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Manchester Road

Born in Ryan Street. I remember walking all the way down Manchester Road to St Joseph's Infant School, which at that time was on Grafton Street and part of the Girls School, it seemed to take ages, we walked past all the pubs and ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1955

Penlee Stores, Fore Street, Tregoney

I was born in the same bedroom as my father at Penlee Stores, a little shop (now long gone) opposite Penlee House. My grandfather started the business, he was what is termed a hawker. He travelled the Roseland ...Read more

A memory of Tregony by Ruth Lidgey

Helmshore 1950 1968

I was born in Musbury Road at the bottom of Tor Hill and spent 5 years with Tor as my back yard; my name is still chiselled in the rocks at the top. Anyone remember the Tor Mile race? In 1955 we moved up to 3, Lancaster Avenue, ...Read more

A memory of Helmshore by Ian Seville

Warden Point

I used to live in Cherry Tree Cottage, Warden Point in 1930, my father was Jock Martin, a sergeant in the R.A.F. stationed in Eastchurch. My mother was Phylis Woollett, daughter of Frank Woollett, mine host of the Crooked Billet. ...Read more

A memory of Warden in 1930 by Frank Martin

Information Wanted On Rose Cottage Malvern

I am looking to find information on Rose Cottage, my father in law's family lived here in and around the 1930s, not sure what date from or to.  I am looking for old photographs of this house and any ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern in 1930 by Karen Burgess

Childhood Days

Having moved several times as a child we were offered our first council house on the new estate in Hough Green, we were one of the first families to move into Phillip Road and I can remember my late mother saying it looked like a ...Read more

A memory of Widnes in 1953 by Robert Graham

Born In Fenny Stratford

I was born at number 8 Woodbine Terrace; in attendance was nurse Brinklow the local midwife and Dr Gleeve. My parents were Jim and Vera  Cusack.                      Just after the begining of the war my mother, ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford in 1948 by Kathleen Roberts

Home Away From Home

I was a young adult when I arrived in Rochford on a Sunday afternoon in June 1978, to take up my position as student nurse at Rochford Hospital. I was from Cape Town in South Africa and the feel of this village promised ...Read more

A memory of Rochford in 1978 by Clarissa Aitken Kiwara

Hollybush Lane

When I was a child in the early 1950s Hollybush Lane, from Woodhall Lane to Great Ley, was quite literally a lane. On one side the council had built houses, but on the other were the farm cottages that were built around the ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City by Rod Sharp

Laleham Abbey

My sister Kathleen Taylor (former name) was cook in the kitchen for the retired old ladies. I was always staying with her during school holidays. Her husband then (now deceased) was Barry Taylor and they had two children, Sarah born ...Read more

A memory of Laleham in 1970 by Stuart Mitchell

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Captions

6,914 captions found. Showing results 721 to 744.

Caption For Powerstock, The Village 1902

This view was taken from Nettlecombe looking towards the thatched Knapp House and St Mary's Parish Church (centre).

Caption For East Bergholt, Burnt Oak C1955

The long building on the right was the parish Town House, or Poor House, purchased in 1654 and in use until 1834.

Caption For Richmond, Frenchgate 1913

This is Richmond's finest townscape: a steeply- curving cobbled street where handsome town houses mingle with small cottages.

Caption For Plymouth, The View From The Pier 1892

The building high up on the left houses the Plymouth Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association of Great Britain, now one of the world's leading marine research organisations.

Caption For Jarrow, Ellison Street C1965

The town also embarked upon an ambitious housing programme, replacing older properties with new houses and blocks of flats.

Caption For Ellesmere, Ellesmere House C1960

Ellesmere House is beautifully sited just above the main road and overlooking the Mere. The building is now used as a residential home.

Caption For Hertford, The Flower Pot, Maidenhead Street C1950

The Flower Pot was originally in a building to the right of the present public house. It was first recorded in 1803 as an unlicensed beer house when it was owned by Thomas Driver Metcalf.

Caption For Hereford, The Old House And High Town C1950

The Old House dates from 1612 and was originally a guildhall for the city's butchers. More recently it housed a branch of Lloyds Bank, who gave the building to the city in 1927.

Caption For Worcester, Steamboat And The Kepax Ferry 1906

There were six houses at Kepax and around 1906 all were occupied by the Bailey family. The Ferryman, Mr Bailey, had the Ferry House and his married daughters had the others.

Caption For St Nicholas, The Village C1960

Seemingly indifferent to its position beside the busy thoroughfare connecting Cardiff and Cowbridge, Church Hall House (pictured) stands testament to a romanticised Victorian vision of a pre-industrial

Caption For Fittleworth, The Village 1908

Fittleworth is a picturesque village of fine old houses, commons and fir woods.The local people call this 'Hallelujah Corner' because it is a sharp bend on a narrow and busy main road, near the church

Caption For Alton, High Street 1897

Lansdowne House, the elegant building on the left, was home to local doctors for about 100 years. Jane Austen came with Miss Beckford of Chawton House to visit Dr Newnham here in 1811.

Caption For Alton, Morland Hall C1955

After the death of Frederick Crowley, Ashdell House was acquired by Guy Ferrand, who changed the name to Morland Hall.

Caption For Frampton, Almshouses And St Mary's Church 1906

The old manor house of Frampton Court was demolished in 1939. In 1840 its then owner dismantled a large portion of the village to improve his view.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Hospital 2004

The vicar of St George's envisaged a need for a hospital, and so in 1866 he set up a hospital in a house on the corner of Cross Street and Albert Street - it became known as St George's Hospital.

Caption For Burwash, The Village 1889

It is a beautiful Jacobean house, now in the care of the National Trust and open to visitors. Kipling's literary work 'Puck of Pook's Hill' (1906) is set in the area.

Caption For Walkern, The White Lion, High Street C1960

The White Lion, one of many public houses in the village, was called the Rose and Crown in 1766, when it formed part of a marriage settlement between Mary Field and John Smith of Hitchin.

Caption For Paignton, Torbay Road 1896

The large shelter and the Jubilee fountain replaced the grand wrought iron gates of Torbay House as the focal point of Torbay Road.

Caption For Eardisland, The Bridge C1955

Strangely, in an area where most old timber houses are having their plaster removed, the black and white house pictured here has since been plastered and painted white.

Caption For Richmond, The Friary 1898

The Friary was the Richmond town house of the Huttons, the squires of Marske; it later belonged to the Robinson family for many years.

Caption For Richmond, The Friary 1898

The Friary was the Richmond town house of the Huttons, the squires of Marske; it later belonged to the Robinson family for many years.

Caption For Marlborough, The College, Preshute House 1910

Built in the early 19th century, Preshute House was home to the Rev P W Taylor, MA at the time of this photograph.

Caption For Finchingfield, The Green C1965

The house nearest the camera was once the village poorhouse. It dates from the 16th century.

Caption For Runcorn, The Town Hall C1955

This delightful house, originally known as Halton Grange, was built by the soap manufacturer, Thomas Johnson in the 1850s.