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Memories

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Willesden High Road

Ah yes the library. Shame that they are in decline. The Bus Garage, did you know Billy Cotten (as in the showband) worked there. The Electric light house, Stubbings for radio gear where I saved up on my paper round to ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1953 by Jim Rabbitts

Ron Pat Shelton 1977 To 1981

In 1977, my late husband, Ron. and I moved from Melbourne, Australia into 28 Stoke Lyne at the end of the village. It was very dilapidated, consisting originally 2 workman's cottages. They had been converted to one ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Lyne in 1977 by Pat Shelton Astley

Bbc Documentary About Harold Hill

The BBC is looking at the day that Margaret Thatcher introduced the 'Right to Buy' scheme, allowing people in council houses to buy their own homes. The film will look at the benefits for several million people ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1979 by Real Life Media

Drayton Family Of Odcombe

My family the Draytons lived in Montacute for most of the 1800's. The lived quite a lot of their life in Bishopstone St. If anyone has any more information about what Montacute was like in those times, or about Townsend Poor House Cottages, I'd love to hear from you. Elissa

A memory of Montacute by Elissa Aldous Hughes

The Odeon, Hounslow West 1940

I remember going to the Odeon every Saturday morning, it cost 6d (about 2 new pence). We used to go to the 'pictures', as it was called then, as a family most weeks, and I well remember coming out at the end of the film ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1940 by Pamela Harman (Keene)

Singleborough Memory

My paternal grandparents built their retirement home in the early 1950s. They were true cockneys & fulfilled a dream to retire to the country. I visited twice from NZ in 1962 & 1966 with my new husband. His abiding ...Read more

A memory of Singleborough in 1966

Old Times At Portland

When old farmer used to have fields down bottom of Pound Piece he used to make hut out of hay bundles of hay. Now they have built houses on it, and when the farmer used to have cows in the field next to Park estate road now ...Read more

A memory of Portland in 1958 by Tpb Hall

The Happy Days

I was born in Maceado Square, Hunslet, not a blade of grass to be seen, the small house was behind Winterburns store, everyone shopped there, along with Cardis's pork butchers. Pub opposite. Trams stopped at Balm Road, Miggy was not ...Read more

A memory of Hunslet in 1930 by Roy Brining

Chelmsford, High Street 1955.

This photo shows the view from the bottom end of the High Street leading up to the Shire Hall in the very far distance. One can clearly see the blinds on the shop on the corner of Springfield Road, and the Boots logos ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

Tivoli Picture House

I remember my Uncle Keith taking me to Saturday morning pictures at the Tivoli. I used to have a 'birthday' every 3 weeks so we would get the free sweets they gave away on your birthday. Great times. I miss him so much.

A memory of Hednesford in 1957 by Robert Archer

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Captions

6,914 captions found. Showing results 5,305 to 5,328.

Caption For Dursley, Market Place C1960

Owing to an unfortunate one-way traffic system foisted on the town since this photograph was taken, Dursley's Market House and Town Hall is now isolated on a roundabout.

Caption For Shillingstone, C1955

The view looks northwards from Shillingstone Hill over Eastcombe Cottage (bottom left) and its beehives (bottom centre) to Eastbrook Farm and the council houses at the east end of the

Caption For Botesdale, The Village C1960

The next house beside The Bell Hotel has been demolished.

Caption For Edwinstowe, High Street C1955

This has now been replaced by a 1960s version of little merit; its building involved demolishing the house beyond.

Caption For Formby, The Old Lifeboat Cottage C1965

The lifeboat house in the photograph was decommissioned in 1918. Used as a cafe for many years, it was eventually demolished in 1965.

Caption For Llanrwst, Gwydyr Castle 1895

Along with the magnificent town house of Plas Mawr in Conwy, they illustrate the dominance of this family in this region over many centuries.

Caption For Woodford Bridge, High Road C1950

The house was also used as a petty sessions court at the end of the 19th century.

Caption For Godmanchester, The Causeway C1950

The shops along the Causeway, facing the Ouse basin, have changed very little.

Caption For Bury, Church From The River 1898

Novelist and poet John Galsworthy lived in Bury House from 1926 until 1933.The area is now known as Bury Wharf, and the converted farm buildings are used for residential purposes.

Caption For Amberley, The Village C1960

The varying height of the old houses built of flint and stone with thatch and tile, contrasts with the varying width of the roadway. It is now a village where artists like to work.

Caption For Sedlescombe, The Village Pump C1955

Europe.An iron pot containing a large number of coins of Edward the Confessor was found in 1876.They were thought to have belonged to King Harold, and hidden during the Battle of Hastings.The pump house

Caption For Baldock, George And Dragon Hotel C1955

The George and Dragon stands opposite the corner of Sun Street and adjacent to the site of the Sun public house (later the Victoria.) Only the 1950s 'Keep Left' sign differs from the view today.

Caption For Kenfig Hill, Pisgah Street C1965

This kind of view is often found in this region - 19th-century terraces sprang up to house workers in the coal and iron industries - but Kenfig has a long history dating back to the Bronze and Iron Ages

Caption For Great Staughton, The Sundial C1955

The shops, work-shops and brick houses are built on the street edge, while the older cottages and farmhouses are set back, possibly on the line of the original village green.

Caption For New Quay, The Harbour C1935

This view from the end of the stone pier shows the four-storey Custom House surrounded by rowing boats, which were used by both local fishermen and holidaymakers.

Caption For Ilkley, Craiglands 1900

The imposing Craiglands Hydro on Cowpasture Road was opened in 1859, just three years after the Wells House Hydro.

Caption For Moffat, High Street 1890

At this time Moffat was one of Scotland's chief inland resorts, boasting several hotels and private boarding houses.

Caption For Whitby, Royal Crescent 1923

The house where Bram Stoker stayed in 1890 is in the centre behind the lamppost. It was there that he started to write his most famous book, 'Dracula', setting much of it in Whitby.

Caption For Moulton, Cross Street C1955

Moulton is a village of narrow winding lanes, lined by stone-built cottages and houses, nowadays with traffic calming and one-way systems.

Caption For Towcester, Park Hall Gates C1955

Built in 1822 it was originally an entrance to Easton Neston, Hawksmoor's great country house, set in a vast landscaped park north of the River Tove.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Norman Tower 1929

This and the adjoining Tower House in the churchyard are wonderful examples of early Victorian Gothic revival architecture.

Caption For Rye, Congregational Church 1888

The single-storey building on the left was replaced by Devonport House in 1905, while the then new Congregational Church received a two-storey church hall in 1894 in the space beyond it.

Caption For Sturry, The Church 1899

The 15th-century tower of the church stands on Norman foundations, and houses the tomb of the last abbot of St Augustine's abbey at Canterbury who, at the time of the Dissolution, was given the manor

Caption For Charing, High Street 1901

Henry VIII stayed at the Archbishop's Palace (the manor house) on his way to the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Around Ashford & Folkestone