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Long Hot Summers

we lived in valiant road in the 60s. my name is janet squire, I had an older brother david. I remember the club house, the air raid shelters and the lollipop lady. there was an old car in the woods that we would spend ...Read more

A memory of Coddington by mollymog

Anstey Born And Bred

I was born in Hollow Road in 1944. I then lived in Forest Gate and Cropston Road where I lived until I got married in 1966. I have one brother Bill and two half brothers Charles and Keith and two half sisters Susan and Jane. I ...Read more

A memory of Anstey by patshort1

Sparkbrook In The 40s

I lived in Hickman road Sparkbrook from 1941 to1950 my mother was moved there after being bombed out twice in the war I loved it there and had lots of friends there, I remember V.E day and the bonfire, in the street to celebrate ...Read more

A memory of Sparkbrook by daniel.lynock1

Lowfield Heath School

My name is Penny Snowball. My father owned the White Lion, the flight kitchen and the cafe between 1960-1967 when we were forced out because of the development. I went to the village school and remember it very clearly. I have ...Read more

A memory of Lowfield Heath by penny

This Photo Is A Bit Older Than Estimated

I lived in Stubbington from 1957 (when I was born - home birth in residence behind newsagents on the green) until I was married in 1978. For most of my childhood until 10 yrs old we lived in the Post Office ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington by mail.read

My Golden Years At Stokes Bay

I was born in Gosport in 1929, my father was a long serving seaman in the Royal Navy and so our family life was all things navy - so Stokes Bay was a big part of our lives. I had three elder sisters who were frequently ...Read more

A memory of Stokes Bay by Ronald Bennett

Escric Station

I was born on the 13 February 1957 at No2 Station cottage Escrick. No.2 was the middle cottage of 3. My father (Kenneth Hudson) was a fireman/driver on L.N.E.R. steam locos. For along time we had no electricity in the house, Lighting ...Read more

A memory of Escrick by g0tog

Memories Message Looking For People Who Lived At Mossband

Hi, we the Sharpe family lived at, 19 The Green, Mossband 1936 / 1956. Mam, Margaret and 8, children. Have fond memories and a few photos, of some of the kids, out on the green at Mossband. ...Read more

A memory of Mossband Ho by Derek Sharpe

St Mary's On Parrots Rd. 1951

Hello...my name is Joe Farrugia and, along with my younger brother Godfrey, lived at St Mary's from1951 to 1957. I recall very well the times with Fr Baker (think we nicknamed him Fr Backi) with his small black car which I ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend by farrugia_joe

Where It All Started

This view of Glebe Avenue has special memories for me...the grey 1964 Hillman Imp in the photograph is MY car...purchased for the princely some of £240.00 from Mr Smith the owner of Kolodek where I worked for a while from the day ...Read more

A memory of Ickenham by Roger Searle

Captions

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Caption For Hunstanton, The Cross And Green 1898

The cliffs rise to about 70ft, and are the seaward end of the chalk ridge which stretches right across Norfolk.

Caption For Sudbury, North Street 1895

On the right is the White Horse, run by George Rampling; next door is Boggis's the drapers in the 18th-century building with dormer windows; then comes William Alston's 'Second Hand Furniture Warehouse

Caption For Caldecott, The Village C1955

A 17th-century house built of ironstone and Collyweston slates, facing the large green but spoilt by an odd door.

Caption For Reeth, Green 1913

At the end of the 19th century, this was a boom town for lead mining. High on the valley side, old workings can still be seen.

Caption For Long Melford, Hall 1895

This early Elizabethan mansion was built on the site of the former house of the abbot of Bury St Edmunds by Sir William Cordell, Master of the Rolls, who founded the hospital on the Green.

Caption For Fernhurst, Vann Road 1908

In 1879 the only development along Vann Road was two chapels: an Ebenezer Chapel built in 1852 just beyond the slate-hung Hazel Cottage, on the right, and a Methodist one, whose roof slope and gable

Caption For Westmill, The Village Green C1955

If, as has been reported, it is not the most beautiful village in Hertfordshire, Westmill is certainly among the most photographed.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1929

The castle (right) dominates the centre of this large market town at the entrance to Swaledale.

Caption For Porthcawl, Coney Beach 1938

The first ride was a figure-of-eight ride, housed in two World War I hangers. There was a bandstand on the green, an outdoor and indoor skating rink, three cinemas and a stage for Pierrots.

Caption For Fleetwood, Euston Gardens C1950

The gardens were laid out in front of the North Euston Hotel, which by 1861 had become Euston Barracks.

Caption For Scorton, The Village 1913

Looking across the green at the airy and spacious village, we see the Old Rectory (left); the tallest of the next three buildings is the old police station and court house, with the White Heifer pub on

Caption For Newnham, High Street C1955

During the Civil War, Newnham, like many Royalist garrisons surrounding Gloucester, was on the receiving end of a raid mounted by Colonel Edward Massey's forces.

Caption For Luton, Chapel Street 2005

Geoff Cox said: 'I think the negative image goes back to Lorraine Chase and the Luton Airport advertisement (for Campari); it led to the naff town idea.

Caption For Bedford, High Street C1955

The statue of John Howard, the founder of the Howard Leagyue for Penal Reform, broods over the Sqaure - and perhaps over the irony of its location - close to the old Town Gaol that allegedly once held

Caption For Stafford, Victoria Park 2005

Of course, private parties and firework displays lit up the sky for an hour or two, but within the town itself the event was marked solely by a countdown clock in the Market Square.

Caption For Richmond, Willance's Leap And The Monuments C1965

This last alludes to the town's on-going military associations, from the North York Militia, through the Green Howards to Catterick Camp.

Caption For Richmond, Willance's Leap And The Monuments C1965

This last alludes to the town's on-going military associations, from the North York Militia, through the Green Howards to Catterick Camp.

Caption For St Neots, Poppyfields 2005

Some of the most notable developments of the new millennium have taken place at the Eynesbury end of the town.