Maps

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Memories

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1950s

I live in Hull but often went to stay at my grandparents (Bartlett) at 111 Corporation Road, Darlington as a child in the early 1950s and next door lived a lovely family and I used to play with their daughter Catherine. They had sons as well ...Read more

A memory of Darlington in 1958 by Anne Kettley

Forest Hall

My name is Brian and I lived at 26 Granville Drive. In those days the road ended at about No 40 and then there were fields all the way to Backworth. Joyce Dick was a particular friend. We all went to St Bart's Church and what a great vicar we had - George Foster. The Ritz was a must on Saturday.

A memory of Forest Hall by brian.crs

Living In Teddington

It's nice to see this old photo of Teddington where I lived, in Church Road, no 38.

A memory of Teddington in 1960 by Peter Heward

Derry Hill Wiltshire

I did not live in Derry Hill, but rented a cottage there, Primrose Cottage, in 1990. I was introduced to Wiltshire in the 1980s by my husband's mother who had been based near Pewsey in the Land Army during the Second World ...Read more

A memory of Derry Hill in 1990

Colindale The Early Years

I was born in the house on the corner of Woodfield Avenue and New Way Road in 1944 and lived there until the end of the 1970s. My birth was in fact on Friday the 13th of October, which coincided with the dropping of a V2 ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1958 by Jack Richardson

Fun Times

I was born in Lower Aire Street in 1944, my brother was born in 1942. I left when I was 8 years old but can still remember the street. We lived next door to Mr and Mrs Wiley on one side and Mrs Hargreaves on the other ...Read more

A memory of Windhill in 1944 by Christine Thomas

Dorset Dairies

Jacqueline Jackson, if you read this email me please waxrose@me.com  Would your great grandfather be a Harry Hann? He was the owner of Dorset Dairies next to my birthplace in Factory Road, Eastleigh. I went to school in ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke by John Scott

Slough High Street Park Street & Chandos Road

Hi, I am researching my family tree and am trying to locate Chandos Road and Unity Cottages in Park Street.  I believe that Chandos Road was knocked down when the Queensmere Centre was built.  I wondered if ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1900 by Jan Saunders

Helmshore 1950 1968

I was born in Musbury Road at the bottom of Tor Hill and spent 5 years with Tor as my back yard; my name is still chiselled in the rocks at the top. Anyone remember the Tor Mile race? In 1955 we moved up to 3, Lancaster Avenue, ...Read more

A memory of Helmshore by Ian Seville

Mother's Brother And Sisters

Just after the war Dad, Mum and I would travel every other weekend to visit aunts and uncles and cousins on our Norton motorbike and sidecar. We usually based our visit with Aunt Flo and Uncle Stan (a wartime despatch ...Read more

A memory of Andover in 1940 by John Scott

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Captions

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Caption For Low Row, General View C1960

We are looking east down the broad, U-shaped valley of Swaledale from the oddly-named village of Low Row.

Caption For Westbury Sub Mendip, The Post Office C1955

Village stocks were once attached to this cross, which stands at the junction of roads to Wells, Draycot and Westbury.

Caption For Allerford, Corner 1923

This attractive village lies just off the main road, where children sit beside the bus stop. The Blue Bus Company operated services in the area from 1916 until 1946.

Caption For Nottingham, Bridlesmith Gate C1950

This street, which was once the main road into Nottingham from the south and crowded with people and traffic, is now pedestrianised and the direct route between the city's two shopping centres.

Caption For Laindon, Wash Road C1955

D & E Flack's (left) was a general store and post office serving the area north of the Southend road. By the end of the 1950s, outlying shops were competing with the new Town Centre development.

Caption For Redditch, Garden Of Remembrance C1955

A dark spine of conifers runs down the middle of the long garden, which is just a narrow strip of land between Plymouth Road and the cemetery.

Caption For Malton, Market Place 1959

Malton stands at the junction of many roads above the Derwent Valley south of the North York Moors, and has been an important market centre since the Middle Ages.

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street 1955

On the opposite side of the road, Boots the chemists were still firmly entrenched on the corner of Sankey Street.

Caption For Hook, London Road C1955

A cyclist wisely waits for the lorry before he rides across the road. Hook had a 'tin tabernacle' church until 1938, when it was replaced.

Caption For Woking, The Broadway 1902

A view of the parade of shops that once graced this elegant road.

Caption For Mellor Brook, C1955

You can see the local post office on the left of the road with a telephone box outside.

Caption For Langwathby, The Green C1960

The road dividing the village green in two can be seen running behind the bus shelter beside the tree on the left.

Caption For Hanbury, Main Road C1965

MAIN ROAD c1965 A monastery stood at Hanbury in Anglo- Saxon times, when the land came into the possession of the Church at Worcester.

Caption For Malmesbury, High Street 1924

Everybody is wearing either a hat or cap, the road is not surfaced, and there is a virtual absence of street lighting.

Caption For Weston Green, Village C1955

The village is in a pleasant spot on the road from Esher to Hampton Court. Some fine old cottages and a pond border the large green and common.

Caption For Hermitage, Slanting Hill C1955

Several substantial new houses have been built on the left of the road in recent years.

Caption For Eckington, Chesterfield Road C1955

Chesterfield Road c1955 Eckington township is situated 6 miles north-east of Chesterfield and 7 miles south-east of Sheffield, and may be the place mentioned in the early 11th- century will of

Caption For Gloucester, Park, Robert Raikes Statue 1931

The people of Gloucester would call Robert Raikes 'Bobby Wildgoose' as he walked down the road - he always looked grand.

Caption For Downgate, The Village 1908

Such a scene, but with an improved road and without the figure by the wall, would still be familiar today in many rural parts of Cornwall.

Caption For Brighton, North Street C1950

Between the wars, North and West Streets and Queen's Road developed as Brighton's shopping and commercial centre.

Caption For Bakewell, Memorial Hospital 1923

Built as a memorial to the casualties in the First World War, this building on Butts Road has been added to quite extensively.

Caption For Plymouth, Union Street 1889

Union Street, famous to sailors throughout the world, is the high road from Devonport to Plymouth.

Caption For Abergavenny, Usk Bridge 1893

Just beyond this bridge on the Monmouth road we can seen the iron railway bridge, which has since been removed.

Caption For Plymouth, Union Street 1889

Union Street, famous to sailors throughout the world, is the high road from Devonport to Plymouth.