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Frenchies

Hi David Rowe ,only just found this site ,so apologies. Re W&C French, you may have remembered my father and my grandfather working at Frenchies. My dad Ron Dent ,drove cranes and brought the first 20 ton mobile Coles crane to ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by peter.dent3

I Was Born Close To The Station In 1953

I was born above Beston's Stationers' shop, Station Road in 1953. The shop is on the left hand side close to the crossing gate and the bus stop was outside. I attended St Augustine's C of E Primary School ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone by robertmcbride

Happy Days In Hurlingham Road

I was born in 1947 in Hurlingham Road on the corner of Dolby Road. As kids we used to play in Dolby Road as there was only one car owner so not much traffic. Sometimes the car wouldn't start with the 'car handle' so we all ...Read more

A memory of Fulham by joycefayhawkins

Silver Jubilee 1977

We moved to the Grove in North Cray from Edgebury Chislehurst in 1965. I went to the Boys side of Alma Rd School in 966 and later to Bexley Lane School. I have mixed emotions of attending Bexley Lane school, (now Cleave Park School) ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup by stevefmatthews

A Baby Boomer's Memories Of Groombridge

I was born in 1947 and as a baby lived for a short time with my parents at Leyswood Lodge south of the village. My family on my mother's side had lived in Groombridge for many, many years and I was the first ...Read more

A memory of Groombridge by Keith Grose

The Swimming Pool

I lived in ferndale rd ,next to the swimming pool from 1942 to 1959 ,went to Clarendon rd , woodthorpe rd and stanwell rd school. It was great living across the road from the park and the stream, trees to climb, fish ,tadpoles ...Read more

A memory of Ashford by Pat George

Post War Memories

I was raised in Mountsorrel in the Soar valley near Leicester. It was a Norman village that lay alongside the river Soar under Castle Hill. The hill got its name from the mote and bailey type 12c castle built by the Beaumonts – ...Read more

A memory of Mountsorrel by Janet Brookes

Almora Cottage.Haugh Of Urr

My Great Aunt and uncle John and Mary Little built a beautiful cottage in The Haugh 'Almora' you used to have to walk past Military road and down the hill to The Post office [sweetie shop lol] My grandfather would take us ...Read more

A memory of Haugh of Urr by John Lockhart

Bamatres Cycles Wealdstone

Does anyone remember Bamatres Cycle Shop? It was on the right, literally just before you went over the bridge to Harrow and Wealdstone station? My brother worked there in the early fifties prior to being conscripted into ...Read more

A memory of Wealdstone by Richard Osler

The Vaynol Hotel Summer 1970

Fond memories of Summer 1970. I was sixteen, had just taken my ‘O’Levels in Bramhall, Cheshire, (back then Abersoch was known as Bramhall-by-Sea, perhaps it still is?). I had snared a Summer job as a lowly kitchen porter ...Read more

A memory of Abersoch by Ian Mason

Captions

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Caption For Haverfordwest, From New Bridge 1890

This view looking from the New to the Old Bridge is now much altered. A footbridge now spans the river between the two and there has been extensive development on both banks of the river.

Caption For Crowland, North Street C1955

This photograph must have been taken from the Trinity Bridge. On the left, Parnell's shop is now the Ideal Shop, still selling newspapers.

Caption For Bedford, High Street From Town Bridge 1921

The photograph gives an unusual perspective in that the exit from the bridge and the High Street beyond appears to be restrictive for both traffic and pedestrians.

Caption For Appletreewick, Monks' Hall 1906

William Craven later became the Lord Mayor of London; in his later years he came back to this area, when he restored the Hall and rebuilt Burnsall Bridge.

Caption For Downham, The Village 1894

Children pose near the small bridge over Downham Beck, a brook which runs through the heart of the village.

Caption For Gedling, Coronation Walk And Burton Road C1960

This view was taken just east of the railway bridge over Burton Road, which led to the now-closed Arnold Colliery. The green now has five ash trees and a modern phone box.

Caption For Southport, New Bridge And Marine Bridge C1955

Built to link the Promenade to the attractions of Princes Park, the doubly-named bridge rests on two artificial islands in the Marine Lake.

Caption For Exmouth, From The Pier 1906

The designer was John Smeaton, a veteran engineer and the designer of London Bridge.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Priory Ruins 1890

Note the lady on the right of the picture carrying the earthenware jug, and the railway bridge across the western Cleddau.

Caption For Barton Upon Irwell, The Swing Bridges 1895

This view shows the two bridges at Barton upon Irwell both swung to let the paddle steamer 'Ivanhoe' pass.

Caption For Bedford, The Embankment 1921

In this view, taken from the bridge, the trees obscure the tall two- gabled building of 1885 beyond the Swan Hotel.

Caption For Bishopstoke, The River Itchen C1960

This photograph has been taken from the left bank of the River Itchen, and the photographer appears to have been standing on a spot where there was once a ford - children played there even after the bridge

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Entrance To Brennand Valley 1921

Brennand Valley is just one of many beauty spots threading the fells near Dunsop Bridge.

Caption For Singleton, Post Office C1960

Outside Holroyd's shop and post office is a sign warning of a low bridge ahead. Opposite this leafy corner was the vicarage, now a private house.

Caption For Keswick, Bridge And Greta Hall 1889

Here we see the bridge over the River Greta in the busy little market town of Keswick in the northern Lakes.

Caption For Pulborough, Swans Corner 1921

The church and a cluster of old houses are at the top of the hill, and more old buildings are on the river bank, east and west of the Bognor Road river bridge.

Caption For Abingdon, Town Hall 1890

To the left is the building on the corner of Bridge Street which was demolished in 1938; in 1890 it was a coffee tavern.

Caption For Luton, Vauxhall Motors C1950

Scaffolding on the right indicates that the Bedford van production facility is undergoing an upgrade, and road works immediately beyond the bridge are part of a major expansion of the local infrastructure

Caption For Lofthouse, Post Office Stores And The Fountain C1950

This was not only a freight line for the reservoirs, but also a passenger railway between Pateley Bridge and Lofthouse from 1901 to 1929.

Caption For St Ives, Bridge 1899

The bridge across the Ouse at St Ives was built in medieval times.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Meadows C1960

Here Frith's photographer was looking from the east end of Scott's 1864 bridge towards the ridge descending to the flatter land of Burcott and Berinsfield; the east part of the village

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

The fourth pillar was cut up and used as foundations for Penny Bridge over the River Tut, which runs through the town.

Caption For Otterton, Church And Bridge 1890

A bridge has spanned the Otter here since medieval times, though the structure we see here dates from 1827.

Caption For West Stockwith, Basin, The Lock 1958

The lock in the foreground opens into the River Trent, which is behind the photographer; in the distance is Basin Bridge, with the still thriving Waterfront Inn to its right.