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Morris Dancing After The Fair At Bampton

I went along on Saturday 1st November and watched Devon based Grimspound Border Morris perform outside "The Swan" along with three other teams of dancers including Sweet Coppin clog dancers from Taunton to ...Read more

A memory of Bampton in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

My Memories Of Ferryside

I'm only fourteen but still I have some amazing memories of Ferryside, generations of my family have lived here and i'm planning never to leave. Me and my mam, we're looking through all the pictures and everything seemed so ...Read more

A memory of Ferryside

Living On Elmer Road Middleton On Sea 1962 1974

I lived there as a young child from about the ages of 2-14 years old (1960-early 1970s). As a young child Elmer Road seemed to be at the end of the world. The main road heading east hit a ...Read more

A memory of Middleton-on-Sea in 1969 by Barney Cotton

Pea Shooter And Buses

It was about 1953 when we discovered pluffers and ca caws. The pluffer was a device we used for a pea-shooter. This was a straight stem from a weed and it was about an inch or so in diameter, hollow through the centre and ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1953 by Jimmy Burrows

Wandsworth Town Hall

My great-grandfather was the Wandsworth Town Hall Keeper at the old Town Hall until about 1929, and my mother was born in the building. Later they moved to the Municipal Buildings where my grandfather took over the role from ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1952 by Lisa Hunnybun

I Remember {I Remember Pauldens Store On Oxford Road Burning Down I Was With My Gradma Nellie Flanagan And We Were Horrified I Am Not Sure Of The Exact Date But It Was In The 50@S

I remember Paulden's Store on Oxford Road burning down. I was with my gradma Nellie Flanagan and we were horrified. I am not sure of the exact date but it was in the 1950s.

A memory of Hulme by Janice Nelson

College Days

I was at the college for 2 years, maiden name Stone. I have wonderful memories of my time there. School practice in the school next door and outlying village schools.The people in the town were so friendly and we took part in a ...Read more

A memory of Saffron Walden in 1952 by Mary Mills

The 1960s In Walton Hard Times!

I moved to Walton in the 1960s after my dad died. We lived in a caravan at a park up the Naze as we were homeless. I went to school in Stanley Road when I was 14 and went for a month or so and never went ...Read more

A memory of Walton-On-The-Naze by Tony Nicholl

Chilhood And Family

My family connection with LLandudno starts with my grandmother. She moved with her widowed mother, brother and sister from Sutton Coalfield sometime in 1900s. The family name was Ford, it comprised my great-grandmother Emma and ...Read more

A memory of Llandudno by Cheryl Thornthwaite

Hyde So Many Fond Memories.

Nightingales on the corner opposite the post office. What a wonderful smell when you walked in. The cafe (Booth's?) just up from CABLE shoes where I started work at age 14, best chips and gravy ever! Ibbotson's bakery where ...Read more

A memory of Hyde by John Taylor

Captions

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Caption For Kirkby In Furness, Beckside C1955

The estuary and the town of Millom on the far side can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Maryport, Senhouse Street C1955

The name of this busy shopping street is significant because it commemorates Lord of the Manor Colonel Humphrey Senhouse, who expanded the town greatly in the 18th century, and renamed it after

Caption For Basildon, The View From Freedom House C1965

Work on the town centre had begun in 1956. The shops at Laindon, Vange and Pitsea—the old centres—tended to suffer as new business was drawn into the precinct.

Caption For Ventnor, From The Cliffs 1918

This panoramic view over Ventnor gives an idea of the steepness of the town. As

Caption For Taunton, Park Street And County Hall C1960

The new building was beautifully designed by Vincent Harris, and it is situated next to the municipal offices at Shire Hall.

Caption For Bournemouth, Baths From Bath Road C1948

The public swimming baths, the Pavilion Theatre and an indoor bowling green showed the town's commitment to being an all-the-year-round resort.

Caption For Bedale, High Street And Cross 1908

In the early 19th century the town had a population of around 1,100. The poor were reasonably well cared for.

Caption For Newquay, Launching The Lifeboat 1928

Judging by the crowds, this was a practice launch of the town's self-righting sailing lifeboat.

Caption For Caerphilly, Chapel And Clock Tower 1899

Caerphlly was primarily an industrial and market town.

Caption For Chelmsford, The Public Library 1906

Built in 1906, this was the town's library until 1935, when new premises were completed in Duke Street.

Caption For Stockton On Tees, Town Hall C1955

The Town Hall stands prominently in the centre of the High Street and dates from 1735.

Caption For Fulwood, Beech Drive C1965

The name Fulwood comes from the Old English and means 'dirty or foul wood'. Here we see the main road leading north from Preston and the Methodist Church.

Caption For Dorking, Deepdene Avenue 1906

'in this town is a great plenty of cherries, particularly a wild cherry that Mr John Evelyn tells me, it makes a most excellent wine, little inferior to the best French claret, and keeps longer; and

Caption For Box Hill, The Entrance To Boxhill Station 1907

'in this town is a great plenty of cherries, particularly a wild cherry that Mr John Evelyn tells me, it makes a most excellent wine, little inferior to the best French claret, and keeps longer; and

Caption For Wellingborough, Wilby Swimming Pool C1950

Most were rebuilt or covered over and replaced by the modern heated indoor pool.

Caption For Penarth, The Walk To The Beach 1893

Such were the number of visitors navigating the overgrown and makeshift route from the town centre to the beach that the Windsor estate prioritised the construction of a more permanent path.

Caption For Loughborough, Queens Park C1950

This 150ft high, 47-bell brick carillon was designed by Sir Walter Tapper, and erected in 1923 as the town's tribute to the fallen of the First World War.

Caption For Lyndhurst, On Brockenhurst Road 1918

Some people are fortunate enough to live away from the towns and in the heart of the New Forest, their old cottages looking as much a part of nature as the trees and furze.

Caption For Paignton, Bathing Beach 1928

To this day, it is a candy floss and funny hats sort of place: cheap and cheerful, very cheerful. Small changing tents were a feature of English seaside holiday towns until well after the last war.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square, The 'mother And Child' Statue C1960

Maurice Lambert's 'Mother and Child' was commissioned in 1959, as a symbol of the New Town's growth.

Caption For Blackburn, The Town Hall C1955

Note the change of illumination outside the Town Hall. On the right is the Exchange Building in its incarnation as the Majestic Cinema.

Caption For Rochdale, Town Hall 1892

The Town Hall was designed by the Leeds architect W H Crossland in a Gothic Flemish style and built between 1866 and 1871.

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, The Town And Bay 1901

Situated on precarious cliffs, the town has suffered greatly from erosion over the years.

Caption For Accrington, Town Hall 1897

Land behind the Town Hall was used for industry for many years: the Spring Mill buildings and the cupola of Pleck Brass Works are visible to the right.