Maps

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Memories

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Open Air Trip On A Trolley To The Operating Theatre

I'm not exactly sure what year I was an in-patient at Orpington Hospital, so 1957 or 1958 seems most likely. I was at Vine Road, Primary School, in the Juniors probably. I had to have an ...Read more

A memory of Orpington in 1957

Memories Of Warwick Street

Johnson's Bakery was where you could sit on the pavement in the winter because the ovens where right next to the pavement in the cellar.

A memory of Fairfield in 1950 by Richard Green

North Greenford In The Late 40s And 50s

I was born in Perivale Maternity Hospital in 1943. Like so many of your writers growing up then was a magical time; the freedom we had to wander the fields, play and fish in the canal (in homemade boats that ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by John Bowring

Murtrays In Newcastle

As far as I know my great grandmother lived in Newcastle. SHe was Catherine Murray and was Joerdan to her own name. I know nothing of them as my great grandfather came to Scotland in 1904. Travelled over to see King Street where she stayed but no idea of which house.

A memory of Newcastle in 1910 by Martin Murray

Cross Street In The 1960s

I was born in 1960 in Cross Street, Bungay above my grandmother's shop, a ladies dress shop called Dorothy Laws. We used to visit regularly through the 1960s.My mother, Una Jane, married Gerald Read who I believe worked for a ...Read more

A memory of Bungay in 1960 by Pippa Childerhouse

The Only Sassenach In The Town.

After the blitz in London, my mum rang her uncle in Newton Stewart. As a result of that call, we spent several months living in Newton Stewart. The uncle owned the 'K' shoe shop in (I think) Victoria Road. His ...Read more

A memory of Penninghame Ho in 1940 by Mike Stanbridge

Visits To Grandma In Alfred Street,Abertwysswg.

Well, the sixties and early seventies, really. We used to have a holiday with grandparents George and Ethel Hind. The house had been in the family for some years from Grandma's side, the Jones' - I ...Read more

A memory of Ebbw Vale in 1967 by Deborah Bell

Search For Relatives

My great grandfather and great great grandfather lived at 13 and 15 Regent Street West, as per the 1911 and 1881 census respectively. Is there anyone who can supply me with information about this town and possibly some ...Read more

A memory of Briton Ferry by Malcolm Murphy

Greengrocers In Vivian Ave

My Saturday and school holiday job was working for the greengrocers, can't remember their name, next to ABC bread shop. Really nice people and gave me a life long understanding of quality fruit & veg. My ...Read more

A memory of Hendon by Geoff Crisp

Grandad

l was born in Sandyford. l spent hours of my childhood in Brook Street, Brown Lees. My grandad, Harry Booth, worked down the Victoria Pit. l remember seeing the miners on their way home with faces blackened by coal dust. l remember meadows ...Read more

A memory of Brown Lees in 1945 by Sylvia Davies

Captions

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Caption For Bishopsbourne, 1903

This village comprises little more than this cluster of charming cottages just off Watling Street, but it has associations with two noted authors.

Caption For Newport Pagnell, Ousebank Gardens 1956

The High Street turns north, and it and the town end abruptly at the River Great Ouse, which flows through meadows liable to flooding.

Caption For Newnham, High Street C1955

The broad verges and continuous avenue of trees bring green, open space to the High Street and make it an attractive place to explore.

Caption For Broughton Astley, The Stream C1967

The village has been given a sweeping bypass, Broughton Way, on its north side, reducing the volume of traffic negotiating Main Street and the area around St Mary's Church and Old Mill

Caption For Calne, The Old Alms Houses (1682) C1955

These Grade II* listed almshouses at Nos 10-13 Kingsbury Street stand opposite the south entrance to St Mary's. They were erected by Dr John Tounson, vicar of Bremhill, in 1682.

Caption For Diss, Market Place 1925

Diss, this small, stylish town on the Suffolk border evolved around a six-acre pool called Diss Mere which penetrates almost to the edge of the main street.

Caption For Bishop's Stortford, Hockerill Street C1955

Hockerill Street leads downhill into the town from the crossroads with the London to Newmarket road. Each corner was once occupied by a public house or inn.

Caption For Burton Joyce, Meadow Lane C1965

On the left is the flat-roofed 1960s Burton Joyce Library, and in the distance is Main Street.

Caption For Nottingham, Upper Parliament Street C1950

This end of Upper Parliament Street, with the Theatre Royal halfway along and out of sight on the left, has seen many changes since the 1950s.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1965

Looking along the High Street past the beleaguered Burton Memorial, one would see little change today in the buildingscape.

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Caption For Wray, C1955

On the main street stands Holy Trinity Church, built in 1840. The village experienced serious flooding in 1967 – flooding is always a threat, and cottagers use flood boards at their front doors.

Caption For Chalford, The Church 1900

Many of Chalford's streets are too narrow and steep to allow cars and are best explored on foot, much as the master-weavers of the cloth trade would have known them.

Caption For Cocking, The Church 1906

The church is at the end of a lane off the main street; its 14th-century tower is largely untouched, but the rest was refaced in the 1860s.

Caption For East Blatchington, Church 1891

The field in the foreground, with its flint wall, lies to the south of East Blatchington Farm; the view looks south down Blatchington Hill, the village main street, with Belgrave Road passing in front

Caption For Hitchin, Sun Street C1955

In 1955, Sun Street was much the same as it is today. Faulkner's estate agents are on the left.

Caption For Chalfont St Giles, The Pond C1955

Chalfont St Giles retains much more of its heritage and character than its southern neighbour, Chalfont St Peter, with a High Street lined with good buildings, a pond and the parish church

Caption For Leighton Buzzard, High Street C1965

The funnel effect of the town's main street in 1965 can be fully appreciated in this photograph. The Black Lion public house on the right was originally on the opposite side of the road.

Caption For Poole, High Street 1931

On the left side of the High Street we have a K shoe shop, then Timothy Whites the Chemist, Hepworths, the Congregational Church and Lloyd's Bank.

Caption For Cambridge, Green Dragon Ferry 1909

But as these boaters opposite the Green Dragon pub in Water Street in Chesterton demonstrate, it does take some practice, which is why a paddle can come in handy for the less experienced.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street 1923

In this picture a sporty pair zoom along Lord Street.

Caption For Milton Lilbourne, The Village C1955

This peaceful village to the south of Marlborough is one long street retaining many old cottages.

Caption For Rickmansworth, The Canal 1897

This view from the tow-path looking towards Church Street is now very much changed.

Caption For Kilby, Main Street C1965

From opposite the Dog and Gun Pub, the camera looks along the straight village street with its assortment of restrained houses, hedges and walls.

Caption For Leicester, Gallowtree Gate C1950

Gallowtree Gate runs out of Granby Street and London Road as it drops down to the Clock Tower.