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Memories

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The Donkey Path

Re The Donkey path. I think Joanne is wrong - I know the embankment you speak of, there used to be a miniature railway which ran along the bottom of the embankment from the Prom entrance of Erias Park along to the Pier. The Donkey ...Read more

A memory of Old Colwyn in 1980 by Andrew Jones

Teignmouth Folk Festival 2008

A weekend long folk festival in June attracted crowds of spectators to the street entertainments around Teignmouth and also to the concert performances in the Carlton Theatre. Many of the entertainers were morris ...Read more

A memory of Teignmouth in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Whitewebbs Lake And Second Woods

Wonderful walks from Clay Hill, past the golf course and on over the bridge on the stream and up through the woods. Little children with their mothers clutching bags of bread to feed the ducks and swans on the lake. An ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1950 by Roger Davis

Parkstone Girls' Grammar School

This was the entrance to Parkstone Girls' Grammar school where I went from 1956, with Miss Allen as headmistress, until we moved to the present site in Sopers Lane in, I think, 1960 or 61, when these buildings were taken ...Read more

A memory of Poole in 1956 by Marion Brown

Clog Morris Dancing At Torquay Harbour On An August Evening

This view of the harbour taken in 1888 has by chance captured dead centre the very spot where 120 years later the dancers and musicians of Heather and Gorse Clog Dancers turned out to ...Read more

A memory of Torquay in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Central Stores

The large 3-storey building to the right of centre, was the village grocery store at 91 Lane Head Road. My father purchased it in 1961 from Frank Armitage. He sold it in 1984 when he retired. At the rear were stables, groceries used to ...Read more

A memory of Shepley in 1963 by Glen Cheney

Mill Street Clowne. 1950

The gentleman pushing a cart in the foreground of this picture is my grandfather, Ernest Pearce (1895-1970). The cart was used to transport bundles of sticks that he cut for sale as firewood. They were sold for 4d a bundle. This ...Read more

A memory of Clowne in 1950 by June Harvey

Carnforth Lodge Lancaster Road

As a child in the 1960’s and 70’s I went several times with my family to visit Mrs Esther Pomfret (Auntie Ettie to us; she was a relation of my father's) at Carnforth Lodge, Lancaster Road.  I don't think this is shown ...Read more

A memory of Carnforth by Isabel Yeo

Ty Pwca Road Upper Cwmbran

Born in Church Rd, Pontnewydd, in 1935 we moved to Ty-Pwca Rd in 1947. I attended Upper Cwmbran School and well remember the fun we had there. Gardening lessons with the Head, Mr Jones - "Clear the weeds boys and sow ...Read more

A memory of Upper Cwmbran in 1947 by Lance Ford

Happy Evacuee

This photo is of Bank Square, I was evacuated here in 1939 with brother Bob and was placed with the butcher at No16, that is it on right with white facia, Butcher was Harold Stephens, and his wife and daughter Kathleen. I still recall ...Read more

A memory of St Just in 1940 by Alec Smith

Captions

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Caption For Uttoxeter, The Lido C1965

It underwent a large refurbishment in 1985 to include a leisure centre, and the pool was redesigned as an indoor heated facility.

Caption For Donington, Market Place C1965

Get A Head (a ladies' hairdresser) has taken over from Margaret Graves (left), and the chemist (centre left) is still there.

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, High Street 1906

Behind the Coronation Stone (centre) are the Municipal Offices, which were replaced by the Guildhall in 1935.

Caption For Christchurch, The River Stour 1918

The circular estuary of the Stour and Avon, where the two rivers penetrate far inland, and the shores of Christchurch Bay, attract thousands of sea and wading birds, particularly during the winter months

Caption For Wortley, Stores And Post Office C1960

Converted from a Georgian private house, the Village Stores and Post Office was the communal centre of the former West Yorkshire village of Wortley, which is now not much more than a suburb of the city

Caption For Basildon, Kingswood County Primary School C1960

Keay House - centre left - was named after the first Chairman of Basildon Development Corporation.

Caption For Gloucester, Infirmary Arches 1891

The Gloucester Royal Hospital now stands away from the city centre, and its architectural style might be described as modern and daunting.

Caption For Brighton, North Street C1950

Between the wars, North and West Streets and Queen's Road developed as Brighton's shopping and commercial centre.

Caption For Hinderwell, West End C1960

Note the motorbike and sidecar which is parked up in the centre of the view, and the milk churn on a wooden stand, presumably waiting for collection.

Caption For Burton Agnes, Hall 1908

The large statue in the centre of the view is a gladiator wielding his sword.

Caption For Powerstock, The Village C1960

Brookview is the house with Powerstock Primary School behind it (left of centre) and Sunnyside is further up the hill.

Caption For Pegwell, Bay, Convalescent Home 1907

A further view of the Working Men's Convalescent Home, showing the sunken gardens, laid out on the dry bed of the former lagoon of the Belle Vue Hotel, which can be seen in the centre of the

Caption For Peak Dale, Peak Forest Station C1955

A steam locomotive waits at left centre.

Caption For Lytham, Lowther Gardens 1929

The building in the centre is the Lowther Pavilion.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Brockley Hall C1965

Brockley Hall, a large Victorian residence, has been used for many years as a Christian Retreat Centre.

Caption For Northampton, The Drapery 1922

Note the many shop awnings and the trams further down the street, a reminder of town centre public transport.

Caption For Paignton, The Beach And Pier C1955

In the centre is St Paul's Church, built in 1939.

Caption For Goole, The Docks C1955

As an inland port, situated at the centre of the UK, it is an ideal import/export point for Europe and the rest of the world.

Caption For Carlisle, Shaddon Mill From The Victoria Viaduct 2005

Before long the tiny city centre was straining at the seams, and the previously small suburbs to the west of the city were swollen with new residents.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, High Street 2005

The Old Town Hall was repaired and transformed into an Arts Centre, the old market square was rebuilt and the once shabby alleys and corner sites were improved beyond recognition.

Caption For Raglan, Beaufort Square 1914

Note the man and child walking away from the camera in the centre of the photograph.

Caption For Maidstone, All Saints' Church From The Bridge C1965

Rowers speed past moored motor cruisers on a sylvan reach of the river, close to the town centre.

Caption For Nottingham, The Post Office 1902

The building on the left was the General Post Office from 1898 to 1972, and the building in the centre was designed by Alfred Waterhouse for the Prudential Assurance Company.

Caption For Plymouth, From Mount Edgcumbe 1890

In the centre is the Edgecumbes' Winter Villa, which later became the convent and nursing home Nazareth House.