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Memories

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Drake Street

I was born in Rochdale in 1934. I attended Champness Hall Sunday School, 1940 -52, which was situated just below the Rochdale Observer offices (on the left of the photo). It was a large Methodist Central Hall with offices used by local ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale in 1952 by stanley.rudman

Mobo Horses

We moved to Prestatyn in 1948. I loved the Mobo horses that the little ones could ride at the Bastion Road beach. My little school was Pendre, up the hill Fforddlas I think. Also going to St Chad's School annual fair and sale. Always ...Read more

A memory of Prestatyn in 1950 by Mo Edwards

Harrogate Station Square

Here is Station Square appearing as its architects intended, an open airy town centre piece. The gardens in the foreground are the Coronation Gardens of c.1953, which complimented the Victorian square admirably. Just as this ...Read more

A memory of Harrogate in 1965 by Nigel Bunce

Opening Of The 'new' Woolstore

Now living in Australia but have also lived in NZL and the Pacific Islands, Fiji Tonga etc. Used to be a member of the Horndon Scouts and played in the band. We were asked to lead a march to mark the opening of ...Read more

A memory of Horndon on the Hill in 1971 by Chris Kneller

Aggies

This is looking down Station Road, the station is at the bottom of the hill. To the right centre can be seen the smoke and steam of a train rising above the trees. I remember walking up here as a boy when it was still unmade. The large ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet in 1970 by Ian Lipscomb

Pastures Avenue, Nottingham

I remember Clifton in a different light. We lived at 17 Pastures Avenue during 1966/7, my brother or one of them, he's the youngest, was born there. I met my half sisters and brothers there. I have always liked ...Read more

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1967 by Jean Smith

Brook Farm Caravan Site

As a young lad, I enjoyed many happy holidays at Brook Farm Caravan Site in Nansen Road, Holland-on Sea, where my parents owned a caravan.  This site was very quiet and superbly unspoilt with nothing but a small shop and ...Read more

A memory of Holland-on-Sea in 1965

Return Of A Native

Camberley, where it all began. Where I lived half of my life so far. In your head you never leave the place you were born and raised. On a wet un-comforting day I found myself revisiting the town of my past. I was cast into ...Read more

A memory of Camberley in 1988 by André Goddard

Music And Dancing At The 2009 Oxford Folk Festival

One of the many items on the Oxford "tourist trail" is a weekend long folk festival which is supported by dozens of morris dancing sides from all over England. This year Whitethorn Morris appeared for ...Read more

A memory of Oxford in 2009 by John Howard Norfolk

The Bottleneck

This view of Goerge Street was taken before the "bottleneck" was re-developed. The store in the right in the foreground was demolished and a new Tesco was built there in the early 1960s. The "bottleneck" was not wide enough for 2 ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool in 1960 by Robin Morgan

Captions

3,594 captions found. Showing results 433 to 456.

Caption For Cleckheaton, The Green C1965

This photograph of The Green shows the mock-Gothic Martin's Bank in the centre of the town.

Caption For Askrigg, River Ure 1924

The town continued as the leading industrial and commercial centre for Upper Wensleydale until 1699, when Hawes was granted a market charter.

Caption For Peterborough, Town Bridge 1904

The river still runs through the centre of Peterborough, but the old railway warehouses on the left are no more, and the rowing boats for hire on the extreme right have gone the same way.

Caption For Wisbech, St Augustine's Church 1901

In 1997, a new parish centre was created when the church was linked to its hall, nearby.

Caption For Dorchester, The Roman Excavations 1939

Little can be usefully gleaned from the remains shown here, but it is known that Dorchester was a centre for a school of mosaicists in the 3rd and 4th centuries.

Caption For West Bromwich, High Street 1963

Between 1801 and 1901 West Bromwich's population rose from 5,600 to over 65,000 owing to its becoming a centre for iron-making.

Caption For Wareham, The River Frome C1960

Wareham is seen here from South Bridge, looking westwards to the banks of the Anglo-Saxon Town Walls and Castle Close (centre right), built by Edward Seymer Clark on the footings of a Norman fortress

Caption For Marlborough, The Green 1902

Today, nearly a century later, the view is instantly recognisable, with the lofty tower of St Mary the Virgin's church in the centre and the Town Hall a little to the left.

Caption For Uley, The Green C1965

Went House is in the centre.

Caption For Barry Island, The Sands 1910

Note the stall towards the centre of the picture.

Caption For Fenstanton, The Green C1955

In the centre of the small green is the clock tower and lock-up; it has a small bell turret and weather-vane.

Caption For Willington, The Green C1955

This view shows a deserted village, with the branch of the Derby Co-operative Society (centre) waiting for its first customer of the day.

Caption For Portishead, The Beach 1887

The opening of the railway put Portishead at less than one hour's travelling time from the centre of Bristol.

Caption For Chatham, Buckmore Park, Scouting C1965

The Centre's shorts-only rule applied to everyone, partly as a security measure to distinguish authorised from any unauthorised users.

Caption For St Ives, The Sloop Inn And Slipway C1955

A view from the harbour with the Sloop Inn at the centre of the picture and with Fish Street leading uphill to the right.

Caption For Saxilby, Foss Dyke C1965

The Lincoln Co-op (centre left) is no longer located here, but in a more modern store at the other end of the village.

Caption For Weymouth, The Swannery 1890

The branch railway from Weymouth to Portland (left) was built westwards from Weymouth railway yard (centre right) in 1862 and opened in 1865.

Caption For Saxilby, Foss Dyke C1965

The Lincoln Co-op (centre left) is no longer located here, but in a more modern store at the other end of the village.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Harbour 1890

The North Wall of the harbour (left centre) was still detached from the beach.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Marine Parade 1930

The Old Bonded Store and Bay Cottage (centre) can be clearly seen.

Caption For Malmesbury, The Triangle And War Memorial C1955

A 1930s telephone box stands outside the Three Cups Inn (centre right).

Caption For Harlow, The Statue And Town Hall C1965

The Town Hall, opened in 1960 by Clement Attlee, is part of a group of buildings in the Civic Centre.

Caption For Westbury, Meadow Lane Estate C1965

The parish church of All Saints is a familiar landmark in the centre distance.

Caption For Harrogate, Parliament Street 1953

Note the two cyclists scurrying across the street on the left and right, and the Ripon Road leading up the hill between the trees in the centre background.