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Memories

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An Old Book

I purchased this nice old book in a town in Australia today, and inside there was a little certificate: "Holy Innocents Kingsbury Sunday School Prize - Awarded to Richard Francis - Ist Prize - Boys Division, Class I, Christmas 1903" and ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1900 by Lily Valley

Fond Memories Of Brecks Lane

I have fond memories of living down Brecks Lane for the first 7 years of my life. I remember walking down the lane past Brecks farm down to the Billy woods with my mother and our pet corgi..Bunty we called her. My dad was ...Read more

A memory of Kippax by Nigel Schofield

The Cannon, High Street, Maidstone

During the late 1940s and early 1950s my brothers and I were Scouts and each summer we went to Scout Camp at Westgate on Sea. There was no M20 in those days so our journey by lorry took us through Maidstone High ...Read more

A memory of Maidstone by Ken Cook

V E Day

V. E. day was a great day, as I clearly remember it. I remember cycling up High Street with a flag on my handlebars, and a propeller whizzing round in the wind, which we made out of wood, it was a popular with the kids at that time. Bonfires ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1945 by Bob Marriott

Dunstaffnage The War Years 1942 45

In 1942 aged 5 due to my father being a shipwright in the Portsmouth Dockyard he was transferred to a satellite dockyard at Dunstaffnage where we stayed as a family until the war finished and we then moved back to ...Read more

A memory of Oban in 1942 by Brian Woodward

Second World War Memories

I was only a nipper in 1942 but recall clearly the German bombing raids Weston had to survive. Bristol was their main target, but to get a smart getaway they would fly over Weston shedding any spare bombs as they went ...Read more

A memory of Congresbury in 1942 by Jim Beckley

Stacking Timber

In the war years my father drove a lorry or a tractor for May & Hassle timber importers. He would pick up men at various places around the town with his lorry which had a hut on the back. Timber was stacked around Lincolnshire at ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1940 by Bob Marriott

Maidstone High Street

My first job was at G H Laveys 65 High Street (corner of Mill Street). The store sold clothing for men, women, children's school wear, also an equestrian dept. It covered four floors and even had a lift. I was 15 years old. ...Read more

A memory of Maidstone in 1965 by Andrew Dawton

Lovely Braunton

My parents, my aunt and myself moved to Braunton in 1971. We lived next door to the Clarkes who were very kind to us. Although we had moved from a large town house, this house seemed large too - it had a wonderful view right across ...Read more

A memory of Braunton in 1971 by Jenny Lister

Billericay

I used to work for Lord Rayleighs Dairies and my area of delivery was Billericay I used to deliver milk to the Chantry Cafe and most of the Town then out to Norsey Road and surrounding areas, happy days long gone.

A memory of Billericay in 1968 by Brian Buttle

Captions

5,055 captions found. Showing results 1,969 to 1,992.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Westcliff Parade 1898

This photograph looks back at the same houses as those shown in 41386 and 41387.The well-laid out public gardens give a tropical air to the scene.The Lees Hotel was one of the many hotels to be found

Caption For Havant, East Street C1955

Havant is a busy little town overlooking Langstone Harbour; its church recalls the time of Roman and Norman invaders.

Caption For Leyburn, War Memorial 1923

Just in front of the Town Hall (1856) is the war memorial remembering the ten men who died in the First World War, and the ten who perished in the Second.

Caption For Bournemouth, Gervis Arcade C1874

As with so many seaside resorts of the 19th century, Bournemouth attracted a wealthy and fashionable clientele.

Caption For Kettering, Gold Street 1922

A Kettering resident remembers the town centre in the 1920s and 1930s when policemen, with arms outstretched, directed what little traffic there was, errand-boys cycled through the streets loaded with

Caption For Romford, Main Road 1908

It is to the credit of generations of Romford councillors, developers and benefactors that the borough has so many avenues of fine mature trees.

Caption For Northleach, The Stocks C1955

The stocks and pillory in Market Square remind us of a time when justice was swift and direct.

Caption For Uttoxeter, High Street C1965

In the middle distance on the left are Bagshaws, estate agents in the town since 1871.

Caption For Beddgelert, The Village 1925

Here we see a conversation piece in the town centre, a century and a quarter after the proprietor of the Royal Goat changed the village's name and erected Gelert's Grave nearby.

Caption For Ware, High Street 1925

We are looking north down the High Street towards its division into East and West streets.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Smithy 1909

The painter J M Whistler visited the fashionable seaside town of Lyme Regis in 1895.

Caption For Devizes, The Town Hall C1960

This view down St John's Street shows the Town Hall.

Caption For Keighley, Cavendish Street C1910

This is the town's main shopping street. Lower down, a canopy over the pavement keeps the Pennine precipitation off the shoppers.

Caption For Cleator Moor, The Square C1955

The Square is the natural focus of this former iron-mining town on the western fringe of Ennerdale and the Lake District hills.

Caption For Cheltenham, The Promenade C1945

In medieval times it was a small town, having been granted a charter in 1226.

Caption For Tadcaster, The Bridge 1906

White stone from Tadcaster was used to renovate York Minster; this stone was the reason for the Roman name for this town, Calcaria - meaning 'the white town'.

Caption For Hastings, Ecclesbourne Glen 1890

Part of Hastings' early success was due to the picturesque scenery beyond the town to the east, with rugged coastal scenery deep cut with glens, woodland walks and cliff paths.

Caption For Thebes, The Broken Obelisk C1857

The Late 19th to the Early 20th Century Forget six counties overhung with smoke Forget the snorting steam and piston stroke, Forget the spreading of the hideous town; Think rather of the pack-horse

Caption For Northleach, The Stocks C1955

The stocks and pillory in Market Square remind us of a time when justice was swift and direct.

Caption For Stafford, Izaac Walton Walk C1950

In the 19th century this area of the town was prone to flooding, and the mill dam was blamed. In 1879 the Corporation bought the mill from Lord Stafford and built a new weir and floodgates.

Caption For Colchester, Head Street 1891

An empty and rather wintry looking street scene. The road follows the line of the old Roman road which linked North Gate and Head Gate, both entrance points to the original Roman walled town.

Caption For Church Stretton, High Street 1910

A delightful gravestone survives in the town's churchyard commemorating Ann Cook who died in 1814: 'On a Thursday she was born, On a Thursday made a bride, On a Thursday broke her leg, And on a Thursday

Caption For Oswestry, Llwyd's Mansion 1957

The town has suffered a great deal over the centuries: it was regularly ransacked and burnt - sometimes by the Welsh, sometimes by the English. There are therefore only a few really old buildings.

Caption For Eccles, The Library And Monument C1955

Here we see the town's monument to the memory of those from Eccles who gave their lives during two world wars.