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Glen Faba Rye House Chalet Park

Does anyone at all remember the small island called Glen Faba at Rye House which had dozens of old chalets, caravans and odd assortments of old bungalows near the river lea lock. There was also a provisions shop made ...Read more

A memory of Hoddesdon in 1960 by Mike Comb

Working As A Conductor

I remember in 1960 working as a conductor on the 'Western Welsh. My driver was Dai Williams, and my uncle, Danny Evans, was a driver, along with Ernie Sharrott. We had the best Solo card school in town, and I can say now at ...Read more

A memory of Bridgend in 1960 by Terry Evans

Biography And Memories

I am writing this on behalf of my wife, nee Gena Brown from the old Stirling Castle, otherwise known as the Bottom House, but the one she remembers best is the Staneford Arms where her mother held the licence. Her Auntie Nan, ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1955 by Hugh Camrass

Family Memory

My dad was from the area and my brother was brought up in the village by my gran. I remember playing in the shallows of the river by the bridge on a hot sunny summers day. I have lost touch with my brother and would love to find him.

A memory of Swimbridge in 1970 by Ruth Dean

Down Memory Lane

I was born in Nottingham and came to live in Gateshead when I was 4 years old. My mother was in the W.R.A.C and met my father when she was stationed down there. He was a Waiter in the Crown Hotel in Bawtry and was originally from ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by Pauline Thompson

Wartime In Ivybridge 1939

I was one of ten little girls, plus our teacher, who arrived in Ivybridge as evacuees from Acton, London, at the outbreak of the Second World War. We were taken to a hall (probably at the school) where we were ...Read more

A memory of Ivybridge in 1940 by Geraldine Gasparelli

Hazel Road

My father was born in 1930 and lived in Hazel Road, opposite the Supermarine factory. He left in the 1930s as his father, who was in the Navy, was moved to Coventry to become a recruiting officer. At the beginning of this year, I had the ...Read more

A memory of Woolston in 1930 by Hannah Race

Food Outlets

I can remember the suppliers of food and the taxi rank on the island at the Clock Tower - their pies were particularly nice and the taxi drivers very friendly. At the same place the freshly loaded coal wagons used to park whilst ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath in 1940 by Peter Lake

Hubert Terrace

I often wondered who Hubert was. Other road names around were obvious. Bank Street was on a bank; School street had a school at the end of it. But Hubert Terrace? One side of my street was brick and the other was stone; something else ...Read more

A memory of Bensham in 1964 by Susan Green

Born On The Graig

"It's only wind or powder on the stomach"my Mam had said as she walked home from the ammunition factory on a cold Autumn evening. The "wind" or "powder" was born on the 2nd December 1942. I, Colin Gronow, had ...Read more

A memory of Graig in 1940 by Colin Gronow

Captions

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Caption For Walsall, Belsize House, Bradford Street 2005

During the 19th century the town centre had shifted westwards to the Bridge and Park Street.

Caption For Capel Curig, Bridge C1870

Beside the stone causeway and bridge, rowing boats invite anglers or sightseers to venture out on the water.

Caption For Grays, Dartford Tunnel 1963

Since then and the completion of the M25, the twin tunnels are one way; vehicles crossing from the Essex side use the graceful Queen Elizabeth II suspension bridge which soars above the river.

Caption For Langdale Pikes, The Valley 1892

The Langdale Pikes are among the Lake District's most popular and recognisable hills.

Caption For Bedford, Suspension Bridge And Embankment Gardens C1960

The inclined floral bed in the foreground survives, and is planted each year with a different theme. The concrete block walls replaced railings lost during the Second World War.

Caption For Upton Upon Severn, 1931

Apart from vinegar-making, the site of several skirmishes for control of the bridge during the Civil War, and an old church with an oddly-shaped tower, Upton's other claim to fame is that Henry Fielding

Caption For Woolston, The Bus Station C1960

Up until 1977 this station was shared with Hants & Dorset motor services. Bristol K5G buses ran into Woolston, and Corporation buses served the floating bridge.

Caption For Rothwell, Market Place C1955

This view looks east from Bridge Street, past the Market House and along into Bell Hill.

Caption For Tadcaster, The Mill 1906

The breweries used the Wharfe to bring in raw materials and transport finished products.

Caption For Hartlepool, The Harbour Wall C1960

The Pilot's Pier light sits on a long promontory extending from the sea wall, and cargo shipping and the associated tug boats pass by it on their way in and out of the port.

Caption For Wickhambreaux, The Forge 1903

From the Bridge 1899 A town when the Domesday Book was compiled, and a settled place as far back as the 7th century, Fordwich was a flourishing port on the River Stour for Canterbury when the river was

Caption For London, Tower Of London C1950

As we look from Tower Bridge, the dominance of William the Conqueror's White Tower keep, dating from the late 11th century and still the focus of the castle, is now somewhat reduced by office blocks, including

Caption For Runcorn, All Saints Church 1900

Just to the left of All Saints' Church the Railway Bridge can be clearly seen standing where Queen Ethelfleda's castle was built to control and watch the Runcorn Gap and protect her kingdom

Caption For Congleton, The Canal C1965

The Macclesfield Canal passes through the outskirts of Congleton, complete with an elegant iron aqueduct where it crosses Canal Street, and several attractive bridges.

Caption For Newbury, View From Victoria Park Bridge C1950

The view from this bridge has changed significantly in the last 50 years.

Caption For Steeton, The River And Bridge C1960

This bridge over the River Aire linking Silsden and Steeton was built in 1806 at a cost of £3529; it opened up trade between Wharfedale and Airedale.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Hodder Bridge 1921

Hidden among the trees in the centre of our photograph is a foot (and animal) bridge just a few miles outside Dunsop Bridge.The hill on the left is called Knot or Sugar Loaf.

Caption For Richmond, From The Bridge 1899

Beyond the scrum of pleasure boats for hire in this view looking downstream from Richmond Bridge is the three-storeyed White Cross pub.

Caption For Lostwithiel, The Bridge 1891

This important mid 15th-century bridge at the lowest crossing point of the River Fowey links the two parts of Lostwithiel.

Caption For Aberdour, The Stone Pier 1900

A packed steamer is kept firmly alongside the pier as the Master on the bridge plots her progress carefully. She is either about to put warps ashore or has just taken them aboard.

Caption For Gretna Green, Sark Bridge C1955

Gretna stands on the Scottish/English border, and so it became popular for runaway marriages of English couples following the passage of Lord Hardwicke's act in 1754.

Caption For Warrington, The Circus And Sankey Street C1955

The Circus at the top of Bridge Street is now a pedestrianised area. The buildings behind the bus have been totally redeveloped, and incorporate a lovely open shopping area known as Golden Square.

Caption For Hampstead, Viaduct And Pond 1898

The five-arch later 19th-century red-brick bridge still rather pompously carries a narrow roadway across the pond in the south west angle of the Heath.

Caption For Little Haywood, Meadow Lane C1955

Looking down the lane, towards Cannock Chase, note the railway bridge which carried the line between Colwich junction and Macclesfield.