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Places
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Maps
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Memories
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Chelmsford, Shops In The High Streeet, 1919.
This view is taken from outside the island where the current Lloyds Bank stands, and shows the view down the High Street. In the background can be seen the spire, which was the Wesleyan Church, and to-day ...Read more
A memory of Chelmsford by
Petty France Cottages
I was born in the middle cottage out of three which the Duke of Beaufort owned back those days, now they have been modernised to a high standard and are privately owned. I used to spend a lot of my time in the Seven Mile ...Read more
A memory of Petty France in 1970 by
Coatbridge
I was born in my grandad's back room, 39 Cecil Street, Coatbridge. My mum was Jeanie Young who married Johnny Mclean my dad. My grandad Billy Young was a character who was well known about Coatbridge, I remember a pub he used to drink ...Read more
A memory of Coatbridge in 1970 by
Forgotten Children
My mother (Doris Daye) was married to a Canadian, Robert Lennox, at this church in January 1941. I was born in July. We lived at 8 The Terrace, Sunning Hill. Aparently he was AWOL and was sent back to Canada some 4 years later, ...Read more
A memory of Sunninghill in 1941 by
Growing Up
my memory of living in "God's Village" is of days roaming round the grange, going down the fields to the beck, getting to the top of the "Red Ash Pit Heap", coming back round the coke works and spending loads of time messing around the TMS garage, most week nights and all day Saturday and Sunday.
A memory of Trimdon Grange in 1959 by
Streatham Hill Theatre
In 1973 I became the general manager of Streatham Hill Theatre, managing the Mecca Social/Bingo club. It was the flagship club of the company and was every manager's dream to run it. Previous managers were Robin Pritchard, ...Read more
A memory of Streatham in 1973 by
Fond Memories Of Bank Hall
Bank Hall was a school back in the 1970s. The head was a Mr Brennan. It would be lovely to chat to any other lads that were at the school at the time. I've seen a few things in the night, ladies in white and a ...Read more
A memory of Chapel-en-le-Frith in 1974 by
Growing Ou In Galley Common
Growing up in Galley Common was the best part of my life. Dad was the manager of the bus depot, Bunty Motors I think it was called, at the bottom of Hickman Road, I lived at 66 Hickman Road. In the summer a lot of us ...Read more
A memory of Galley Common in 1959 by
Fishing 1965 On The North Forty Drain
We all went to stop on a farm near Landgrick Road in the year 1965 for one week of fishing, we all came from Pinxton and South Normanton, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, catching loads of fish, bream, tench, ...Read more
A memory of Brothertoft
Pellon Lane Area In The 1950s
I used to live just off Commercial Road on Gibson Street in the 1950s. The houses were very basic with a living room, a bedroom, attic and cellar. We shared a toilet with another family which was at the end of the ...Read more
A memory of Halifax by
Captions
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The bank on the left has its long frontage to St Paul's Square, and is now a Ladbroke's betting shop.
The view towards the Royal Hotel and Lloyds Bank is almost unchanged. On the right the Victorian Corn Exchange has become the Variety cinema.
It dates back some 3,500 years to the Bronze Age, and was a ritual stone circle and burial chamber.
The view was taken from the tower in the time of Rev Eldon Surtees Bankes, the rector since 1854.
'Ferry No.1', dating back to the inauguration of the service in 1926, was supplemented by postwar 'Ferry No.2' in the 1920s.
Standing further back from the College, we can see part of the grounds in front of the building.
At weekends the banks are lively with visitors, strollers and walkers, rowing club members, and people visiting the café.
Further back, on the left is the butcher`s shop of G M Gilbert, and then the White Hart public house.
Further back, on the left is the butcher`s shop of G M Gilbert, and then the White Hart public house.
If required to wait and then bring the clients back to Altrincham, it would be charged out by the hour.
Next door at number 26 is a sub-branch of the Union Bank of Manchester, whilst further along is Ward's greengrocers and Rogers' chemist and druggist store.
Jacob Winter moved his shop to Little Under Bank in about 1880. The three figures on the outside of the building strike bells every 15 minutes.
Back in 1851 Sheffield was one of the towns at the centre of a price-cutting war between the Midland and the Great Northern railway companies for the lucrative passenger traffic associated with the Great
Cars fill a single line of parking on the waste of the manor. The pavement is up and men are busy in front of Burden's shop.
The Co-operative Society has replaced Barton and Sons; next door is now Lloyds Bank, and then Boots. The Corn Exchange has its gates open.
The Natwest bank to its right is over-scaled 1930s Neo-Georgian, while to the left of the White Hart two buildings have recently also been replaced in pallid Neo-Georgian.
A rough load of timber has been stacked on the banks awaiting collection.
When the throngs of summer visitors, yachts, launches and cruisers disappear with the swallows, the Broads sink back into their true nature, timeless and brooding.
This view is from the footway outside Lloyds Bank. On the right is what was once the most important building in the town: the Railway Institute, built by the directors of the railway.
The back of the Crown Inn can just be seen in the centre, where Station Road becomes Hinckley Road, curving south past the parish church, and on to Nailstone and Market Bosworth.
In the 19th century, New Street became a banking location. The Cloth Hall was demolished amid much controversy in 1930 to make way for the new supercinema, the Ritz.
The bridge is built in greensand stone, which in Bedfordshire is actually dark brown owing to a high iron content in the rock.
The rotunda (now occupied by a bank) can be seen on the left. It was built in 1826, and was a concert hall and ballroom.
Matthew Arnold died in Liverpool in 1882, but was brought back to his birthplace for burial.
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