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Working In Evesham Street

I remember Evesham Street in Redditch in the early sixties very well. I was 15, had just left school, and was working at Liptons the grocers which was about half way up on the left just past the department store. There was a ...Read more

A memory of Redditch in 1963 by Sue Ford

Maltby Memories

I lived in Bubwith from August 1949 until January 1961 when my family moved to York following the sale of the family grocery business. The shop was located directly opposite the end of The Intake on the main village street and is now a ...Read more

A memory of Bubwith by Helen Maltby

Miner

My uncle Des emigrated from Dublin to Coronation Drive, Bolton On Dearne in 1950, he became a miner. In the course of writing letters home he told my mam that the streets of Bolton on Dearne were paved with gold, he had actually ...Read more

A memory of Bolton Upon Dearne by Liam Doyle

My Childhood In Hogsthorpe

I was born in 1951 and in April 1953 our family moved to Hogsthorpe. My parents were worried as that was the year of the floods and they had put furniture in our new home. Although the police would not let them through to ...Read more

A memory of Hogsthorpe by Christine Parr Nee Shaw

Peckham War Years

My name is Keith Rattray. I lived at 44 Radnor Road, Peckham from 1943 until 1956. My sisters are Joyce, Denise and Janet, all older than me. Joyce passed away in early 1960s but Denise lives in Princes Risborough and Janet lives in ...Read more

A memory of Peckham by Keith Rattray

The Beatty And Us

Like alot of young Kiwis, my wife and I started our OE (Overseas experience) in 1986, and in January 1987 found ourselves in Motspur Park as a result of applying and getting bar jobs at the Earl Beatty pub. Graeme and Marie were ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1987 by Peter Van Vroonhoven

Evacuee Memory

My brother Bryan and I were evacuated to St. Day in 1940 and I spent three happy years there before reluctantly returning to London in 1943. We lived with Mr. and Mrs. Batty who ran a hardware shop on the corner of Fore Street. Mr Batty ...Read more

A memory of St Day in 1940 by Gerard Mos

My Boyhood Memories. With My Grandad

I hope that anyone left of my family can read this, as now being 72 , I lost all track of coming to Kent. My home town was Lytham St Annes where my mother lived and dad was in the RAF and met my mother there. My ...Read more

A memory of Faversham by Peter Manuel

Visiting My Grandmother In Newton

Every school holiday from 1959 onwards, my brothers Tony, Brian, and later my sister Karen and I stayed with my grandmother Sarah Stones & Harold Stones. Gran owned the Stones greengrocers shop in High ...Read more

A memory of Newton-le-Willows by beverleybettyboo

Long Time Ago.

Born in Hardwick Hall Sedgefield During the war '42. Brought up in old West before Owton Manor est etc. Remember walking the streets during war with Mum after air raid sirens etc. and standing in queues with our ration coupons for ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool by kiwa170642

Captions

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Caption For Puriton, Middle Street C1955

Puriton's brick and tile industry has now gone, but Middle Street is much the same today.

Caption For Wellingborough, Zoo Park C1950

Off the west side of Sheep Street, a plaque informs us that the Zoo Park was opened in the grounds of the historic Croyland Abbey in 1943.

Caption For Broadway, High Street C1955

Until the 1990s, Broadway High Street was home to the Gordon Russell furniture factory.

Caption For Market Deeping, High Street C1955

Market Deeping has been fortunate in that it has kept most of its attractive stone buildings, and this street is still much the same today.

Caption For Basildon, Whitmore Way 1961

The early neighbourhoods were characterised by winding streets and plenty of open space.

Caption For Lower Heysham, Main Street C1955

Some of the visitors who enjoyed a stroll through the village streets came from the nearby Morecambe Bay Holiday Camp.

Caption For Trowbridge, Silver Street And Town Hall 1900

In the background the tower of the Town Hall dominates the street.

Caption For Winchcombe, The George Inn C1960

Winchcombe's main street has changed remarkably little in the past four decades.

Caption For London, Oxford Circus C1950

Traffic is so light that the photographer has been able to pause on the crossing and look north up Regent Street.

Caption For Egremont, The Promenade 1912

We are looking along Egremont's Promenade towards New Brighton from Tobin Street.

Caption For Alton, High Street 1897

Lansdowne House, the elegant building on the left, was home to local doctors for about 100 years.

Caption For Camberley, High Street 1901

The bank on the right was Simonds Bank, opposite Princess Street, now called Princess Way.

Caption For Wellington, High Street C1955

The street is here a little busier, with cars, a bus and several delivery vans parked by the kerb.

Caption For London, Park Lane 1890

Park Lane, once the desolate by-road known as Tiburn Lane, was a refined street of palatial mansions enjoying expansive vistas of the Park by 1890.

Caption For Haworth, Main Street 1958

The Bronte industry, founded in this pretty, cobble-streeted West Yorkshire town after the famous literary family made the Parsonage their home in 1820, was already well under way, if this 1950s photograph

Caption For Luton, Whipperley Ring Estate On Farley Hill 2002

Castle Street was earmarked for major change, encouraging Neville's to give up their rented yard and purchase a new site out at Common Farm, Leagrave, for £3,397.

Caption For Staithes, High Street 1950

In the summer months, this street is congested with cars.

Caption For Glastonbury, The Cross C1955

View from just into North Load Street.

Caption For London, Fleet Street 1890

This bustling street was once the home of the British press.The working day here ran for a full twenty-four hours, with printers and reporters crowding the bars day and night.

Caption For Cowes, View From The Pier 1927

At the end of the Parade, behind the trees on the right, stands the Castle, the home of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Caption For Harlow, Old Harlow, Churchgate Street 1903

Churchgate Street lay on the main route from London to Newmarket, Cambridge, Norwich and the North.

Caption For Haverfordwest, High Street C1950

The Castle Hotel is to the right of this picture.

Caption For Arundel, High Street 1902

The Norfolk Arms can be seen half way up the High Street.

Caption For Burford, High Street C1960

The High Street runs down from the A40 to Burford Bridge and the River Windrush.