Maps

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Memories

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Bennett&Sayers Nuns Street Derby

I served my apprenticeship at Bennett&Sayers from 1964 to 1972, the scrap yard opposite was always called Frank Radfords, further up Nuns street [over the bridge] this was the original Samways for the highways,[now ...Read more

A memory of Derby by geoff.barker

Oscar.

I have this photo. Some 25 yrs ago I was in an antique shop with my late father when he saw this photo and told me the man was my grandfather, who I never met, and the horses belonged to him. They were used in the families green grocers in ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch

West Street

I was born in West Street in 1953 - my father was the manager at Lovibond's wine merchants. This photo is the closest to it. I remember the Black Horse, which was down the road from where we lived, and The Swan, which was half way up West ...Read more

A memory of Horsham

Express Dairy

One of the things i remember about the old Cross Street was there was an entrance off it to the back of the Express Dairy. In the days of horse drawn Milk Carts they had their stables here and my Great Uncle Ernie worked there as the ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge

Another Sudbury Town Boy

I was born in the High Street( not the High Road) in 1950 moving to Rugby Avenue in 1953. I lived opposite Graham Rose. I recall the Sudbury Motors Garage. They had Morgan 3 wheelers and drove them up and down Rugby Avenue. Happy memories of Barham Park and Vale Farm swimming pool.

A memory of Wembley by philrpharm

Wartime Lincoln

I was born in Gibbeson Terrace off the High street in early 1941. My first memory is hearing air raid sirens going off early in the morning, I think they were just practising. We were a poor family although my dad was doing special war ...Read more

A memory of Lincoln by hksimpson

Memories

I was born in South Ockendon Cliff Place (Julie Harding) I had 3 sisters Vera, Brenda & Margaret. We are all still living but old age is creeping up. I remember some of the names mentioned. My close friends in Ockendon were Ann ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by leonard-44

Sewer Hill At Back Of Allotments And Corner Shop Near Brampton Primary School

I was born in newham hospital in 1981, and have fond vivid memories of helping my mum whilst pregnant with my Sister go canvassing for the borough council. I used to walk with ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by greenandkeen

Brierley Hill Girls Memories

I was born in Chapel Street, in 1947. My uncle, Len Gray, had a newsagents in the town, near the bus stop by the Old Post Office, as was. My Grandad used to sell papers on the Five Ways and as a girl I would stand ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill

Leigh Road And Living In Eastleigh

My grandmother lived in a flat in the Eagles building behind Collins the butchers. In the 1951 picture, the girl on the bicycle could easily be me! I would have been 10 then and my coat was a light green with black ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh by Mrs Monica Kitchenside

Captions

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Caption For East Grinstead, High Street 1921

Another bank, the London Joint City & Midland, has taken over the premises of Johnson the tailor, who moved to No 14 High Street.

Caption For Guildford, High Street 1903

A picture taken eight years later than No 35060A, and lower down the High Street towards the river.

Caption For Ryde, Union Street 1904

Union Street slopes steeply down to the sea front and its shops are a delight for browsing.

Caption For Llanelli, Stepney Street 1952

Pedestrianisation and the dreary paving this inevitably brings, and a street-length covered walkway, would appear to be the main changes from the scene in the 1950s.

Caption For Ewell, High Street C1955

On the opposite side of the street, the Lord Nelson pub sports a suspended sign bearing a portrait of the great British naval hero.

Caption For Ongar, High Street C1955

The house on the right stands on the corner of Castle Street, a reminder that the town once had a Norman castle. Murphy televisions and radios are proudly advertised on the banner (left).

Caption For Melksham, St Michael's Church C1955

Pevsner writes: 'The church is out of the way to the west of the High Street, and what is attractive as a setting is around it and has little do with the town'.

Caption For Youlgrave, Church Street C1955

The splendid Perpendicular tower of All Saints, Youlgreave, is one of the finest in the Peak District, and commands this view down Church Street.

Caption For Newton Ferrers, Bridge End 1931

It is hard to imagine the crowded streets of Plymouth only a few miles away.

Caption For Dudley, Castle Street And St Edmunds Church C1955

This view shows Castle Street before its partial redevelopment in the 1960s.

Caption For Harborne, High Street C1955

The High Street sports a branch of F W Woolworth, and the local branch of the National Provincial Bank is housed in half-timbered style premises.

Caption For Colchester, North Hill And The Market 1892

Formerly in the High Street, it moved to this more capacious site in 1862.

Caption For Leiston, High Street 1922

Such news seems out of place and irrelevant in a street of elegant Victorian villas in a small town in rural Suffolk.

Caption For Petersfield, Station Road 1898

This is the junction of Chapel Street with a now widened Tilmore Road. The cottage on the left still exists, although now substantially altered.

Caption For Torquay, Bishops Walk 1920

Photograph No 61852 shows neglect, but now, a few years later, there have been improvements.The interior quadrangular courtyard is entered from College Street through an arched gateway.Above the entrance

Caption For Camberley, Park Street, Post Office 1921

Further along Park Street we find Lower Gordon Road; the Post Office, run by a Mr H L Love, is on the corner. The premises have since been converted into a private house.

Caption For Colchester, High Street 1892

Looking east along High Street, which was dominated by the spire of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's church of St Nicholas and St Runwald.This replaced two older churches (St Runwalds and St Nicholas

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Dalton Road 1895

A pony with a milk churn on a cart (centre) is turning onto Preston Street, by the shop of William Morris, fruiterer.

Caption For Lincoln, Eastgate C1955

This view is along Eastgate, east of the crossroads with Northgate ('gate' being Danish for street, rather than gate) and Minster Yard.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street C1965

We are looking eastwards along Bridge Street to the Guildhall (centre) and Guildhall Cottage (centre left).

Caption For London, Park Lane 1890

Park Lane, once the desolate by-road known as Tiburn Lane, was a refined street of palatial mansions enjoying expansive vistas of the Park by 1890.

Caption For Alton, High Street 1897

To the left of The Swan was the tap room, and further up the street are several carts and an assortment of pedestrians. The road surface improved and traffic increased in the intervening years.

Caption For Whittlesey, The Memorial C1965

The NatWest Bank now occupies the left-hand corner building, whilst on the right the street was completely redeveloped in the 1980s with estate agents' offices and Lloyds Bank.

Caption For Bicester, Church Street C1955

Here we are looking along Church Street towards the 13th-century tower of St Eadburg's Church.