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Dance Family

For many centuries my ancestors came from this area, the latest person was my grandmother Daisy Dance who sadly passed away very young in 1938. If anyone has any information on her or my ancestors could you please let me know? My ...Read more

A memory of West Challow by James Edwards

Evacuation To West Hendred From 1941 To 1946

I was evacuated at the age of 4 yrs with my mother, Catherine and younger brother Alfred. We had been buried alive in a shelter, in Upton Park, East London and only saved when someone heard my mother ...Read more

A memory of West Hendred by Stanley Brand

Barbers Shop

My dad Denby Smith was a barber in the village but he left there in about 1950 and his father had the barbers shop before him and his name was Albert Acquilla Smith. I have an old photo of the shop with his name above it and it has ...Read more

A memory of Chopwell in 1950 by Betty Green

Little Sandhurst Shop

This is more or less as the centre of Litle Sandhurst appeared in 1958 - very little changed from 1939. We lived on the other side of this photo at a row of houses called (I don't know why!) Gibletts Folly. To the left ...Read more

A memory of Little Sandhurst in 1958 by Chris Hollins

Maidstone High Street

My first job was at G H Laveys 65 High Street (corner of Mill Street). The store sold clothing for men, women, children's school wear, also an equestrian dept. It covered four floors and even had a lift. I was 15 years old. ...Read more

A memory of Maidstone in 1965 by Andrew Dawton

Firwood

1958 our family came from the US to settle our Aunt Ethel & Uncle Edmund Smyth's estate Firwood. Edmund had been the 1st Bishop of Lebombo, Africa & Ethel had been a missionary & painter. Firwood had a dairy on the property & ...Read more

A memory of Bussage by Terri Smyth

The Loxwood Ale With The Broadwood Morris Men & Whitethorn Morris

What a weekend that was! Friday to Sunday with glorious weather, camping in the grounds of Loxwood Village Hall and all the organisation of a splendid Morris Dancing tour taken care of ...Read more

A memory of Loxwood in 1989 by John Howard Norfolk

Bradford On Tone Village School

I attended the village school and Mrs Richardson was our teacher, I lived in Taunton and travelled daily on the bus from Taunton and walked from the main road to the village school and back to the bus after ...Read more

A memory of Bradford-on-Tone in 1950 by Lesley Jones

My Childhood 1942 1963

My family owned the Victorian pile that incorporated the chemist opposite the Iron Duke. I was born in 1942 at the house (if it's still there) that was built as a wedding present for my parents at the top of the property and ...Read more

A memory of Crowthorne by Thomas Knight

I Lived At 12 Newbourne Gardens

Hi to anyone who remembers me, I lived there from !952 to 1969 and have lots of fond memories of the village and people I used to know.

A memory of Lower Stanton St Quintin in 1952 by Mike Bennett

Captions

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Caption For Downham, C1965

If you visit today, you will see no television aerials on the roofs, for Lord Clitheroe installed an underground cabled system to each house to preserve the unspoilt character of the village

Caption For Morecambe, Central Beach 1949

Growing from a small fishing village to an unpretentious resort during the middle of the 19th century, Lower Heysham has retained its 'olde world' atmosphere.

Caption For Ulverston, The Cross C1950

Ulverston evolved as a market town for the surrounding farms and villages, and required many cafes and inns to meet the demands for refreshment on market day.

Caption For Old Bursledon, The Church C1965

The church stands halfway up a hill overlooking the village rooftops and contains a large and impressive Norman font.The chancel arch is 13th-century, and the church contains several memorials to

Caption For Castle Bromwich, The Village C1965

In those days it was still very much a village.To the north of the church were the remains of a motte, the village was served by the early Georgian church of St Mary and St Margaret, and nearby

Caption For East Lyng, St Bartholomew's Church C1955

Its graveyard spills across the road to the village hall. The garage and old farmhouse next to it remain.

Caption For Ide Hill, The Church C1960

The shingled spire of St Mary the Virgin stands out among the stunning views of this small village.

Caption For Acock's Green, The Roundabout, Olton Boulevard East C1955

It is strange to think that until the 1830s Acock's Green was a rural village. In 1839 the estate was sold to developers, but it was 1911 before it became part of Birmingham.

Caption For Caton, The Druids' Oak C1955

Agriculture dominated the village until the end of the 17th century, when Arkle Beck was harnessed for cotton mills. Low Mill, which only closed in 1970, was claimed to be the oldest in the country.

Caption For Simonsbath, The Village 1907

Simonsbath has the distinction of being Somerset's most westerly village. It lies in a wooded vale below desolate moorland, the source of the River Barle.

Caption For Bentley, The Memorial Hall 1929

Bentley became the subject of a radio and television documentary series during the 1990s, focusing on life in a typical English village.

Caption For Burley, The Village C1950

The village war memorial stands at the road junction (centre left), and on the right is the entrance to The Queens Head Hotel.

Caption For Hamble, Royal Southern Yacht Club C1955

Originally just a small fishing village renowned for oysters, crabs and lobsters, Hamble was later to become a sprawling community with the accent on leisure and the aircraft industry.

Caption For Over Wallop, Rose Cottage C1965

Nearby is an old RAF Battle of Britain fighter station; 20 or so years before this picture was taken, the skies above the village would have echoed to the unforgettable sound of Spitfires and Hurricanes

Caption For Meifod, The Village C1960

This fine village could support its own bank (the white-painted building in the centre) in 1960. Today it is a private house.

Caption For Bromborough, The Cross C1965

The base of the cross probably dates back to the late 1200s, and would have acted as the focal point for most village activities. A new shaft with an ornate capital was added in 1874.

Caption For Upton, Ford Road C1960

Taken from the corner of Arrowe Park Road, this photograph is looking east along The Village.

Caption For Staindrop, The Village C1955

Until the late 18th century, the village of Raby and the hamlet of Keverstone lay close to the castle, but they were demolished during improvements that created 270 acres of parkland.

Caption For Polegate, The Road To Jevington C1955

This village view looks north past Street Farm on the right, and although the big barn on the right has gone, the houses all remain.

Caption For Birchington, The Square C1955

Birchington is the westernmost of Margate's satellite villages; the old quarter of this resort is more than a half-mile from the sea front.

Caption For Chilham, The High Street C1955

Pollarded lime trees line part of the High Street of this village, which can justifiably claim to be one of Kent's prettiest; it duly attracts hordes of visitors during the summer season.

Caption For Gaywood, The Clock Tower C1965

Once a village in its own right, Gaywood had become no more than a suburb of Lynn by the date of this photograph.

Caption For Ruislip, High Street C1965

The camera looks away from the original village centre into the alternative Ruislip of the 1930s and towards the Metropolitan line station of 1904.

Caption For Holdenhurst, Throop Village C1945

The Black Bell public house lies at the centre of the village, though the roads are busier these days. The River Stour is one of southern England's beautiful rivers, though given to occasional floods.