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Bournemouth Gardens

When I was a child, my parents and my two brothers went to Bournemouth every year for 2 weeks holiday. I have nothing but happy memories of Bournemouth and Boscombe and the surrounding towns. I am now nearly 56 but I still ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1959 by Marian Hindley

Corn Exchange

Before the railways (railroads) came, there was no particular reason why people in Bristol, England should keep the same time as people in London. At that time there was no practical way of communicating information about time over ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Brinton Park

My father used to sell ice-cream in Brinton Park, Dennis Keen was his name. We lived off Hoo Road on Vicarage Crescent. I remember visiting my grandmother on Baxter Avenue, and there was a sweet shop on the corner; does anyone ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster by Lawrence Keen

Grandparents

I was in Featherstone at the weekend and visited Cressys Corner as my grandparents lived there in the 1960s. I'm doing our family tree and visited various places in Featherstone. It all looks so different to when I was growing up ...Read more

A memory of Featherstone by Kay Dalby

Bristol's Loveliest Church, St Mary Redcliffe.

St Mary Redcliffe Church. Bristol's loveliest church, St Mary Redcliffe, was described as 'the fairest, the goodliest and most famous parish church in England' by Queen Elizabeth I in 1574. Thanks to ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1880 by Paul Townsend

I Lived There As A Child

I was three when we moved on to Whitehouse Lane, and stayed until I left Codsall Comp in 1974. I loved the town. Anyone who remembers me and wants to get in touch can do so at www.markpsadler.com

A memory of Codsall Wood in 1960 by Mark Sadler

Up The Wood

We had no TVs, and there was not much on the radios so we made our own entertainment. One activity was playing up the local wood. We had two woods close to East Howle. One was called the Side Wood and the other was known as the Middle ...Read more

A memory of East Howle in 1950 by Robert Scott

Growing Up In East Ham

My family moved to East Ham from Mile End. We lived on White Horse Road, and I attend Brampton Manor. My brother and sister attended other schools. We used to to the reck centre in Central Park, on Saturdays, it was so ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1975

Milnathort A Genteel Place

My sister and I were invited to spend holidays at the home of a very kind lady in Milnathort. Church of Scotland ministers were asking members of their congregations to look after children from 'homes' during the school ...Read more

A memory of Milnathort in 1965 by Janette Dewar

Knowsley Park

Approximately 1955 to 1959. I remember going to Knowsley Park for the Sunday School 'treat'. We would walk round the town in procession in our best clothes behind our banners. The procession would end in Knowsley Park and we would have ...Read more

A memory of Prescot in 1958

Captions

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Caption For Cranbrook, Stone Street 1902

Cranbrook's High Street, entering the town from Hawkhurst, and Stone Street, leading on towards Tenterden and Maidstone, form a L-shape with the tile-hung fascia of the 15th-century George Hotel at

Caption For Burnley, Manchester Road 1895

Burnley means 'the place by the river Brun'; the town snuggles in a valley between the rivers Calder and Brun.

Caption For South Wigston, Blaby Road C1965

As late as 1870, enclosure meadowland and hawthorn hedges stretched away from Wigston, but the ensuing period up to 1900 was to see a trebling of population figures as hosiers and boot and shoe manufacturers

Caption For Chelmsford, Tindal Square 1906

In the terms of his will, however, he left instructions that his estate - which now consisted of Moulsham and Chelmsford - should remain in one piece as it passed to his successive male heirs.

Caption For St Asaph, High Street C1960

This small city with a population of 3,600 and the smallest cathedral in Britain has an important place in the history of Wales.

Caption For Loftus, Town Hall C1955

The distinctive town hall of Loftus was built by Lord Zetland in 1879 and described as 'Free-Neo-Tudor' with a polygon angled tower.

Caption For Rye, Ypres Castle 1894

Built in 1249 to defend the town from French raids, by the late 14th century the castle was used by the town corporation before being sold in 1430 to one John de Ypres; it was bought back by the corporation

Caption For Moreton In Marsh, Manor House Hotel C1955

Moreton was a market town for the woollen industry in centuries past, and it was also an important centre for the linen weaving industry and a coaching town in the days of horse-drawn travel

Caption For Wallingford, Market Place And Church 1893

Wallingford's imposing 17th-century Town Hall dominates this Victorian photograph.

Caption For Beaminster, St Marys Church C1965

Until the commercial growth of towns such as Yeovil and Bridport, Beaminster was an important town for neighbouring villages.

Caption For Penryn, Street 1890

This ancient borough and market town is most famous for its fine-grained granite, which was used in the construction of Waterloo Bridge.

Caption For Salcombe, Fore Street 1907

The Shipwright's Arms on the left is still open for business, and its name gives an indication of one of the old trades in town - until the late years of Victoria's reign the town's main industry was the

Caption For Market Harborough, Church And School 1922

The classic market-town juxtaposition of church and grammar school create an ideal composition.

Caption For Middlesbrough, The Park 1913

Albert Park was opened by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, in 1868, and the land was purchased for the town by Henry Bolckow.

Caption For Littleham, The Cranford Hotel C1965

The Cranford Hotel on the outskirts of the town began its existence as the Half Way House; it was transformed from a humbler inn to cater for the increase in visitors to the resort and the

Caption For Devizes, The View From St John's Church 1898

Gothic, Jacobean, classical and domestic architecture testify to the history of the town's development. Note the attractive, almost Flemish gabling of the building in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Sherborne, Ladies College 1912

Sherborne is famous for its public schools, and on most days in term time pupils can be seen threading their way around the old town.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Bridge Street 1922

The Red Horse Hotel is where Washington Irving penned his paper on the town.

Caption For Brynmawr, The Market Square C1955

It is still at the heart of the town, but now it has a black metal surround erected by the Town Council.

Caption For Brynmawr, The Market Square C1955

It is still at the heart of the town, but now it has a black metal surround erected by the Town Council.

Caption For Preston, Church Street 1929

Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Angel Hill C1955

The gateway to the Abbey and the commercial edge of the secular town face each other across Angel Hill.

Caption For Dunstable, Downside Estate C1965

This photograph (and D69029) show the impact of 1960s development and the architectural mores that governed the town.

Caption For Woking, Chertsey Road 1898

This railway town was some two miles north of the original village of Old Woking. The London to Southampton railway arrived in 1838, and 'new' Woking began to develop.