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Old Thornaby

I was born in Scotland and came to Old Thornaby in the mid 60s. I lived in Cobden St, 2 up 2 down. We had absolutley nothing, but neither did anybody else, no hot water or heating but we all managed. I had lots of friends and ...Read more

A memory of Thornaby-on-Tees in 1966 by Sandra Craig

Swan Hotel

The Swan Hotel used to have very glamourous dinner and dances back then. The name Swan is made up from the roads from the hotel, Stapenhill, Winshill, Ashby and Newton. My dad used to ride his bike up and down the hill to ...Read more

A memory of Burton upon Trent

Fabulous School!

I was a pupil at this School in approximately 1971-1972, when we lived in Windsor Road, Lindford. My dad was in the army and based at Longmore. Lovely, happy memories of this school! Anyone remember lovely Mrs. Marrack? She was a ...Read more

A memory of Bordon by Jueli Barker

Thermopylae Pass Revisited

Dear Joan, Thank you for your contact. It was a wonderful surprise. I am sure a shared memory amplifies the nostalgia. I logged in to FF and got very teary (I am a big strong boy 73) and memories flooded back. I too ...Read more

A memory of Upton in 1946 by Alan Jones

Upton Lea

We lived just down the street from this corner and it all seemed so small to me after returning from eight years in Canada. I had left England at age 5 and came back at age 13 which was quite a culture shock for me. But Slough and area ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1959 by Carolyn Babin

Memories Of Hounslow 1957

I lived in Cross Lances Road from the age of 6 until 11. I went to Hounslow Town School where Miss Cutler was my teacher. Afterwards, I went to Marlborough in Isleworth. I used to walk to school and back. We had school ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Diane Sambridge

I Used To Live In Drumburgh

I used to live in Drumburgh, lived down the lane in a cottage called Hazeldene. I used to be the local decorator and worked in all the local villages. I used to play darts for the Highland Laddie pub, when Bernie ran it. ...Read more

A memory of Drumburgh by Bill Farish

Shops In Green Lane

My father was manager of a drapers shop at the lower end of Green Lane in the 1950's. It was called Ryder's of Northwood. If you turned left down Green Lane at the war memorial (as this photo shows) it would have been the second ...Read more

A memory of Northwood in 1959 by Christopher Tubb

Iris & Kathleen (Possibly Philips)

I knew Iris and her sister, Kathleen...I am not sure if their surname was Philips. Iris would have been about 10 years old in 1950's, Kathleen was older, they had brothers who were working. I lived with my gran in Bryn ...Read more

A memory of Caerau

Kennoway

Kennoway is the place that I have fond memories off and l value, guard and defend our secret village. Memories of the primary school, playing football in the playground, going to the school via the dump and coming home via the dump with my ...Read more

A memory of Kennoway in 1965 by Bill Mitchell

Captions

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Caption For Sheffield, The Victoria Hall C1955

Pinstone Street was laid out in the mid-1870s as part of a major development of Sheffield town centre that saw wide well-planned streets replace a hotch-potch of alleyways, small work- shops, stables

Caption For Bath, Abbey 1911

The abbey is much shorter than its Norman predecessor, occupying only the space of its nave; the former choir and transepts were where the railinged green is in this view.

Caption For Haslemere, From Recreation Ground 1902

Said to be the highest town in Surrey, Haslemere is 500ft up in the hills close to the borders of both Sussex and Hampshire.

Caption For Stone, High Street 1900

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

Caption For Tarring, The Church 1890

The church of St Andrew was restored in 1885 and has a shingled broach spire.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1965

The Co-op have modernised their premises from the original three shops (a baker's, a grocer's and a butcher's) to a modern supermarket.

Caption For Market Rasen, Queen Street C1960

This is the main street through the town. The steps used to lead into the post office, but it is now a restaurant and Tourist Information Office.

Caption For Upton, Thermopylae Pass C1950

This is a view from Bidston Hill, which was declared a place to be kept free of development when Birkenhead and the surrounding towns and villages began to grow.

Caption For Bingley, Main Street C1955

You would take your life in your hands if you tried to take this view looking south up the A650 Bradford-Skipton road in the centre of the Airedale town of Bingley today.

Caption For Towcester, Watling Street C1955

In these last years before the M1 opened, Towcester was busy with traffic heading for Birmingham and the Midlands. Frith's photographer recorded it on a quiet day.

Caption For Richmond, Castle And Bridge 1923

The town of Richmond grew up round the Norman castle, which was begun around the year 1071 by Alan Rufus, a son of the Duke of Brittany, and William the Conqueror's man in these parts.

Caption For Bodiam, The Castle 1925

The town of Bodiam is dominated by one of the most picturesque castles in England, set within a broad moat filled with golden carp.

Caption For Haywards Heath, Victoria Park Paddling Pool C1960

The post-war environment meant that many clubs and societies flourished; the Haywards Heath Round Table was just one example. In 1956 they resuscitated the Dolphin Fair.

Caption For Horsforth, Mechanics Institute 1901

This building is still standing in Town Street, and was built in the early 1880s in local stone quarried at Golden Bank.

Caption For Aylesbury, The Vale Park C1950

Old Aylesbury was largely confined to the hilltop area; the surrounding land was somewhat marshy (and unhealthy).

Caption For Aylesbury, The Vale C1955

It is remarkably little changed, apart from the line of tall Lombardy poplars which went in the 1990s and the removal of the hedges. Even the flower beds are still planted and maintained.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Pound Street 1912

We look eastwards from the bushes and wall of The Grove (left). This large Victorian villa was destroyed by fire in 1952, which enabled widening of the street.

Caption For Bangor, Grand Hotel From The Old Pier 1897

A view of part of the town from the old pier, showing to advantage the turrets and crow-stepped gable of the Grand Hotel. In the mud are various beached craft.

Caption For Ashford, Church Road 1901

Both the Congregational Church and the houses next to it on the left were demolished in the 1970s to make way for the town's Magistrates Court.

Caption For Loftus, High Street C1960

The pretty gardens on the 'embankment' surround the town's war memorial, and the bay window on the extreme left of the view is the window of the presbytery of the Catholic church.

Caption For Saltwick Bay, Holiday Camp, North Field C1960

This site looks almost deserted, except for a Volkswagen parked by one of the caravans and a few cows grazing in the field behind.

Caption For Middleton, The Town Hall C1955

Parkfield House became Middleton`s second Town Hall in 1925.

Caption For Sheffield, Whirlow Brook Park C1955

In 1946 a joint effort by the Town Trust and the J G Graves Charitable Trust secured the grounds for use as a public park.The house itself became a restaurant.

Caption For Chelmsford, Roman Road 2005

This had already been the capital of the Trinovantes, the tribe whose territory covered Essex and east Suffolk.