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Memories

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My Memory

I remember I was about 10 and Critchilows Corner was a derelict building at this point, probably in 2000, and we used to try get in to see what it was like inside. I moved away but do visit the area from time to time and it's a housing esate now, seems a shame.

A memory of Blurton by Stacey Healy

A Day At Alum Chine In The 1960s

It's a few minutes before 8.30am, and I've just returned with the newspaper for Dad bought from the Riviera Hotel next door. I have to rush downstairs again in time to ring the gong for breakfast - Mr Lacey, ...Read more

A memory of Westbourne in 1966 by Michael Bond

The Raf Estate

We lived on the RAF estate in Ickenham during the late 1950s, in a semi-detached house at 14 Nettleton Road. Every RAF home mirrored the next; their furnishings were also identical. You could move from Scotland to England (which we had ...Read more

A memory of Ickenham in 1957 by Mo Haarhoff

Summer Holidays

Browsing through the Book "I Remember when..." published by The Francis Frith Collection, I was so delighted to see a picture of The Quayside in 1896 at Salcombe, Devon. There standing proud above the quay was 'Harbour Lights', the ...Read more

A memory of Salcombe in 1890 by Pete Combellack

Church House Farm

Has anyone any memory of this place? I would like to know where it was in Shelsey Walsh. Any info would be gratefully appreciated.

A memory of Shelsley Walsh in 1920

Childhood Holidays

I have happy memories of visiting Croston in the late 1940s-early 1950s. My aunt and uncle, Margaret and Bob Chisholme, lived in part of the Rectory for a few years before moving to a large, rambling house in Station Road next to ...Read more

A memory of Croston in 1947 by Anne Baron

Burrow Hill School

My name is Roger Hibbard from Staveley, Derbyshire, I was at Burrow Hill School from Easter 1952 to Easter 1953. I went there because at that time I suffered from severe asthma but I was never ill once during the wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1952 by Roger Hibbard

The First Families

We were one of the first families to move into St Mellons. My first momory was the smell of the building site and my mother taking me to Trowbridge nursery. I was knee deep in mud. And my mother still lives in the same house.

A memory of St Mellons by Mel Newman

Quarriers Were The Happiest Days Of My Life

My name is Elizabeth Bonner, but then it was Elizabeth Esnol. I lived in Cottage 3 with Agnes, the Mcdonalds and Anne, Margaret, and Josephine Murray, and Aunty Irene Munzy, Aunty Anne (House ...Read more

A memory of Quarriers Village in 1870 by Elizabeth Esnol

Sittingbourne To Australia

My name is Margaret.  I was born in Park Road, Sittingbourne on 18.4.45. My parents were Flossie and Cyril Neaves. My dad worked as a machine man in the Sittingbourne paper mills and my mum worked fruit picking in the ...Read more

A memory of Sittingbourne in 1971 by namscox

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Captions

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Caption For Winchcombe, Jacobean House And Church C1955

The Jacobean House in Queen Square is constructed of the same beautifully coloured stone as many of its simpler neighbours.

Caption For Old Basing, 1898

The village has long been famous for Basing House, a ruined building reduced to rubble by Cromwell and his army during the Civil War.

Caption For Bishops Cleeve, The Village C1955

This photograph demonstrates very clearly the relationship between church and manor house in earlier times.

Caption For Porthcawl, Rough Seas C1960

rough seas breaking over the Lower Promenade, with a fine view along the Promenade: from the right we can see the Esplanade Hotel, the Grand Pavilion, the Westward Ho Hotel, and private houses

Caption For Aldbrough, The George And Dragon C1955

This quaint public house was probably built on the site of a coaching inn. The present building was constructed in the late 17th century, and it underwent remodelling in the 19th century.

Caption For Hitchin, The Croft 1929

Though altered over the years, parts of this old house dated from the 1400s. Though not ideal, its replacement is at least in keeping with the character of Bancroft.

Caption For Botley, Church Lane C1955

The lane is narrow and has its attractive, individually designed houses which appealed so much to William Cobbett and, indeed, to others who see them today.

Caption For Tiverton, The Park Entrance 1920

Children's wear apart, this view is unchanged save the removal of the trellis to the left-hand front of the house. Needless to say, the trees have also grown a little.

Caption For Haltwhistle, Main Street C1960

Featured here is the Red Lion Hotel, a rare example of an urban tower house built for defence against Scots and Border raiders, though it does not have a vaulted basement.

Caption For Askrigg, Post Office 1911

Many of the buildings along the main street are imposing, three-storey houses, dating from the period when the town was a centre for lead-mining, cotton and worsted manufacture.

Caption For Stanstead Abbotts, High Street 1929

the long, staid High Street of this small village on the banks of the river Lea viewed from the opposite direction from photograph No 81859, with the Pied Bull over on the left, and the bow-fronted houses

Caption For Erith, New Flats C1960

Today the flats` distinctive roofline has been renewed; the approach road is metalled now, and there are houses to the left.

Caption For Henbury, The Village C1955

Nearby is Blaise Castle House which even in the 1920s had the best golf course in the area; green fees were 3s, Sunday play was available, and members of the ladies golf union were permitted.

Caption For Patrixbourne, Village 1903

The Tudor-style houses in the village are, however, imitations constructed around the middle of the 19th century.

Caption For Warminster, Silver Street C1955

The house on the right with the double flight of moulded steps, known as The Cedars, is late 18th- century.

Caption For Salisbury, Fisherton Mill From Longbridge C1955

This was a large mill on the River Nadder just upstream from the confluence with the Avon.The Millers House seen here is all that remains of a much larger building; it is now almost invisible from

Caption For Prestatyn, High Street C1930

People walk in the roads, obviously unused to avoiding traffic - there is only a horse and cart and one small car in sight.

Caption For Wakefield, Holmfield House C1960

The extended garden of the house is now a forecourt for a modern hotel built on the site of the old rock garden, which used to be the kitchen garden with glasshouses.

Caption For London, Royal Exchange 1886

The photographer is standing on the Mansion House balcony looking directly at the Royal Exchange. Proclamations announcing a new monarch or a dissolution of Parliament are read from the steps.

Caption For Uppingham, 1927

The large house on the left has been built on South Back Way with a pleasant southerly aspect and a spacious garden.

Caption For Bidford On Avon, The River And The Nest 1950

Though by no means unchanged, this riverside house is still recognisable and has an enviable situation.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Lake C1875

The houses were then just above the shoreline. Neither Yewbarrow Terrace to the left nor the war memorial on the promontory on the right had been constructed at this date.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road C1955

The building on the corner of Broadway with the stylish curved frontage (right) housed Woods the tobacconist's and Porter's Wallpapers, both familiar names to Accringtonians over many

Caption For Poole, The Custom House 1904

Close to the quays at Poole is the 18th-century Harbour Office, once the Old Town House, a club for ships captains.