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Memories

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Driving Out Of Bristol

Centre of road, driving towards the camera in his brand new ivory Ford Consul Mk II reg. 441 AAE is my recently deceased father, Captain G.G.Liles of BOAC (ex-RAF).1920-2006. We lived in Brislington from 1949-1958, until ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1957 by John Liles

Haslemere High Street

This is a picture of Haslemere High Street looking towards the Town Hall in the centre of the photo.

A memory of Haslemere

Phil & John's Amazing Journey Part 2 Football, Pubs, Old Friends

Stopping briefly outside the Working Men’s Club, the meeting place on Saturday lunchtimes for us Groby footballers before away games, we pass the chippy, the old blacksmiths where the old ...Read more

A memory of Groby in 1970

Childhood Memories Of Belchamp Walter

I was born in 1953 and lived at Largess Farm in Belchamp Walter. My surname then was Branwhite.My father was Fred Branwhite, a farmer. I went to the village school whenIi was 5 years old. It was a small ...Read more

A memory of Belchamp Walter in 1953 by Elizabeth Jane Clark

High Cannons School.

I came from Lowestoft in Suffolk to live with an aunt and uncle in Glenhaven Ave, while my mother was ill. I remember being taken by coach with my sister Jacky to High Cannons. We were not happy at first. It was very ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood in 1953 by Diane Bryan

The Gardens Remembered

I am puzzled as to which year this photo was taken. It must have been very late fifties because my earliest memory of The Rest Garden, as we called it, was when it was still recognizeable as a graveyard. The gravestones (many ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

Folkstone Court, Newmarket Avenue

My name is Jo Buchanan, I used to live at 2 Folkstone Court and went to Islip Manor Middle School and would love to hear from anyone who remembers me from 1978-1988. I'll always remember going cooler picking, down by ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1980 by Jo Buchanan

My Nan Was From Northham

My nan, Florance Annie Hearn or Heard travelled with her dad and 3 older sisters from Northham way before the first world war. His work as a master builder took him to Lidney, Abbertillery, Abbgavenny and most stops between. ...Read more

A memory of Northam by Rhys Jenkins

The Old Post Office

My granddad, Charlie Davies, owned the post office and it was where my dad, Arfon Davies, was born. When my grandad died it was taken over by my Auntie Nellie, my dad's sister. My brothers, Gwyn, Iwan and Geraint came to the ...Read more

A memory of Cwm Penmachno in 1950 by Gareth Davies

Crewe Early 1980's

I worked in Crewe 1980/81 In a shop called Motorist Discount Centre anyone remember it, or anyone who worked there? I then worked at Brown Bros motor factors on Crewe gates estate for a couple of years. Happy days 😊

A memory of Crewe by petebutler

Captions

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Caption For Norwich, Castle Gardens 1891

They remain virtually unchanged, but away to the left is now the Castle Mall shopping centre.

Caption For Chester, Cathedral Cloister Gardens 1929

Today, instead of a fountain, an elegant statue by sculptor Stephen Broadbent graces the centre of the lily pond.

Caption For Castle Bolton, The Castle, Great Hall C1960

The sign over the massive fireplace (centre) describes the room as the Great Chamber.

Caption For Godalming, Peperharow Road 1907

Note the water tower on the skyline, centre.

Caption For Potter Heigham, The Bridge Hotel C1955

This hotel serves the tourists who come to this popular boating centre.

Caption For Nantwich, High Street C1965

In this picture we get some idea of the architectural diversity of the town centre.

Caption For Minehead, The Harbour C1950

Western National service buses (centre) stand on Quay Street - they used to meet steamer passengers.

Caption For Blackburn, Public Hall & Sessions House 1923

Now called King George's Hall, it is still one of the centres of entertainment in Blackburn.

Caption For Slough, High Street 1961

Many of Slough's town centre buildings are relatively new, dating from the post- and pre-war periods.

Caption For Dartmouth, View From Kingswear C1960

The claiming of ships as the spoils of war was not confined to pirate adventurers like Drake and Raleigh: the predatory motor boat (centre left) looks suspiciously like a World War II German

Caption For Okehampton, Fore Street 1895

It was built to serve the town after development took the main population centre away from the original area of settlement, where the church was built.

Caption For Bridport, East Street Old Mill 1899

Here we see East Mill and its mill pool, looking eastwards from the north bank of River Asker, towards houses beside East Road (centre).

Caption For St Annes, Garden Street 1895

The rather solitary buildings are now part of the urban sprawl that characterises every shopping centre.

Caption For Pangbourne, The Bridge And The Old George 1899

A late 19th-century advertisement for the George Hotel reads: 'This house, being in the centre of the picturesque scenery of Pangbourne, affords every accommodation for tourists, boating parties or

Caption For St Annes, Garden Street 1895

The rather solitary buildings are now part of the urban sprawl that characterises every shopping centre.

Caption For Newbury, The Weavers' Cottages And The Canal C1955

A late 19th-century advertisement for the George Hotel reads: 'This house, being in the centre of the picturesque scenery of Pangbourne, affords every accommodation for tourists, boating parties

Caption For Cambridge, Trinity College, The Great Court 1914

The fountain in the centre was built at the beginning of the 17th century by Italian craftsmen.

Caption For Grassington, The Square 1900

The village had once been a centre for lead-mining, but now relied on agriculture and quarrying.

Caption For Market Harborough, Northampton Road C1955

The coach road leaves the town centre over the River Welland, from where this view was taken.

Caption For Reading, St Mary's Butts 1912

St Mary's Butts is in the centre of Reading.

Caption For Windsor, Albert Memorial Chapel, East 1895

The tombs in the photograph are: Prince Albert at the far end; the Duke of Clarence, elder son of Edward VII, centre; Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, near side.

Caption For Datchet, The Village 1905

To the right of the children, in the village centre, is the Village Cross, erected in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Caption For Truro, Boscawen Street 1923

Cornwall's cathedral city is at the centre of a mining district and sits comfortably in a broad valley, at the junction of the rivers Kenwyn and Allen.

Caption For Headingley, 1894

It would be a few years on before electric street-trams would link Headingley with Leeds city centre.