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Moree Way. A Different Life
Born in 1955, I'm told my first bed was in a chest of drawers. 2 rooms in Gilpin Cresc. With mum, dad and grandparents. Moved to Moree Way when Gilpin Cresc was due for slum clearance. Moree Way was built on the old Alcazar ...Read more
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A Schoolboy's View Of Bexleyheath In The Early 1950s
I went to school in Bexleyheath between 1950 and 1954. I believe the school was in Pelham Road but I can't be sure. Maybe there was a separate infants department in North Street? My first (very ...Read more
A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by
Family Involvement
My memories of our familý's involvement in Sanderstead Church is only from the late 1940's and early 50's. I was a pageboy at the age of about 8 or 9 yrs old at my sister's wedding. Then, one of my older brothers was a choir boy ...Read more
A memory of Sanderstead by
My Home Town
My wife moved to Sutton 1950 aged 4, now aged 60 and living in Norfolk we are rekindling memories of such a warm and inviting town. Memories come flooding back. The railway station, the cinema, the old tree outside Trueforms where my wife ...Read more
A memory of Sutton in 1963 by
Bits I Recall
Trolley buses ran along Green Lanes from Finsbury Square; turning right for Enfield at Mason's Corner. The 244 route went from Collegiate School, Winchmore Hill to Muswell Hill. Chalkleys the bakers was on the corner of The Green ...Read more
A memory of Winchmore Hill by
Berristead Close Green And Chestnut Trees
This is where I grew up. In the summer we played on the green with other children, and when the trees were a little bigger than this enjoyed climbing them. Happy Memories. The trees are a little bigger now ...Read more
A memory of Wilburton by
Gants Hill Smiths Bus Stop
I used to live in Montreal Road, off Perth Road, and remember the bus-stop outside Smiths stationers. There was also a real butchers, greengrocers, shoe shop, Woolworths, banks, a small dress shop and later a Jewish ...Read more
A memory of Gants Hill in 1961
Old Blokes In White Coats!
Sometimes on the way to the Green we would watch the men walking up and down the Bowling Green. They really took things seriously! The Green was mown to precision and I'm sure the bloke that cut it measured the length of ...Read more
A memory of Camberwell in 1967 by
Shopping At The Parade
The Parade, Southborogh, was where my mother, Ivy, did most of her shopping. At that time you could buy pretty well everything you would need in the Parade. Trips into Tunbridge Wells were only taken if there was a need for ...Read more
A memory of Southborough in 1953 by
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The huge growth in Middlesex's population has meant the creation of many golf courses on the green fields and heathlands of the county.
Cleckheaton is another former textile town, five miles south of Bradford, which has had to find a new role during the late 20th century.
The Green has attractive Georgian houses - note the fine portico and parapet of High House on the left. Went House is in the centre.
Only the Burgh Heath Parade and the petrol station are recognisable today in this view from The Green, Reigate Road.
Just beyond the green is the 12th-century church of St Michael, with its Norman tower and font.
The red sandstone cliffs of East Devon break into the green and pastoral valley of the River Sid; Sidmouth lines the slopes of the gap.
The Green has attractive Georgian houses - note the fine portico and parapet of High House on the left. Went House is in the centre.
The Green has attractive Georgian houses - note the fine portico and parapet of High House on the left. Went House is in the centre.
At this time, the village was separate from Cambridge. Although only visible from its sign in this picture, the Green Man is a magnificent timbered public house.
The Green is now built over. This picture shows the Union Workhouse.
Colneford House stands on Colneford Hill and overlooks the green we see in W194011. The walls of this fine old house are covered in superb pargeting. Over the central porch is the date 1685.
The King's Head, on the corner of the green, was a favourite stop for race-goers on their way to the Newmarket races.
A match is in progress on the green. Most of the trees we saw in photograph B27004 have now been felled and replaced by houses.
An early visitor said of Torquay: 'It is not England, but a bit of sunny Italy taken bodily from its rugged coast and placed here amid the green places and the pleasant pastoral lanes of beautiful Devon
An early visitor said of Torquay: 'It is not England, but a bit of sunny Italy taken bodily from its rugged coast and placed here amid the green places and the pleasant pastoral lanes of beautiful Devon
An early visitor said of Torquay: 'It is not England, but a bit of sunny Italy taken bodily from its rugged coast and placed here amid the green places and the pleasant pastoral lanes of beautiful
St Stephen's stands on the Green, around which people first settled when they moved from Bordesley after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
We are looking along Neston Road from outside Christ Church, with the entrance to the Green Lantern café on the left.
Despite looking as though it is about to topple over, the spire of St. Mary and All Saints is stable.
This is the view down Smithy Lane, Bradwell, looking towards the green escarpment of Bradwell Edge in the background. Note the non-conformist chapel on the extreme right.
Until recently, when Torbay succumbed to urban sprawl, the green fields of Devon did come almost to the heart of the town.
Until recently, when Torbay succumbed to urban sprawl, the green fields of Devon did come almost to the heart of the town.
For many years this was the area where Nottingham folk would stroll or row.
Here we see an exceptionally pretty village green, lined on all sides with trees.
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Social Life At The Pool!
I was five years old when this photograph was taken and would have occasionally been taken to the pool by my mother. My older sister would have come too. As we got older it was a great place to hang out as teenagers and we ...Read more
A memory of Brentwood by