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Bromley High Street

I remember the coffee smell as one wandered up the high street. Someone on this memory board has asked what was it called. It was called: Coffee Importers, because that was what they did. You could buy beans or have them ground there ...Read more

A memory of Bromley by Susan Tebby

Wartime Coalville

I lived in Coalville in 1940. My father was a Police Inspector and we lived at the Vaughan Street Police station. There were two flats, the other was occupied by Dad's Sergeant. The Court used to sit upstairs in another part of the ...Read more

A memory of St Austell by John Roberts

Robert Hall Street

In reply to Jean Shaw....I also lived in Robert Hall Street, I think we were neighbours. Was your mum named Georgina, if so, I remember going into your house as a child many times and seeing your big dolls on the sofa. Also, if I am ...Read more

A memory of Salford by pehanley

Thanks For Jogging My Memories Of Wombwell

Came across this place by accident - glad I did. I spent the first 11 years of life down Hawson Street, before moving to Aldham House Estate. I can still remember the "old gas works" the other side of the ...Read more

A memory of Wombwell by lez_slack

American Family

I lived with my parents and older brother and sister at 68 Cambridge Road from 1964-1968--some of the best years of my life. My best friends were Ann and Alan Massey.who lived down the street and right across the street were my ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow by Carol Baggett Watts

Raf Cottesmore Wwii

My father, Joseph Spielmann, served with the US Army Air Force attached to the Signal Corps during WWII. He often spoke fondly of his time in Cottesmore. His unit was housed in a manor house which belonged to the widow of an RAF ...Read more

A memory of Cottesmore by oberlejj

School Days

I also visited Salisbury Avenue where my grandparents lived, every day, as I came home from the Grammar School. I regularly went past the barracks and along the Artillery Folly on my way to the bus station then in St Johns street. So much ...Read more

A memory of Colchester by chris.yule2

War Baby Head Banger 1944

I was born in September 1939 just after WW2 had started...My parents who had their house in Waldridge Road decided to move into West Lane to be near my Grandparents while my Dad who was in a reserved occupation was ...Read more

A memory of Chester-Le-Street by maps4

Knock Street 1960 62

I was born in Aberdeen in 1958. I lived in Stuartfield, with my Dad, Bert Gordon and Mum, Vi, in a tied house belonging to Sandy Adams (Adams of Old Deer) from 1960 until we moved to a council house in Windhill Street in 1962. ...Read more

A memory of Stuartfield by hmnoble

1941 Kirkstall Forge Air Raids

The Armstrong family moved to Horsforth from Armley in 1938. I was only 1yr old so cannot remember the move. Mum and Dad bought a house at no 15 Charles Street. My earliest memories must have been in March 1941, the ...Read more

A memory of Horsforth by keitheasyweb

Captions

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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 Cranbrook, High Street 1925

Note the canvas canopies and blinds used by the shops, and on the right the tall telephone pole and short street lamp.

Caption For Staithes, High Street C1955

The narrow cobbled streets of Staithes still wind down to the North Sea just as they did in the 1950s.

Caption For Yeadon, High Street C1965

This photograph looks up the High Street towards the town's bus station. A rarity today would be the pork butchers' shop, on the right with the pram outside.

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 Northampton, Mercers Row 1949

Rising above the cars is the impressive edifice of H Samuel, the famous High Street jeweller. Just visible to the left is All Saints Church.

Caption For Oxford, Magdalen College From The Bridge 1938

The tower, marking the eastern entrance to the High Street, dates back to 1492 and took seventeen years to complete. The delay was probably caused by lengthy financial problems.

Caption For Falmouth, Arwenack Street C1950

The Shipping Chemist on the corner of Swanpool Street (left) reflects the maritime function of Falmouth.

Caption For Ellesmere, Scotland Street C1955

Despite its name, Scotland Street actually leads to Wales. Ellesmere was once part of the dowry of King John's illegitimate daughter, Joan.

Caption For Chester, Bridge Street, Cocoa House 1888

Lower Bridge Street in the days when those short of a few shillings could pay a visit to Edwin Henry Dutton, pawnbroker and jeweller, and those who did have a few shillings could go along to

Caption For Abingdon, Abbey Mill 1890

The unusual 13th-century gabled chimney of the Checker (or Exchequer) building can be seen behind the old stone cottages in Thames Street.

Caption For Ludford, Main Street C1955

This view looks east along the main street.

Caption For Ashford, Marsh Street 1903

What a shame that this street no longer exists. Today it is called Station Road, and its historic buildings, right, have given way to an office block and a ring road.

Caption For Mildenhall, Tillys Pantry Cafe C1965

Situated at the top of Mill Street, Tilly's advertised '…luncheons, teas and light refreshments, everything homemade.'

Caption For Wimborne, West Borough C1960

Cars now line both sides of the road, and it would be hard to argue that they do not detract from the visual appeal of the Georgian street scene.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Hart Street C1960

We are now looking east along Hart Street towards the parish church of St Mary.

Caption For South Moreton, High Street C1965

The lone horse and rider approaching along the High Street, past Walnut Tree Cottage, is a reminder that the village once had a blacksmith and saddler.

Caption For Woodstock, High Street C1960

Looking northwest along the High Street, we see an interesting variety of Georgian buildings, including Woodstock's Baptist Chapel on the right.

Caption For Cross Hills, Main Street C1965

The main street of Cross Hills in the Aire Valley near Keighley was virtually deserted when the Frith photographer called.

Caption For Burnsall, The Street C1955

At the end of the Main Street is the spire of St Wilfred's parish church, originally a Saxon foundation, which was 'beautified' in 1612.

Caption For Eastbourne, High Street, Old Town 1890

The medieval parish church's east window in the distance locates the view along High Street, but a new Safeways obliterated most of Star Road on the right, and earlier road widening removed the

Caption For Eastbourne, Terminus Road 1925

When the railway arrived in 1849 George Cavendish, Earl of Burlington, laid out Terminus Road to link the station to the sea front, and it rapidly became Eastbourne's main commercial street.

Caption For Kilmington, Whitford Road C1960

The Edwardian guidebook writer Francis Bickley described Kilmington thus: 'its branching streets, its old cottages with their bright gardens, the clear waters of its streamlet, all these go to the making

Caption For Swindon, Old Town, High Street 1905

The High Street is part of Old Swindon, which was the extent of the town before the railway arrived.