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Lewis's Department Store

Worked as a Saturday girl in 1970s and then in summer holidays as a Student. So sad to see that famous building with the naked man Statue so part of our heritage now derelict and deserted. Lived near Victoria Park Waterloo ...Read more

A memory of Crosby

Born In Fenny Stratford

I was born at number 8 Woodbine Terrace; in attendance was nurse Brinklow the local midwife and Dr Gleeve. My parents were Jim and Vera  Cusack.                      Just after the begining of the war my mother, ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford in 1948 by Kathleen Roberts

Years Gone By

I was born at 22 Victoria Street, Harthill and went to Harthill Primary School. I lived with my mum, Mary Carson, and grannie and grandad Margaret and Jimmy Carson until we left for England about 1954-55. I ...Read more

A memory of Harthill in 1947 by Catherine Foster

Victorian Horse Drawn Omnibus On The Park Street

This shows an early Victorian horse-drawn omnibus on the Park Street, Clifton, City Centre Bristol Zoo route. The fleet commenced with various horse trailers, totalling 109 with 678 horses. These were ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1900 by Paul Townsend

Grandfathers Memories

My grandfather was born in Cobham on Painshill. My memory is that it was on a slight hill with a slight bend, the Greenline bus used to stop near the old home, it was a cottage with a porch and had a very thick door with big ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1946 by Alan Rosher

Victoria Park Latchford

I remember when there used to be a place in Victoria Park, Latchford, called `The Pavillion'. It had a row of bushes beside it - dividing it from a sunken paddling pond that had rather ornate brick walls around it and steps ...Read more

A memory of Warrington in 1945

Moving To Whitefield

I moved to Whitefield from Birmingham just before my 5th birthday. We went to live on Hill Top Close. We lived at the last house and there was nothing but fields for miles. I went to school on the bus every morning as it ...Read more

A memory of Whitefield in 1952 by Carole Wilson

The Hub Of My Young Universe

London's main railway stations truly are wonderful and Charing Cross was the one that I frequented the most as I travelled every weekday from Woolwich Arsenal in SE London to Green Park Underground, near the great Victoria ...Read more

A memory of London in 1959 by Dylan Rivis

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

Play

I know records will prove me wrong, but summer seemed to start around the beginning of May and last until getting on to Bonfire night. We walked to Witton-le-Wear night after night to swim then walked home or, if we were lucky, got a lift ...Read more

A memory of Howden-le-Wear by David Quinn

Captions

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Caption For Leicester, The Fielding Johnson Building, The University Of Leicester C1965

Designed by Shirley Harrison in 1913 in a classical yet economical style, the rendered brick building sits well in its very formal garden, close to Victoria Park and to Lutyens' War Memorial.

Caption For Stafford, Victoria Park C1950

Later, the level of some of the surrounding land was raised, and Victoria Park was opened in 1908.

Caption For Ipswich, Christchurch Park 1921

A monument to Queen Victoria stands in the park in front of the 16th-century Christchurch Mansion.

Caption For Bradford, Town Hall Square C1950

The statue of Queen Victoria graced the square from May 1904. A crowd of 70,000 cheered the Prince and Princess of Wales, who were also here to open the Bradford Exhibition at Lister Park.

Caption For Aylesbury, Narbeth Drive C1965

Along the Tring Road, the late 19th century saw the arrival of factories and the cemetery seen in earlier views, and also housing developments such as the Edwardian Queen's Park or the 1890s Victoria Park

Caption For Haywards Heath, Victoria Park Paddling Pool C1960

The revised fair was centred upon Victoria Park. Any livestock connection was purely coincidental, as the procession of floats gathered (or should that be 'mustered'?)

Caption For Leicester, The Pavilion, Victoria Park, London Road C1965

In direct contrast to the Pavilion by James Tate in Abbey Park, here is a brick and render symmetrical watered-down vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the Council of the early 1960s in

Caption For Crewe, Queen's Park, The Main Entrance C1950

The clock tower stands just inside the main entrance to Queen's Park.

Caption For Ladram Bay, C1965

Towards the end of Queen Victoria's reign, Ladram Bay had become a popular destination for trippers, who would arrive by boat from neighbouring resorts.

Caption For Romsey, General View 1920

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Lord Palmerston, Conservative Prime Minister during Queen Victoria's reign, both lived here.

Caption For Barnstaple, Rock Park 1935

The thatched bandstand was not built when the Park was opened, but was added as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Caption For Warrington, Queen's Gardens 1901

The former private gardens of the residents of Palmyra Square were purchased in 1897 as a park to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and were opened to the public on the 17th of October 1898.

Caption For London, Park Lane Decorated For The Jubilee 1897

This picture was taken in early June 1897 as preparations were made for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession to pass up the park-side road from Piccadilly.

Caption For Northwich, Old Houses 1903

It once stood in Winnington Lane, near to the Victoria Hospital. The gateway through the iron railings on the right leads into the Verdin park, which lies just behind.

Caption For Netley, Victoria Road C1955

Pevsner described Netley as 'a Victorian period piece'; its streets of neat family villas and rows of renovated ter- raced cottages overlooking Southampton Water are certainly striking.

Caption For Romford, St Alban's Church And King's Road 1908

This area, between Victoria Road and Heath Park Road to the north and Brentwood Road to the south, was developed from the latter part of the 19th century until just before the First World War.

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road 1954

Facing Victoria Park, these 1930s shops and flats combine attempts at rendered Moderne architecture with safer Neo-Georgian sash windows and brick.

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road 2005

South Road was, and still is, the main east/west route through the town, passing St Wilfrid's Church and Victoria Park with distant views of the South Downs; it encouraged en route travellers

Caption For Bristol, Victoria Rooms C1950

Designed by Charles Dyer, the Victoria Rooms were built between 1838 and 1842.

Caption For Bath, Royal Victoria Park 1911

In the section of the park beyond Marlborough Road, Edward Davis erected this obelisk to the then Princess Victoria in early 1837 for Bath to commemorate the 'attainment of her majority'.

Caption For Romford, Victoria Road 1908

Victoria Road, leading to Heath Park on the south side of the railway, provides the photographer with a catwalk for an Edwardian fashion parade.

Caption For Romsey, General View 1920

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Lord Palmerston, Conservative Prime Minister during Queen Victoria's reign, both lived here.

Caption For Netley, Victoria Road C1955

Pevsner described Netley as 'a Victorian period piece;' its streets of neat family villas and rows of renovated terraced cottages overlooking Southampton Water are certainly striking.

Caption For Romford, Victoria Road 1908

Victoria Road, leading to Heath Park on the south side of the railway, provides the photographer with a catwalk for an Edwardian fashion parade.