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My Great Grandads Shop

My nan's dad had a shop just under Leabridge Road Bridge in the 1930s and 1940s, she said they sold toys and furniture, does anyone remember this shop?

A memory of Leytonstone by Sindy Kiff

Childhood In Boweryard

I have just read the article written by Ethel Jones in 2008. It brought so many happy memories back for me. When I moved to Ironbridge I went to live at 79 Waterfall Cottage, Boweryard. It was 1946 and I was 10 months old. I ...Read more

A memory of Ironbridge in 1946 by Josie Crawford Nee Hurley

Glen Faba Rye House Chalet Park

Does anyone at all remember the small island called Glen Faba at Rye House which had dozens of old chalets, caravans and odd assortments of old bungalows near the river lea lock. There was also a provisions shop made ...Read more

A memory of Hoddesdon in 1960 by Mike Comb

Biography And Memories

I am writing this on behalf of my wife, nee Gena Brown from the old Stirling Castle, otherwise known as the Bottom House, but the one she remembers best is the Staneford Arms where her mother held the licence. Her Auntie Nan, ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1955 by Hugh Camrass

Family Memory

My dad was from the area and my brother was brought up in the village by my gran. I remember playing in the shallows of the river by the bridge on a hot sunny summers day. I have lost touch with my brother and would love to find him.

A memory of Swimbridge in 1970 by Ruth Dean

Down Memory Lane

I was born in Nottingham and came to live in Gateshead when I was 4 years old. My mother was in the W.R.A.C and met my father when she was stationed down there. He was a Waiter in the Crown Hotel in Bawtry and was originally from ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by Pauline Thompson

Wartime In Ivybridge 1939

I was one of ten little girls, plus our teacher, who arrived in Ivybridge as evacuees from Acton, London, at the outbreak of the Second World War. We were taken to a hall (probably at the school) where we were ...Read more

A memory of Ivybridge in 1940 by Geraldine Gasparelli

Hazel Road

My father was born in 1930 and lived in Hazel Road, opposite the Supermarine factory. He left in the 1930s as his father, who was in the Navy, was moved to Coventry to become a recruiting officer. At the beginning of this year, I had the ...Read more

A memory of Woolston in 1930 by Hannah Race

Food Outlets

I can remember the suppliers of food and the taxi rank on the island at the Clock Tower - their pies were particularly nice and the taxi drivers very friendly. At the same place the freshly loaded coal wagons used to park whilst ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath in 1940 by Peter Lake

Lead Etching

I have in my possession a lead etching of Drip Bridge near Stirling exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1924 by John G math__g (or s)on. The handrighting is difficult. Could you do some research or advise me where to go to get ...Read more

A memory of Dripend by Heather Howson Barclay

Captions

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Caption For Oxford, The Plain 1922

The Plain, as it is known, lies just to the east of Magdalen Bridge, representing the boundaries of the old city. Here the Cherwell flows under the easterly part of the High Street.

Caption For Shottermill, Three Counties Bridge 1907

The three boundaries of Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey all meet by the bridge across the River Wey.

Caption For Yarm, High Street C1967

We are looking north towards Yarm Bridge, with Stockton beyond.

Caption For Lerryn, Bridge 1893

With its old cottages, stepping stones and ancient arched bridge, it possesses a unique, almost hypnotic serenity.

Caption For Calstock, Station 1908

A modest train of the old London & South Western puffs into Calstock station, having crossed the slender viaduct that bridges the glittering waters of the Tamar.

Caption For Horstead, Mill And Pond C1955

Cross the humped bridge over the river from Coltishall, and the village becomes Horstead.

Caption For Braunston, The Canal C1965

In the distance beyond the bridge is a pub. At the time of this view, it would have been called the Rose and Castle.

Caption For Polesworth, River 1958

The photographer in this instance was looking across to the south bank, recording for posterity a scene which no longer exists: only the bridge survives.

Caption For New Sawley, Marina C1967

Sawley Bridge Marina, on the Sawley Cut of the River Trent, south of Long Eaton, was already starting to cater for the ever-increasing boating trade when this photograph was taken in the mid-50s.

Caption For Hawkstone Park, Giants Well 1898

The grounds here were laid out in the 1700s with all sorts of follies - a shell-lined grotto, a ruined castle, a rickety bridge over a narrow chasm, even a resident hermit.

Caption For Cannington, The Village C1965

Two bridges and a ford cross the stream that flows past the Blue Anchor Inn, which stands at the centre of the village.

Caption For Windsor, Town Bridge And Sir Christopher Wren's House C1900

During the 13th century tolls were paid by those passing under the bridge as well as by those passing over it.

Caption For Lytham, Ashton Gardens Bowling Green 1921

Flowerbeds, paths, rockeries, a waterfall, and a random stone arched bridge all enhanced the gardens further. The bowling green was an instant success.

Caption For Turton, The Tower 1897

James Kay, who lived here when the Manchester to Bolton railway was built, required the bridges on his estate to be decorated with battlemented towers, to preserve its character.

Caption For Bath, Great Pulteney Street 1887

Go back into town and cross the Pulteney Bridge with its small shops into Argyle Street.

Caption For Bramber, Village C1950

Initially the village developed along a road constructed on a causeway across the marshes between the castle and a possible wharf near Bramber Bridge.

Caption For Eccleston, Excursion Steamer C1886

Visitors to Eaton Hall could alight here and walk through the park to the Hall, or go on a little further to Eaton Iron Bridge.

Caption For Salisbury, The Close 1906

The Gate leads directly to Harnham Bridge over the River Avon. This was an important medieval trading entrance to the city for traders and travellers from the west.

Caption For Egham, Boating 1907

The M25 now crosses just downstream of Bell Weir, beside Lutyens' bridge for the by-pass, which was designed in 1937, but not built until 1959-60.

Caption For Maidenhead, Boulters Lock 1913

It has subsequently been rebuilt again, but the more elaborate balustered bridge of 1912 remains, replacing the one featured in Gregory's painting.

Caption For Kirkby Lonsdale, Devils Bridge 1899

Kirkby Lonsdale's famous Devil's Bridge over the River Lune traditionally gets its name because it was built by the Devil, who claimed the soul of the first being to cross it.