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The Pub

i can remember being paid 1p for every empty glass i collected from this pub just out of shot on the left back in the 1970's. Also the toy shop and chip shop just round the bend on this picture.

A memory of Bexley by Ginette Higgins

Army Barracks Overlooking Vivary Park

I lived in the Army Barracks [Jelelahbad] from around 1960-61 and went to Mary Magdalene School which is now closed and used as an auctions room. One teacher I recall was a Mr Oak and pupils were Margaret Harvey, ...Read more

A memory of Taunton in 1960

Visiting Langley Park

Every summer I would go to stay with my mother's friend Clementine Burrell. Clemmie and her husband owned a small shop. I think it was on Front Street but not sure. I would be allowed to weigh the sugar and put it into ...Read more

A memory of Langley Park in 1946 by Mabs Holland

The Cornmarket Photo 1954

The picture of the Cornmarket in High Wycombe pictures my father-in-law, Guilford Emery (now deceased), his daughter Jen (now deceased), and one of his sons, my brother-in-law David Emery. We discovered the picture when ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe in 1954 by Mrs Maureen Emery

The Shops And Doctors At Sandiway 1956

We first arrived in Sandiway in 1956. I remember getting off the bus at the top of Mere Lane and walking down towards our new home in Cherry Lane. The house was a 'tied house' belonging to the ICI and our ...Read more

A memory of Sandiway in 1956 by Keith Wilson

Raf Honnington Bury St Edmunds

Hello, we lived at R.AF Honnington, from 1956-1963, before moving to Aden, we loved going to town each Saturday on the bus, visiting the park, shops and "Purdy's" cafe. I have such lovely memories from living there, ...Read more

A memory of Lawshall in 1956 by Hazel Dunn

My Mum Ran Comerfords Corner Shop

We moved south from Chadderton near Oldham in 1965. My mum had taken over running the corner shop that had been bought by Comerford's in their quest to own the entire block. All but one house has succumbed ...Read more

A memory of Thames Ditton in 1965 by Paul Devall

Growing Up In Tideswell

Memories abound about my childhood, jumping and leaping like a rabbit at Eastertime. I remember staying at my grandmother's (Norah Gregory, a marvellous woman from the no-moaner generation), or at my Great Aunty Jessie's ...Read more

A memory of Tideswell in 1976 by Alexander Buttle

Shops

Picture shows the junction of Main Road with Crossways. I moved to Crossways aged 7 in 1961. The shop on the corner by the phone box was a Co-op, and the one on the far side of Crossways was a Post Office. From 1961 to 1970 I caught the bus ...Read more

A memory of Gidea Park in 1963 by John Buchanan

Thos Were The Days

I have read all the letters and they have bought back so many memories. My sister and I were born in Hillingdon and from 1961 we used to go to Burtons dance hall on Tues, Friday and Saturday nights. We would also go to The Blue ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1961 by Linda Millett

Captions

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Caption For Beddgelert, The Village 1933

It is now a National Trust shop and information centre. Note the old petrol pump on the extreme right.

Caption For Broadstone, Dunyeats Road C1955

The parade of shops remains, but with 21st- century changes. Today the chimney has gone, and the windows have recently been replaced.

Caption For Callington, Fore Street 1893

This is summer: awnings give shade to the shops on one side of the street, and one of the boys holds a cricket bat.

Caption For Altrincham, George Street 1900

This was one of the principal shopping streets of the town, though the Methodist New Connection chapel and the Salvation Army Hall were also along here.

Caption For Halifax, Market Hall Entrance 1896

Inside the entrance were many tempting shops, including a confectioners and refreshment rooms.

Caption For Halifax, Inside The Market Hall 1896

Here there was space for forty-three shops and over 100 stalls. In addition, a fish market offered sixteen choice counters.

Caption For Porlock, High Street 1919

This photograph was taken outside the 13th-century church of St Dubricius, and shows Isaac Burgess standing beside a horse and trap outside his bakery.

Caption For Church Stretton, Burway Road 1910

Here we see evidence of early tourism in the area with a wonderful display of post-cards in the shop on the right.

Caption For Marlborough, Castle And Ball Hotel, High Street C1955

On the left, the Draper's and Tailor's shop we saw in 1901 has been replaced by Marlborough Conservative Club.

Caption For Luton, The Corn Exchange C1950

The shops to the right show physical evidence of Luton's ability to graft 20th-century fronts onto 19th-century buildings.

Caption For Chesterfield, Holywell Street C1955

The Peter Sellers and Robert Morley film 'Battle of the Sexes' is showing at the Odeon, but also of interest is the Thrift Shop, an early attempt at a discount store.

Caption For Sedbergh, Market Place 1894

The shop on the right is insured with the West of England Fire and Life Insurance Company.

Caption For Kirkby Lonsdale, Main Street 1908

Note the jettied shop front on the left.

Caption For Bacton, Sea View Cafe C1955

In the late 1940s and early 50s caravan and camping sites saw the village embrace the holiday trade with an amusement arcade and new shops like Sea View Café, which were conveniently sited

Caption For Silverdale, Emesgate Lane C1955

Much of Grange was constructed during the later 19th century from local stone and slate, and there is a pleasing uniformity to the buildings that line its principal shopping street.

Caption For Wakefield, Bull Ring C1965

Looking towards the Bull Ring from Union Street, we see (right) the rebuilt Strafford Hotel and the former shops, now a café bar.

Caption For Aldershot, Victoria Road C1965

Sparks Electrical retailers can be seen on the left, while also visible is Whitby's camera shop on the right, just a few doors up from the Wimpy café which opened in the early 1960s.

Caption For Reading, Broad Street C1965

To the right of the K Shoe Shop is a corner of Heelas' store, a noted local department store, now part of John Lewis.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Pier Gap 1912

This photograph shows Pier Gap prior to the building of the 'Venetian Bridge'.

Caption For Cardiff, Park Hotel 1893

Of its original shop units the prestigious corner site is here occupied by Penfold Brothers Bootmakers & Hatters.

Caption For Worcester, Friar Street 1891

Friar Street was an odd assortment of buildings, including a number of 15th- and 16th-century half-timbered houses and shops.

Caption For Cobham, High Street C1960

The building is now a private house, its responsibilities usurped by more modern shops a little further along the road to the left.

Caption For Radcliffe On Trent, Post Office And Main Road C1955

The shops still exist but all have changed their functions.

Caption For Warnham, Church Street C1960

The large building in the centre was erected in 1879 on the site of an earlier small shop.