Maps

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Memories

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Nine Elms Lane

I was born at 15 Currie Street in a modern prefab which had electric lights when most other houses still only had gas. We had an inside toilet and bathroom luxuries that others could only dream of then. At one end of Currie Street ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1957 by Michael Box

Stone Flags

I remember living in a terraced Street close to 'Vikky Park' as a child. We used to visit the war memorial after standing in the freezing cold watching my Dad play football... sometimes you couldn't even see the game for the fog. I ...Read more

A memory of Leicester in 1966 by Cheryl Cartmell

Ellor Street

I lived on Ellor Street for the first 16 years of my life. I went to John Street School followed by Pendleton High School for Girls. I clearly remember the Salford Hippodrome at the end of the street and frequent visits there to see 'The ...Read more

A memory of Salford

Queen Mum Opens New Dining Wing

I remember being in the Beeches Prep School at the time. Anybody else remember the staff I wonder? Miss Lambert in Kindergarten and Transition, Miss Cutler - Form 1, Miss Reid - Lower 2 and Mrs Cotton in Middle 2. ...Read more

A memory of Berkhamsted in 1960 by Pauline Askey(Stanborough)

Suiters And Uxbridge In General

Gosh, how the years roll! I used to go to Uxbridge shopping with my Mum in the late 1940's, we used the 455 bus from Denham. I can remember precious tin toys from the Market House. And, yes, when the cash was there, ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1940 by Gerard Gilbertson

Ve Day Party An Evacuee!

When the V2 Rockets started to land in London, (June 1944) our whole school was evacuated. We did not know where we were going. We arrived by steam train at Doncaster and were taken to Skellow Village. Various households came ...Read more

A memory of Skellow in 1945 by Tony Pink

Lilly Street

I lived in Lilly Street with my family from 1955-1961. Family name was Briggs. We lived in no 59. Mam's name was Laura. There were seven children in our family, but only six lived there. We went to St Edmunds school and ...Read more

A memory of Miles Hill in 1956 by Lynn Whyte Heath

Sacriston Seen Through The Eyes Of My Grandfather.

Hi, my grandfather, Hans Major Embleton, was born in Sacriston 1895. He grew up with his brothers and sisters, 10 in total in Victoria Street. He went down the mine at 14yrs, a mine putter, he then ...Read more

A memory of Sacriston in 1900 by Derick Smith

Happy Days

I started at St.Anne's in the early 40's and was evacuated with some of the girls to Baccombe Warren, Wendover, as my father was in the war and my mother was looking after his business in Bond Street, Ealing. I remember Rosemary and ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1940 by Bernadette Meddeman

Living In Penge From 1950

I lived with my mum and dad Frank and Gladys Shadbolt (nee Roots) in Woodbine Grove, surrounded by family, grandparents, Bob and Mary Roots also from Woodbine and my Nanny Shadbolt who lived in Hawthorne Grove. I went back ...Read more

A memory of Penge by Linda Crow

Captions

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Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1900

We are looking north-westwards up Bell Street from the Assembly Rooms. Middle Row juts out (bottom left), and the raised pavement leads to Bell Cliff (bottom left).

Caption For Stafford, Register Office, Eastgate Street 2005

Of interesting design, it is probably the oldest building in Eastgate Street.

Caption For Formby, The Village C1960

traffic-calming devices to cope with traffic volume, and at the beginning of the new millennium a set of pedestrian-operated traffic lights was installed halfway along this busy shopping street

Caption For Wells, Market Place 1923

The bank was built where the last two buildings on the corner with Sadler Street once stood, which were Charles Tucker's Wells General Drapery Bazaar and Reakes hardware store.

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate C1965

New Road, another Victorian street, runs off to the right; at its junction with Westgate we see Wetherall's furniture store, still serving the needs of the town today.

Caption For Swindon, High Street C1950

Looking North The main street of Old Swindon was first recorded in 1581.

Caption For Rugby, The School Quadrangle 1922

The Clock Tower was visible from High Street until the Headmaster's School was built over the gateway in 1930.

Caption For Margate, St John's Church 1890

HIGH on the hill at the top of Margate High Street is the parish church of St John the Baptist, which has served generations of Margatonians for nearly 1000 years (see 27445).

Caption For Houghton Conquest, Houghton House 1897

An 18th-century gateway with screen is located at 28 Church Street in Ampthill, and panelling is alleged to be installed in the White Hart hotel. The ruin is now scheduled as an ancient monument.

Caption For Manchester, The Infirmary 1889

The James Watt statue is still there today, but the John Dalton one was moved; it now stands outside a University building in Chester Street, along with a piece of his gravestone from Ardwick Cemetery.

Caption For Epsom, Bowdens 2002

After the Second World War the business moved to the High Street, and made the most of Epsom's connections with the riding world. They supplied Nightingalls, Dullers, and other trainers.

Caption For St Ives, Bridge Street 1898

At the far end, facing across Bridge Street, is the old Crown Inn with its distinguishing cross on the upper panel.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1955

Boots the Chemists' library (behind us, at the corner of Market Street) was upstairs, approached by a wooden staircase.

Caption For Maidstone, St Faith's Church 1892

Another famous Maidstone building is the Museum in St Faith's Street. This was Chillington Manor House, a former home of the Wyatts.

Caption For Liverpool, The Provisional Cathedral 1890

St Peter's was the name of this church, which gave Church Street its name. Built in 1704, St Peter's was a very popular church and well attended.

Caption For Hitchin, High Street 1903

This 1903 view looking south down the High Street is full of detail. It seems to have been taken one warm morning - note the open windows, and the summery dresses of the girls on the right.

Caption For St Neots, From The Air C1955

The course of the High Street and the Market Square are clearly visible. In the centre of the view, the spire of the Congregational church stands out proudly.

Caption For Holywell, The Great Ouse 1914

Holywell developed by the Great Ouse as a traditional `ring` village: the main street runs around the perimeter of the community with only one access road.

Caption For Churchtown, The Parish Church C1955

Traditional thatched cottages lined the cobbled streets leading to the church. Outside it stands an ancient slim pillar; some villagers call it the cross and others the sundial.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Church And Town 1890

Silver Street lives up to its medieval Latin name - 'silva', meaning a wood - as it rises through trees on the western skyline (top left).

Caption For Odiham, George Hotel 1924

Situated in the High Street, this late medieval courtyard inn dates from 1474, and before its restoration in the 18th century was jettied along its entire frontage.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1955

Boots the Chemists' library (behind us, at the corner of Market Street) was upstairs, approached by a wooden staircase.

Caption For Epsom, B Division, Woodcote Park 1917

Rifleman in East Street, a Canadian soldier was arrested and taken to the police station in Ashley Road, despite the complaints of his friends.

Caption For Manchester, Owen's College C1876

At first the college was on Quay Street, in central Manchester, but it soon outgrew the building. This is when the college we see in the photograph was planned.