Maps

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Architectural Notes

As a former resident of Bath I recall that this building was not particularly liked. In 1959 the hotel was demolished and a block of 33 flats at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor level with shops at the ground floor was built. The quality of ...Read more

A memory of Bath by Claire Allen

Shop Names.

No 23 Middle Street, Yeovil was a chemist's, name Francis.

A memory of Yeovil

California In England

This holiday camp was known as California in England and was owned by the Cartledge family.  Mr Cartledge ran the holiday camp and Mrs Cartledge ran the Red Puppet cafe in Wokingham's Peach Street for some time, where a group of ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham in 1958 by John Buck

Our Childhood Above The Shop

We moved into the parade of shops in 1938. Our father opened a green grocery and florist shop at No16 I think? I recall that although the war years were devestating to many people I recall many fond memories growing up ...Read more

A memory of Chipstead by Brian Silk

Bradford That I Remember

I lived in Bradford from birth 1944 until 1965 when we moved to Canada. So I have lots of memories. One of them was on Saturday mornings in the 50's walking to town down Manchester Road. There were so many shops to look in and ...Read more

A memory of Bradford by Sharon Noble

Photograph Circa 1890

I have an old photograph and I believe it is this street before some of the buildings were built and it was taken further down. However, the Church in the background is the same. John Oswald Clazey and his family are gathered ...Read more

A memory of West Boldon in 1890 by Sharon Spry

My Days In Northwich

I was born in Northwich in 1966, however I moved here to Lancashire in 1980 but I still consider time in Northwich as being the best days of my life. I moved here when I was 14, I lived in Greenhall Road and my best friend Tracey ...Read more

A memory of Northwich in 1970 by Vicky Wood

Memory Of Soudley

Steam to Stratford, in the early 20's James Joiner (a contractor from Soudley) assembled his convoy of Traction Engines en Route to Stratford Upon Avon to start the new Sewer Contract which was awarded to Joiners for £57,000. He ...Read more

A memory of Upper Soudley in 1920 by James Bevan

Going To The Post Office, Atterburries And Salvation Army On Sunday

My memories are of going to Mr Atturberries (the spelling of name may be wrong) to buy sweets and also just next door I think was the Salvation Army Hall, which a lot of the village ...Read more

A memory of Sompting in 1961 by Linda Milburn

I Just Started School In 1950

I grew up in Hornchurch, born in 1945. As a child I got my first eye glasses right up the street from where this picture was taken. Odells I think it was called. My mother used to send me out to get bread right next to where the bus is located in this picture. Allies or Aylies Bakers I think.

A memory of Hornchurch in 1950 by Robert Graham

Captions

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Caption For Long Melford, The Green 1906

With its long winding street and fine houses, Long Melford is one Suffolk's most celebrated villages.

Caption For Walton On The Naze, High Street 1921

The High Street was laid out when Walton became a tourist destination, with shops to cater for most needs.

Caption For Clovelly, Post Office, Transfer Of Mail 1936

Clovelly clings to a cliff, and its street is a steep, cobbled flight of steps. Villagers still use donkeys and sleds to carry goods to and from their cottages and the tiny harbour far below.

Caption For Winchelsea, The Friary 1906

Here the photographer looks down St Thomas Street into Friary Walk, with the corner of the churchyard wall on the right.

Caption For Aylesbury, St Mary's Church And Cross 1927

The main entrance to the churchyard where Church Street turns left to become Parsons Fee is distinguished by a pair of elegant early 18th-century gate piers in fine-jointed red brick surmounted by stone

Caption For Rottingdean, Village Pond C1955

With Kipling's 'blunt, bow-headed, whale-backed Downs' surrounding it, the village runs up a valley from the sea, climaxing beyond the High Street on the Green with its pond, where Kipling lived.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1903

Situated in one of the most picturesque valleys in this part of the county, and spelled as Cidihoc in the Domesday Book, this peaceful view of the village street lined with well-built cob and

Caption For Cambridge, Pembroke College 1890

This view looks north along Trumpington Street, with Pembroke College on the right, and Peterhouse on the left.

Caption For Freshwater, Village 1923

Street Scene c1955 Queen Victoria first stayed on the Isle of Wight at Norris Castle, during the reign of her uncle William IV.

Caption For Lincoln, The Glory Hole 1910

Here we look east along the River Witham, flowing out of Brayford Pool, with the High Street reached by steps from each bank.

Caption For Lechlade, High Street C1955

Stage coaches brought people and business to the town, and in years gone by the streets rang to the clatter of hooves as carriages arrived and left.

Caption For Hammersmith, Town Hall Square C1960

Beyond is King Street, where the single-storey gabled building went in the 1990s for a four-storey neo-Georgian building.

Caption For Brent Eleigh, The Street C1960

The street is now a cul-de-sac since the opening of the by- pass in the 1980s. The imposing red brick almshouses (right), built by Edward Colman in 1731, were modernised in 1966.

Caption For Trowbridge, Trinity Church C1955

Known locally as 'the church on the roundabout', Trinity Church stands on its own island at the interchange of Stallard Street, Wingfield Road and Newtown.

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, Bentalls Corner C1960

Kingston is well renowned as a shopping centre of excellence, with Bentalls department store in Clarence Street at its hub.

Caption For Hailsham, High Street 1900

Now past the North Street junction, Frith's photographer is looking north past the covered wagon with its load of barrels and sacks towards the pedimented gable of the 1868 Wesleyan church

Caption For Worcester, Guildhall And High Street 1904

On the west side of the High Street stands the impressive frontage of Worcester's Guildhall.

Caption For Gloucester, Westgate Street 1948

Westgate Street is now pedestrianised, though its higgledy-piggledy character of individual shops and businesses in a variety of building styles remains intact.

Caption For Honiton, High Street C1965

Each week, on market day, colourful stalls line the pavements of the High Street, and shoppers come from all over East Devon as they have for centuries.

Caption For Godmanchester, Chinese Bridge C1960

It links Post Street to the riverside walk on the west side of the Ouse.

Caption For Rickmansworth, St Mary's Church 1897

Taken from the upper storey of a cottage in Church Street, this view of the north side of the church looks beguilingly medieval.

Caption For Chalfont St Giles, The Village C1950

Looking west uphill along the High Street, the jettied timber-framed cottages span an alley to the church and its lychgate.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1930

Opposite are signs for a 'Day and Night Telephone' and the star-sign of the Star Tea Company (centre left), with the Royal Lion Hotel further down the street.

Caption For Wisbech, View From North Brink 1901

It is the wealth created by the years of shipping which has given Wisbech two of the most perfect Georgian streets in England - the Brinks.