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War Time Solidarity

My mother, her mother and my great grandma lived through war time while my grandfather fought in France ww2. Everybody knew each other and there was a great sense of community. People would help each other and look after their ...Read more

A memory of Ellesmere Port

On My Way Into Town Or To Visit My Friend Steve Flanagan

Having lived in the U.S now for 35 years this photo makes me very homesick as I haven't seen the old place since 1972!  I remember walking down Lord Mayor's Walk and turning the corner next to the ...Read more

A memory of York in 1962 by David Knapton

Cadel Shop Market Square

The shop in the middle of the picture with the two awnings (now the Nationwide building society) used to belong to my great grandmother Eva Cadel and was a wool and toy shop.  My Grandmother and Great Aunt ran it until 1971.  My ...Read more

A memory of Witney by Nicola Best

Ledsham Court, St Leonards, Sussex ...Great Memories! By John Franks, (Ex Rascal Boarder).

Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon by John Franks

Latchmere Grove, Battersea

Childhood until age 6 - I remember so clearly our walks via Latchmere Passage to the Park and all the sights and fun of the Tree Walk, Fountains, Guinness Clock, the Grotto. I remember my dad taking me to the swings on a ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by sarahmartin

The Shop On The Corner

What a big surprise stumbling across this photo of where I lived during the 1960's. The caption on the photo dates it as c.1965. I can perhaps be a bit more accurate on the date. The shop called Mould was sold in 1962 to ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham by Jill Wicks

The Village Was Home

I was born in 1950 at Orsett Hospital, a few minutes before my twin sister and on my mothers birthday no less. We lived at 28 St James Avenue East until 1968. The house was in fact that of my maternal grand parents and my ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope by Chris Doggett

Manchester Road

Born in Ryan Street. I remember walking all the way down Manchester Road to St Joseph's Infant School, which at that time was on Grafton Street and part of the Girls School, it seemed to take ages, we walked past all the pubs and ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1955

Selly Oak In The 50s. By Mick Carson.

I'd like to reply to Shirley who recalled all those wonderful times around George Road and Dale Road Selly Oak in the 50s. I lived at 72 North Road. The Carpenters family you mentioned were my relatives. I went ...Read more

A memory of Selly Oak by Mick Carson

Happy Thoughts Of Bay

I believe I am the girl sitting on the grass looking towards the sea in this photograph. My name then was Susan Groves and my dad was a fisherman. We owned a shop down the bank called The Shell Shop where dad sold many ...Read more

A memory of Robin Hood's Bay in 1960 by Susan Cooper

Captions

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Caption For Ampthill, Dunstable Street C1955

Dunstable Street housed most of the 'household' shops in 1955 - the situation has considerably altered since then as the town has expanded its boundaries.

Caption For Petersfield, High Street C1955

The right of the picture shows Rowswell's sweets and tobacco shop and it is still there.

Caption For Winchester, High Street 1906

But the main shop had become that most delightful of institutions—a traditional sweet shop.

Caption For Sidmouth, Fore Street 1904

The town's busy shopping street brims with traditional small shops with multi-paned frontages and painted signboards.

Caption For Crowland, The Trinity Bridge C1965

There is a mounting block outside G G William's ironmonger's shop (to the left of the bridge), now owned by Martin Day under the logical name Bridge Hardware.

Caption For Earlestown, The Parade C1965

The large central premises have taken the place of some old one-storey shops; the new butchery department and offices take the place of a small brick hutment shop with the addition of a butcher's

Caption For Basildon, Whitmore Way 1961

The Redgrave Road area of Vange did have a few pre-New Town shops near the Bull public house in Bull Road, and were reasonably near other old shops, which were mainly on the A13 road at Vange and Pitsea

Caption For Sutton, High Street C1965

On the left, next to the Lloyd's Bank branch, is the fashion shop of Renee Shaw, with Fuller's tea shop, Dewhurst's the butcher's, and John's menswear shop further down the hill.

Caption For Kettering, Silver Street C1950

Chalkley's (right), the drapers, had a handsome shop sign in large silver letters on a shiny black background.

Caption For Horley, Station Road 1905

We can also see London House, a draper’s, Branch’s shop, a dairy and a game and poultry shop. A

Caption For Liverpool, Church Street C1905

We are looking up Church Street from Lord Street, with the fascinating shop, Bunney's, on the left.

Caption For Shaw, Market Street C1950

Most local needs could be found on Market Street, with its stone-fronted shops.

Caption For Poole, High Street 1900

It is now the Catalogue Shop.

Caption For Poole, High Street 1904

It is now the Catalogue Shop.

Caption For York, Low Petergate C1960

A carved wooden Indian holding a cigar still stands silent guard above one of the shop fronts in this street; it was once used to symbolise to the illiterate that the shop was a tobacconist.

Caption For Marske By The Sea, Redcar Road 1906

Here we see the tower of the church after the rebuilding works, showing the change that was made to the architectural style of the top of the tower.

Caption For Rainham, Upminster Road C1950

It was one of several bus routes which provided Rainham people with a link to major workplaces and shopping centres.

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road C1965

South Road is the main shopping area in Haywards Heath.

Caption For Norton, High Street C1955

Looking into the lower end of the High Street, this photograph illustrates the wide variety of small shops which continues to serve the Norton community.

Caption For Leiston, High Street C1955

There's something for everybody here on the High Street: a stationers, china and glass, the chemist's shop and the opticians.

Caption For Cheltenham, Promenade 1931

Cheltenham acquired a reputation as a high- quality shopping centre towards the end of Queen Victoria's reign.

Caption For Holywell, High Street C1955

Before the advent of the car moved shoppers to out-of- town stores, main streets such as this displayed a rich multiplicity of goods, with regional shops trading beside the more well-known

Caption For Irby, The Village C1955

The white-painted single-storey building in the middle of the row of shops originally had a thatched roof and was Irby's only shop, doubling also as the village post office.

Caption For Borth, High Street 1952

This busy street has many shops and cafes to serve both the locals and visitors, but some close for the winter.