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Queens Rock Swimming Place

This early picture of Settle shows the River Ribble as it bypasses the South/West of the actual town, the Bridge in the middle left carries the A65 trunk road which then ran through the very center of Settle, and was the main ...Read more

A memory of Settle by peter

Stafford Coop

This development included a Coop Department store and a bookshop that I frequented in my teenage years. The Coop skirted around the corner into Stafford Street and two of the original terraced houses on that street were occupied by the ...Read more

A memory of Stafford

Gorton Girl

I was born in Brook house flats in 1940, then moved to Millwall and then Swindon close Gorton,where I lived with my mum Molly and two sisters known as the Nolan sisters.I loved Belle Vue for dancing and speedway. one of my strongest memories is ...Read more

A memory of Gorton by wynneraypowell

Brunswick Street And Ve Day

My father was brought up in 17 Brunswick Street from being a small child, his sister born there in 1929, not far from the Hill school gates. Dad remembered the celebrations on VE Day, with everyone out in the street. ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe by Sandra Turner

Wargrave In Berkshire About 1966.

I used to work for a company called David Greig, they had provisions shops in many towns with the flagship shop at that time (mid sixties) being the one at Reading. I worked mainly in the Orpington shop and was asked to ...Read more

A memory of Wargrave

37 Tufton Rd Ashford 1938 To 1964

I LIVED IN TUFTON RD FROM 1938 TO 1964 GOOING BACK TO THE 50sTHE RIVER OVER FLOD D RIGHT TO MY BACK GARDEN now i lived at 37 that was the last house in the road THE RIVER WAS ABOUT 2 TO 3 100 YARDS FROM MY GARDEN IT ...Read more

A memory of Ashford by tony1938.tg

George Eliot's Childhood Home

Griffiths House Hotel was the home of Mary Ann Evans,(George Eliot) She based inher writings on life in Nuneaton. If you know the area well and then read her books you can relate to Nuneaton quite easily. The Work House ...Read more

A memory of Nuneaton by Patricia Byrne

Saturday Mornings.

My cousin and I lived at the top of the Oldpark Road, near Ballysillan, in the mid-1950's and every Saturday morning during our tenth and eleventh years, we would catch the bus into town, walk around the City Hall and down to ...Read more

A memory of Belfast by lawrenceclarke

60's Clubs,Dance Venues And Coffee Bars In And Around Welling

During the 1960's many venues opened in and around Welling to cater for a growing music and dance culture. Teddy-boys and Rockers had frequented the Embassy Ballroom, but when Mod became the ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Bernard Schofield

Pantomimes And Plays In The 1950s

Great memory of tabernacle chapel pantomimes .Mrs ELlis and Watts.aPrince for Cinderella. Babes in the wood. Site now Houses on top of Dandos hill. ,any photos would love to see.David Young I think took lots 1950s.Also ...Read more

A memory of Cwmcarn

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Captions

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Caption For Shiplake, Mill And Lock 1890

The mill house survives just out of picture to the right, but of the mill there is virtually no trace.

Caption For Bromsgrove, The Church And Council House C1955

The Council House is now called St John`s Court, and is occupied by the Somerset Redstone Trust.

Caption For Barnt Green, Hewell Road C1965

The Council House is now called St John`s Court, and is occupied by the Somerset Redstone Trust.

Caption For Troutbeck, The Village C1880

At the south end of the village is Townend, a typical Lakeland statesman's house, now in the care of the National Trust.

Caption For Ilfracombe, The "Velindra" Approaching The Pier 1890

Before the building of the pier, passengers often had to be ferried to and from the steamers, which anchored off Warp House Point.

Caption For Odiham, High Street C1970

The house on the right now has a bay window, and to its left a former carriage entrance has been filled in to become Mrs Holt's antique shop.

Caption For London, The House Of Lords 1901

The chamber of the House of Lords is prepared for Edward VII's first state opening of Parliament. The throne on the right is for Queen Alexandra.

Caption For Langport, The Hanging Chapel C1960

Standing on what was once a Roman site, the first manor house was erected in 1176 by William de Erleigh, whose family remained in possession for some 350 years.

Caption For Savernake, Forest, Puthall Gate 1906

This is a typical lodge house of the Ailesbury Estate variety; it bears Gothic features such as the ornate barge-boards and detailing to the eaves.

Caption For Kibworth Harcourt, The Old House C1955

The Old House of 1678 is a prominently-sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best.

Caption For Lincoln, Steep Hill C1955

On the left is a corner of the Norman House, built in stone around 1180.

Caption For Cowes, View From The Pier 1927

A little higher up on a hill, peeping over the top of the Royal Marine Restaurant (far right) is the Trinity Theatre, which today houses the Cowes Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society.

Caption For Warton, Washington House (1612) C1955

Washington House, on the main street, was the home of the forebears of American President George Washington. The stars and stripes flag is flown from the church tower every 4 July.

Caption For Norton, Georgian Houses, The High Street C1965

Norton High Street is one of the surprise features in Teesside, with several elegant period houses nestling behind the trees which line the road verges.

Caption For Ormesby, Main Street C1965

It was sacrificed in a road-widening scheme, and replaced by the Fountain public house, which was set back in line with the ancient row of almshouses we see here on the left.

Caption For Warrington, Park Gates 1901

Originally designed by the Coalbrookdale Iron Company for Sandringham House, and shown at the International Exhibition of 1862, they were adapted by replacing the central Prince of Wales' feathers with

Caption For Warrington, Sankey Street C1955

Warston Pictures proudly presents 'My Six Convicts' at its Cameo Cinema on the corner of Springfield Street, opposite Bank House (right.)

Caption For Woolston, Long Barn Bridge C1965

Today the name Long Barn is associated with a modern housing development, but in 1965 the area was still open countryside and farmland.

Caption For Houghton, The Clock Tower C1960

The white house called The Green was an inn. Part of the original medieval building survives, while the large chimney stack was added later.

Caption For Chipping Norton, Middle Row C1960

Among the shops on the left is the Phoenix Café and cake shop (nearest the camera) with E Bennett's grocery store next door; the tallest building housed the premises of a ladies' hairdresser.

Caption For Oxford, Carfax C1950

The church was declared redundant in 1971, and today it houses the library of Lincoln College.

Caption For Cobham, High Street C1960

The building is now a private house, its responsibilities usurped by more modern shops a little further along the road to the left.

Caption For Rochester, The Red Lion, Star Hill Corner C1955

The bus advertises Fremlins' ales outside the Red Lion, a Style & Winch house of flamboyant grandeur, but now no more, sad to say.

Caption For Uppingham, Brooklands C1955

Regrettably, local stone was not used but luckily the house is on the outskirts of town and not easily visible. It was modernised in the 1960s.