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My Childhood In Burton In The 50's And 60's

I was born in the village in 1949, in an end terrace No.1 Woodview. It was down a small road in the centre of the village and at the top, I believe at one time there was a timber yard/sawmill. The ...Read more

A memory of Burton in Lonsdale by ian.blundell

Four Elms From 1950

The Sandeman Family moved to Four Elms in 1950. We moved from Bexley Kent. Winnie and Richard were my parents my brother Mark had just been born in September. We moved to Wendy's bungalow, just on the corner next to the post ...Read more

A memory of Four Elms by gavin

Happy Times

Hello Christine, I have only just seen your memory and I couldn't believe it. I remember playing with you at my house on Rykneld Street. We had a lot of fun in the village like you say, especially down by the canal. I also remember you ...Read more

A memory of Alrewas by elaine.moore36

Teacher Training Courses For Further Education Colleges 1963

I found a document among my father's things which showed courses at Woolley Hall, to train teachers to become Heads of Centre at Colleges of Further Education. What I found ...Read more

A memory of Woolley Hall College by jacquiew13

14 Years 'on The Post'

On the right hand side of this photo is the Post Office, & on the extreme right is the Delivery Office ‘deck’. This is where the lorries of mail were unloaded. These would arrive through the night, & the mail unloaded ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern by bru.enzer

Jack's Shop

My grandparents lived in the school house in New Micklefield. I can remember Jack's shop across the road (Great North Road), which was a wooden structure that you climbed up to by steep steps. This was just to the side of the ...Read more

A memory of Micklefield by jenf2000

Rose Queen

My mum and her two sisters lived in Mill Hill Road. They moved there in 1927. The family name was Miller. In 1930 my mum Alice Miller, was Irby’s first rose queen. There are photos of the event and if I can find them I will post them on here.

A memory of Irby by susiedixon39

Tooting,Smallwood School

Hello, I hope this is the right place for posting this I am researching my late fathers ancestry/history and hope you can help. I have very recently found out he went to Smallwood school,Tooting. I guess this would be from ...Read more

A memory of Tooting by itsnotnormal

Happy Days Growing Up In Barnes

The picture of Church Road where it ran parallel with The Crescent with all those familiar shops brings memories flooding back. I started life at 33 Glebe Road in 1944 and spent 5 happy years there before moving to Madrid ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by Andrew Taft

Doon The Den

I stayed in Denhead and used to play down the den almost every day. We used to go to school via the gap either next to Ciff Bells house or the gap next to smiths shop. We used to go along the cliffs behind the scrappiest then straight ...Read more

A memory of Kennoway by John Walker

Captions

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Caption For Bishopstoke, Post Office, Spring Lane C1955

Next to the post office (right) is the old Methodist church, now replaced by a new building. Near here is a butcher's shop over which early Methodists once met.

Caption For Fittleworth, Lea Hill 1908

In this view from the west, the man in the straw boater looks past the school with its attached hipped-roofed master's house to Lea Hill, now known as Fittleworth Common.

Caption For Hailsham, Old Houses C1955

Fleur-de-Lys, the timber-framed building, is one of Hailsham's most interesting and oldest buildings.

Caption For Woodford Bridge, High Road C1950

The post office (near right) was run by F S Mowlam in the 1950s. Further on we see the gabled end of the White Hart Hotel.

Caption For Ockley, The Green 1905

A herd of contented pigs rootle opposite the post office on the green which runs alongside a two-and-a-half mile stretch of the Romans' Stane Street.

Caption For Marloes, Post Office C1955

It served as the post office and general stores until around 1965. The wonderful sandy beaches of the Sands have a backdrop of stunning rock formations in shale and sandstone.

Caption For Paddock Wood, Hop Picking C1950

mechanisation replaced them in the post-war world.

Caption For Chipping, Windy Street And Old School C1955

He was a great benefactor; his home was on Chipping's main street at what is now the post office.

Caption For Brookwood, Connaught Road C1955

The Connaught Cafe, seen here on the left, is now a private house, but the post office next door remains.

Caption For Fairford, The Market Place C1958

But the cars are getting bigger, and the Vauxhall exudes the post-war General Motors influence - Britain is going to get a lot more American yet!

Caption For Sapcote, The Post Office C1965

All this is now reduced to the anonymous, all-purpose architecture of the post office and similar expanding contemporary development, particularly on the north side of the village.

Caption For Dormansland, The Post Office C1965

The village itself expanded too, but here there were older buildings, such as the Post Office, seen here amid an irregular terrace of brick and tile-hanging.

Caption For Nutfield, The Post Office And The Street C1950

As with many other villages in Surrey, the shops have either become houses (the one on the left with the blinds is now The Old Bakery), or secondary commercial premises - the post office on the right

Caption For Revesby, The Green C1955

The house with the shop front facing the camera is now named the Old Post Office.

Caption For Farncombe, Farncombe Street 1905

He earned more than local fame when he stayed at his post, transmitting the new 'SOS' signal until the ship sank.

Caption For Anchorsholme, Anchorsholme Lane C1950

On the left are a fish and chip shop, the post office and a baker's shop.

Caption For Rickmansworth, High Street 1897

Most of the buildings on the right have since been rebuilt, while on the left all up to the three-storey brick building with the parapet, now the Abbey National, have also gone (and some beyond).

Caption For Ash Vale, Shawfield Road 1908

It was also the post office, William Brinkworth having been appointed postmaster in 1897.

Caption For Peaslake, The Cross 1939

This is the centre of this secluded little hamlet tucked away on the north side of Hurt Wood, with its modest stone war memorial isolated on a triangular green, opposite the village shop and post office

Caption For Skipsea, The Village C1960

This scene has changed little: the post office has now expanded to take in the neighbouring shop, but the cottages and barns remain.

Caption For Boxford, View From Church Tower C1965

Bridge House, the Post Office Stores and the adjoining houses (centre bottom) follow the curve of the street, named after The Swan Inn.

Caption For Hitchin, Brand Street C1955

On the right-hand-side are Latchmore's grocers, the Dog, the Methodist Chapel, and the Post Office. Note the decorative chimneys, right.

Caption For Aylesbury, High Street 1921

Beyond is now MacDonalds and a modern post office. Further downhill, the houses now have single-storey shopfront projections.

Caption For Odiham, The Old Telephone Exchange, The Bury C1955

The fine Georgian house in the centre has housed the telephone exchange since 1925, when it was moved from the post office at Mr Gotelee's shop in the High Street.