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Even More "Ramblings" From A Barking Boy.

My fourth set of memories carries on with shops in Barking. Previously I had recalled those along from Fanshawe Avenue to the station. Over the other side past Cambridge Road was Lloyds bank on the corner, my wife ...Read more

A memory of Barking by geoff.purdy

School Days

I remember this well, Christchurch, Ealing Broadway. I went here with school - Harvington - which was just off Ealing Common, we walked there down Springbridge Road past the swimming baths. I lived in Ealing from birth in 1939 until I ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by hilary.sykes

Mills Grocers

Does any one remember me? John from Norman Mills the grocers I work there for 50 years It was one of the very last real grocers in the town. It was the first shop to sell frozen foods, and the first Health food store in the area. Well ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by johnrank

Wokingham Shops

Anyone remember the petrol station ,next to saint Crispins school called Bourne and Thomas,a real traditional garage ,the thames trader tipper trucks moving the soil from the A329m ,green in colour ,think the company name was harry ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham by chrisnash

Memories Of Skelmersdale 1973

I taught at Glenburn High School, Skelmersdale in 1973. I found lodgings with Mrs Smith, a retired lady, in a terraced house in High Street, Old Skelmersdale on the basis of bed and breakfast ...Read more

A memory of Skelmersdale by michaelpeterpeyton

Memories Of St Michaels School Sunninghill

I went to St Michaels C of E school in Sunninghill 1960 to 1964, I remember the head master Mr Steele he drove a Morris Oxford MO, I also remember Miss Pope she always wore the same brown shoes. The canteen was ...Read more

A memory of Ascot

Normanton Memories

i was born and grew up in park row, near the pit where my dad worked all his life, my parents were Elsie and Crispin Ellis, I went to normanton common and normanton modern school from where i left in 1963, i love normanton, but the old town before the motorway.

A memory of Normanton by malcolmharry

My Years In Tring

I was born at Aylesbury Hospital in 1948 and lived briefly at Pitstone, then Tring in Park Road and later Western Road. My Parents, Grandparents and many other relatives lived in the town. I attended Gravelly infant school in Park Road ...Read more

A memory of Tring by richardjandchris

Brierley Hill Girls Memories

I was born in Chapel Street, in 1947. My uncle, Len Gray, had a newsagents in the town, near the bus stop by the Old Post Office, as was. My Grandad used to sell papers on the Five Ways and as a girl I would stand ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill

Growing Up In Horley In The 50's

Prompted many memories of growing up when Horley was a small market town , where cattle, pigs, and other creatures were bought and sold. When empty, it made a marvellous play ground. No doubt it would be out of bounds ...Read more

A memory of Horley

Captions

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Caption For Keighley, Market Street 1960

From 1833 to 1971 this old market near the Parish Church served the town well with fresh produce from across Yorkshire.

Caption For Biggleswade, Market Place 1925

It is a town of considerable antiquity with a large triangular market place, partly encroached by later buildings.

Caption For Calne, The Town Hall C1965

The Town Hall is described as built with 'squared, coursed limestone rubble with slate roof' (Department of Heritage List).

Caption For Braintree, Market Place 1903

The three-storey building to the left is the Nag's Head Inn, and buildings with the finial on top are the Manor Street School.

Caption For St Ives, Cromwell Statue 1901

Shortly before this photograph was taken, the Town Council approved an expenditure of £850 to be paid to Frederick Pomeroy RA for the design and execution of a statue of the Lord Protector

Caption For Parkgate, Red Lion Inn 1962

The town of Parkgate has a rather fascinating history. It started as a small, coastal hamlet occupied by a few fishermen and shrimpers.

Caption For Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1901

Formerly the slate capital of Wales, this slate-grey mountain town is proud of its history and happily promotes its memory.

Caption For Waterbeach, The River Cam, Clayhithe C1955

The name of the town does not refer to any beach, but comes from the Old English word 'beck', meaning 'stream'. Clayhithe was the harbour of Waterbeach; the word 'hythe' means 'landing-place'.

Caption For Birmingham, New Street 1890

This view looks towards the Town Hall. It cost one penny to travel the length of New Street by horse-drawn omnibus, while a Hansom cab cost somewhat more.

Caption For Minehead, The Parade 1892

The new seaside resort was mostly laid out south of the old town on flatter land between the Lower Town, largely destroyed by fire in 1791, and the sea.

Caption For Gainsborough, Market Street C1955

Owing its rapid development to the Industrial Revolution, the town's streets and buildings tended to be functional rather than attractive.

Caption For Keynsham, High Street 1950

On 26 June 1685 the village was the scene of a skirmish between 350 royalist troops and rebel forces of the Duke of Monmouth. Monmouth lost his nerve and turned away from Bristol.

Caption For Great Dunmow, Market Place And Town Hall C1955

Originally built in the 1570s, the Town Hall has been renovated several times. The bell in the turret used to double as market-bell and fire-bell.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, 1898

This general view looks west over the bay towards the town. Beyond the pier, which appears to be under construction, is Bryn Euryn, and Little Orme Head is in the distance (right).

Caption For Blackpool, The Promenade 1947

The coming of the railway during the middle of the 19th century was the catalyst that sparked Blackpool's development as a holiday resort, and factory and mill workers flocked from

Caption For Blackpool, Central Promenade C1955

The coming of the railway during the middle of the 19th century was the catalyst that sparked Blackpool's development as a holiday resort, and factory and mill workers flocked from

Caption For Dolgellau, And Cader Idris 1908

The traditional, stone-built market town of Dolgellau has developed at a crossing point on the river Wnion.

Caption For Preston, Miller Park 1913

Created around 1860 and overlooking the River Ribble, Miller Park is one of several in the town, a welcome contrast to the close-packed housing developments that accompanied Preston's industrial expansion

Caption For Lydney, Newerne Street C1955

The 14th-century cross, on its original base and at the top of eight stone steps, underwent restoration in 1878.

Caption For Guisborough, Cemetery 1899

As we leave the town in an easterly direction towards Skelton, our last view of Guisborough, and the resting place of generations of Gisborians since being opened in 1872, is the town's cemetery.

Caption For Castleford, The Bus Station C1965

When the new bus station opened in May 1963 on the site of two former glass works, it was during a period of massive redevelopment in the town centre.

Caption For Runcorn, Church Street C1965

This slow growth of population in the 1900s is explained by the fact that Runcorn was very much a cul-de-sac town.

Caption For Carmarthen, Fair Day C1950

Carmarthen was granted its first charter in 1313, and it was the largest town in all Wales in the early 18th century.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Market Place C1950

The fine old building on the right is used as the Town Hall. A blue plaque commemorates the fact that John Newman was burnt at the stake for his Protestant faith in August 1555.