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60s /Irby

Born 1959 & lived down the bottom of Coombe Road. Looking at the pics of the village I can remember the daily uphill trudge with mum to the shops. Ok I was in a pushchair on the way up but that became a shopping trolley on the way back. As ...Read more

A memory of Irby by Dave Roberts

Early Years!

I lived in Wigton for the first 8 years of my life, so 1955 is a mid point! I have happy memories of the town.  We lived in West Avenue when it was known as 'the avenue' - an unmade up road and for years I thought that if a road was called ...Read more

A memory of Wigton in 1955 by Kath Panes

Rock

Walking around the square time and time again to have a piece of Numer 8 rock off the Welsh Lady. What a treat and it was free.

A memory of Caernarfon in 1967 by Jean Chard

The White Block

Well Richard, I see you live now in the Black block, in March 1966, my first born was conceived in the flat on the second floor of the White block next door!! Happy memories!!

A memory of Hendon by Brian Schulz

Early Memories

My birth on 30 Nov 1946 at 34 Oldberry Road, Burnt Oak, is where it all started for me, but my mother & her parents moved into the house when it was built for the LCC. She's 89 now, but recalls that she, as a 9-yr-old in 1928, ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1946 by Anthony Kerrison

Fair Oak As It Was

My first day of school was September 1965 at Fair Oak Infants. It wasn't too bad the first day as my Mum was allowed to stay at the back of the classroom, but after that I was left on my own. I became very ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1965 by Gary Houghton

Bromley House ( 'b' Block)

We moved here in 1976 and it was known as the Rochester Estate although some people still referred to them as ''THE DWELLINGS'' .I think they had been recently updated and they were trying to change the image. Consequently the block ...Read more

A memory of Walker by James Cooper

Good Old Days

I often think back to the days of going around on my Raleigh Grifter, all my other friends on their choppers or a Raleigh Burner if you were really rich! We used to cycle up to Webheath Estate and think we were the ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1981 by Wayne Robinson

Growing Up

I was born on the 24th of July 1929 above a shop next to a pub called the Rose of Denmark, in Hotwells, Bristol, very convenient for Father to wet his whistle and my head at the same time. Father was born in 1893, Mother in 1895. They ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1930 by Arthur Cottrell

The N.H.S. Early Years To Retirement

The Transport Department at Southmead Hospital when I joined them consisted of an officer, foreman, and four porter drivers, with two buses, three vans, and two cars. We were responsible for supplying ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1960 by Arthur Cottrell

Captions

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Caption For Exmouth, The Harbour Entrance C1955

The docks and cranes in the distance have been swept away, to be replaced by luxury apartment blocks and new shops.

Caption For Bonsall, Via Gellia, Tufa Cottage 1886

Tufa Cottage, on the Via Gellia road from Cromford to Bonsall, was constructed entirely from blocks of tufa, the stone deposited by lime-rich water in this limestone country.

Caption For Hawarden, St Deiniols Library, Hostel And Church 1903

the foundation stone for this impressive building in 1899 and donated his library of 250,000 books; after his death his family built a further wing in 1906, to the right of the porch block

Caption For Linton, Old Cottages C1955

The clay, dug out close by, and generally leaving a pond in its wake, will be mixed with straw and then either moulded into blocks or poured straight into shuttering to make the walls.

Caption For Pevensey, The Village C1965

Many buildings have been replaced by 1960s and 1970s three-storey blocks of flats, and in the middle distance is St Wilfrid's Church, a 1968 building that adds little to Pevensey Bay's character.

Caption For Castleton, The Winnats 1909

A flock of sheep block the unmade road through the Winnats.

Caption For Warminster, High Street C1965

The corner block on the right is Samuel Webb's drapery shop at No 27 and 28 High Street. It has an unusual hipped roof which neatly turns the corner to The Close.

Caption For Odiham, Almshouses 1903

Situated next to the Pest House and south of the church, this single-storey block of ten houses ranges on three sides of a courtyard.

Caption For London, Trafalgar Square 1897

This view, taken from the square of the National Gallery, was blocked by temporary wooden tiered seating erected for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession to St Paul's Cathedral.

Caption For Luton, Town Centre C1965

We can see that the 1960s have arrived with this modern shop and office block, which is housing an enlarged Boots the Chemist.

Caption For Bedford, High Street 1921

The Palace, a cinema, was showing 'The Black Secret' in 1921; it was rebuilt in the 1960s as a four-storey block. The buildings to the right of the smart white-gloved policemen went in the 1960s.

Caption For Stourbridge, High Street C1950

Smarts occupies part of a block known as Bordeaux House, so named because when it was built in 1894 it was the home of a wine importer, Rutlands.

Caption For Pitsea, London Road C1955

The Railway Hotel and two blocks of Tudor-style shops were built, but Howard's vision was scuppered by the Second World War.

Caption For Southend On Sea, On The Cliffs 1891

Now the name is used by a new tower block which stands on the site.A horse-drawn carriage can be seen close to the shelter, the only form of transport in sight.

Caption For Houghton, The Village C1960

The farmhouse has some lovely details to the timber frame and some original pargetting; the small oriel window at the gable end was blocked when a modern chimney was built into an end room.

Caption For Dover, Marine Parade C1965

The block of modern flats on the left replaced a smaller group of houses that were destroyed by enemy action during the Second World War.

Caption For St Mawes, The Castle 1910

It is built in the form of a clover leaf, and below the walls is a Tudor block house.

Caption For Wootton Courtenay, The Village C1960

Wootton Courtenay's stores, now a villagers' co-operative, lies opposite the one in this picture - at the end of the middle block on the left.

Caption For Netley, Castle C1965

In the middle is a block built by Henry VIII in 1542 as a small fort opposite Calshot Castle.

Caption For Bewdley, Severnside North C1965

By the 1960s, only craft drawing less than 21 ins of water could attempt the river north of Stourport, and even then their passage into Bewdley was blocked by a shoal about one mile south of the town.

Caption For Eastbourne, Mostyn Hotel And Grand Parade 1912

The elegance of this 1860s stucco terrace with three-storey bay windows to each house and the long straight para- pet is now replaced by Grand Court, a higher block of 1960s flats: typical sea-front

Caption For Oakham, The Market Place C1950

Best ale in oak barrels is being delivered to the George Hotel, with some barrels blocking the pavement.

Caption For Lincoln, Silver Street C1950

Almost all went on the right, in sequence: the Stonebow Centre, then a five storey office block replacing the tall Italianate building with urn finials, and then beyond is now the Silvergate Centre

Caption For Amersham, The Kings Arms Hotel C1955

The King's Arms is not all it seems: all the timber-framing to the left of the RAC sign is modern, dating from 1936 when a plain Georgian block, itself tricked out with fake timber-framing, was drastically