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Places

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Memories

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No.1 Jetty And The Tsmv New Prince Of Wales 1, S.M.N.Co.

This twin screw motor vessel at the Jetty belonged to our family company, the Southend Motor Navigation Co. Ltd. She was built for the company in the 1920's by the local Hayward's Boatyard, ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1950 by Julian Wilson

Pinner Fair

I will add my memories of Pinner Fair while I am able. 1946 and in my last year at Potter St School. A youthful man dressed in a sort of "cowboy outfit," faced a young woman spread against a board. He threw several axes each side of her; ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1946 by Peter Giles

Toast Rack. Motorcycles.

Where the pushbike is, The Toast Rack cafe was, a favourite place for us 'rockers' to meet for coffee and a smoke (back in the days when we all did). This was the meeting place on a Sunday morning to ride to Box Hill and ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1961 by Peter Leonard Norcott

Harthill Agricultural Show And Sports

My maternal grandfather James William Dukes won 1st prize in the half mile bicycle race (open) in 1903. He won a very impressive afternoon ... tea knives and spoons with mother of pearl handled butter knives ...Read more

A memory of Harthill in 1900 by Ann Player

Playing In Salford

I was born in Salford in 1954, except for a brief spell of 4 years in Newton Heath in the late fifties, I have lived there ever since. When I was 11 years old my friend and I were playing digging on the old nursery croft on ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1964 by Tommy Loomes

Dochgarroch

I started my schooling at Dochgarroch in 1952. There were two teachers, Miss Melville who taught the 5 to 8 year olds and the Headmistress who taught from 8 years old until we left to go to Secondary School. The Headmistress was Miss ...Read more

A memory of Dochgarroch in 1952 by Andy Kennedy

The Halcyon 1950's

I lived with my family in Connaught Gardens from being born in 1949 to late 1960 when we moved to Shiremoor. At the end of our street was an overgrown, rubble strewn wasteland which we called 'The Croft'. A natural childrens ...Read more

A memory of Forest Hall in 1950 by Malcolm Wild

Last Place Of Abode In The Uk

My name is Judith Buchanan, formerly High, and we used to live at 20 Cambridge Rd, Thornaby. This house remains firmly entrenched in my earliest childhood memory. I was seven years old when our family left the ...Read more

A memory of Stockton-on-Tees in 1962 by Judith Buchanan

Hounslow, Osterley Park C1965

I went to Isleworth Grammar School between 1956 and 1961. At lunchtime my friends and I used to cycle to Osterley Park. We used to stop on the way at the bakers in Thornbury Road and buy "stale" cakes for a 1d each. ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1960 by Michael Mancey

Braddock And Bagshaws Chemists

I left Robinhill Technical School in July 1954 and started work at Braddock and Bagshaw's Chemist at the bottom of the iron railings on Yorkshire Street. I worked there until January 1960 when I left to do my National ...Read more

A memory of Oldham in 1954 by Frank Eaton

Captions

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Caption For Hele, From Cliffs 1923

There was also the Better Hole, opened after World War I, which became the Fort Cafe in 1937.

Caption For Tolpuddle, Main Street C1955

From here six farm labourers were transported to Australia in 1834 for taking an illegal oath in their quest for union recognition and better wages and conditions.

Caption For Drewsteignton, Village C1880

One 19th-century rector of Holy Trinity Church, the Rev Richard Peak, was better known for his exploits catching sea-trout on the Teign than he was for his sermons.

Caption For Exmouth, The Esplanade 1906

Where better for Edwardian ladies to promenade than on Exmouth's Parade, the long walk above the sea wall?

Caption For Sutton Courtenay, The Green C1955

In the churchyard can be found the graves of Herbert Asquith, Liberal Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916, and Eric Arthur Blair, who may be better known as the novelist George Orwell, whose works include

Caption For Chesterfield, Hotel Portland 1902

The Portland was considered to be equal to, if not better than, the Station Hotel: a rare accolade indeed when Britain's railway-owned hotels were amongst the best in the country.

Caption For Odiham, Cemetry Hill 2004

The black paintwork enables better appreciation of the timber frame.

Caption For Colchester, Castle Park

The castle was also repaired, and the ground outside was lowered to expose its 'battered' plinths. This is the Mayor's Walk along the north side of the keep and within the inner bailey.

Caption For Easby, Abbey 1893

Little of the abbey church remains, but other buildings around the cloister are better preserved. This view shows the south transept (centre left), with the chapter house on the right.

Caption For Lutterworth, Church Street C1955

Church Street has about it an almost faded Dickensian air, in tune with a town whose better days appear to be past, which is a great pity.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Old Market Square 1929

His poem about the embittered fisherman Peter Grimes inspired an opera by a much later and better known resident, Benjamin Britten.

Caption For Manorbier, Castle 1890

A famous resident was Gerald de Barri, born here in 1146; he is better known to us as Giraldus Cambrensis, chronicler, Archdeacon of St David's, and royal chaplain.

Caption For Andover, Winchester Street 1904

Morris's building, on the left, has boldly rounded eaves closers and moulded brick strings of better quality Victorian work.

Caption For Hadleigh, The Castle 1891

Deep cracks have appeared in the better-preserved tower.

Caption For Leeds, The Black Prince Statue C1955

This statue by Brock is of Edward of Woodstock, better known as the Black Prince on account of his black armour.

Caption For Leeds, The Black Prince Statue C1955

This statue by Brock is of Edward of Woodstock, better known as the Black Prince on account of his black armour.

Caption For Harpenden, Village Pond 1897

With a gorse-clad common, walks through fields and woods and a car factory just up the road in Luton, what better place for a dream come true?

Caption For Eastleigh, Leigh Road 1951

Take a stroll through the town and you can see how the town has changed for the better in recent times.

Caption For Barry, Windsor Road 1899

It was designed and built as better housing, with accommodation for live-in household staff. The road, like Broad Street, is lined with young trees.

Caption For Lowestoft, The South Pier Reading Room 1896

What with the adjacent Claremont Pier having had its decking closed, Lowestoft's piers have seen better days.

Caption For Wembley, Park Drive C1960

The attractive domestic-scale shops look even better when compared to the intrusive, faceless Columbus Dixon office block.

Caption For Hendon, The Circus C1960

Hendon did not develop as a major shopping centre until well into the 20th century, when the rapid increase in the population made it necessary to provide better facilities for residents

Caption For London, Westminster Abbey, East End Of Henry Vii Chapel 1890

It was to be the Lady Chapel, but it is better known as the burial place of the first Tudor king and his wife.

Caption For Glastonbury, Abbey, The Lady Chapel C1960

The site is greatly improved, with a gravel surface and better props around the altar site. Today an actual altar is set here, surrounded by benches.