Maps

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Memories

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Holiday Visits

In the early to mid 1950s I spent holiday time in Somersham - it was fascinating for a child from London, especially the little ditches and the wildflowers.  I stayed with "auntie" (Emma Goodchild), a relative of some kind through my ...Read more

A memory of Somersham by Jacqueline Peachey

Warminster Is Home!

I was born in Warminster, in 1972, in what was known at the time as The Strawberry House! My Dad had painted it quite a deep pink, when he bought it. 44 Boreham Rd, that's where I was actually born, my lovely family home. My Dad ...Read more

A memory of Warminster in 1980 by Kim Patrick

Escape To The Country

I travelled to Chipping Norton to start a new life.  When I stepped off the coach on the high street and looked across the road I saw a very grand looking building and a sign saying The White Hart Hotel.  My next thought ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Norton in 1880 by Jane Mac Callum

Growing Up In World War Ii

I was born to Jewish parents whom had a ladies clothes shop in Kensington Gardens (The Lanes) my Father died in 1941, My Mother now a very young widow decided she wanted us all to live above the shop because of bombs ...Read more

A memory of Brighton in 1930 by Anita Lewis

Great Uncle George

my husband john and myself recently visited warnham church and surrounding area's especially to find the graves of some ancestors (i am doing my family tree!) and found the graves of george street, and several others, ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1920 by Sandra Baldwin

Old Family

I have in my possesion a pocket watch, the final proceeds of a family will of which William Loveday was one of the executors. It was given to my grandfather, one Arthur Raven as a keepsake in clearing up the last few shillings of the ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford in 1900 by Clifford Raven

Schooldays

I went to the High School in Ludlow from 1941 - 49 and then went back to teach there in about 1956. I had a flat in Broad Street just below where this picture stops and used to go to this church of St Laurence on a very regular basis- they ...Read more

A memory of Ludlow in 1941 by The Revd. Madeleine Evans

Village Policeman

In the late 1950's I was the village policeman at Great Waltham.   The police house was the last two-storied house at the Barrack Land end of Cherry Garden Road with my 'office'being in the kitchen and the tsble there was my ...Read more

A memory of Great Waltham in 1959 by johnbutcher

My Time In Foster Care 1970 To 1980

I spent my years living in Langley Middelton Manchester england uk, from 1970, till 1980, i lived thier from beening seven years old till i turned 15 yrs old, i lived with my dad Tony, my sister Christine, and ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale in 1980 by Susan Farrow

Smallbridge And All That

The place name comes from a narrow bridge over a stream that forms the boundary between Rochdale and Wardle on Halifax Road, by The Red Lion pub as it was then. Folk who lived in Smallbridge were once called "Sandknockers" ...Read more

A memory of Smallbridge in 1940 by Peter Butterworth

Captions

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Caption For Rusper, The Village 1909

The picture shows Friday Street, with the historic Plough Inn on the left, obscured from view by a large tree.

Caption For Stamford, St Peter's Callis C1955

Both Sheep Market and All Saints Street lead down to what was the Great North Road, but Stamford has since been bypassed. The town bus station is on the right, on the site of Stamford Castle.

Caption For Ampthill, Dunstable Street C1955

Dunstable Street housed most of the 'household' shops in 1955 - the situation has considerably altered since then as the town has expanded its boundaries.

Caption For Bray, Village 1911

Here we look along the High Street towards the junction with Church Lane. At the end is the Hind's Head Hotel. The Ringers on the right is now the Fat Duck Restaurant.

Caption For Chesham, Broadway 1921

This road was cut into High Street to give access to Chesham's terminus station on the Metropolitan Railway branch opened in 1889.

Caption For Manningtree, High Street C1955

In the High Street there are a few parked cars, but no pedestrians, apart from the two women and a child in the doorway on the right.

Caption For Rochester, College Gate C1955

This is the College Yard side of the gate, looking through to the High Street and Northgate (formerly Pump Lane).

Caption For Ramsgate, Granville Hotel, Victoria Parade 1901

Edmund Davis, who lived in Sowell Street, St Peter's, bought the building; he added a concert hall and baths and landscaped Victoria Gardens.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Church Street C1960

Church Street was always liable to flooding, and in March 1947 the water flowed into the lower floor of the Feathers (right).

Caption For Quorn, High Street C1965

In this photograph the main road looks quiet, but traffic between Leicester and Loughborough would, in a few short years, build to a crescendo through the narrow streets.

Caption For Wotton Under Edge, Long Street 1897

At the top of the street stands an elegant 18th-century building housing the police station; on the near left, an outfitter's shop displays lengths of cloth.

Caption For Chatburn, The Village 1921

We are at the top of the street seen in photograph No 71178. The Black Bull, where the people are standing, was built in 1855; it was a Blackburn Brewery Company pub, and so was the Brown Cow.

Caption For Manchester, Victoria Building And Gateway C1890

The power for the lifts was provided by a hydraulic water-power system that came directly from the pump house situated on Quay Street, by the River Irwell, where the water came from.

Caption For Bedford, High Street 1921

We now northwards into the High Street. The bank on the left has its long frontage to St Paul's Square, and is now a Ladbroke's betting shop.

Caption For Bedford, St Peter's Street 1921

We are looking east along St Peter's Street, where much on the south side has changed.

Caption For Brotton, Skelton Lane C1955

The slip road on the left-hand side leads through to a grid-work of streets of Victorian houses, presumably built to house the miners who came to live in the area during the mining boom of

Caption For Wisbech, Market Place 1901

At the east end of the Market Place is Bray's showroom, for the household furniture that was manufactured in their works in Agenoria Street near the canal.

Caption For Wisbech, The Clarkson Memorial 1923

The tailor's shop to the left was shortly taken over by Fells, Cycle & Wireless dealers (see W115023 on page 38-39), who also had premises in Norfolk Street, and until recently was Belfast's linen store

Caption For Chichester, Canon Lane Archway, South Street 1890

Here in South Street we see the late 15th-century Canon Gate which leads into the cathedral precincts.

Caption For Looe, Hotel 1908

The size of the Looe Hotel in Fore Street reflects the growing tourist industry, which was stimulated at Looe by a railway branch that had been connected to the main line system just seven years before

Caption For Eamont Bridge, 1893

The proprietress of Taylforth's Hotel (left), in the main street of Eamont Bridge, stands outside to bid farewell to a guest departing in a pony and trap.

Caption For Alderley Edge, Liberal Club 1896

In the highly stratified society of Alderley Edge village, the Liberal Unionist Club in Stephen Street was for the village`s tradesmen.

Caption For Malmesbury, High Street 1924

At the north end of the High Street stands the 15th-century market cross, with Malmesbury Cottage Hospital and the abbey in the background.

Caption For Camberley, High Street C1955

We are looking south down the High Street, which runs from London Road towards the railway station. Crawley Hill is in the distance, covered in more spacious suburbs.