Photos

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Memories

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Delivering Our Daily Bread

The picture shown is of Russell Road which runs left to right centre of the picture. Every day except Sunday during the early 1960s I used to deliver bread all around Weston Point and remember well reversing my Co-op van up ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1961 by Brian Balfe

Growing Up In Dartford

I lived in Dartford from 1955 (born in West Hill Hospital) til 1977 when I moved to Wales. My dad was manager of the"Bacca Pouch" next to the old Post Office , and opposite the back entrance to the Co-op. He then had the ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1955 by David Hillman

Cranford 1975 80

Hello. I used to live on Berkeley Ave. I remember the parade of shops. There was a row of Co-op shops, baker, butcher, mini market and I think a green grocer. After the shops was an alley where there was a milk company, I think that ...Read more

A memory of Cranford in 1978 by Shamim Khan

The Real Winters Of The 1940s

I recall, with the occasional shudder, the freezing cold winters of the 1940s. I spent Saturday evenings earning a couple of shillings (that's 10p to you youngsters!!) working from 4.30pm to 6.00pm selling newspapers ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1948 by Neil Mac Gregor

Stonehills 1958.

I lived next door to the police station which is just to the left of this photo from 1952 until 1959 when my father (the local police station sergeant) retired. This photo is very evocative of memories I had as a young child ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City in 1958 by Kenneth Street

Everret's Corner (2)

This is Everret's Corner approached from the West. The road is the A4 and it is a good distance North of the real Cippenham Village. The main bus-stop for buses coming from Slough was right diagonally opposite the ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1965 by Patrick Butterly

Painful Memories Of Paulton Square.

As a frightened 7 year old, in 1950,  I was plunged into an unfamiliar London life when my meddling and self righteous aunt unfortunately reminded my stepfather of fulfill his promise to my dying mother to 'take care ...Read more

A memory of London in 1950 by Dylan Rivis

Borehamwood Shops

This picture is of the shops in Leeming Road and not the main shopping centre in Borehamwood, fondly known as the village. Leeming Road shops are in fact about a mile away from the main town. I would love to see any photos of the "village" if anyone has any.

A memory of Borehamwood by Margaret

Childhood In Bryn Y Maen

As far as I was concerned there was nowhere else, only what I read or what my parents told me, my life centred around the post office, church, vicarage and Bryn Eglwys, and the neighbouring farms, the lovely views to the ...Read more

A memory of Bryn-y-maen in 1930 by patriciahughesbrynymaen

A Very New Broadway

In 1962 my parents and I (12 years old) moved from Bristol to open Victoria Wine (later to become the Wine Market before reverting back to Victoria Wine). There were still several empty units awaiting occupation. I can recall ...Read more

A memory of Plymstock in 1962 by cpden

Captions

3,594 captions found. Showing results 385 to 408.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road 1897

The first building on the right is the Market Hall, and next to that, in the centre of our photograph, is the Town Hall.

Caption For Staithes, High Street C1955

Mr Manship's Central Café, seen in the centre of the photograph, no doubt offered a good range of refreshments, whilst gifts could be bought at the gift shop on the right of this view.

Caption For Rochdale, Town Centre C1965

Martin`s Bank (centre left), on the left of Yorkshire Street, has lost its turret and other roof top features during modernisation and the Midland Bank has been cleaned.

Caption For Bonsall, St James's Church C1955

The battlemented spire of St James' parish church rises above the village centre at Bonsall, and its Perpendicular style dates it mainly from the 13th century.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Rifts Wood Mill 1891

Note the large haystack in the centre foreground.

Caption For Tideswell, Queen Street C1950

In the background (centre) is the Methodist chapel, a common feature of most former lead mining villages in the White Peak.

Caption For Harlow, Moot House C1955

The former vicarage was renamed Moot House, and was used as a busy community centre.

Caption For Plymouth, Pier 1892

The rocks in the centre are where Tinside Pool now stands.

Caption For Bridport, East Street Old Mill 1899

Here we see East Mill and its mill pool, looking eastwards from the north bank of River Asker, towards houses beside East Road (centre).

Caption For Skegness, Compass Gardens C1960

Butlin's funfair and the model yacht pond can be seen in the background, with the old Embassy Centre, built in 1929, on the left.

Caption For Castle Douglas, Lochside Park C1955

It was once a centre for the hand spinning of cotton, but was unable to compete with the industrialized mills of New Lanark.

Caption For Launceston, Coronation Park C1950

The entrance arch, with its green gates, was demolished in the 1980s to allow access for lorries building the new leisure centre.

Caption For Poughill, The Village 1938

The post office stores stands on a corner in the centre of the village near the church, and is still trading today.

Caption For Newbury, Victoria Park C1955

Victoria Park lies to the east of Newbury town centre.

Caption For Ashford In The Water, Old Cottages C1955

Indeed, little has changed, save the re-routing of the main road that ran through the centre.

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street C1965

This was the period when few supermarkets existed and those that did were built in town centres, as most people relied on public transport.

Caption For Monkstone, Monkstone Sands 1890

A boy is sat on a rock in the centre of the picture - are the shapes in the sand his handiwork?

Caption For Painswick, General View 1901

Painswick was a market centre for the smaller villages along the valley.

Caption For Reading, Market Place C1870

At the centre of this picture is a distinctive stone lamp standard given by Edward Simeon in 1804 'as a mark of affection to his native town'.

Caption For Castle Donington, High Street C1955

The photographer looks back down the hill past 19th-century houses towards the village centre.

Caption For Melton Mowbray, C1955

Older buildings are to be found behind the innocuous facades of 18th- and 19th-century prosperity in Melton, which was boosted by its being at the centre of the hunting world, and by its prosperous sheep

Caption For Chepstow, Beaufort Square 1957

The tall building in the centre of the picture is the former Barclays Bank, since demolished.

Caption For Crickhowell, View From The Dardy C1955

In the centre in the background is the Sugar Loaf.

Caption For Kenilworth, Warwick Road C1960

The white building in the centre background was demolished, and a large block of drab-looking flats replaced the trees on the left.