Maps

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Memories

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The Laws Kingennie

The Laws was a beautiful mansion-house in a perfect setting. The drive from the gardener's cottage (Mr Robb) up to the big house was a wonderful journey past mature trees, past the famous rock-gardens and lily pond, the ...Read more

A memory of Kingennie House in 1940

My Teenage Years At Clevedon

On the surface of it there was nothing to do in Clevedon for a teenager, but I was wrong. Meeting up with friends and looking for entertainment, Clevedon Pier came the place to be, with a juke box and the latest records ...Read more

A memory of Clevedon in 1956 by Iris Nicks

Durell Road, Martins Corner

What a place! If you're not born here, run for the hills! But I love it, I still see faces of long ago that do too, or why didn't we move away a long time ago!! My mum and dad were the best, I never got hit by them but this ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1970 by Michael Jacob

Our Street

Our Street was named Aston Street at the back of the Kings Arms pub in Rochdale Road. It was an amazing little street with a tripe shop and pies at the top of the street, a garage next door which housed Johnny Raffo's Ice Cream Vans, ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1949 by Bernice Wood

The 1940s

I remember going to the local primary school at the top of Second Avenue from the age of 3. Mrs Dobson was head of the Infants School and Mr Perry was head of the Junior School. We slept in the hall in the early days of our school ...Read more

A memory of Fitzwilliam in 1940 by Terry Dillon

Northolt Memories

I was born at Perivale hospital in 1964 and grew up in Carr Road. I am one of the Tweedy family that Toni mentioned .....Hi Toni (keep in touch). I lived there with my parents Dora and Andrew, both now 81 years young.... and living ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Rhona Dempsey

Personal Memories

My father was born in Alexandra Street in 1921 in the house owned by my great aunt Miss Ida Thomas who was a school mistress, my grandparents lived in Letchworth Road and my father's sister, Kathleen Jones, who was also a school ...Read more

A memory of Ebbw Vale in 1958 by John Gould

My Childhood In Merllyn Cyffylliog

My parents lived in Merllyn from 1947 till 1996 when they had to leave. An idyllic childgood with many characters about....Dic Dun who wnadered about and slept in hedges, a fascination to a child. Will Tom from ...Read more

A memory of Cyffylliog in 1956

Cherished Memories

I can remember taking part in the Easter Parades, hundreds of children would walk or ride on the beautifully decorated floats, we would walks round Tupton on Ankerbold Road, Station Road on towards the Royal Oak up Ashover Road ...Read more

A memory of Old Tupton by Carol Hudson

Memories Of Aylesbury During The 60s And 70s

I was born in Buckingham Road in 1962 and lived in the same house (no.225) until I left for North Wales in 1985. I have many happy memories of living there, going to the Primary and Junior schools in ...Read more

A memory of Aylesbury by Vicky Williams

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Captions

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Caption For Skegness, Pleasure Gardens 1910

The chimneys of Rutland Terrace and part of the Parish Church can be seen on the left, and houses in Edinburgh Avenue on the right. The notice board advertises John Green's Pavilion Refreshment Rooms.

Caption For Saffron Walden, The Common 1932

The row of houses on this side of the Common vary from the 14th to the 19th century. The ruined Castle stands at the end of the path behind the trees.

Caption For Saffron Walden, High Street And Church C1965

The houses on the right, with Gold Street leading off, are all timber-framed with brick and plaster overlay; those on the left are mostly 19th-century.

Caption For Hawthornden, 1897

The home of the poet William Drummond (1585-1649), the house was extensively rebuilt by him in 1638.

Caption For Ivy Hatch, The Village 1901

Dunk's Green 1901 Some fine stone and brick cottages and an oast house stand along the road leading towards Mereworth Woods near the village centre of Plaxtol, on the edge of the Ragstone Ridge

Caption For Thorpe St Andrew, The River Yare 1919

The banks of the Yare are thick with chestnuts and willows, and pleasure boats and dinghies glide through smooth waters between fine old houses. Thorpe is now almost a suburb of Norwich.

Caption For Cley, Windmill 1933

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

Caption For York, Infantry Barracks, The Armoury 1886

Tower Street housed the armoury for the West Yorkshire Volunteer Artillery, and the York Volunteer Rifles were in St Andrewgate.

Caption For Rockingham, The Castle C1960

Charles Dickens stayed at Rockingham Castle, and wrote part of 'Bleak House' here.

Caption For Geddington, The Ford C1955

To its left is an 18th-century house with a sundial dated 1767 in the central dormer window. The ford is still in use, as is the narrow, much repaired and altered 13th-century stone bridge.

Caption For Irthlingborough, High Street 1969

The house on the right was rebuilt in the 1970s and others have been rendered, with few original windows surviving. The Victorian chapel on the right is now an auction saleroom.

Caption For Market Deeping, Church Street C1955

Again, the buildings are the same today - in fact the only difference is the addition of a telephone box in front of Willoughby House on the left.

Caption For London, Lambeth Riverside C1880

The flimsy houses were clearly not designed to face the water, for the windows are few and diminutive.The crumbling facades bring a clear impression of neglect and poverty.

Caption For Goodwood, The Racecourse 1904

'Glorious Goodwood', one of the great advertising slogans, usually lives up to its name, and the racing that takes place here, high on the South Downs and a mile north of Goodwood House, is usually blessed

Caption For Penmark, The Bridge 1937

The neglected look of the bridge is in stark contrast to the stuccoed house, which has either been entirely renovated or perhaps newly built.

Caption For Worcester, The High School 1906

Britannia House, on Upper Tything, was designed by Thomas White as a mansion for the Somers family.

Caption For Hallow, The Village C1955

The old brick barn still stands, but these lovely cottages have been replaced by two red-brick modern houses.

Caption For Hitchin, Market Place C1955

The Hitchin Playhouse has been replaced by Burtons tailors, the first floor of which houses the Lucania Temperance Billiards Hall. I Pirkis & Son, decorators' merchants, have replaced Gatward's.

Caption For Wakefield, Wood Street C1953

This is the administrative centre of the city, with the late 19th-century County Hall, the Court House and the Town Hall.

Caption For Zoological Gardens, Camel 1913

This picture was taken in the year when the Mappin Terraces for bears and goats were built and new animal houses constructed.

Caption For Ashburton, Two Bridges 1922

The stone clapper bridge has been replaced by a concrete one, and the buildings to the right have been replaced by a housing estate.

Caption For Gawsworth, The Old Hall 2003

Many people visit this beautiful house each year, not only because it is a stunning building, but because it has also become the venue for an annual summer season of open-air theatre and concerts.

Caption For Tarporley, The Old Manor House C1955

At its southern end sits the Manor House. There are two inscriptions on this building: one is just below the crest on the left gable, and the second is underneath the window just below it.

Caption For Whitchurch, Royal Oak 1899

However in the way of such things, it is now an art gallery, and the Royal Oak pub beyond is now a house.