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Memories

357 memories found. Showing results 91 to 100.

Croydon Surrey Street A E Pearce

I have very fond memories of Croydon, especially Reeves Corner which has now been destroyed. I was born on Fairholme Road in 1974, but moved to Wallington when I was three. But we shopped in Croydon most Saturdays, ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1980 by Elain Barbet

The Hill 1951 To 1965

Moved from the East End to Wigton Road in 1951. First memories; going to Romford market seeing the livestock by Laurie Hall. Playing in the woods behind Quarles, all types of street games. My best was book and skate belting ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Tom Watson

Middle Rainton Part 4

Pathways were made up of compressed dirt, West Street (facing West Rainton), Back Row (facing the Meadow’s Pit), Lewis Street running parallel with Back Row) and Cross Street running parallel with West Street). Krone ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1940 by John Harvey

Childhood In Penygraig

I was born at Llwynypia Hospital on June 10th 1947, lived at 6 Bishop Street, Penygraig, went to school at Penygraig Infants in 1950 and Hendrecafn Juniors, Tai Juniors, Craig-yr-eos Juniors and Seniors. Bishop Street is ...Read more

A memory of Penygraig in 1947 by Susan Ford Nee Davies

A Lifehood Of Memories During The 1950s

orn in 1942 at 23 Park Avenue, Northfleet, I went to Dover Road School then Colyer Road Secondary School. Churchill's dairy used to be opposite Colyer Road School and allotments where we had a plot. The ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet by Alan John Rule

Keppel Road

I grew up in Kepple Road at no 22, opposite the little flats between 1962/83. I went to Altmore/Napier-Nelson/EHGS/Langdon schools. I recall the High Street and I worked on the seafood stall outside the Cock for Pete. I remember the ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by Russell Oliver

Corn Exchange

Before the railways (railroads) came, there was no particular reason why people in Bristol, England should keep the same time as people in London. At that time there was no practical way of communicating information about time over ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

In Memory Of My Grandparents

Mr Gran and Grandad had their home in North Stoke, a Mr and Mrs Sallis (Elizabeth and Arthur). They lived in Calendula Cottage, as it was called then. My mother had three sons, Ray the oldest, Tony, and ...Read more

A memory of North Stoke by The Frith Memory Archivist

Grandma Grandads House New Street

My grandma and grandad lived in New Street, Millbrook. I remember as a six-year-old going to see them and going to the 'swan pool' at the bottom of the road and feeding the swans. Grandma died in 1966 and Grandad ...Read more

A memory of Millbrook in 1965 by Jan Freeman

Sir Oliver Leese

When I was a student I worked at the Cactus Gardens in the summer of 1957 and 1958. The gardens were owned by Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese and his wife, Margaret. They lived in the wonderful Lower Hall, behind the high wall ...Read more

A memory of Worfield in 1957 by Sarah Witcombe

Captions

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Caption For Oxford, The Plain 1922

Located on the east side of Magdalen Bridge, The Plain signifies the boundary of the old city. Just out of sight, the River Cherwell flows under the easterly part of the High Street.

Caption For Henfield, High Street C1955

The High Street is part of the old London to Brighton route through Henfield, which lies to the east of the River Adur on a belt of Wealden clay behind the South Downs.

Caption For Abingdon, St Helen's Church 1890

This view was taken looking along the backwater from Abingdon Bridge with the gardens of houses in East St Helen Street on the right and a then well-treed Nag's Head Island on the left.

Caption For Charmouth, Village 1900

Two views of this charming seaside village street, taken a decade apart, but in which little appears to have changed.

Caption For Wadhurst, High Street 1903

East of Crowborough the tour reaches Wadhurst, once a village of importance in the Wealden iron industry and now a quiet and typical High Weald village.

Caption For Bridge, High Street 1903

This village stands on Watling Street close by the Little Stour.

Caption For Bradfield, The Heath C1955

A little further east from Mistley is the village of Bradfield.

Caption For South Wigston, Gloucester Crescent C1960

A rather flowery title for a small shopping development of the late 1950s on the Fairfield Estate, away to the east of the town's main shopping street. As

Caption For Looe, Guildhall 1906

A lady in traditional dress poses with her pannier donkey in Higher Market Street, East Looe, outside the old 16th-century guildhall.

Caption For Isham, South Street C1955

South of Kettering, the village of Isham's best parts lie east of the main Wellingborough Road. Here we look along Middle Street with Little Thatches on the left, its windows now painted white.

Caption For Geddington, Church Hill C1955

We are now standing in a position to the east of the Cross and are looking towards West Street, with Church Hill on the immediate right of the pantiled lean-to building and the Star Inn

Caption For Waterbeach, High Street C1955

In the 1960s two large housing estates were laid out on the east and west of the main street, and in 1972 a Village Society was formed to oppose the continued growth.

Caption For Aldeburgh, High Street C1955

In the distance Crabbe Street, named after the local poet the Rev George Crabbe, who inspired the work of Benjamin Britten, leads down to the beach and the lifeboat station.

Caption For Byworth, The Village 1906

Byworth is a pretty village with a single winding street a mile east of Petworth; it is set on hilly ground above a small stream flowing in a steep valley towards the Rother.

Caption For Aldeburgh, High Street C1955

The High Street is even busier by the mid-century, reflecting the growth of service industries in Aldeburgh and the gradual return to prosperity after World War II.

Caption For Burnham Market, The Village C1955

This view takes in the east end of the Market Place and Front Street. On the right is G W Roy's fancy repository and the post office, and just beyond that is the Black Horse pub.

Caption For Wootton Bassett, High Street And Town Hall C1950

Looking north-east, this photograph shows a strangely deserted High Street. On the right is the junction with Station Road.

Caption For Henfield, High Street C1960

Henfield is a long, straggling village a mile or so to the east of the River Adur.

Caption For Geddington, Queen Eleanor Cross C1955

We are now standing in a position to the east of the Cross and are looking towards West Street, with Church Hill on the immediate right of the pantiled lean-to building and the Star Inn

Caption For Kendal, Stramongate Bridge 1896

Stramongate is the main approach road into Kendal from the north-east, and means 'the street of the straw men'. St George's Church is in the background.

Caption For East Grinstead, Lewes Road 1907

East Grinstead, a Wealden market town founded during the early 13th-century woodland clearances, was recorded as a borough by 1235.

Caption For Slinfold, The Post Office C1955

To the east of Stane Street, and four miles north of Billingshurst, is the village of Slinfold.

Caption For Polperro, 1888

Polperro is the archetypal Cornish fishing village - a higgledy-piggledy maze of narrow streets leading down to a perfect, tiny harbour.

Caption For Kendal, Stramongate Bridge 1891

Stramongate is the main approach road into Kendal from the north-east, and means 'the street of the straw men'. St George's Church is in the background.