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Memories

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Cosy Corner Cafe

My grandparents (Mr and Mrs Riches) owned the cosy corner cafe on the Brighton Road and we lived at 93 Brighton Road. I've been told it is now a Costa Coffee or something like that. The last time I went there is was a Happy Eater and ...Read more

A memory of Hooley in 1950 by Diane Nye

Holidays In Penrhiwceiber

I was born 1947 in 64 Church St Penrhiwceiber. My sister and I used to spend the best part of the summer holidays there with grandfather Albert Charles Webb and Aunt Hilda Thomas. Is there any one who knows when Albert ...Read more

A memory of Penrhiwceiber by Jacqueline Stanway

Wonderful Memories

I was born in Blenheim Gardens in 1964 at my parents' house. I have great memories from the Tuffty Club through to starting school at the Primary in Aveley. Teachers that come to mind were Mrs Sykes and Mrs Southgate. The sports ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by Andrea New

Trace Old Inhabitants Of Tonyrefail

Please excuse me for contacting you this way. Whilst renovating an old house, we came across an interesting legal document. It is dated 1881. Basically it relates to an agreement between Hopkins Rowlands, John ...Read more

A memory of Tonyrefail in 1880 by Gerry Bedford

Remebering Pickmere

I remember long bus rides to my Auntie Molly and Uncle Harry's house, going with my grandad, who was well known around there - He is who I'm trying to gain information of, as my son is interested in his Great Grandad. I have a ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere in 1966 by Paula Hogan

Hulme 1967 68

My maiden name was Elaine Coxon and I lived in the Wellington Hotel on Stretford Road, Hulme. I loved living in Hulme at that time, before the new houses came into being, the little 2 up and 2 down where everyone knew each ...Read more

A memory of Hulme in 1967 by Elaine Cunningham

Davies Family

Actually the 1940s and 50s. My mother was Sarah Davies, daughter of Charles and Emma Davies who lived at 60 High Street for many years. I used to spend my holidays with my grnadparents and aunt who lived across from them, someone ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1940 by Diana Blind

Thoburn

In 1937 Albert & Gladys Thoburn took possession of Townfoot Cottage, the second house in the village. In 1940 Albert went to India and Thomas was born in March 1940. After the War when Albert returned home he met his son for the first ...Read more

A memory of Cumwhitton in 1946 by Jim Thoburn

Falcon Road

We lived in 'The Queen Victoria' pub on the corner of Falcon Road and Ingrave Street. I attended Falcon Brook School. Very near to the school was a little sweet shop where you could buy penny sweets, penny halfpenny lollies, teddy bear ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1960

Childhood At Stretton Under Fosse

Hi to all who may read this and maybe remember my family. My father was born in Stretton in 1920 and lived next door to a Granny Coombs in the centre of the village with his mother Niome, father Jack, ...Read more

A memory of Stretton under Fosse in 1955 by Shelia Deakin

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Captions

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Caption For Thorpe Arnold, St Mary's Church C1955

There are earthworks to the south- west of the church, the remains of what appears to be a 17th-century formal garden, and eroded house platforms along the south side of the road.

Caption For Odiham, High Street, Lower End C1950

After conversion from the Fancy Repository into a garage in 1914, during the Second World War and until 1949 London House (left) became a British Restaurant.

Caption For Maidenhead, St Luke's Church 1896

The right-hand half is occupied by 26 Norfolk Road, and the rest by houses in Vicarage Road.

Caption For Cosby, St Michael's Church C1965

An oddity is the large external projection which houses the rood loft staircase; evidence suggests that the fabric of the chancel may predate the body of the church.

Caption For Newtown Linford, The Village C1965

Ribbon development of local stone houses under thatched and slated roofs, while not overheating the blood, do present a well-ordered scene; their dates range from the pre-17th century to modern, close

Caption For Grantchester, High Street C1965

His house and the bakery, second from left, are thought to be more than 300 years old.

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, Library And Museum C1955

The Opera House complex behind the war memorial incorporates Barclays Bank.

Caption For Old Newton, Finningham Road C1965

The first, opposite the telephone box (in the distance on the right), was kept by Ella Kemp, the second was in the house with the posting box (centre).

Caption For Heswall, Telegraph Road C1965

The old building on the right, which still houses Lloyds bank, dates from the early 1900s.

Caption For Enfield, Market Place C1950

The earlier cross was moved to the gardens of Myddleton House at Bulls Cross.

Caption For Tottenham, Making The Road In Lordship Lane C1903

The open area to the left is the site of the yet to be built Peabody Housing Estate and in the right foreground is the corner of Mount Pleasant Road.

Caption For Royston, High Street C1965

The photograph was taken shortly after the High Street was closed to through traffic; the untidy houses on the left will soon become desirable town residences and shops.

Caption For Larne, Town Hall, Cross Street 1900

The town was the first in Ulster to use electric street lighting; this lamp illuminates what was then the T-junction of Main Street and Cross Street. The public house is still in place.

Caption For Galleywood, The White Bear C1965

Fifteen years earlier, this scene would have looked very different: the houses and shops on the right were still open farmland.

Caption For Pitsea, Railway Hotel And London Road C1955

He drew up plans for houses and shops in that style and organised their construction. The first Tudor building was the Railway Hotel, built on his own land, which he sold to a brewery.

Caption For Chelmsford, Roman Road 2005

From the word go, the Romans probably installed a small military post beside the Can, on the site of the Iron Age houses. Whether or not it was continually manned, we do not know.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, West Promenade 1906

The house on the extreme left offers lodgings to let.

Caption For Chelmsford, The Hospital 1919

Its frontage is a protected building and still stands, housing a small range of health services.

Caption For Aylesbury, The Milk Factory 1897

The meadow is now occupied by 1990s housing, Hilda Wharf. The factory is part of the Aylesbury Condensed Milk Company's works, which opened in 1870; it is now (in 2000) part of Nestle's.

Caption For Aylesbury, High Street C1955

Of the 1850s terraces with white band course beyond Marks and Spencer's, only one house survives. In the far distance is the Hazell, Watson and Viney printing works with its tall chimney.

Caption For Whitchurch, Oving Road C1955

Whitchurch is a long village with many fine houses and cottages, and also the remains of Hugh of Bolbec's early 12th-century earthwork castle.

Caption For Netherbury, Village 1902

Draped on the garden hedge of the adjoining two-storey brick house is an item of laundry laid out to dry amid the surrounding hollyhocks.

Caption For Whitby, Arguments Yard 1913

Here, in Arguments Yard, the house on the right is derelict, the stone stairs have seen better days and the outside toilet looks ready to collapse.

Caption For Twickenham, Barmy Arms 2004

architectural historian Marc Girouard, who wrote that the proposed scheme was 'a classic example of how not to plan, for with steamroller simplicity planners would have knocked down virtually every house