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Memories

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Amenities The Good Old Days And They Were!

Brown Edge was a brillant place to live, and I have fond memories of the village. Perhaps in my youth I did not really appreciate what I had, the village store (Keiths), the butchers, Harrisons and Sammy ...Read more

A memory of Brown Edge in 1969 by Linda Mitchell

Croxley Station 1940 1945

Hi, my name is Brian Nicoll. My mother, father and I lived in 10 Frankland Rd from 25/9/35 when I was born until 1956 when I got married. As a small boy I used to have a friend called Roger Gosney who lived over the ...Read more

A memory of Croxley Green in 1940 by Brian Nicoll

Boyhood Memories

My aunt Jessie (King) lived in the house on the left of the picture from around 1920 to 1954. In 1954 she moved out and my uncle Sidney (Edwards) ( her brother) moved into the house and turned it into a little tea room come ...Read more

A memory of East Bergholt in 1946 by Roger Reynolds

Little Sutton Shops

The church was the Presbyterian and the fruit and veg shop also sold fish (Tommy Jones, fish).  There was a  furniture shop (Flackets)  On the corner of Ledsham was Miss (although a Mrs.) Locket’s.  Over Ledsham past the bank ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1967

So Many Happy Hours

I spent so many happy summer holidays in Great Barton, and in particular Conyers Green where my Aunt Norah Lovelace lived in a cottage next to the old chapel building.  I cycled often to the village store/post office, and to ...Read more

A memory of Conyer's Green by Shirley Waters

Tithby Or Tythby

I used to live in the village of TYTHBY, spelled with a Y and not an I. I did not even know that there was another village close by with a similar name. But I have checked on the computer and there it is, not too far away in the ...Read more

A memory of Tithby in 1944 by Brian Williamson

Holiday In Carbost June 2008

My friend and I spent a very enjoyable holiday in Carbost this year - pity there are no old photos of the place. We stayed in the Old Inn, and later on in the Langal guesthouse, as the Old Inn was ...Read more

A memory of Carbost in 2008 by Diana Dioszeghy

Post Office

I was born in Hereford in 1952 to Roland S G Hodges and Doreen his wife. I have fond memories of Kings Caple and Fawley. My grandmother ran the village post office for nearly 40 years right up to decimalization. She ran her Post ...Read more

A memory of King's Caple in 1960 by Andrew Hodges

Cippenham Schools

School on left, Westgate wasn't the only school but it is the only one I never went to. Below was the Primary and Junior, this was the Senior till 1953 when Haymill was built. Whilst building it was Junior but when finished became ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1950 by Dave Hill

Llanhilleth

I was born in my aunt's [Ciss Smith] house in Caefelin Street, Llanhilleth, during late 1944, early in the morning.  At the same time a girl named Angela [Simpkins] was born in the house opposite at the same time.  My Aunt Ciss was ...Read more

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Captions

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Caption For Maresfield, Park Entrance 1902

Park House is now nearly all demolished. The woman and children are dressed up and stand still in the sunshine waiting for the photographer to complete his work.

Caption For Fittleworth, The Village 1908

The house on the right of the picture has a chimneystack that is heavily overgrown by creeper: see the next picture - 70080.

Caption For St Albans, Holywell Hill 1921

This peaceful view looks up Holywell Hill towards the city centre, as it dips towards the river and the curative spring from which it takes its name, with, on the right, one of the fine Georgian houses

Caption For Liskeard, The Parade 1906

All these buildings survive, such as Webb's Hotel and the East Cornwall Bank (now Barclays) on the right, although half of the house behind the car has been demolished to widen the road.

Caption For Kingsteignton, The Village 1906

It is now a private house, and is reputed to be haunted.

Caption For Haddon Hall, Drawing Room 1902

Now known as the Great Chamber, this magnificent partly oak-panelled room was originally part of the 14th-century house, but it was largely reconstructed by Sir Henry Vernon in about 1500.

Caption For Dronfield, War Memorial C1965

A solitary soldier from the First World War stands sentinel on Dronfield's simple war memorial in the main street, opposite the White Swan public house (the licensee in 1965 was Alfred Edward Greeves).

Caption For Goodmanham, Post Office C1960

Behind the old post office, now an extended house, is the railway line, with the nearest station at Kiplingcotes.

Caption For Topcliffe, Annual Gypsy Fair C1960

To the right is the old school house, now today's post office. Far right is the base of the market cross.

Caption For Masham, The Square C1955

The spacious market place or square in the centre of the Wensleydale village of Masham is surrounded by fine 18th- and 19th-century houses, with the ancient market cross under the trees as its centrepiece

Caption For Wimborne, Church House 1908

Church House was built in the High Street next to the minster in 1906 at a cost of £2,870 14s 11d. It replaced Sansom's ironmonger's shop, and was dedicated by the Bishop of Salisbury.

Caption For Yoxford, High Street C1965

This splendid early 19th-century house is the former rectory. The symmetrical front has five window bays; the central bay over the porch has rounded tops.

Caption For West Stockwith, The Basin 1964

The building at the far right now houses the West Stockwith Yacht Club, and was extended in the 1970s.

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Caption For Hauxwell, The Village 1913

The only change to this scene is that the house on the left is now a barn, which is unusual.

Caption For Loftus, Coronation Park C1960

This handsome terrace of Victorian houses, built in distinctive white 'Pease' brick overlook the Coronation Park.

Caption For Kettering, Northampton Road 1922

This rural lane leading to Kettering was to change dramatically in the 1930s, when it would be bordered by large detached houses with elaborate gardens.

Caption For Penryn, Higher Market Street 1904

Many old merchant's houses here are faced with granite ashlar to bring them a more sophisticated face. Behind, however, they are slate-hung in the traditional Cornish manner.

Caption For Colchester, The Abbey Gateway 1921

Of Eudo Dapifer's great abbey foundation in 1096, only the 15th-century gate- house and some of the precinct walls survive, the rest having been bombarded during the 1648 siege.

Caption For Colchester, North Bridge C1960

The houses of Middleborough grew up beyond the town walls and the north gate, which was demolished in 1823.

Caption For Cromer, Garden Street 1894

Many of these houses rented out rooms to summer lodgers who were unable to afford bed and board in more prestigious hotels.

Caption For Gloucester, St Oswald's Priory 1923

It was founded by Aethelflaed, daughter of Alfred the Great, to house the remains of St Oswald, and it is located in the area now known as Kingsholm.

Caption For Desborough, Rushton Road C1955

Rushton Road, at the east end of Station Road, is a mix of Victorian terrace housing and factories.

Caption For Worcester, College Green C1950

Entered through Edgar Tower (just visible here above the rooftops), or through the Watergate, College Green is a delightful quadrangle of mostly 17th- and 18th-century houses, forming part of King's School

Caption For Chigwell, Ye Olde King's Head Gardens 1925

In April 1941 the house suffered some damage during an air raid, but it was in good enough repair to provide Winston Churchill, then the local MP, and his wife with luncheon whilst touring the district