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Memories

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Alvin Finch

Yes, I remember Alvin Finch. He was an excellent artist. My father supplied the carnival float for the 1953 carnival (I think it was that year I was only 8 at the time). My brother Alan Downes who was 19 years old at the time ...Read more

A memory of Hullbridge in 1953 by Mike Downes

Fond Memories Happy Days

I was born at 44 Main Street, better known as Music Row, in 1943 and moved to Kimberley in 1958. I have many fond memories of living there, huge bonfires on the "donkey piece", making "winter warmers" out of a tin with holes ...Read more

A memory of Awsworth in 1943 by Denis Morley

Tsb

I used to work in the TSB down School Road in 1965/1966. I walked up from Glebelands Road swinging my wicker basket. Sometimes I got a lift off the milkman, it took me longer but he was very nice. I spent my time watching them build Boots and the new precinct.

A memory of Sale in 1965 by Sheila Harvey

Stories Told To Me By My Mother Of Penge Characters

Old forgotten characters of Penge and Eden Park: The Duke of Penge Nell Horley the midwife Winny of the Eden Park Trading Agency The Lad who gave a prize-winning fighter a taste of what ...Read more

A memory of Penge in 1920 by Geoffrey Younger

Leyton In The 1950s

My family lived 7 Newport Road, my sister was even born there. As a kid in the 1950s I would go to Saturday morning pictures at the Essoldo, on Leyton High Road, it cost 7 pence. That's also where the library was. I had to get ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1953 by Valerie Stephens

Stormy Point

Stormy Point was a very popular destination for cavers and for those seeking the wide-ranging views over the Cheshire plain but without the crowds that came to Castle Rock, particularly on a Sunday. My vivid memory of Stormy Point ...Read more

A memory of Alderley Edge in 1955 by Graham Dilliway

Beach Warriors And The Secret Army

Running down from Barton Common is a small river called Becton Bunny. This occupied the local gang of unsupervised children caled the Secret Army for many summer days, building substantial dams, which eventually ...Read more

A memory of New Milton in 1952 by Roger Williams

Grandmother

My grandmother used to live in St Nicholas Road next door to the corner shop opposite St Nicholas House. I have many happy memories of visits from Downend, and walking her dog Smokey. Gran died in 1968 after the police ...Read more

A memory of Easton by Julie Mainstone Smith

Happy Holidays

Although I was born in Coventry in 1953 my mum and her family were from Wheatley Hill and I spent many happy holidays there visiting my grandparents, aunts, uncles and many cousins. My grandparents were Joseph and Mary Parker who ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley Hill in 1960 by Lesley Ward

My Hometown

I was born and raised in the Fleet area. My dad (Leonard) had a shop in the High Street, and I used to be friends with Christine who lived at the very top of the High Street, her dad also had a shop. I knew this area well and I remember the ...Read more

A memory of Fleet in 1965

Captions

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Caption For Nether Stowey, Post Office And Clock Tower 1929

The village lock-up and a medieval market cross and bell tower once stood here at the junction.

Caption For Kingston St Mary, The Village C1960

The village lock-up and a medieval market cross and bell tower once stood here at the junction.

Caption For Maltby, Crossroads C1965

BBC and ITV aerials proliferate above the rooftops of Maltby.

Caption For Emsworth, The Old Mill C1955

The old tide mill overlooking the quay at Emsworth, once Chichester Harbour's main port and an important centre for the oyster trade.

Caption For Salisbury, High Street Gate 1894

called the North Gate) is still closed every evening, a practice that has continued since about 1340AD when the wall surrounding the cathedral was completed, thus emphasising that the cathedral and

Caption For Ilkeston, Parish Church And War Memorial C1955

The originally 14th-century pinnacled tower of St Mark's parish church watches over Ilkeston's wide Market Place, with the town's war memorial in the foreground.

Caption For Filey, The Sands 1927

The large, gracious, Victorian terraces serving as guesthouses and hotels dominate the skyline along the sea front. The building of the new town began in 1840, and by 1867 it was a bustling resort.

Caption For Lytham, The Windmill And Green C1950

The photograph gives the impression that the town is waiting for someone or some-thing to lift it from gloom and despondency.

Caption For Dawlish, Dawlish Water 1928

The Dawlish Water and its high tributary the Smallacombe Brook rise on the wooded heathland of Little Haldon Hill, which rises eight hundred feet at the back of the town.

Caption For Brixham, Inner Harbour 1906

After the 1850s the new railway from Churston meant that Brixham fish could be sent swiftly to towns and cities throughout Britain.

Caption For Market Harborough, High Street C1965

Gone are the market stalls and booths of an earlier era. Here are the vans and accoutrements of a modern thriving market town, utilising the fronts of the Georgian buildings.

Caption For Maltby, Crossroads C1965

BBC and ITV aerials proliferate above the rooftops of Maltby.

Caption For Wickersley, St Albans Church C1955

BBC and ITV aerials proliferate above the rooftops of Maltby.

Caption For Basildon, Market Place C1960

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange. The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built.

Caption For Sherborne, From The Slopes 1895

Sherborne is, by some people's estimation, the most beautiful of the Dorset towns.

Caption For Belford, The Square C1965

The small market town of Belford was once a coaching stop for travellers on the Great North Road.

Caption For Nelson, Centre C1953

We are looking down Manchester Road, the A56; the road looks quiet and almost asleep. The Lord Nelson Hotel is on the right.

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, The Bay Hotel 1927

The place became a favourite with artists and holidaymakers alike; many of its red-roofed cottages were perched somewhat precariously on the cliffs. It is also known as Bay Town.

Caption For Lechlade, Burford Street C1955

St Lawrence's church was built in the Perpendicular style and paid for by merchants made rich from wool.

Caption For Northleach, Market Place C1960

Most of the buildings in the town centre date from Tudor and Jacobean days.

Caption For Ross On Wye, Evening Reflections C1950

Described in 1972 by Maxwell Fraser in his book, 'Welsh Border Country' as 'one of those perfect English towns which are unsurpassable in their friendly atmosphere and old-world charm', Ross is beautifully

Caption For Cowes, The Parade C1955

However, the currents are strong and the shoreline shelves steeply. Cowes' reputation as a yachting paradise overwhelmed all real attempts to open the town up as a simple holiday resort.

Caption For Lytham, Clifton Street 1901

The town's premier shopping area still exhibits the same charm that is evident in these pictures. The photographer's viewpoint in both instances is now the entrance to a new piazza.

Caption For Minchinhampton, Market House 1901

Minchinhampton's very fine Market Hall dates from 1698, and demonstrates the early prosperity of this important wool town.