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Memories

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Basket Weaving

In the early 60s I went to a works in Thornton Heath where they made willow baskets. There were huge vats of water for soaking large bundles of stripped willow to make them supple prior to being woven into things like shopping ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath by Mr Sosgez

Aldershot, Et Al (1952 3)

Further memories include attending Mattins at St George's Garrison Church, just across the lines from my RASC barracks; running the Scout Group there in the Garrison Church Hall, as well as the Cubs, and then a note being ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by Graham Vahey

Childhood At Stretton Under Fosse

Hi to all who may read this and maybe remember my family. My father was born in Stretton in 1920 and lived next door to a Granny Coombs in the centre of the village with his mother Niome, father Jack, ...Read more

A memory of Stretton under Fosse in 1955 by Shelia Deakin

Growing Up In East Ham

My family moved to East Ham from Mile End. We lived on White Horse Road, and I attend Brampton Manor. My brother and sister attended other schools. We used to to the reck centre in Central Park, on Saturdays, it was so ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1975

Milnathort A Genteel Place

My sister and I were invited to spend holidays at the home of a very kind lady in Milnathort. Church of Scotland ministers were asking members of their congregations to look after children from 'homes' during the school ...Read more

A memory of Milnathort in 1965 by Janette Dewar

Early Childhood In Romford

I was born in 1953 and lived for the first 3 years in an old house in Junction Road (Number 8) with my parents and Mum's mum (Granny). The back garden of the house seemed to be a jungle and had its end boundary with ...Read more

A memory of Romford by Roger Harley

Living In Corby

I attended Rowlett Road Infants and Studfall Junior School and Corby Grammar School. I lived in Irving Grove. I enjoyed growing up in Corby and I remember going to the dances at the Catholic School run by a lady named Nellie? The ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Lily Redmond

West Byfleet

I started at West Byfleet CS in 1963 when Fred Goodger was the head master, and a more paranoid man I've yet to meet, but some of the teachers were great! I remember the school very well and so many pupils. I came from Pyrford and ...Read more

A memory of West Byfleet in 1963 by Ron Hardie

Wesco Not Tesco The First Ever Supermarket On The Uk

I have so many wonderful memories of growing up in Quarry Bank - from moving into the brand new 'fashion houses' when I was 3; four of us on a motorbike, with me wedged between mum and dad (Wes ...Read more

A memory of Quarry Bank in 1966 by Clive Archer

Little Sandhurst Shop

This is more or less as the centre of Litle Sandhurst appeared in 1958 - very little changed from 1939. We lived on the other side of this photo at a row of houses called (I don't know why!) Gibletts Folly. To the left ...Read more

A memory of Little Sandhurst in 1958 by Chris Hollins

Captions

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Caption For Broad Haven, View From The Rocks C1960

People are exploring in the rock pools, centre left.

Caption For Cockermouth, Main Street 1906

Cockermouth was granted its market charter in 1221, and gradually developed in importance until it was the chief commercial centre of the old county of Cumberland.

Caption For Abergavenny, 1898

To a current inhabitant, the most striking feature of this view is the absence of houses in the centre.

Caption For Chelmsford, Duke Street C1950

From1924 it housed the town's municipal offices, but was eventually replaced by a new Civic Centre.

Caption For Cheltenham, Promenade 1931

Cheltenham acquired a reputation as a high- quality shopping centre towards the end of Queen Victoria's reign.

Caption For Cockermouth, Main Street 1906

Cockermouth was granted its market charter in 1221, and gradually developed in importance until it was the chief commercial centre of the old county of Cumberland.

Caption For Chepstow, High Street 1957

Note also the war memorial, centre left.

Caption For Aylesbury, High Street 1921

The wall on the right belongs to the Congregational Church of 1874, demolished apart from the tower for the Hale Leys Shopping Centre in 1980.

Caption For Neath, Victoria Gardens 1898

The town has, in fact, a long industrial background: it was once a centre for the production of copper - South Wales's first smelter was built here in 1584.

Caption For Pontefract, Friarwood Valley Gardens C1960

Pontefract General Infirmary now overlooks the bowling green in this oasis of greenery near to the town centre.

Caption For Liskeard, Library And Stuart House 1900

The Passmore Edwards Free Library, centre, was opened in 1896.

Caption For St Annes, The Pier 1906

The amenities now included a concert pavilion (at the pier head on the left), a bank kiosk and a Moorish pavilion (in the centre of the picture).

Caption For Matlock Moor, 1892

Matlock Bank in the centre spreads up the eastern bank of the Derwent.

Caption For St Annes, The Pier 1906

The amenities now included a concert pavilion (at the pier head on the left), a bank kiosk and a Moorish pavilion (in the centre of the picture).

Caption For Leicester, Clock Tower, City Centre C1955

The illuminated Bovril sign was an integral part of the city centre scene for well over a decade.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Bridgend Square 1906

Corn and Butler is presently the Tourist Information Centre.

Caption For York, Low Petergate 1949

In this view, Seales Warehouse is now a toy shop, and next door is York's Pram and Nursery Furniture Centre.

Caption For Ranworth, The Staithe C1945

The flint walled boatshed on the left is now obscured by a gift shop/information centre.

Caption For Whitby, The Beach C1955

The cafes are in full swing, and the Battery Snack Bar (centre) offers 'Trays for the Sands'.

Caption For Hathersage, The Village 1902

In the centre of the picture is the George Hotel as it looked before being completely rebuilt.

Caption For Bucklers Hard, The Chapel And Hotel C1960

The Beaulieu River, being a free harbour, attracted the attentions of John, Duke of Montagu in the 18th century as a trading centre for the sugar trade and shipbuilding.

Caption For Cattistock, General Vew 1906

Cattistock is well known as a centre for foxhunting - the local pack is one of the best-supported in England.

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 Dorchester, The Roman Excavations 1939

Little can be usefully gleaned from the remains shown here, but it is known that Dorchester was a centre for a school of mosaicists in the 3rd and 4th centuries.