Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Hilary Rhoda Cooke, Nee Singleton

I am looking for my sister Hilary Rhoda Singleton who was born 17th June 1961 in Clifton Road, Eccles. She was adopted by a couple called Edward Patrick Cooke and Clara Cooke (nee Cassidy) who lived at 29 Copper ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1964 by Lorna Fielding

Family Holidays

I remember Market Street, there was a newsagents towards the bottom of the town (heading towards Colwyn Bay) that we use to get our newspapers from. Also one of the roads leading down to the beach and station used to have a lovely ...Read more

A memory of Abergele by Lynette Foster

Tea Leaf Alley Gertrude Street

Yes, I'm almost certain people will remember Gertrude Street. My name is John Howard and I lived at No.31 Gertrude St. Went to Mount Carmel RC, I also went to the Cad on Regent Rd many times. I'm always bumping into Alf ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1948 by John Howard

Bircotes

I left Bircotes in 1965 for South Africa but I still remember some people from the past... Caroline and Jacqueline Thompson (our parents were best mates), Patricia Stubbs (her parents had the corner shop in Harworth) and Roger Parkin who ...Read more

A memory of Bircotes in 1965

S&E Oliver Furniture Shop In Thames Street

My fond memory is of my father's furniture shop in Thames Street, S & E Oliver Ltd. Every morning dad and I would display furniture on the shop forecourt and I would do deliveries and window displays. My ...Read more

A memory of Staines in 1964 by Judith Barry

Growing Up In Barripper Road

My parents lived at 23 Barripper Road (David and Mair Hallett) and my sister Mandy and I went to Miss Blights (Elmhurst Preparatory School) in Bassett Road. I remember walking past the farm at the top of the road (now ...Read more

A memory of Camborne in 1955 by Caroline Walsh

Growing Up In The Pit Houses

We were raised in a pit house on Springfield (sometimes 'Avenue') near the far end of Ings Lane, in the fifties. It was a small street, only 6 houses. 2 or 3 keys would open both front and back doors (and the ...Read more

A memory of Bolton Upon Dearne by Peter Wraith

Cecil Johnstone.

I wonder if anyone remembers my grandfather, Cecil Johnstone? He lived at 22 Orchard Avenue, Acomb during the 1950's. He worked as a Hexham (Moffat's) bus driver, and his wife was called Maud (nee Dart). During the 50's Maud owned & ...Read more

A memory of Acomb in 1953 by Christine Catt

Under The Arndale.

I spent many childhood days at the corn exchange in Luton as my grandfather, Percy Brewer, was the attendant in charge of the toilets for many years. Prior to this he was the stage manager at the Grand Theatre in Waller Street opposite the Luton indoor swimming pool.

A memory of Luton in 1950 by Terence Thomas

William Street

I was born in William Street. I can’t remember the number but do remember the chap next door was called Charlie Peason - he had two girls a bit older than me. Out the back of the house there was a little chapel and up the road ...Read more

A memory of Auckland Park in 1947 by Barry Fawcett

Captions

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Caption For Eastleigh, Parish Church C1955

It was designed by G E Street, the architect of the Palace of Justice in London. After being declared redundant, the church has lately been converted into flats.

Caption For Richmond, Kings Head Hotel 1913

King Street on the left was so named not from this hotel but from the King's Arms Inn which stood on the site until 1813, when it was demolished to make way for a more level access for carriages into

Caption For Gloucester, Baker's Clock 1952

One of Gloucester's best-known features is the ingenious clock that stands at first floor level above G A Baker & Sons in Southgate Street.

Caption For Thorley, Church Of St James The Great 1899

Some visitors to Hertfordshire think that Thorley lies on the main road between Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth - this should, correctly, be called Thorley Street.

Caption For Glasgow, Woodside Place 1897

The nucleus of this was formed by Archibald McLellan (1796-1854); he bequeathed it to the city together with the McLellan Galleries in Sauchiehall Street, where the collection was originally

Caption For Sabden, Wesleyan Church And Wesley Street C1960

This photograph was taken from Wesley Street.

Caption For Leeds, The Town Hall 1894

architect of the Town Hall, Cuthbert Brodrick, also left many other Leeds legacies, including the Corn Exchange (1860), the Mechanics' Institute (1860), the Oriental Baths (1866)and shops on Cookridge Street

Caption For Poole, High Street, Beech Hurst 1904

At the top of the High Street stands this magnificent three-storey residence built in 1798 for the merchant Samuel Rolles, indicative of the wealth which came to the town in the 18th century

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, The Buttermarket C1965

At the end of the street the Midland Bank took over Whipps in 1963 and extended the bank over the site.

Caption For Malmesbury, Market Cross And Oxford Street C1955

We are looking down Oxford Street, with the market cross on the left. The tower of Tower House can be seen at the junction with Cross Hayes Lane (right).

Caption For Minehead, The Parade 1892

The building in the centre of the row, at the end of Bancks Street, was all that remained of the older buildings. Then a bank, it is now an estate agents.

Caption For Llandudno, The Promenade 1898

, Llandudno preserves much of its Victorian flavour, with its sweeping promenade faced by numerous hotels, its expanse of sands between the headlands of the Great and Little Ormes, its pier, its wide streets

Caption For Congleton, Havannah, The Deserted Village 1898

Two streets of terraced cottages were constructed, although many workers must have walked there daily from Congleton.

Caption For Odiham, The Bury 1910

The left-hand house (on Church Street) was William Hole's baker's and confectioner's shop with an entrance from the front of the building. The bakery was situated in the yard behind.

Caption For Cardiff, 1893

At left is Westgate Street where only 40 years earlier ran the course of the Taff. The Cardiff and County Club, later to find a home here, is a new venture founded only three years previously.

Caption For Durham, Old Elvet 1914

The street is unusually wide and spacious for Durham; it was further extended in the 1960s, when road development saw the demise of the Waterloo Hotel, the building beyond the Royal County

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Buttermarket C1955

At the far end is Abbeygate Street, with the three-storey Barclays Bank of 1881, which incorporated the Post and Sorting Office until 1895, the Midland Bank of 1914, and Whipps the fishmonger.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1950

Only a few steps further along the High Street brings us to some of the multiple stores. Marks & Spencer had replaced F Spence & Son, a furnishers with an impressive window display.

Caption For Pinner, High Street C1955

The church of St John The Baptist, whose tower dominates the rising High Street, appears to date from the 13th century.

Caption For Accrington, Town Hall 1897

The police station, just visible behind on the left at the top of Union Street, was accessible from the court via an underground passage for the prisoners to pass through on their way from

Caption For Richmond, Kings Head Hotel 1913

King Street on the left was so named not from this hotel but from the King's Arms Inn which stood on the site until 1813, when it was demolished to make way for a more level access for carriages into

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1950

Only a few steps further along the High Street brings us to some of the multiple stores. Marks & Spencer had replaced F Spence & Son, a furnishers with an impressive window display.

Caption For Tilehurst, Parish Church Of St Michael C1955

The remainder of the building is 1856, designed by Street, including the rather wild spire with enlarged pinnacles, flying buttresses and very large lucarnes.

Caption For Dudley, The Market Place C1955

Timpsons shoes, Woolworth's and the Maypole Dairy Co), and local chains, such as Alfred Preedy & Sons (second from right), who were tobacconists, with other shops in the Fountain Arcade and Hall Street