleton, The Cloud And Timbersbrook C1950

Only the mill pond across the road remains.

Caption For Parham, The Church 1894

Up until this time, Parham was very isolated and inaccessible with no proper roads to enable visitors to reach the estate.

Caption For Empingham, Church Street C1955

The village shop is on the left and nearby workmen are repairing the road.