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Memories

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Wycliffe Road

I lived in 31 Wycliffe Road just down from where the chimney sweep kept his soot. A number of films were shot in the "courts" between the streets Beaufoy Road and Bassnett Road. I moved in 1965 aged 11 not long after the area was ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by Lynn Wassall (Nee Barney)

Market Place, Boots The Chemist

Well this is of the corner of the Market Place and the High Street to the right or the A6. They moved Boots further down to the left, now a few buildings down.

A memory of Loughborough by Brian Atkins

Hillside Standon

My parents (Harold and Peggy Warden) bought Hillside (which was the miller's house, the mill fell down after the First World War) and moved my sister (Rosemary) and I from Surrey in April 1951, I was then 7 years old. Later that ...Read more

A memory of Standon in 1951 by Richard Warden

Totteridge Buckinghamshire

We moved to High Wycombe just after the war when Dad came home and he went back to work for the London Transport at the bottom of Marlow Hill. We lived at first in Suffield Road and I went to the Church Of England ...Read more

A memory of Tylers Green in 1947 by Anne Sheridan

Nurse Hampton

On August 13, 1961 I took up residence as a student nurse in Lindsay Smith House across from the hospital. It was the day the Berlin wall went up, and, as I recall, the day before the grouse shooting season began. I was 19 ...Read more

A memory of Virginia Water in 1961 by Patricia Hampton

Childhood

I was born at Peartree Cottage which was half way down the high street. For a young boy growing up the war was one big adventure. The fire station was opposite our house and they made me some really great wooden toys. As kids ...Read more

A memory of Minster in 1930 by Michael Heyes

St Andrews Parish Church

I was christened in the parish church around 1955/56. They used to send you a postcard every year until you were 5 years old to remind you of the event - unfortunately having moved several times during my life I no longer ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by Robert Pratt

My Old Gran, 1950s

My name is Peter Smith. I have some wonderful memories of Ryde. The flying boats in East Cowes is one of them. The trams that ran through Ryde, before the underground stock was bought in from London. I remember being severly told off ...Read more

A memory of Ryde in 1957 by Peter Smith

Growing Up In Post War Harrow Weald

I lived at 20 Silver Close, Harrow Weald from 6 weeks old in 1941 until I left for Australia in 1961. I atended Harrow Weald Infants School from 1946, the old building was opposite the bus garage in the high ...Read more

A memory of Harrow Weald in 1941 by Colin Lane

Miracle On Hope Street

Many years ago I was a window cleaner and would often do my rounds on many of the small estates in Monk Bretton, many of my customers would bring me cups of tea and sandwiches out and in one case an Italian lady invited me ...Read more

A memory of Monk Bretton in 1978 by Roland Mitchell

Captions

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Caption For York, Law Courts 1893

This is now the Magistrates' Court, and it stands on the corner of Friargate and Clifford Street. It is a rather dark, forbidding-looking structure, perhaps built that way to intimidate wrong-doers!

Caption For Southampton, High Street 1908

Many of the buildings in Southampton's famous High Street were destroyed dur- ing the Second World War, more than 30 years after this photograph was taken.

Caption For Boston, High Street 1899

The High Street, across the Witham via Town Bridge rebuilt in 1913, presents a mainly late Georgian character with mostly three-storey frontages to the pavement edge, but many of these conceal earlier

Caption For Lincoln, Steep Hill 1906

The narrow, precipitous street is pedestrianised and thronged with toiling tourists in summer. Mr Haigh's Toy and Fancy Repository on the left is now a gift and games shop: a kind of continuity.

Caption For Hemswell, Weldon Road C1955

In its lee is the old Roman road, Ermine Street, while at its foot, on the spring line, are a line of villages, mostly built from the local limestone.

Caption For Billingshurst, The Village 1928

The Roman road of Stane Street bisects the village of Billingshurst. The shop of W J Barnes (on the left) stands on the causeway; it was formerly the old family shop of Joseph Luxford, a carrier.

Caption For Harborne, Prince's Corner And High Street C1955

Here we have another view of Prince's Corner on the right, with a glimpse of the High Street beyond the pseudo-timbering of The King's Arms (now The Fallow and Firkin).

Caption For Preston, Church Street 1903

Church Street, beyond Fishergate and the Town Hall, was a busy shopping area for the Fylde country all around.

Caption For South Cerney, The Village C1965

Less simple to fathom are some of the village street names. The lane in the centre of the village that crosses the bridge is called 'Bow Wow', while not far off is another named 'Upper Up'.

Caption For Felixstowe, Sea Road 1907

In the street the carriages ply their trade, while the postman delivers letters.

Caption For Bungay, The Butter Cross C1955

The building to the left of Cross Street is still a greengrocer's.

Caption For Great Barton, The Round House C1960

This was the thatched lodge gate from the village street to the Hall. It dates from the 1840s, when Sir Henry Bunbury created the park around the Hall.

Caption For Woolston, Portsmouth Road C1960

A fascinating picture of a suburban street. On the extreme left is Palmers, with John Bull tyres and cycle lamp batteries on display in the window.

Caption For Thorpe Le Soken, The Village C1955

Here we have an interesting village street. Wares from the small shop on the right spill out onto the pavement, and among other commodities it advertises petrol!

Caption For Warton, View From The Crag 1918

St Oswald's church, the rectory ruins and the Shovel Inn stand on the main street.

Caption For Camberley, High Street 1936

This is a comparatively modern scene in the High Street, showing two-way traffic and a variety of cars.

Caption For Chorley, Market Street C1965

This is Chorley's main street, the A6, Lancashire's main north to south road; it used to get very busy in the summer.

Caption For Frodsham, High Street C1955

Through the centuries the most important part of Frodsham was High Street, thanks to the weekly market held here from the 11th century.

Caption For Leamington Spa, The Parade And Memorial C1960

Leamington's development as a spa did not begin until 1789, when William Abbotts discovered a mineral spring on his land in what is now Bath Street.

Caption For Richmond, Frenchgate 1913

This street, where we are looking towards the town from the east, still possesses this fine mixture of architectural styles.

Caption For St Austell, Fore Street 1920

The church tower presides over the east end of Fore Street, where two prams and a barrow are the only wheeled traffic on a sunny day.

Caption For Market Drayton, Shropshire Street C1960

The building at the end of the street, behind the man with the basket, was one of those demolished in 1964, soon after this picture was taken, along with the buildings indicated in picture

Caption For Burgess Hill, Station Road C1950

A branch of Barclays Bank lies further down the street on the corner.

Caption For Graffham, The Village C1955

Graffham is known in the area for its long, winding main street.