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Tab Packets

I was eleven in this year 1954 and me and the lads were by this time avid collectors of anything, tab packets was top of most lists, we would scour the streets and gutters wherever we went for that elusive cardboard. The bins behind the ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1954 by Jimmy Burrows

Evacuation

In 1940 our family were living in Southend on Sea in Essex. My youngest brother was born in March 1940. Shortly after that the Battle of Britain began and children were being evacuated away from the town. I was at the time 6 years old. One ...Read more

A memory of Feock in 1940 by Malcolm Macmeikan

Vindicatrix

I was a trainee at the Vindi between 25 October and 31 December of 1954. Met at the Sharpness station by a boy Bos'un who took the opportunity to cadge fags from us, we were marched(?) across the high bridge to the camp. Boys aready ...Read more

A memory of Sharpness in 1954 by George Hancox

The Abc

The photo featuring the ABC bakery brings back memories of being met from school (St Angelas - just round the corner in Oakthorpe Road) by my mum at half terms or holidays and taken for tea as a treat to celebrate the start of the ...Read more

A memory of Palmers Green in 1968 by Hilary Davis

Happy Horsey Holidays

I have the fondest memories of childhood holidays spent in Ennerdale and a deep and lasting love of the valley, brought about not only by the remote beauty but also the many, very happy times that I have spent there with ...Read more

A memory of Ennerdale Bridge in 1975 by Jackie Lambert

Brown's Fields

We knew this spot as Brown's Fields.  Farmer Brown had the dairy in Broad Street and used to drive his cows down the lane by the Lynch. In summer time we used to go down to the river to play and have picnics. In the winter time it was ...Read more

A memory of Somerton by Denise Lazenby

Glasgow Terrace

I am Jim Windram and I'm a Gelsgie Terrace Sparray frae Haymoothe. One could only be a sparrow from the terrace if you were born there, as I was in 1946. Chapel Terrace as it was officially known, was once owned by Peter Gibb, a fish ...Read more

A memory of Eyemouth in 1950 by Elizabeth Windram

My Dad's Childhood

My Dad was a member of the church choir here when he was a child. Gerald Fuller is his name but he left the village around the age of 16. His parents continued to live in Eastry with their other children, Hazel, Brian and Chris. Dad ...Read more

A memory of Eastry in 1959 by Emma Fox

Sheringham Avenue

My Dad was born in Tottenham sheringham Avenue His Father was Maurice Redman and he worked for the local council as a bricklayer. they had three boys reg maurice and gordon.They moved down to billericay about 1929.I wondered if anyone remembers the family.vicki

A memory of Tottenham in 1910 by Victoria Manning

Tower Caravan Park

My family had a caravan on Tower Caravan site during the 1970's my name is Paul Green, although my family name then was Turvey, Does any one out there have any happy memories of that period that they would like to share, do you ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick by Paul Green

Captions

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Caption For Wisbech, South Door, St Peter's Church C1950

Later the Town Library, belonging to the Corporation - formed in the 17th and 18th centuries - was housed here.

Caption For Walsingham, Old Houses 1929

This attractive small town has many picturesque old houses in its narrow streets.

Caption For Cardiff, 1893

With blissful symmetry the horizon here is occupied by Cardiff Castle - the iconic home of the Bute family, facilitators of the modern city and much of its wealth.

Caption For Newton Le Willows, High Street C1965

They show a quite surprising use of private cars - an indication of the prosperity of the town - but very few pedestrians.

Caption For Guisborough, The Grammar School 1932

It is a strange coincidence that the only two royal visits to Guisborough were made by the same branch of our royal family and to the same building in the town.

Caption For Bangor, The Bay 1897

This is the view the big houses saw, with the new rows of houses which had helped to add nearly 50% to the town's population in ten years.

Caption For Launceston, The Chain Bridge 1906

'Chain Bridge was a great attraction for me and my friends. We always built a hut in the woods — and would like to have slept there, but weren't allowed to. We

Caption For Ware, The Priory 1925

In 1685 it was bought by Robert Hadley of Great Munden and eventually passed to Martin Hadsley Gosselin, who carried out major restorations in 1849.

Caption For Old Sarum, The Castle Ruins C1965

Old Sarum was one of a number of ancient sites refortified by the Normans; others included Thetford (Norfolk), Rochester (Kent) and Carisbrooke (Isle of Wight).

Caption For Wakefield, Cross Square C1955

We are looking down Cross Square to the magnificent Cathedral. On the left is the Grand Clothing Hall, a well-loved outfitters, built in 1906.

Caption For Newport, Ye Olde Murenger House C1950

At one time said to be the site of the town house of the High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in the 16th century, the structure was almost certainly rebuilt during the 19th century.

Caption For Bolsterstone, Village Square C1965

This elevated village stands at 1000ft above sea level a mile and a half from the steel town of Stocksbridge. A medieval manor overlooked the deep valley; its porter's lodge and archway remain.

Caption For Worksop, College C1965

South of the town, beyond the modern A57 by-pass, accessed via a long avenue from the Netherton Road, is Worksop College.

Caption For Kings Langley, High Street C1965

Next door is Sketchley's, the dry-cleaners, and Arthur Rickett. The imposing brick building beyond was, as many local children will remember, the dentist's surgery.

Caption For Launceston, St Stephen's Church And Old Toll House 1906

The Toll House at St Stephens was built in 1761 by the Launceston Turnpike Trust, which had come into being the previous year with the intention of 'widening and keeping in repair several roads leading

Caption For Launceston, St Stephen's Church And Old Toll House 1906

The Toll House at St Stephens was built in 1761 by the Launceston Turnpike Trust, which had come into being the previous year with the intention of 'widening and keeping in repair several roads leading

Caption For Brechin, David Street 1900

This small town once played host to one of the significant events in Scotland's history: John Balliol surrendered the realm of Scotland to Edward Longshanks here on 10 July 1296.

Caption For Gorleston, The Harbour 1894

Gorleston stands at the gateway of Yarmouth's harbour overlooking the River Yare and the sea. It had long been an old seafaring port, and it burgeoned into a sizeable town in the 19th century.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1950

A smart two-seater convertible is parked outside the imposing Barclays Bank, which had been built in 1910 as the Boston & Spalding Bank.

Caption For Sevenoaks, Recreation Ground 1895

One suspects that these groups of children, with one accompanying nursemaid, seated on the benches and the steps of the canopied bandstand, have been induced to pose by the photographer, to complement

Caption For Ruthin, St Peter's Square C1955

When Owain Glyndwr attacked the town in 1401, leaving little in his wake, it was one of many turbulent events in its history.

Caption For Launceston, The Chain Bridge 1906

'Chain Bridge was a great attraction for me and my friends. We always built a hut in the woods — and would like to have slept there, but weren't allowed to. We

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1950

Marks & Spencer had replaced F Spence & Son, a furnishers with an impressive window display. Alfred Webb, on the corner of Bellfoundry Lane (left), had been established in 1897 as Webb Bros.

Caption For Huddersfield, Beaumont Park C1960

As early as 1869 he called a public meeting to win support for the acquisition of the Greenhead estate, including Gledholt Glen (now known as T P Woods after former owner, T P Crosland), to prevent