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Photos

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Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Doseley

When my dad Derick John Jones was born in 1944 he lived in a row of houses called Dill Doll Row or Dill Da Row as some people called them, they were situated at Sandy Bank, Doseley, just behind the Cheshire Cheese pub at Doseley. My dad lived ...Read more

A memory of Doseley in 1944 by Angela Mathison

Childhood In Moodiesburn

I remember staying in Beechgrove just at the begining of the electric scheme, we had some very happy memories of the glen, Bedlay Castle, and going for walks down the luggie for a swim. Mr and Mrs Brown stayed in number ...Read more

A memory of Moodiesburn by William Rafferty

Grandmother Born1876

My grandmother used to tell me stories of Gateshead days when I was a kid, for example Tommy-on-the Bridge, area Bottle Bank, apparently was a permanent fixture in those days, he stood on the Swing Bridge, might have been ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1890 by Derek Bell

Memory Lane

I was at Brownrigg from 1963 to 1966, I was in Pennine dorm, Lorna Herron. I remember Bent Toe, he had to be put down at the school, a girl called Diane was really upset about that. I remember gathering bracken on the fells for the ...Read more

A memory of Bellingham in 1965 by Lorna Gowland

Woolies !

I found this site through a link on another, which had pictures of old buses - http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?cat=51 I commented there on some of the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport fleet, which my dad used to drive. I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury in 1974 by Gordon Sharpe

Raf Wyton

I lived on the RAF Base with my then husband after we married in 1974. I got a bus to work in Huntingdon that stopped just outside of the main gate. If I missed the bus I was very late for work. We stayed there until 1977 ...Read more

A memory of Wyton by Lily Redmond

School Years

I also remember my first day at Ynysboeth Infants school, and unceremoniously being dragged there by my mother for the first time, because I didn't want to go to school. However, as I was happily greeted by the teacher on entering the ...Read more

A memory of Ynysboeth in 1940 by Royden Jones

Warners

As a young child I can remember several holidays taken at the Warners holiday camp at Seaton. The serious business of 'motoring down to Devon' was never taken lightly, lunch was prepared the night before to be eaten at Stonehenge, where one ...Read more

A memory of Seaton in 1965 by Michael Gough

Growing Up In Blaenau Ffestiniog. 1961

I was brought up in Blaenau Ffestiniog and lived there until 1971. The High Street photograph brings it all back. The shop on the extreme left of the photo was my mum's hairdressing shop and we lived ...Read more

A memory of Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1961 by Eurwyn Jones

Glen Faba

Oh what lovely memories come flooding back, my mum and I would walk the winding river towpath from Glen Faba, where we lived, to Dobbs Weir, fish and minnow watching as we went along our way. In the summer my mum would get a hire row boat ...Read more

A memory of Hoddesdon by Yvonne Bartlett

Captions

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Caption For Coulsdon, Brighton Road C1955

The tall building on the right is Lloyds Bank. This part of Brighton Road is due to benefit from the construction of the Coulsdon by- pass, commenced in 2004.

Caption For Boston, Ostler's Mill C1950

It ceased working in 1949, was restored as a landmark in 1953, and since 1987 has been brought back to work by the Waterfield family.

Caption For Coningsby, The Mill C1955

Coningsby, on the south bank, has lost much of its historic character: in this view of Silver Street the house in front of the mill survives, but not the mill; all to the left has gone, and the road at

Caption For Stamford, High Street C1960

The Halifax Bank reconstructed the historic building next door to Parrish in 1982 and did a good job.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, Bournemouth Road C1965

This view shows the same buildings as C490092 from the other end, showing clearly the Westminster Bank before its amalgamation with the National Provincial to become NatWest.

Caption For Corfe Castle, From The Church 1897

Tradition says that his stepmother brought him a cup of wine and, as he drank, one of her servants stabbed the king in the back.

Caption For Helston, Coinagehall Street 1913

The Cornish Bank is beyond, and beside it an omnibus has begun to ascend Wendron Street.

Caption For Boroughbridge, Fishergate 1907

Boroughbridge dates back to Norman times, when a bridge was constructed over the River Ure. In 1322 the Earl of Lancaster sought refuge in the local church following his defeat by Edward II.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1908

In the background is Holy Trinity Church, a most unusual building, which in the 1900s included a tobacconist, a bank, and two butchers' shops as component parts.

Caption For Stalham, Hunsett Mill C1935

The family in the boat are enjoying sailing on a light breeze, and the boy on the bank is fishing, probably for tench, although eel catching is more popular.

Caption For Cornholme, Road To Shore C1960

Today a bank of windmills is positioned on the crest of the hill, following the age-old tradition of harnessing nature.

Caption For Kingsclere, Swan Street C1955

Lloyds Bank used to operate from the house on the extreme right. These days it is a private house once more. Next door is the Catholic church of St Peter and St Paul.

Caption For Sudbury, The Croft And Roman Catholic Church 1900

On the west side of the green area called the Croft, backing on to the river, are the workhouse and St Gregory's off to the left.

Caption For Malmesbury, Baskerville C1955

Beyond the bridge is Back Hill Steps. Behind the cottages near the steps is a large three-storey house with gables.

Caption For Hailsham, St Mary's Church C1955

On the left are the backs of buildings that front the High Street, while the yews and hollies in this view survive today.

Caption For Beare Green, The Dukes Head Hotel C1955

Back on the A24 London to Worthing Road, and north of Capel, is Beare Green with the Duke's Head pub.

Caption For Outwood, The Post Office C1955

Back to the west of Blindley Heath the route reaches Outwood, a hamlet on the edge of heath and woodland, some of it owned by the National Trust.

Caption For Bremhill, The Cross, Church And School C1960

She remembers the two classrooms with old paraffin lamps and tortoise stoves which 'used to get red hot so we burned in the front and shivered in the back'.

Caption For Sutton, Albion Road 1904

Albion Road, the most easterly of the Victorian developments south of the railway, has its back garden fences along the parish boundary with Carshalton.

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, Library And Museum C1955

The Opera House complex behind the war memorial incorporates Barclays Bank.

Caption For Heswall, Telegraph Road C1965

The old building on the right, which still houses Lloyds bank, dates from the early 1900s.

Caption For Harpenden, Rothamsted Agricultural Experimental Station C1960

Although the estate dates from only the 1300s, it is thought that the site may date back to the Roman period, for the remains of a Belgic shrine has been found in the grounds.

Caption For Ilkley, Brook Street C1965

With a history stretching back to the Romans, and a short period as a 19th-century spa, Ilkley's situation on the edge of the famous Ilkley Moor was always its greatest asset.

Caption For Houghton, The Mill 1899

The present brick and timber mill with tarred weatherboard cladding dates back to the 17th century.