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Memories

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Floods Of '53

Was 7, lived at 'Ocean View' opposite Ostend Road, the sea never reached our house. I remember seeing the total devastation the following day. My adopted mother, Doris Bean, worked at the Stores for Chippy and Bill Murphy, and after the ...Read more

A memory of Walcott by Roger Bean

The Hope Family

My Gran, Alice Hope was born in Oakengates in 1878. I have her and her family living in The Furnace Houses during the 1880's through to the end of the 1920's when her Dad died. Her Dad was James and her Mom Jane Ellen. The ...Read more

A memory of Oakengates in 1890

Pundict Cottage

My grandparents lived in Braxted Park where my grandfather was a gamekeeper. They lived in Pundict Cottage, and having looked at local maps, I am wondering whether the house known as Pundict Lodge is built on the same site. Does anyone know?

A memory of Great Braxted in 1974 by Sally Foster

Lily Meade

I grew up in the house opposite the Brittania Inn from early 1940 until about 1960. The shop next door, in the right of the picture, was a grocers shop, Stovolds. I remember spending the day with them watching the Coronation, as not many people had television in those days.

A memory of Alcombe in 1940 by Pamela Jacobs

The For Front Pathway

This is the pathway to the cottage, my grandparents - the Wilsons, and aunt and uncle lived in. It used to be a farmhouse, but was split into two attached dwellings. On the left, there was a snack bar, and I spent many an ...Read more

A memory of Ingoldmells by Sue Kirton

My First Home

I lived in the prefab you can see on the right of this photograph, 4 Windsor Crescent, and moved there when I was one years old. I loved living there and have many happy memories. Already the council houses were being built behind.. ...Read more

A memory of Ingoldmells by Sue Kirton

Argent Street Grays

I too, was born in Argent Street, No 85, next door to Potters Shop. Only the alleyway divided our house from them, and two doors away from The Castle. I have fond memories of growing up in the early sixties, and my adventures ...Read more

A memory of Grays in 1958 by Mike Walker

My Move To Cranford From Croydon 1948

My father was a Aircraft Engineer for K.L.M. He started as an apprentice at Croydon Airport in 1934. After the second world war, Croydon was getting too small for the larger aircraft coming along, so K.L.M. ...Read more

A memory of Cranford in 1948 by John Howard

Lower Broughton

I remember so well every Saturday going with my Mum down Lower Broughton Rd to do the shopping. We used to live on Elton Street which was across from Lower Broughton Road at one end. My Grandparents lived on Edward Street. There was a ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1961 by Bernadette Hefferan

Exciting And Interesting Times

Not sure if anyone reads their comments later in life, but in response to one, it was Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers. Cliff lived in Long Lane, next door to where I lived when I was 3 or 4. We lived in the flats ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1968 by Nick Brown

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Captions

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Caption For Stokes Bay, The Beach 1898

Having travelled by train from London to Gosport, it was from here that Queen Victoria used to set sail for Osborne House, her beloved summer home on the Isle of Wight.

Caption For York, The Hospitium C1885

Near the River Ouse, situated in what is now the Museum Gardens, this building was the guest house for St Mary's Abbey.

Caption For Paddock Wood, Hop Picking C1950

At the centre of the hop- picking area, it was once a great hop centre with many oast houses.

Caption For Oxford, St Aldates C1950

Christ Church, otherwise known as 'The House', can be seen on the right, with Wren's splendid Tom Tower rising above it.

Caption For Woodstock, Oxford Street 1950

The town has been attracting visitors for nearly 300 years; in the 1950s, when this photograph was taken, there were many hotels, tearooms and guest houses to cater for the large numbers of tourists

Caption For Horsham, Town Hall 1923

On the southern part of the market is the old Town Hall or Market House; the original open arcade on the ground floor was used as a butter and poultry market.

Caption For Upper Beeding, The Village C1955

The remaining southern portion is today Upper Beeding, and its main street and houses lie along a causeway leading westwards towards Bramber.

Caption For Knott End On Sea, The Ferry C1960

Across is the old lifeboat house, frequently damaged by rough seas, and now no longer in existence. Far left is the silhouette of the North Euston Hotel at Fleetwood.

Caption For Eyam, The Hall 1896

Recently opened to the public for the first time, it gives a wonderfully intimate picture of a small country house. There are some fine tapestries in the upstairs rooms.

Caption For Aldershot, Wellington Street 1892

Before assuming the role of the first military town in Britain, Aldershot was no more than a pretty village comprising a church, a manor house and several farms. Nearby was an area of open heathland.

Caption For Tenby, The Pier 1899

The town was very popular in the mid-18th century as a health resort, which resulted in many fine houses springing up.

Caption For Hixon, The Bank House Hotel C1955

In the 19th century the Bank House brewed its own beer: the wall and steps of the malt kiln and the cellar can be seen on the right.

Caption For Isington, The Millers House C1955

In the late 1940s, the Reynolds family were thinking of buying the Miller's House (pictured here), and it was suggested that Montgomery convert the mill across the road into a home.

Caption For Camberley, Station 1908

The Station Master's house can be seen to the left, with the main entrance to the station beyond that. The closed gates would indicate the arrival of a steam train.

Caption For Runcorn, The Old Quay 1929

Today this area has totally changed with private houses where there was once docks all along the canalside - it must be a weird sensation to see great ocean-going liners sail past your living

Caption For Malmesbury, High Street From Abbey Roof C1955

The undulating roofline of the houses in the High Street makes a very attractive scene.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Pier 1914

Grange had two piers, Bailey Lane and this one, Clare House Pier, which is said to have come from Piel.

Caption For Woodford Green, Monkham Lane 1904

The location is most likely Monkham Farm, as the photographer had probably taken a picture of the big house of the same name, and had chosen this as a picturesque view.

Caption For Cromer, Jetty Street 1925

This was possibly not just for nostalgia's sake, but also because of the number of houses here with jettied bay windows, which afford commanding views of the sea from their upper rooms.

Caption For Crawley, Post Office Road 1907

A cottage hospital and court house also stood here at one time.

Caption For Cliffe, Oast Houses C1955

Scenes like this, so typical of rural Kent, became rare after the mid-century decline of hop growing made hundreds of oast houses ripe for conversion.

Caption For Reading, The Abbey, The Chapter House 1904

This view is within the Norman chapter house looking towards the entrance from the cloister.

Caption For Wilmcote, The Crofts C1955

But Wilmcote was a quarrying centre, and this timber-framed house has a garden wall of the local lias limestone.

Caption For Margate, C1865

It is low tide at Margate Harbour, with fishing boats lying in the mud.The Droit House, Pier Hotel (later the Metropole) and the Ship Hotel are visible on the left.