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The Railway Bridge

In this picture I can remember that on the left was W H Smith's, a bicycle shop and an Options on the corner of Colham Road. To the right between the two pubs many years earlier was Pat's Garage. In the picture we have the new ...Read more

A memory of West Drayton in 1954 by Barry Hawgood

Cowplain In The Early 1960's

I lived as a toddler in Kings Road, Cowplain, between 1958 and 1963, in the days when it was a cul-de-sac. These photographs really bring back memories. If I'm not mistaken, the small building on the right of the ...Read more

A memory of Cowplain in 1963 by David Crouch

Milton And Plant A Tree For 73

A memory of Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire. Interesting reference to Plant -a-tree-for-73 as I was the person who set this up. I also attended Milton School from about 1946 to 1950 when I passed a scholarship to go ...Read more

A memory of Milton Lilbourne in 1973 by Raymond Pearson

The Haven

I spent many happy hours down at the Haven, fishing and playing in general. I also collected coke from the gas house round the corner down what was then the weigh bridge, dodging the steam from the locomotives.

A memory of Hessle in 1959 by Chris Lead

Re Tony Bros Ice Cream

I remember Tony Bros ice cream parlour off Acton High Street. On some Sundays my father would take me for a treat for a cornet or wafer scooped out of the big drum on the counter, it was always after giving our dog Sally ...Read more

A memory of South Harefield by Frank Morrison

Priory Road 1962 To 1988

My father, William J Smith (Bill) had a newsagent at 47 Priory Road between 1962 and 1988 which was opposite Ports the Bakers. I remember seeing queues of people coming out of the Bakers on a Saturday morning to get their ...Read more

A memory of South Park in 1970 by Julia Boxall

Transport

That must be a No 132 bus pulling away from the bustop. Used that frequently. Corner shop used to be an Express Dairy where you could have a cup of tea.

A memory of Eltham in 1945 by Mary Donnachie

Shopping With My Mum In Heathfield...

I remember in the 1960s going to Heathfield with Mum on the bus (we lived at Corner Farm, Swife Lane). We would go shopping and often would go into the Bluebird. Seeing that name in this picture brought all ...Read more

A memory of Heathfield in 1965 by Sally Semple

Barking

If I remember rightly, coming round the corner from Ripple Road into East Street, there was a hole in the ground courtesy of the German bombers. Later, Timothy Whites was built there. Anyway, as youngsters, we used to head for the Capitol ...Read more

A memory of Barking by John Willats

On The Street Where I Lived

The photo shows the bottom of Highwalls Avenue, I lived half way up round the corner. It was a steep climb when i was litlle but got easier as I grew. I was born in this road and had such a happy time.

A memory of Dinas Powis in 1950 by Clive Turner

Captions

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Caption For North Finchley, High Road C1965

This somewhat featureless shopping centre has developed to the north of the Tally Ho pub and Tally Ho corner, which can be seen as a multi-gabled vista stopper in this photograph.

Caption For West Bridgford, Central Avenue C1965

The left-hand corner is occupied by an early 1960s Electricity Board building, nowadays Lunn Poly, and the Derbyshire Building Society.

Caption For Leigh, The Cross C1955

Cross Farm is on the opposite corner (left), and the school is straight ahead.

Caption For Skegness, Lumley Road 1899

When the Lion Hotel opened in 1881, the stone lion was placed on the roof above the corner entrance.

Caption For Launceston, Square And War Memorial C1922

Of the businesses that surrounded the square in 1922, only four remain in their original positions: Barclay's Bank, originally built for the East Cornwall Bank in 1885 with the town clock on its corner

Caption For Andover, Norman Arch 1899

In the south-west corner of the Garden of Remembrance, the Norman Gate gives access from the High Street.

Caption For Daventry, The Burton Memorial And Moot Hall C1950

The sign Maple Leaf Court is on the corner of the building known previously as the Peacock Hotel, but it was at this time divided into flats.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Ramsden Square 1893

Atop his pedestal, James Ramsden (then flanked by street lights at each corner of his enclosure) is looking up Abbey Road.

Caption For Weymouth, Parade And Clock Tower 1898

Esplanade stretches south-westwards fromn the Georgian and Victorian apartments and hotels of Gloucester Terrace (right), with Royal Terrace dominated by the Royal Hotel (centre), to a glimpse of the rounded corners

Caption For Abbotsbury, West Street C1960

On the corner are No 2 Back Street and 20 Market Street (centre) whre W J Perry offers gifts and cream teas. Both are built of local iron-stained oolitic limestone.

Caption For Wickham Market, Market Hill 1929

In the corner is The Grange, a Georgian-fronted building with a fine doorway. The church tower is octagonal and capped with a wooden leaded spire. The pump has been replaced with a car park.

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Caption For Eriswell, C1960

At the corner of the metal fence is the village sign, unveiled by Bill Heffer.

Caption For Yeovil, Princes Street 1900

Amid the stone and render, the pedimented corner building on the left is in brick, and was erected in 1885.

Caption For Freshfield, Victoria Buildings C1965

Here we see Victoria Buildings on the corner of the road to the sand dunes, known as Formby Hills, and to Mad Wharf beyond them.

Caption For Kettering, Market Place C1950

Boots the chemist had built their original store on the corner opposite the Royal Hotel at the bottom of Market Street.

Caption For Stokesby, The Ferry Inn C1935

The Provision Stores with its old-fashioned vending machine on the corner is now a private house.

Caption For Blisworth, High Street C1965

The corner shop advertising Tizer is now a house.

Caption For Worksop, The Lion Gates, Welbeck Abbey C1965

This view of the 1894 gates was taken from within the grounds, with the corner of the lodge on the left.

Caption For West Hanney, Memorial Corner C1955

To the left is Winter Lane with the 17th-century Castle Acre on the corner, built in stone with stone roof slates.

Caption For Preston, Miller Park 1893

Shrubs abounded, and a grotto in the north corner complemented 'fantastic rock work traversed by a cascade'.

Caption For Corby, St Brendan's Catholic School And Church C1965

The Junior School we see here was built in 1956, facing Cottingham Road, though the entrance is round the corner in Beanfield Avenue.

Caption For Stroud, George Street 1910

Horwood's fancy goods shop is on the corner with Bedford Street (right). The street nameplate, of which several survive, is a peculiarity of Stroud.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Stile House 1909

The picture looks westwards and shows semi-circular rooms with a flat roof at the north-east corner. Beyond are Buena Vista (right) and Belmont (top).

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1912

This picture was taken eastwards from the north side of East Street, from Mrs Alice E Gale's musical instrument emporium and fancy repository on the corner with Barrack Street (left).