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The Bringing Of Buckland Lower Lodge Into The 20th Century.

I am Jeannette McNicol (nee Elliott). My brother John and I moved there with my parents ,when I was 13 years old and he was 12. I had found the house when we were having a picnic ...Read more

A memory of Buckland in the Moor by jenner

Stoke Road Blisworth.

We moved to Stoke Rd Blisworth 1975 six new houses were built opposite the post office,Mr & Mrs Freestone lived across the road they made us very welcome on one occasion Mr freestone removed a window when my wife locked ...Read more

A memory of Blisworth by bpdavenport1948

The Winter Of 1963 4 When Petts Wood Was Cut Off By Floods

I lived in Town Court Crescent with my parents, Norman and 'Babs' Treliving, from 1957 until 1974. The house was one of many designed by the architect Basil Scruby, whose name was carved in ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood by margot.rohan

My First Home Of My Own

I MOVED TO STEVENAGE LIKE MOST YOUNG PEOPLE AT THAT TIME TO GET A HOUSE YOU HAD NO CHANCES ELSEWHERE MY BROTHER ALREADY LIVED THERE SO I WAS ABLE TO LODGE WITH HIM GOT A JOB AT BEA SYSTEMS AS AN AID STOREKEEPER HAVING BEEN ...Read more

A memory of Stevenage

Woolworths

As a 14 year old I was a 'Saturday girl' at Woolworth's in 1961. I was on the glass counter, selling everything from vinegar bottles with plastic tops, ashtrays, jugs etc. The number of items displayed on the sloping counter was enormous and I ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich by mrsjdennett

Frothy Coffee

I lived in Runcorn until I was 8 (1960s) and I remember going into town on the bus with my mother. We would always stop at "Le Rendezvous" (which as a child I remember thinking was a very strange word) and she would get a "frothy coffee" ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn by sc_taylor

Life Above Corals Coal Shop

my parents moved to an empty flat above the coral coal shop in bank street.my Father worked for corals coal as a delivery driver.The flat was an extra bonus i was born in Dover 1954 and when we left there we moved to a place ...Read more

A memory of Ashford

Parham House

I was sent there at the age of 5 in 1951. It was run by Mrs Russel known as Auntie Barbara and her husband Uncle Max who kept pigs. I stayed there for holidays as well and when I went to boarding school at the age of 8 I returned for ...Read more

A memory of Saxmundham by louise

Kennylands

In old age, I like to remember my school days at Kennylands Camp. It was the first to be used for evacuation and I was in the first intake. It was a delightful spot and within walking distance of a lot of Thames villages and towns. ...Read more

A memory of Sonning Common by alexpunch

Queens Rock Swimming Place

This early picture of Settle shows the River Ribble as it bypasses the South/West of the actual town, the Bridge in the middle left carries the A65 trunk road which then ran through the very center of Settle, and was the main ...Read more

A memory of Settle by peter

Captions

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Caption For Wantage, Market Square C1950

The market town of Wantage is famous as the birthplace of King Alfred, who was born here in 849 AD.

Caption For Looe, From Above 1912

This ancient fishing town is divided in two by the Looe estuary. In summer the wooded slopes above are a mass of myrtle and hydrangea.

Caption For Altrincham, The Town Hall 1903

Designed in the Jacobean style by the Manchester firm of Hindle & Davenport, the Town Hall was built in 1901 to replace an earlier one situated in the Market Place.

Caption For Reading, Palmer Park C1965

Palmer Park was laid out on land bought for the town by George Palmer in the 1880s, and his statue, formerly in the town centre, is now in the park.

Caption For Bridgnorth, Bridge 1898

Bridgnorth has always been divided in two: High Town on a defensive position on the hill, and Low Town for traders by the river.

Caption For Hove, The Town Hall 1898

The town was sturdily independent of Brighton, and its character was more sombre and genteel, a characteristic reflected in its old Town Hall.

Caption For Wrexham, Town Hall In High Street 1895

Elihu Yale, founder of Yale University in the USA, came from the Wrexham area (his family was associated with Erddig Hall), and he is buried at St Giles's church.

Caption For Normanton, High Street C1955

This is the main shopping area of the town; the architecture matches the period of rapid development after the railway arrived.

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 Skipton, Woods, The Canal C1947

Work on the Leeds & Liverpool began in 1770.

Caption For Skipton, Woods, The Canal C1947

Work on the Leeds & Liverpool began in 1770.

Caption For Tamworth, The Town Hall C1950

The Town Hall was built in 1701 by Thomas Guy, the local MP. The building is noted for its high-pitched roof, Jacobean windows and cupola.

Caption For Chapel En Le Frith, View From Station C1940

The name of the Peak District town of Chapel-en-le-Frith means literally 'the chapel in the forest'.

Caption For Accrington, Oak Hill Park 1899

Oak Hill Park was Accrington's second park, and the land was purchased bu the Corporation from Reginald Hargreaves for £12,000 in 1892.

Caption For Newhaven, High Street 1890

Newhaven developed as the 'new town' after the River Ouse shifted its mouth in 1579. The mouth was stabilised in 1733, and there were great plans for the port.

Caption For Rothesay, The Esplanade 1897

Rothesay is the chief town of the County of Bute, and is situated in a well-formed bay, which affords safe anchorage in high wind.

Caption For Broseley, The Square C1965

Broseley was once the only sizeable town in what is now known as the Ironbridge Gorge area. It was an important industrial centre, and coal was mined and shipped from here down the River Severn.

Caption For Brynmawr, From Blaenavon Road C1960

Here we see Brynmawr, the highest town in South Wales, from the old Blaenavon Road; this is one part of Brynmawr which has not changed at all.

Caption For Chertsey, Town Hall 1904

The handsome lines of the Old Town Hall dominate this view of London Street. The Old Town Hall was built in 1851 by George Briand, and has an arcaded ground floor open to the street.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1902

This view is of East Street, looking westwards to the Town Hall (left) with the prominent frontage of William Elmes, draper and outfitters, on the other side of the road (right).

Caption For Ramsey, On The Sands 1895

Following a visit by Edward VII in 1902, the town styled itself 'Royal Ramsey', and why not? After all, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had also visited the town back in 1847.

Caption For Barmouth, Marine Parade 1913

Here we see the town's newly-built lodging houses and seaside villas, with an early motor car on the left in front of the Belgrave Hotel. Well-dressed holidaymakers stroll along the seafront.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1902

This view is of East Street, looking westwards to the Town Hall (left) with the prominent frontage of William Elmes, draper and outfitters, on the other side of the road (right).

Caption For Castleton, Cross Street 1932

Cross Street is the main shopping street in Castleton, where gift shops still specialise in selling jewellery and other items made from the town's unique semi-precious stone, Blue John.