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Maps

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Memories

1,250 memories found. Showing results 411 to 420.

Early Memories

I lived just outside the village in a small army camp as my father was in the army. My most vivid memory is standing in the lunch line at the junior school and hearing that King George VI had died. The whisper started at the ...Read more

A memory of Chadwell St Mary in 1952

Good Memories

I moved to Medomsley from Blackhill when I was 6. We were lucky to get a brand new build council house in North Magdalane, we lived there for 10 years. I have the best memories ever. I went to the Bishop Ian Ramsey School, my best ...Read more

A memory of Medomsley in 1972 by Deborah Hardy

School Holidays In Wartime Shutford Nr Banbury Oxon

My earliest memories of Shutford date back to around 1944, when as an eleven year old schoolboy I spent summer holidays with my grandfather Fred Turner (son of plush weaver Amos Turner), ...Read more

A memory of Shutford in 1944 by Brian Grainge

Dinnington Miners' Welfare Centre

The Miners' Welfare Centre was a Godsend to everybody. There were swings, roundabouts, and the rocking horse on the left where I spent many a happy hour when I was a boy. The hall was used by miners where they could ...Read more

A memory of Dinnington in 1940 by Ramon Fletcher

Lady Dorothy Paget

I am trying to get some info on Chalfont and wonder if anyone can help me with some 'memories'. I am 64 now and having recently returned to the UK after many years in the USA, and I am trying to find out about my past. I ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Giles in 1945 by Rob Bartlett

Music And Dancing In The Streets Of Teignmouth

Teignmouth Folk Festival attracted crowds who filled the sunny promenade and town centre streets to watch the many Morris Teams at this 2009 event. Musicians and dancers formed a procession at the ...Read more

A memory of Teignmouth in 2009 by John Howard Norfolk

Broadway

I used to live in 'The Nine Gables' pink painted house in Woolwich Road opposite the Graham Road Secondary Modern School for boys and was the only boy caned for hitting the headmaster with a snowball full in his face ! My house was not ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by Raymond Bossom

Queens Visit

After opening Seacroft town centre, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip visited my family in Kentmere Avenue. I have lots of pictures. Steve Lyons, Canada

A memory of Seacroft in 1965 by stevelyons

The Croydon Sweet Club

I have great memories of going to the Croydon Sweet Club and dancing the night away to sounds of the Liquidator and many more reggae songs, dressed in two-tone tonic suits and doing a lot of stomping. I was only 14/15 years ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1969 by Susan Salter

How I Remember The Good Times

I also remember Wrotham Road Centre and used to go dancing there, also the Embassy at Welling, my heart throb attended Townley Road for Girls (Sally Tollhurst), all this was around 1959 to 1962. Does anyone remember the ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1959 by Christopher Smith

Captions

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Caption For Crakehall, The Green C1960

Cottages cluster around the green, with the gable end of the chapel in the centre background.

Caption For Minehead, The Avenue C1965

Originally Station Road, Minehead's Avenue was built in the 1870s to link the newly built railway station with the town centre.

Caption For Eastleigh, The Airport C1960

The air traffic control centre is housed in a building which rather resembles an old war-time nissen hut; to the right of it is the quaintly-named emergency services rendezvous point.

Caption For Eastleigh, The Airport C1960

Southampton Airport lies to the south of Eastleigh town centre; it was from here that the first Spitfire began her maiden flight in 1936.

Caption For Ireshopeburn, The Village C1955

Early iron working appears to have been centred upon Cowshill and Ireshope, though in time it spread throughout much of the dale.

Caption For Havant, East Street C1955

The National Provincial Bank, a familiar sight in most High Streets until the company's closure in the 1960s, can be seen further down the street (centre left).

Caption For Great Easton, The Village C1955

The cross in the centre of the picture is a memorial to those killed in both the First and Second World Wars.

Caption For Haddenham, The Green C1950

On one side of the green the Baptist chapel is still active, but the Chequers pub and Lloyds Bank (right) have gone, and the old Baptist Hall is now the new health centre.

Caption For Worcester, The Cross 1896

At the time of Leland, Worcester was a busy centre for the cloth trade.

Caption For Monaghan, The Diamond C1870

An old picture of the original square and centre of the town known as the Diamond, which was the original market place of Monaghan.

Caption For Sidmouth, Fore Street 1904

A refined and sheltered resort, Sidmouth is an excellent centre for touring and country walks.

Caption For Bodmin, Mount Folly Square 1894

The County Assizes were once held here, but today part of the building contains the town's Tourist Information Centre.

Caption For Taunton, East Street 1929

The alley to the right of the hotel building now leads to the New Market Shopping Centre.

Caption For Breage, The Queens Arms C1955

The 15th-century Queen's Arms is still the centre of village life.

Caption For Uley, The Green C1965

Went House is in the centre.

Caption For Ambleside, From The Gale 1886

We are looking down on the village centre from The Gate, facing the Rydal Fells.

Caption For Chigwell, The Village 1925

At this time the stores (centre) were run by George Watts, and the bakery by George Hayden.

Caption For Ilfracombe, The Harbour C1955

The Royal Britannia Hotel (centre left) was built in the 18th century, and was then named merely the Britannia.

Caption For Accrington, Broadway C1965

We are looking into Broadway and Union Street towards the newly opened Arndale Centre.

Caption For Redditch, Abbey Stadium Sports Ground C1965

As well as indoor facilities (see R84059, above), an athletics track, tennis courts, soccer pitches and a bowling green are all available at the sports centre, which occupies a semi-rural site not far

Caption For Grange Over Sands, From Woodhead 1894

St Paul's Church, together with Holme Island, in the centre of the picture, are still to be seen from here.

Caption For Bournemouth, From The Square 1900

The Bourne Stream was rapidly transformed into an attractive water feature forming the centre point of the town.

Caption For St Ives, Hicks Court 1892

St Ives has many small courtyards like this, which would once have been a centre for domestic and social life.