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Memories

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Birth.

I was born in Crystal Place Road Dulwich in July 1930. I did not know the full address until a few months ago. My family moved to Grove Park when I was six months old and my mother died in March 1932. My father died when I was thirteen. I never ...Read more

A memory of Dulwich in 1930 by James Tait

School Days At Arley Castle

I was only at Arley for 2 years but they were very happy years despite all the deprivations etc. It was the only tme in my life I suffered from chilblains! I overlapped with Marylin and I have a photo (somewhere) of ...Read more

A memory of Upper Arley in 1946 by Helen Cornwall Jones

Blaenllechau My Childhood Home

Brought up in Blaenllechau, immediately after the WWII, life was not as complicated as it is today. Our playground included all the mountain behind us, Llanwonno, the woods and even the park. I delivered papers ...Read more

A memory of Blaenllechau by Brian Evans

Fitzroy Street, Off Westderby Road. 1950s/60s

Did anyone live around here in the 1950s & 60s? My memories are of being sent to search out the sandstone on the Hollas so that my mum could do the steps. Going to the coal yard off Low Hill with a ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool by Barbara Mcdonald

Marton Boarding School

I went to Marton Boarding School from 1965. I have often given it a thought over the years. Yesterday I was in mid Wales and came back along that way. I decided to go and have a look. I went to Whitegate Church where we ...Read more

A memory of Whitegate by Terry Cavner

Memories Of Thornley

Having read Kenneth Ortons' memories, it brought back visions in my mind of the good times growing up in the loveliest little village I know. When I was born in 1947 my mam and dad lived with my grandma at 60 Thornlaw North so ...Read more

A memory of Thornley in 1947 by David Thompson

The Croydon Sweet Club

I have great memories of going to the Croydon Sweet Club and dancing the night away to sounds of the Liquidator and many more reggae songs, dressed in two-tone tonic suits and doing a lot of stomping. I was only 14/15 years ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1969 by Susan Salter

St Von Tromp (Public House)

Hi there, just wondered if anyone knew any information or of any photos of a pub at 70 Church Street called The St. Von Tromp, which closed in December 1922? There would have also been a theatre/music hall in the area...? If anyone can help it would very much appreciated. stellabellatak@aol.com

A memory of St Helens in 1910 by Tracey Kirkby

Moving To Graianrhyd

My parents Joyce and Ellis Jones moved into the village shop and cafe, Y Fron, during the last week-end in October, 1969. My brother, David, and I had viewed this move with varying degrees of intrepidation as we were ...Read more

A memory of Llanarmon-yn-Ial in 1969

Netherwood School For Boys And Girls

I used to live on the London Road, two doors from St. Bernard's Convent, across the side road, in Mead Cottage. It was painted white. From 1945 to 1951 I attended Netherwood further down the London Road out ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Zoe Hodgins

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Captions

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Caption For Southend On Sea, Pier Hill C1960

Towards the bottom of the hill The Gaiety Bazaar may be seen, a treasure-house for holiday gifts. Nearby the well-known Rossi ice creams are sold.

Caption For Wells, Cathedral, Chapter House 1890

The chapter house was completed in about 1306. Behind the pillar is the bishop's seat, and each member of the chapter has his own stall.

Caption For Sutton, Church Road 1904

The houses on the left have been replaced by Civic Offices and the Central Library, which opened in 1978.

Caption For Bourne End, The Marina And Boatyard 1899

The renowned Bourne End Regatta was based here, established in 1897, with the club house to the right of Shaw's boat works.

Caption For Heckington, High Street C1955

Here we look along the High Street, where most of the houses and cottages survive on the left but only No 62, then an antique shop, on the right.

Caption For Grosmont, Front Street C1965

Houses here date from the early 19th century, and for shopping the Co-op (left) opened in 1867. Motor cars in this scene are from the same period as TV's Heartbeat, also set in the mid 1960s.

Caption For Grindleton, The Village C1960

Some houses had ledges fitted near chimneys for a witch to rest upon and be appeased. It was always wise to keep on the right side of a witch - their malice was a real fear in Pendle country!

Caption For Maidstone, High Street C1953

At the bottom of Maidstone High Street both the Queen's Head public house, on the left, and the Rose and Crown Hotel across the road have gone; the trolleybuses also went in 1966.

Caption For Studland, Cottages 1899

These cottages stand in Watery Lane, between Church Road and the Cross and the track to Harry Warren House on the clifftop - the track becomes the coastal footpath to Old Harry Rocks.

Caption For Swindon, Regent Street C1955

The store was greatly extended from its original size in the mid 1930s by taking over the site of the adjacent Artillery Arms public house.

Caption For Cobham, Leather Bottle 1894

It was the 'clean and commodious ale-house' where the love-lorn Mr Tracy Tupman stayed in Charles Dickens' 'Pickwick Papers'.

Caption For Tenby, The North Bay 1950

Above the cliffs we can just see the Park Hotel, built as a terrace of three houses, part of a larger development of North Cliff which never materialised.

Caption For Rickmansworth, The Splash, Bury Road C1955

One of the best-recognised beauty spots in Rickmansworth, the Splash (the town ditch), which is being crossed by the Austin A40, had originally been part of the drive to Bury Manor House, whose gates can

Caption For Brant Broughton, High Street C1955

There is some very attractive brickwork on the house facing the camera.

Caption For Skegness, Lumley Avenue 1904

The house on the extreme left belonged to G J Crofts, who could look down the street and see customers entering his large drapery shop in Lumley Road; it later became the offices of the Skegness Standard

Caption For Launceston, Church And Castle And Dockacre House 1906

Built during the reign of Elizabeth I, Dockacre House is the oldest home in Launceston.

Caption For Crossmichael, The Village C1960

Houses and cottages, many single-storey and built of local stone with slate roofs, line the long, winding main street.

Caption For Rothesay, From Chapel Hill 1900

A row of houses, beginning with the headland church tower, lies almost subdued below the tree-covered hills overlooking this bustling sea port.

Caption For East Grinstead, High Street 1890

At the end of Middle Row stands the house and shop (1877) of George Bailye, tailor and hairdresser.

Caption For Boston Spa, High Street 1893

Handsome and dignified Georgian houses and villas line the leafy street.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1908

It now houses the regimental museum of The Green Howards.

Caption For Basildon, Development Corporation C1960

Their headquarters, Gifford House, were just outside the New Town boundaries, a fact that prompted accusations of stand-offishness.

Caption For Prestbury, High Street 1896

The village is renowned for its famous half-timbered Priest's House, which is thought to date from the 14th century.

Caption For Wingham, The Dog Inn C1955

it is currently a public house serving real ales and an imaginative menu.