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Memories

1,253 memories found. Showing results 421 to 430.

A Watchet Boy

I was born in Woodland Road in 1948. The houses were brand new. I used to watch the builders from Dates going up the road to work on the houses at the top. I would stand on next door's doorstep and swear at them as they passed. My ...Read more

A memory of Watchet by Noel Taylor

Incorrect Title

Chapel Road. The Ebenezer Chapel towards Outwood on the right is where the name was derived from. The Ebenezer Chapel was the most important building in that road. In the picture and to the right the road leads to Horley and was ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Bill Haylor

Living At No 4 1947 1965

We moved to No 4 Barrington Court Cottages (the first cottage right of centre) in 1947. My father arrived as head gardener in April and mum arrived in July when I was three weeks old. Mum was disappointed to find she was a ...Read more

A memory of Barrington in 1947 by Richard Burton

Clyde Street, Salford

I remember living at no 6 Clyde Street and at the end of the street was Mrs Grant's shop. I was the eldest of four (me) Mandy Derbyshire, my brothers Jason and Paul, and my sister Kelly. I remember being part of the filming that ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1970 by Amanda Hobbs

Pepper St.

I went to the school in the village until I was twelve, then I went to the Grammar School. I walked past the home every day and often wondered who lived there. I sometimes saw children in the grounds and adults. It was all a bit of a mystery ...Read more

A memory of Lymm

The Territorial Army Centre In Rusholme, Manchester

A new Army unit was formed in 1967 and took over the depot in Norman Road, Rusholme. This became 33 Signal Regiment which was part of the new TAVR. I had been wondering about joining the TA for ...Read more

A memory of Rusholme in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk

Gainsborough

The Gainsborough today is not the Gainsborough of my youth. It was a busy market town with a very busy market on Tuesdays and Saturdays. A lot of farmers came into town on a Tuesday to take care of their business, a quick pint and ...Read more

A memory of Gainsborough by Richard Chantry

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

This Was Our Main Shopping Centre In The 1950's

I have vivid memories of Tolworth Broadway. As a child I was born in Tolworth (strictly Kingston Hospital in April 1948 just for my birth that is). Mum, my sister and I would go to the Broadway Co-op ...Read more

A memory of Tolworth by Christine Roberts

Going To Bolton

I remember all too well the monument in the centre of the crossroads with the A6 as I used to come up this road before turning left to go to Bolton (no 12 bus). Also used to walk up to the town at times from my home just below the ...Read more

A memory of Walkden by Lynette Foster

Captions

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Caption For Richmond, From West 1908

In the centre is a terrace called Cornforth Hill.

Caption For Plymouth, Hoe And Mount Edgcumbe 1904

The prominent building in the centre was used for many years as a nursery by the city parks department.

Caption For Westerham, Market Square C1955

In the centre of the picture, the George and Dragon, with its quaint porch and balcony supported on brackets, was originally an old posting inn.

Caption For Shipton Gorge, Village 1899

This view looks north-eastwards to St Martin's Parish Church (right), and the distinctive 599-feet profile of Shipton Hill (centre). There are several privies half-way up the back gardens (left).

Caption For Chester, The Cathedral Crypt 1888

In more recent times the undercroft has been converted into a bookshop and exhibition centre.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, From The Sands 1906

The tearooms are to the left of the picture, with the bandstand to their right and Clare House Pier in the centre.

Caption For Pegwell, The Seafront And The Pier C1880

The former pier runs across the centre of the picture.

Caption For Sheffield, Barker's Pool C1965

In the centre of the picture is the Gaumont cinema, which opened as the Regent in 1927; to the right is Cole Brothers department store.

Caption For Worcester, Friar Street 1891

The Cathedral city of Worcester is situated almost in the centre of Worcestershire, on the banks of the River Severn.

Caption For Ashburton, The Bullring 1913

The Capital and Counties Bank (centre) is now Lloyds TSB.

Caption For Poole, High Street 1904

Poole did not become a holiday resort for many years, but retained its importance as a port and merchant centre.

Caption For Maiden Newton, Dorchester Road 1906

Maiden Newton makes a good centre for exploring the Dorset downs. Many visitors walk up to the Iron Age hillfort of Eggardon.

Caption For Fair Oak, The Village C1965

This view shows more clearly houses on the right with the same house that we saw in F164012, page 54, in the centre distance.

Caption For Bridlington, The Sands 1926

The stall in the centre seems to be selling bottled drinks and perhaps biscuits. The tent to the front of the view advertises moderate fees to consult a palmist and clairvoyant.

Caption For Botley, High Street C1955

Standing out in the distant centre is an attractive house where beer was once sold. It is situated at a crossroads, with Winchester Road on the left and Church Lane on the right.

Caption For Sheffield, Barker's Pool C1965

In the centre of the picture is the Gaumont cinema, which opened as the Regent in 1927; to the right is Cole Brothers department store.

Caption For Poole, High Street 1904

Poole did not become a holiday resort for many years, but retained its importance as a port and merchant centre.

Caption For Abergavenny, From The Blorenge C1960

The church, castle and market hall, the historic heart of the town, remain at the centre, but more modern housing fans out from it in this scene.

Caption For Blandford Forum, The Market Place 1950

Blandford has declined as an agricultural centre, but is a popular shopping venue for the inhabitants of the surrounding villages.

Caption For Woolacombe, Hotel 1891

The Woolacombe Hotel (centre) was built in the 1880s, and was subsequently extended to hold 150 guests; the original part of the hotel is the left-hand gable.

Caption For East Grinstead, High Street C1965

This scene cannot be much later than 1957 as the still new- looking car (centre) was registered in 1956.

Caption For Salisbury, River Walk 1923

This is how the River Avon looked just north of the city centre in 1923, forty years before the water meadows on the left were turned into the huge Central Car Park.

Caption For Ventnor, The Railway Station 1908

Victorian enthusiasm for railways soon ensured that all the major tourist centres of the Isle of Wight could be reached by the Permanent Way.

Caption For Rochdale, Town Centre C1955

Buses and their shelters have become an important feature of the centre; other traffic is still relatively light. F Holt`s shoe shop can be seen on the left of the Walk.