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Memories

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My Younger Days In Grove Place

I used to live in Grove Place which of course is no longer there. I remember Mrs Jones fish and chip shop a couple of doors from me where you could get a bag of crackling (yum). Then round the corner in Western Road was ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Helen Jules

Victoria Buildings And Freshfield Station

This picture shows clearly the row of small shops that greeted you as you left Freshfield Station on your walk to the village. Bowers (or was it Cross's) the bakers next to the railway track, baked their ...Read more

A memory of Freshfield in 1955 by Peter Roberts

St Marys Conevnt

I was put in St Marys along with my two sisters, Betty & Maureen Killin. Our mum & dad separated so our mum put all my brothers away & an older sister; she was put elsewhere, none of us saw our older sister until she ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1946 by Theresa Preedy

Hals Cafe

Lived in Shaldon Drive, Morden during my teenage years and like a lot of my mates bought a motorbike. Then discovered Hals Cafe in Morden town centre opposite the Crown Pub. Absolutely lived in there after work and weekends. What a great ...Read more

A memory of Morden in 1964 by Roger Skipper

Herbert William Day Cotswold Stone Builder 29/05/1893 1/2/1986

My first school was Botany; now a house. Children from the local villages went to Botany School until they reached the age of ten, then to Chedworth School. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Calcot in 1940 by Dorothy Lawrence

Building The New Town Of Basildon

Basildon has an interesting history, for it was ‘reinvented’ not once, but twice. At the start of the 19th century Basildon was a small rural parish, bounded on the west by Laindon, Dunton, Langdon Hills and Lee ...Read more

A memory of Basildon in 1958 by Julia Skinner

Life In The Hill In The 50's 60's

I was born in Stoker Crescent in 1950, for most of my childhood I was brought up by my grandparents George and Annie Thomson. We moved to Cain Terrace and I even spent a short period living in the workmens club ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley Hill by Kevin Gardner

Wilkies Fish Shop

As a small child I remember going to Wilkies fish shop in Western Road and from the counter you could see into their living room at the back. They had a huge fish tank filled with bright coloured fish and I felt very priviledged ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Trudy Simpson

Where To Start .....?

I lived in Woodland Close throughout my childhood and started at Kingsbury Green Primary School in 1959. The classrooms were brightly painted, and the smells of plasticine, paints, crayons, pink (carbolic) soap and school dinners ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1959 by Jackie Hayles

Growing Up In Swffryd.

We moved to Swffryd from Six Bells where we lived with my grandparents. My family; Thomas Griffiths (Dad,) Iris Griffiths (Mam,) and myself Gareth Griffiths moved into a brand new built 2 bedroom flat in 19A Bron-y-Bryn (now ...Read more

A memory of Swffryd in 1953 by Julie Griffiths

Captions

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Caption For Dublin, The Custom House 1897

It now houses government offices, while Custom House Docks, originally developed at the same time as the Custom House, are now a financial services centre.

Caption For Erith, High Street 1953

The climax of the High Street is the 1892 Cross Keys pub building in the centre of the photograph.

Caption For Dover, The Promenade 1908

Behind the boat with sails up (centre left) we can just see a row of bathing machines, which could be towed down to the water so that the bathers could step out of the machine straight into

Caption For Ellesmere Port, The Shropshire Union Canal C1955

This linked the Mersey ports with industrial centres in the heart of England.

Caption For Kendal, The Castle 1896

This view shows the exterior of the main hall, the most impressive of the ruins left, and now the centre of a public park.

Caption For Broseley, The Square C1965

It was an important industrial centre, and coal was mined and shipped from here down the River Severn.

Caption For Ellesmere, Scotland Street C1955

The view is very much the same today, although the grand, colonnaded entrance to The Black Lion Hotel (centre left) has been demolished.

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, Quay Side C1965

Large boats such as the 'Luctor' (centre right) were once familiar sights here.

Caption For Gilwern, The Canal C1955

Above the trees and below the houses in the centre, the busy Heads of the Valleys road passes very close to the canal.

Caption For Rochdale, Ashworth Valley 1895

Ashworth is 3 miles from Rochdale and Bury and 1 mile from Heywood centre.

Caption For Ulverston, King Street 1950

Facing down the street (centre) is the Corner Café, now an optician's shop, whilst the café on the left is now an Indian restaurant.

Caption For Great Dunmow, High Street C1955

Dunmow`s post office has been in the red brick building (centre) since 1939.

Caption For Polkerris, C1950

Here we see the village tucked away in its valley, with the great expanse of the bay reaching beyond to Black Head (centre) and the Dodman Point (left).

Caption For Prestbury, The Village C1955

The magpie building in the centre here is now the National Westminster Bank – when the photograph is enlarged, a sign is visible which reads 'District Bank'.

Caption For Cardiff, County Hall C1960

The opening in 1912 of the County Hall in Cathays Park provided a much-needed centrally contained administrative centre for Glamorgan.

Caption For Cardiff, International Arena 2004

role as a 5,500-seat concert venue but the vast events complex was also designed to house a wide selection of corporate and conference suites and the globally-linked Cardiff World Trade Centre

Caption For Feckenham, High Street C1967

From Saxon times Feckenham was the administrative centre for the Forest of Feckenham, which once covered most of north Worcestershire.

Caption For Hutton Le Hole, The Village C1955

This scene in the centre of the pretty village of Hutton-le-Hole on the edge of the North York Moors is unchanged in the last 50 years.

Caption For Dunster, Market House 1890

The octagonal building standing in the centre of the high street was erected in 1609 as a market from which the famous locally-produced broadcloth was sold.

Caption For Bolton, Deansgate 1895

The track along the centre of the street was for horse-drawn trams, which began operating in 1880.

Caption For Ipswich, Ancient House 1899

The first floor has oriel windows, in the centre of which are the arms of Charles II.

Caption For Southwold, Market Place 1906

All traffic has halted for the photographer, including the Great Eastern Railway bus (centre left).

Caption For Windsor, The River Gardens C1960

The plane tree with the shelter around it in the centre of the photograph was planted in 1902 to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII.

Caption For Lowestoft, A Trip In A Lifeboat C1950

The Hatfield Hotel (centre right) looks very modern for 1950, and contrasts with the Victorian buildings on Parade Road South.