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The Winter Of 1963 4 When Petts Wood Was Cut Off By Floods

I lived in Town Court Crescent with my parents, Norman and 'Babs' Treliving, from 1957 until 1974. The house was one of many designed by the architect Basil Scruby, whose name was carved in ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood by margot.rohan

I Was Born Here In 1946

Not exactly a memory, but I can advise you that I was born at Highfield Maternity Hospital in Highfield Rd on Saturday, 28 September 1946. As the local hospital at Rotherhithe, in London's docklands, had been war-damaged, ...Read more

A memory of West Byfleet by stefan

Memories Of A Stubbington House Scoolboy

I am responding to a memory placed here by Peter Madden in 2010 - which I have just spotted. I was intrigued to read Peter Madden's memory of Stubbington. I was a contemporary of Peter's and recall that his ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington

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

1955 To 1980

I remember going to the shops in Hounslow High street with my mum and dad. The ABC cafe which had rows of perspex boxes with different cakes and sandwiches in each one. MacFisheries, and a department store which I think was called ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow

Years Gone By

my name is Eric reeves lived in paxston court armfield crescent 1952 to1962 went to singlegate school 1951/5. used to go to leo,s to play juke box, & to the majestic which later turn into a casino& used to go fair to knock cocnuts off.

A memory of Mitcham by e.reeves90

Hounslow

Please can anyone tell me the name of the park down Martindale Road, where there was, a children's park, once a park keeper, bowls and tennis courts. My family lived in Martindale Road for almost ever !!!!! I had lots of stays and the park was ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Kay Oliver

Memories Of An 'outsider'

I was born in Colindale in 1937. My memories of Twickenham are of a piscatorial nature. I took up angling aged 10 or 11, a friend and I decided to have a go on 'The River', we had fished the Grand Union Canal and river Gade at ...Read more

A memory of Twickenham by Jack Luxon

1934 To 1961

I was born in Grove Avenue in 1934. Was not evacuated in the war .attended St Marys Church as a choir boy, went to St Marys. Infant school , then on to Orleans. Sec Leaving in 1949., after winning the Twickenham Schools Cricket ...Read more

A memory of Twickenham by aataylor34

Growing Up In Govan In The 50's.

I have very happy memories of my childhood in Govan. I lived in an attic with my Mum, Dad and Brother. If it was wet outside everybody gathered at my close and we would run up and down the wooden stairs. The neighbours ...Read more

A memory of Govan

Captions

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Caption For Upwey, The Wishing Well 1898

The first royal visitors were George III and his court on their summer vacations to Weymouth.

Caption For Royston, Priory Gardens C1965

This quiet spot in the centre of this bustling market town is now covered with tennis courts, a children's playground and extensive rose gardens.

Caption For Chalfont St Peter, Market Place C1955

St Peter's Court is another contribution to the loss of the historic character of the village.

Caption For Glastonbury, High Street 1909

Behind the photographer to the left is another Perpendicular town house, The Tribunal, the Abbot's court house, with a front of about 1500.

Caption For Rickmansworth, The Canal 1897

Here, utilising the course of the River Colne, the canal goes left of the island under the bridge.

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, 1906

The Fives Courts in the left foreground of the photograph are a bit dilapidated, but they are now roofed; the adjacent Gymnasium Building is little altered.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, County Hospital 1898

This building was demolished for housing in 1979, and some of the other buildings became Cornwallis Court in 1981. A new hospital was opened in Hardwick Lane in 1974.

Caption For Caerleon, Gloucester Court 1968

The fact that this town has a Roman amphitheatre and a long history perhaps suggests why the new development seen here has been given the name Gloucester Court.

Caption For Castleford, Carlton Street C1955

The clock above the Market Hall (centre) was a favourite rendezvous point for many courting couples on their way to the theatre and cinemas.

Caption For Bromsgrove, Aerial View C1955

These were infilled with houses and courts as the town grew and pressure on land increased. Development, particularly road building, has destroyed this pattern in Bromsgrove.

Caption For Bromsgrove, Aerial View C1955

These were infilled with houses and courts as the town grew and pressure on land increased. Development, particularly road building, has destroyed this pattern in Bromsgrove.

Caption For Colsterworth, The Village C1960

The garage next to the shop has been replaced by Ramsey Court, and the stone house is now boarded up.

Caption For Stamford, Browne's Hospital, The Cloisters 1922

The cloisters and court form a beautiful centrepiece to the complex.

Caption For Sutton, High Street C1960

Opposite the corner building of the 1880s terrace, now painted, is Sutton Court Road. Two buildings of the 1870s terrace on the right were demolished for 1970s road widening.

Caption For Bridport, West Allington 1899

West Court is behind the hand-cart.

Caption For Woking, Chertsey Road C1960

Barclays Bank on the right is now Alldays convenience store, and the distant view is now dominated by tall 1990s offices, Dukes Court.

Caption For Hillsborough, Courthouse Square And Main Street 1890

Here we see a view of the splendid Court House. Begun in 1772 as a market house, it seems to be a centrepiece for the vast County Down estate.

Caption For Haywards Heath, Jireh Court C1965

Jireh Court has been a particularly successful development, primarily because of its location, just a five-minute walk to either the bus or railway station, yet only five minutes from the Broadway

Caption For Newquay, From The Fish Cellars 1887

A game of tennis is in progress on a court marked out in the sand. The masts of trading ships are seen in the harbour; its north pier was to be badly damaged in a north-east gale two years later.

Caption For Haywards Heath, Perrymount Road C1965

The houses on the left were demolished to make way for an office block, whilst beyond the maisonettes on the right is a glimpse of the then new residential development of Jireh Court.

Caption For Buntingford, The Causeway 1923

On the right is the garden wall to Little Court, and behind the trees stands Layston School, skirted on the west by Paddock Road.

Caption For Lancaster, The Castle, Shire Hall 1896

Court sittings permitting, we can tour the castle today and see much of this fascinating place, including the condemned cell, and an early gallows.

Caption For Tarring, The Church 1890

It is now replaced by a block of flats, while the foreground field is now a tennis court; behind the photographer are now modern houses along Church Road.

Caption For Bicknoller, The Village 1940

In the park to its north is Crowcombe Court, a Georgian country house built in the 1720s and 1730s for Thomas Carew.