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357 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.

Epsom Army Cadets

We were part of the 3rd Cadet Batallion of the East Surrey Regiment. Our base was the wooden huts erected behind Snows cycle shop in East Street after a German bomb obliterated the infants school that was there. The Officer in charge ...Read more

A memory of Epsom by b.waterman

Growing Up In Ilford

I was born down Roman Road Ilford sadly as long ado as 1947 but life in Ilford was good. Went to Mount Secondary School but left at the age of 14 and started work as a jnr legal secretary in a firm in Cranbrook Road. It was so great ...Read more

A memory of Ilford by chrishicks4honey

Born In Hounslow 1963

I was born at home in Lampton Road (opposite The Bulstrode) in January 1963 where I lived until 1970 when we moved to Heston (not far from Henley's roundabout). I can remember regularly cycling to Lampton Park and learning to ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by denise.r.willmott

East Street

I can remember when this was the main A31! Yes it is very difficult to imagine now that all the traffic from East to West came along this road as well as the traffic from West to East, that is both ways! Yes ALL the traffic as there ...Read more

A memory of Wimborne Minster by pauline

Alma Street

I lived in alma street.from 1950 to 1968..my name was sheila leach...mum was Edith and dad John. I moved to east Ford square colly Hurst. In 1968 Anybody know me.from there.alma street.

A memory of Collyhurst by Sheila Mccaig

School Days And Beyond

Having just stumbled on this website I felt compelled to add my recollections of living in Fenham in Cheeseburn Gardens from circa 1961 to 1980. I lived 2 streets down the hill from the first contributor who lived in Ovington ...Read more

A memory of Fenham by keith.hindson

Evacuated To Hele....

I am guessing the year would have been 1944.... I would have been 6 and my brother would have been 5. I dont know how we were evacuated exactly...because we didnt go through the School system, we went with our Mother and our Grandmother ...Read more

A memory of Hele by Maurene Kauter

Early Days In Greenock

I found all these photos fascinating, I have been researching many aspects of Greenock since I began working on the family's history i was hoping to see photos of some of the streets I have come to know quite well, like William ...Read more

A memory of Greenock by Robert Macfie

Pavenham 1945 1970

This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that name ...Read more

A memory of Pavenham by Stephen Wessel

Lancing In The Fifties And Sixties

My family moved to Lancing when I was six months old, living first in Orchard Avenue and then Tower Road, which had a bad reputation - totally undeserved! I liked the fact that there were always children to play with, ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Avril Boyd

Captions

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Caption For Wonersh, The Village C1955

South-east of Shalford, Wonersh has an old core with some fine timber-framed houses, including the 16th-century Grantley Arms pub; there are more old houses along the winding The Street, which starts

Caption For Reigate, Church Street C1955

This view looks east from the upper windows of the old Town Hall along Church Street.

Caption For Thurmaston, The Newark Road C1965

The village sits astride the Roman Fosse Way, but it is attractive no longer: for the last hundred years it has been in all but name a part of North Leicester.

Caption For Lower Bentham, The Village C1955

The main street is deserted. Lower Bentham stands 15 miles east of Lancaster on the slopes of the Pennines.

Caption For Buckingham, Parish Church C1965

Further up Castle Street and at its junction with Bristle Hill to the right and Elm Street on the left, the photographer is looking towards the great east window of the parish church.

Caption For Aylesbury, Market Square C1955

This view looks east past the much-reduced George pub, with Burton's facade beyond, to the junction of Cambridge Street at the left and High Street to the right of the Round House.

Caption For Oxford, High Street 1937

When walking the street's length from east to west, you can appreciate the sweeping curve which gradually reveals some of Oxford's most striking landmarks.

Caption For Thurmaston, The Newark Road C1965

The village sits astride the Roman Fosse Way, but it is attractive no longer: for the last hundred years it has been in all but name a part of North Leicester.

Caption For Pevensey, Royal Oak Hotel 1890

This hostelry, in Pevensey's High Street, is one of the ancient town's historic buildings standing opposite the east gate to Pevensey Castle.

Caption For Welford, High Street C1965

The Leicester to Northampton road passes through Welford's High Street, parallel with the much more tranquil West Street.

Caption For Saundersfoot, The Beach 1933

This view shows Front Beach and Railway Street, now the Strand. In the foreground is Craig-y-Mor or Rock Villa. The small building in the garden was originally a boathouse.

Caption For Egham, The King's Head C1950

The photograph shows a view of Egham High Street, looking east. The King's Head Hotel, seen on the right in the photograph, dates back to the early 17th century.

Caption For Coningsby, Silver Street C1955

Tattershall and Coningsby lie just south of the last slopes of the Wolds, with the flat Fens stretching away to the south.

Caption For Clapham, High Street C1965

Further north-east along the High Street, Frith's photographer now looks back in the Clapham Common direction past Cato Road (left).

Caption For Luton, St Mary's Church Chancel 1897

The chancel has a mosaic reredos based on da Vinci's 'Last Supper', made in Venice and installed in 1883; the east window was rebuilt in 1886 by G E Street.

Caption For Ampleforth, Main Street C1955

The North Yorkshire village of Ampleforth is perhaps best known for its Roman Catholic boys' school situated to the east of the village, but this view shows the Main Street of the village itself, which

Caption For Lyndhurst, High Street 1897

Lyndhurst's main street runs from east to west, dominated by the church on the higher ground at one end. Much of the administrative work of the New Forest is carried out here.

Caption For Guisborough, Bow Street C1965

Mr Pallister's butcher's shop flanks the entry to Bow Street. Next to him is Elizabeth's the outfitter's and then Mr Winter's jeweller's shop.

Caption For Mill Hill, Stirling Corner And The Kings Arms Pub C1955

Well-designed bollards and street signs front a typical road-house at the junction of the Great North Road with the lesser east-west Elstree to Chipping Barnet Road.

Caption For Godalming, High Street C1955

Continuing north-east along Portsmouth Road we reach Godalming, a market town since 1300, its centre now by-passed. These timber-framed buildings are fine examples.

Caption For Watchet, Harbour 1927

This view, from the east side of the harbour, looks across the Esplanade to the slipway at the junction of Market Street and Swain Street, the old core of the town.

Caption For Beer, Pillow Lace Workers 1901

Lace-making has always been an important tradition in East Devon, though it would be a rare sight today to see it carried out in the street by a local cottager.

Caption For Aldbrough St John, The Bridge C1955

Situated just off the old Great North Road (the Roman Dere Street and the modern B6275), Aldbrough St John takes its name from the parish church.

Caption For Thornton Dale, C1965

The railed and culverted Thornton Beck runs through the village of Thornton Dale, east of Pickering on the edge of the North York Moors.