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Memories

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Childhood Memories 1939 1945

My Dad, Sid Brooks was the rural village police constable (P.c.200) for Cropwell Butler, Cropwell Bishop and Tythby We, Mum (Dorothy) and my younger brother Mick lived in the Police House on Radcliffe Road, ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Butler in 1940 by peterb6136

Sweet Walks Home

From 1962 until 1968 I used to walk back from school with my best friend, Jonathan Austin and once or twice a week usually a Friday , we would have enough pocket money on us to give ourselves a little sweet treat at the sweet shop ...Read more

A memory of West Hagley in 1965 by Michael King

An Outing For A Picnic By The Grand Western Canal With My Granddaughter

Our granddaughter Anna Norfolk stays with us each Tuesday and Friday starting with breakfast and we try to keep her entertained with things to do around our home town of ...Read more

A memory of Tiverton in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Eastleigh

My name is Malcolm Snow, I was born in 1939. I grew up in 7, Bleinheim Rd. My Dad was Les Snow from Fair Oak, and Flo Jennings from Eastleigh, Grandparents where Frank and Annie Snow, and Louisa Jennings later to be Mellish. Grandad ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh by thesnows

Living In Abridge By Carol Gook

My parents, Rene and Freddie Gook moved to Abridge in the mid fifties. They were eastenders who belonged to a cycling club and used to visit Abridge at weekends - their destination was Brighty's cafe. They were ...Read more

A memory of Abridge in 1966 by carol.gook

Our First Home Together.

In September 2007 my partner Alan and I moved into a first floor flat on Tideswell Road directly opposite the church. The fact that the lounge windows overlook the church was the clincher for me when I was viewing the flat ...Read more

A memory of Eastbourne by Angela Green

Lichfield

Drifted past this page for a first time on a wet Saturday. In the right hand side of this photo is the The Dolly Posh n Dandy coffee bar. Part clothing, part coke and coffee cafe - a well known hang out, smoking and meeting place for ...Read more

A memory of Lichfield by Chris Grayer

The Welsh School, Bridgend Road

It is great to see a photo of the Welsh School that I attended from 1959 to 1963. (Bottom right hand corner). Miss Winnie Bisset was the Headmistress and I remember her teaching three classes of kids at once. My class ...Read more

A memory of Pontycymer by David Jones

Waun Bant Cricket

I spent the vast bulk of my childhood in this area. The centre of the cricket pitch is a strip of concrete that was used for boys club and school's cricket matches. Mostly, a game of soccer or rugby was played either side of it ...Read more

A memory of Pontycymer by David Jones

The Main Shopping Area Of Newburn

I was 12 yrs old when this picture was taken and I remember it very well. The photo was taken from the war memorial looking down to the railway station, the footbridge is clearly visible in the centre of the picture. ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1951 by Dennis Larkin

Captions

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Caption For Lancaster, The Town Hall 1912

At the centre of Dalton Square stands a bronze statue of Queen Victoria guarded by four lions, given to the city by Lord Ashton.

Caption For Newton Aycliffe, Neville Parade C1955

Newton Aycliffe was projected to have five residential districts surrounding a civic and shopping centre, and industry had been attracted to the area - Bakelite had opened a factory as early as 1946.

Caption For Eastbourne, From The Wish Tower 1901

On the left is the old Sea View Hotel, which was replaced in the 1970s by the dismal tower of the Transport and General Workers Union Holiday and Conference Centre.

Caption For Lincoln, Castle Hill 1906

The three-gabled and jettied timber-framed building of 1543 on the right was restored in 1929 and is now a tourist information centre.

Caption For Selsey, The Beach 1930

In the 7th century, Selsey was the cultural centre of Sussex.

Caption For Darlington, Grammar School 1892

In the early 1870s, the Duke of Cleveland's estate near to the town centre was given over to development.

Caption For Saunton, Sands 1938

The white building right of centre is the Saunton Sands Hotel.

Caption For Ash, The Village C1965

We are close to the centre of the village.

Caption For Ickleford, The Village 1903

The centre of this straggling village on the outskirts of Hitchin boasted two public houses beside the Green and across the road from the cedars and prominent yew tree in St Katherine's chuchyard.

Caption For Abingdon, The Boat House 1890

We are looking upstream from the centre of the 14th-century stone bridge across the Thames where it crosses Nag's Head Island.

Caption For Oxted, Station Road West 1908

A top-hatted coachman directs his trap along the centre of the highway towards a wagon at the roadside by the chandler's shop - its horse is busily engaged in investigating the contents of its nosebag.

Caption For Sedbergh, Main Street 1901

The Bull Hotel in the centre of the picture is still described as a 'Posting House'.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Ferry Arriving At The Nab C1955

Still a tiny hamlet, situated where the River Derwent meanders through water meadows to join Derwent Water to the north, it is a popular centre for fell walkers.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, The Parade C1965

A lady pushes a pram towards the shops, while the man beside the Morris Minor (centre left) calls over the road to his wife.

Caption For Boroughbridge, St James Square C1965

This monumental fountain in the centre of St James Square was built in memory of the Lawson Tancred family, and stands on the site of the former parish church of St James, now moved to Church Lane.

Caption For Bristol, The Centre C1950

Here is a view over Colston Avenue to Colston Street, with Colston Hall theatre just hidden behind the General Insurance building (centre right).

Caption For Sheerness, The Broadway C1950

In the centre of this photograph is the Royal Hotel, a Victorian building that used to advertise itself as a 'Family and Commercial Hotel, fully licensed, premier position, garage'.

Caption For Colchester, Scheregate

Scheregate, the lane in the centre, sits astride Colchester's town wall.

Caption For Lowestoft, The Yacht Basin And The Harbour 1921

Two paddle steamers are berthed on the opposite quay, and in the centre of the picture a lady is being rowed down to the river.

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Caption For Kirkburton, North Road C1955

Later, the town became a centre for 'fancy' goods such as cords, velveteens, and fine woollens.

Caption For Newark, From St Mary's Church Tower C1965

In this view from the top of St Mary's tower, the castle ruins can be seen in the centre background.

Caption For Walsall, Approach To The Aboretum 1967

Opened in 1874, on the site of a disused quarry on the edge of the town centre, the Arboretum is a surprisingly peaceful park where fat, contented ducks loaf around a pool.

Caption For Wollaston, Bridgnorth Road 1968

It is unusual in being mainly residential, with commercial development centred on Bridgnorth Road.

Caption For Yardley, Bakeman House C1965

This is part of the Tivoli Centre on Coventry Road.