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Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean

THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in the ...Read more

A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by Don Williams

My Banbury Grans Village

My grandmother's name was Amelia Gough and she lived in the second cottage on the right at the bottom of the green on the road to Mollington. Water was collected by bucket over the road from a tap in the vicarage wall.  She ...Read more

A memory of Warmington in 1940 by Michael Bennett

My Happy Childhood In Berkhamsted.

I was born at the Grange Nursing Home in Berkhamsted on November 19th, 1950. My parents were John and Marjorie Stanborough, my father was a school teacher at Park View School which later reverted to Westfield. We ...Read more

A memory of Berkhamsted by Pauline Askey(Stanborough)

Those Were The Days !!!

My twin brother and I were born in 1960 and I think we were about five  or six years old. Mum always did the shopping at Camberwell Green and we regularly and always unwillingly traipsed after her or my sister Cora from our home ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell in 1965 by Denise Masters

West End

I was born on a not very pleasant day in February 1954! We lived in the Dunkirk area of the West End below the factory/mill on Dunkirk Lane. We had "The Green" to play on, Warley Road, and then the "Top Park" further up when we were a little ...Read more

A memory of Halifax by Thomas Gledhill

The Green Dolphin Cafe

My grandfather bought Smiths Car Showroom after the war when it was the Green Dolphin Cafe. I can remember going to the cafe in the 1950s when I was small. I think it is now a windows showroom.

A memory of Balham by Claire Allen

Family Of Ewj Moloney, Lancing Solicitor D 1978

I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were all ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Rose Moloney

Harriott Brothers The Butcher's Shop

My Father was Arthur Harriott who owned Harriott Brothers Butchers Shop (which can be seen at the bottom left-hand corner of the picture) together with his Brother, Edward. We lived in "Old Sarum" which is the ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1950 by Pamela Beeching

Tottenham Lane 1957 65

I was born in Muswell Hill Cottage Hospital in 1957. We lived at the off licence in Tottenham lane opposite the police station....Victoria wine. I went to Rolkesly Infant and Junior and had best friend Robert in the infant ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey by Jo Oliphant Hope

Progress And Change

Being raised in Buckhurst Hill was a childhood experience I feel very lucky to have enjoyed. I was raised in the small cottage at 58 Epping New Road aptly named "Ivy Cottage". Located on the edge of the yard owned by W&C ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by Denman Lalonde

Captions

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Caption For Newick, The Green C1955

High Street c1955 The water pump on the corner of the green is dated 1897 - the year of Queen Victoria's jubilee - when Newick was still a small village.

Caption For Datchet, The Green And Manor Hotel 1950

The Green, with its period buildings, lies at the heart of Datchet. This photograph captures an ice cream vendor waiting for business in the village centre.

Caption For Redditch, St Stephen's Parish Church C1965

In 1855 St Stephen's replaced the Chapel on the Green, built in 1805 to replace the ancient chapel at Bordesley.

Caption For Sutton, High Street C1955

Oats Lane on the left, named after the Oats family who for many generations were the local millers, is still a narrow by-road, but the Green in the distance has been developed with a One Stop shop, a bus

Caption For Lincoln, Green Dragon Hotel C1955

The Green Dragon pub is a heavily restored fourteenth-century timber-framed building with a stone ground floor and two jettied or projecting upper storeys.

Caption For Hilton, The Unicursal Maze C1955

Children may have played on this maze on the green for centuries: it is thought that it was re-cut from an older maze in 1666 by William Sparrow. It is fifty feet in diameter.

Caption For Low Row, The Punch Bowl Inn C1960

Cattle graze the green outside the Punch Bowl Inn at Low Row in Swaledale.

Caption For Blackmore, The Green C1960

The war memorial lists the names of members of the armed forces who lost their lives, especially in the First World War. On the far side of the green, the duck pond is a haven for wildlife.

Caption For Grantchester, The Village 1929

C ottages with steep, tumbling thatched roofs abound in this view of the village street. At this time Trumpington was a village separate from the city of Cambridge.

Caption For Redditch, Church Green C1950

Many of the trees on the Green were planted in the 1850s, when prosperous locals were invited to plant a tree for the hefty sum of £5 each.

Caption For Westleton, The Village Sign C1965

Situated at the northern top of the green is the metal sign, showing a tower mill. It was erected by the Westleton Carnival Committee in 1963.

Caption For Sambourne, The Green Dragon C1965

The village lies south of Redditch, with Studley and Astwood Bank encroaching from east and west.

Caption For Ravenstown, 1918

Ravenstown was built during the First World War as an estate for workers at a close by airship factory, and was originally known as Flookburgh West.

Caption For Taunton, Castle Square C1940

A glimpse through the Castle Bow towards the Castle Green. This area was once the site of the Saxon Minster and burial ground. In recent centuries the green was used for livestock markets.

Caption For Harwich, The Recreation Ground C1960

The building with the tower is known as Low Lighthouse, although it has now been converted into the Maritime Museum. Built in 1818, it replaced an earlier wooden structure.

Caption For Coventry, Greyfriars Green C1955

Greyfriars Green is dominated by the spire of Christchurch (c1350), all that remains of a monastery established in 1234 and demolished in 1539.

Caption For Sherborne, Greenhill 1900

Until mid-Victorian times, this part of the road, known now as Greenhill, had been called New Well Hill. Here, we are looking towards the Green at the turn of the century.

Caption For Kelvedon Hatch, Stocks On The Common 1906

Kelvedon Hatch is a popular commuter village in the Green Belt north-west of Brentwood. It is now well-known for its formerly 'secret' government nuclear bunker.

Caption For Trumpington, Village 1914

Although only visible from its sign in this picture, the Green Man is a magnificent timbered public house.

Caption For Hemingford Grey, The River C1960

This is a famous view of the Ouse as it bends towards the parish church. The photograph is taken from the slipway near the green.

Caption For Tanworth In Arden, The Village C1965

The character of the village has changed greatly in recent years as commuters have discovered it.

Caption For Richmond, Castle Walk 1893

We are looking west towards the Green Bridge, with the castle rock more visible here. The young woman on the right needs her parasol, because Castle Walk is a south-facing sun trap.

Caption For Tanworth In Arden, The Village C1965

The character of the village has changed greatly in recent years as commuters have discovered it.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place From The Castle Keep C1955

Richmond, the 'capital' of Swaledale, has been described as one of the most perfect market towns in England.