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Memories

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Meeting Street

I have a copy of the Meeting Street photo as the girl standing in the road (with the black sleeve) is my Grandmother SARAH POWE (nee Lesley). The family house was at 29 Meeting Street just out of view. Grandmother also ran the BELL ...Read more

A memory of Appledore by Michael Ewings

Old Northfield

The stretch of road we see is called Bell Lane.  Bell Lane curves back to Bristol Rd. The big house partly seen in the distance is Bell House which has quite a history.To it's left goes Bell Holloway (still fairly unaltered) and to ...Read more

A memory of Northfield in 1930 by Donald Cook

The Two Bob Gun

At the top of Queens Road in Buckhurst Hill is a small newsagents shop. It was owned by the Mr & Mrs. Silk.  The shop sold papers magazines cigarettes, sweets and a few toys. Situated right across the road from where Princes ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Denman Lalonde

O To Be A Boy Again

I remember Pickmere Lake (pond) where I and my buddies use to bike to with home made fishing rods tied to the crossbar, you could hire a row boat and get the real feel of lake fishing LOL!!  Our Mums packed us off  with butties ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere in 1958 by Chris Walker

Rumbyhill

My grandparents, John and Ginny Loftus, lived at Rumbyhill farm from the 1920's until they retired about 1950. This was the old Rumbyhill farm, subsequently the name was given to the farm across the road. My mother grew up at the farm and has ...Read more

A memory of Crook in 1940 by Cathy Armstrong

On Our Way To Longleat.....

After walking the footpath from Rodden Farm we would end up on the main Frome /Warminster road, not far from the start of Friggle Street. This was our route to Longleat we often took on foot during our school holidays. We ...Read more

A memory of Elliots Green in 1980 by Jt Davies

Fish And Chips At Hest Bank

when i was young i would go for fish and chips they were great and there was always something to do some where to ride on our bikes at hest bank. I now live in australia and in 2006 took my three girls to england for a ...Read more

A memory of Hest Bank in 1965 by Allan Holmes

Busk Crescent

Late in 1945 my parents moved to 25 Busk Crescent, in Cove. The house was on top of a hill and overlooked the Farnborough airfield. From the front bedroom you could see aircraft landing on the runway. The house was one of a string of ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1945 by Alan Hickman

Memories Of A Little Boy In Upper Beeding 1952 1954

As I get older I remember some of my early childhood in the UK. I was asked by my Grandson about my early life so am writing it down in a form of a book. My first memories are of going to the ...Read more

A memory of Upper Beeding in 1952 by Michael Blows

Delamere By Sid Grant

The Jewish Fresh Air Home and School was founded in 1921 by Miss Margaret Langdon, MBE, MA (1890-1980) and located at Blakemere Lane, Delamere near Norley, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside.  My time spent there was from age ...Read more

A memory of Delamere in 1930 by Sid Grant

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Captions

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Caption For Empingham, Audit Hall Road C1960

This is the A606 Oakham to Stamford Road. Most of the village lies to the left.

Caption For Corby, Stuart Road C1965

One of these can be seen here in Stuart Road: on the left stands the Lutheran Church of St Paul, and next door is the church hall.

Caption For Rushton, The View From The Church Tower C1955

Taken from the corner of Pioneer Avenue and the Rothwell Road (A6), and looking towards the town, the photograph shows the five-storey Co-operative Wholesale Corset Factory on the left and its associated

Caption For Billingshurst, The Village 1928

The Roman road of Stane Street bisects the village of Billingshurst. The shop of W J Barnes (on the left) stands on the causeway; it was formerly the old family shop of Joseph Luxford, a carrier.

Caption For Thorpe Le Soken, The Village C1955

A garage stands on the left with a hose stretching out towards the road.

Caption For Langley Park, Front Street C1955

These roads followed the exact lines of the present Quebec Street and Front Street, and the village was built around these.

Caption For Meonstoke, Bucks Head Hill C1955

Cows are being herded up the hill towards the triangular green, where there is a road running southwards.

Caption For Stonehouse, High Street 1960

Behind the chapel site, back from the road, its gravestones have been preserved.

Caption For Brigg, Wrawby Street 1954

The market hall also serves as a convenient road sign, indicating Grimsby to the left and Skegness to the right.

Caption For London, Elephant And Castle 1885

The Elephant and Castle, a great meeting place of thoroughfares, was termed a ‘ganglion of roads’ by Dickens in ‘Bleak House’.The squat old inn that gave it its name dominates the scene, and is offering

Caption For Launceston, South Gate And Castle 1893

Race Hill was once the main road into Launceston from the south; it leads down to the South Gate, which is the last remnant of the old town walls.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Salutation Square 1906

The fountain in the middle of the square has now been removed and this is now a busy road junction. The chapel with the colonnaded frontage is now 'R.J.'s Nitespot'.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Market Street 1906

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

Caption For Glasgow, The Botanic Gardens 1897

The Botanic Gardens occupy 43 acres off Great Western Road, and many orchids, tropical plants and trees are grown in its conservatories.

Caption For Abergavenny, Frogmore Street C1955

The road is widening as we look back towards the High Street. Owen the pharmacist was at No 61 (right) until 1958, next door to the King David Inn, which was to close in 1973.

Caption For Gilwern, The Main Road C1955

Further down on the left is the road junction for Llangattock and Crickhowell just before the white building, the Beaufort Arms.

Caption For Newark, Trent Bridge C1955

In the late 17th century the main road from Nottingham to Newark went via Charlton (Carlton), Burton, Gunthorp (Gunthorpe), Horingham Ferry (Hoveringham), Bleasby Ferry and Stoak (Stoke) where it joined

Caption For Acock's Green, Clifton House C1965

Clifton House occupies the corner of Fox Hollies Road and Olton Boulevard East, and had probably been only recently completed when the photograph was taken.

Caption For Acock's Green, Olton Boulevard East C1965

This view of the parade is taken from the junction with Fox Hollies Road, at the opposite end to photograph No A136028.

Caption For Ibstock, Crown Inn C1965

The road rises up from the south, past the parish church, to enter Ibstock, gateway to industrial north-west Leicestershire.

Caption For Ranworth, St Helen's Church 1934

One of the most beautiful of the many lovely Broads churches is St Helens at Ranworth, a short walk from the staithe.

Caption For Byfield, High Street C1955

This photograph of the village of Byfield, on the old turnpike road midway between Daventry and Banbury, shows plenty of pedestrians, but no traffic.

Caption For Fleetwood, East Street 1898

From Ash Street to the Blackpool terminus at Gynn, the tramroad ran on a reserved track segregated from other road traffic; it was only at the northern end that it actually ran through the streets of Fleetwood

Caption For Stanion, Shop And Cardigan Arms, Cardigan Road C1965

Now within the village, Frith's photographer looks down one of the estate roads, with their undistinguished 'Anywheresville' modern houses, towards the High Street.