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Memories

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Hammer Cottage

I left Coolham 1n 1957 to go to sea to become a Salvage Diver. I was very fortunate to have achieved my ambition and became the senior diver within Admiralty Salvage. My family lived and owned Hammer Cottage, together with Saddlers ...Read more

A memory of Coolham in 1957 by Shaun Gandy

Camping On The Benthills

I too, as others, have many fond memories of holidays in Sizewell. During summer school holidays I travelled from Scotland to London to be with my grandparents. They were well connected with Sizewell and would take me there ...Read more

A memory of Sizewell in 1953 by Ronald Mcdowell

School Uniform And Schooldays

This was 1958 the time when I seriously got into drainpipes, drapes and rock 'n roll music. I was at Walbottle Secondary Modern School. I used to take in the leg width of my jeans by hand using a needle and thread to ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1958 by Jimmy Burrows

The House I Lived In

I lived in the white bungalow on the right of the picture with my parents from 1953 until 1959. My father was Secretary of the Saunton Golf Club and the house was owned by the Christie Estates at that time. I have many happy memories of holidays at Saunton during that time.

A memory of Saunton in 1953 by Chris Duckworth

Frenchay Hospital, Bristol Built By The American Army

Frenchay Hospital in Bristol was built by the American Army during the Second World War. Frenchay Hospital is a large hospital situated in Frenchay, South Gloucestershire, on the (NE) outskirts of ...Read more

A memory of Frenchay by Paul Townsend

Queen's Road

There is no getting away from the fact that this is one the most attractive of all roads in Bristol. In Victorian and Edwardian times, Queen's Road was home to a number of institutions. Here were the Museum and Reference Library, ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Growing Up At Newton Poppleford

I was born in London, moved to Oak Tree Villas at Newton Poppleford in Devon at 9 months. Jean Bastin lived on one side and Brian Pring on the other, with Mrs Harrison the church organist in the fourth house, ...Read more

A memory of Newton Poppleford in 1930 by David Page

Bull Lane

I can almost see Bull Lane from there. We lived in 'Summerfield' half way up that lane. I remember Mr Wilbey's Ironmongers. He had a massive walrus moustache, and a shop that was a genuine museum in itself. There was Woodwards Store ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Chase in 1959 by Jo Burton

Hill Head Doctors

I worked at Stubbington Surgery from 1973 and in those days the senior partner was Doctor Loughborough. He was a larger than life character who lived at Cliff House Hill Head, moving in later years to a new house he had built next ...Read more

A memory of Hill Head in 1973 by Linda Sexton

This Was A Fantastic Playground

I remember my school days and the games played on this green, the trees forming goal posts, and wickets for cricket. My uncle Ernie's business ('KNIGHTS FOR FISH & CHIPS') was sited for all the ...Read more

A memory of Ormesby St Margaret in 1930 by Roger Knights

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Captions

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Caption For Bluntisham, High Street C1955

An 18th-century house incorporating Trowell Stores (advertising Brooke Bond Tea) and the White Horse Inn selling Tolly ales and stout face the square.

Caption For Misterton, The Church 1960

The house with the butcher's shop on the right was demolished in the 1960s for road improvement.

Caption For Nottingham, Council House, Market Square C1950

The 18th-century Exchange was demolished in 1926 and replaced by the present Council House, opened in 1929 by the then Prince of Wales.

Caption For Brecon, Christ College 1899

Of the cloister, chapter house and other monastic buildings nothing remains.

Caption For Aberystwyth, North Parade 1949

North Parade was one of these, but it was made much wider than the others to allow the local militia to use it as a parade ground.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, The Sands 1887

Swings, Punch and Judy, and to the left, the Castle Coffee House Refreshment Tent, all served to attract the visitor to this seaside resort.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, The Sands 1887

Swings, Punch and Judy, and to the left, the Castle Coffee House Refreshment Tent, all served to attract the visitor to this seaside resort.

Caption For East Grinstead, Convent Courtyard 1890

Now approached via a housing estate built in the grounds, it has been converted to apartments known, unsurprisingly, as the Old Convent. Sussex Towns From Chichester to Uckfield

Caption For Whitby, From Spring Hill 1885

The topmost block of seven houses is appropriately named Elbow Yard. St Michael's Church, demolished in the next century to make room for a car park, can be seen in the centre.

Caption For Devizes, The View From St John's Church 1898

rear of the Town Hall on the left, the ornate gabled roof the Wiltshire Friendly Society building (centre), described by Pevsner as 'Victorian-Jacobean'; and the imposing Georgian grandeur of Greystone House

Caption For West Bay, Village And Beach 1922

This is a detail of the chalet zone which sprang up behind the 1897-built Esplanade (right), between the waterworks and the Salt House on Pitfield Marsh (left).

Caption For Elstow, The Moot Hall 1897

The Moot Hall in Elstrow dates back to the 17th century and now houses a most interesting museum which commemorates Bunyan's life.

Caption For Luton, George Street C1950

Once the site of Corn Market House, where weekly markets were held for the sales of corn and straw plait, Market Hill underwent a major refurbishment in the 1860s, culminating in the joint opening of the

Caption For Woodhouse Eaves, The Village C1955

The entrance door remains in situ, but the stone mullion and transom windows have gone in favour of unattractive modern replacements; strangely, the bell-cote now resides in the garden of School House

Caption For Ansdell, Entrance To Fairhaven Golf Links 1927

Fortunately Richard Ansdell RA, the world-renowned Victorian painter, chose to build a house, Starr Hills, amongst the sandhills; although his hope was for solitude, he brought fame and expansion to the

Caption For Cheam, High Street 1927

The creeper-covered house on the right is Cheam Court Farmhouse.

Caption For Churchtown, Entrance To Botanical Gardens C1965

Southport local authority came to the rescue in 1932, when financial difficulties were about to force a sale to a housing development company.

Caption For Otford, The Archbishops Palace 1895

Built by Archbishop Warham in the early 16th century, this small manor house, consisting of a three-storey brick tower, a gallery (later turned into cottages), and the single-storey storehouse beyond

Caption For Groby, The Pool C1960

The photograph looks north, with Pool House glimpsed on the extreme right, while the granite quarries are beyond the trees.

Caption For Ickleford, The Church And Lychgate C1960

A tunnel leads from the church to the nearby Old George public house. It runs beneath the car park, but has now been blocked off.

Caption For Grantham, Angel And Royal Hotel C1955

The signs have disappeared, and it no longer has any connection with Trust Houses Forte. It has resumed its place as a most important part of Grantham's and England's history.

Caption For Luton, Vauxhall Motors C1955

K Block housed the greater part of the marketing and sales functions for the company.

Caption For Ruislip, High Street C1955

Not many years ago, in an unprepossessing house off the High Street, a timber-framed building of the 17th century was found, quite by accident, wrapped in its 1930s brick overcoat.

Caption For Wokingham, Rose Street C1955

The 15th-century building in the foreground has had a variety of uses, including that of a public house named The Cricketers which ran from the mid 19th century until its closure in 1909.