Maps

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Memories

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Holidays With Grandad

Thank you for showing the photo of Bank Houses, the house on the right was where my grandad lived and I spent a lot of very happy holidays there. His garden was aways full of lovely things to eat and as I lived in an industrial ...Read more

A memory of Somersham in 1954 by Pamela Binns

Shandon Rhu School

I came across this by chance - I was at school with you, Fraser. I remember coming to an amazing birthday party at your house where your mum had put on an incredible spread, including a plate of Kit Kats which seemed like such a ...Read more

A memory of Shandon by Jayne Burnett

Happy Days

When I was about 4 or 5 I moved from Water Eaton to Fenny. We lived with my gran, Mrs Gibson, in Church Street. We - my two brothers and myself, used to go to the Salvation Army Sunday School, we were only few doors away, and felt ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford in 1951 by Margaret Hogg

Grimsby Bull Ring

I was a teenager at the time of the photo. I remember cycling through the Bull Ring at a heck of a pace having picked up speed coming down Deansgate Bridge, then having to brake hard to negotiate the chicane into Victoria Street. ...Read more

A memory of Grimsby in 1965 by David Sykes

Hawkes Lane Hill Top

Circa date: 'The British Oak' Public House. My Uncle Neville and Aunty Joan kept this Pub for some time when I was a young child. Uncle Neville died whilst licensee and Aunty took over. It was a family pub, always seemed to ...Read more

A memory of West Bromwich in 1965 by Yvonne Powell

Growing Up In Lower Belvedere

My first real memory of Belvedere was that of starting school at St Augustines Primary around 1954. I can recall a wind up gramaphone which the teacher would frantically wind up to keep the music playing, even a funny ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere in 1950 by Ken Mulley

When I Was A Lad

During my schooldays I often visited Eastwood from Hucknall, my mate David Scrimshaw and I had many happy times there. We were travelling back to Hucknall one day on the bus, and two girls waved to us from a small park near hilltop. ...Read more

A memory of Eastwood in 1958 by First Name Last Name

East Ham In The 1960s

In February 1963, when I was six and a half, my parents bought their first house, in Thorpe Road, East Ham. It was and had been a very cold winter, and when we moved in we had difficulty opening the back door, as there was so ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1963 by Jackie Craig

Holidays At Sandilands

My late father used to rent an apartment in a large house opposite the 'pullover' where we would stay for some 2-3 weeks each summer from about 1949-1955. I remember that the lady who owned the house had a large black ...Read more

A memory of Sandilands in 1950 by Elizabeth Hodgson

Kings Builders

I started school in Smallfield in 1934. In those days there were bucket lavatories. The sewer was laid in 1938 and then most of Smallfield was able to do away with the buckets. There were 3 teachers, Miss Kempshall who came from ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1945 by Dennis Stenning

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Captions

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Caption For Lower Kingswood, Smithy Lane 1915

These compact, if undistinguished, houses still stand behind the Fox on the Hill in Smithy Lane, as it leads towards the busy A217 Brighton Road.

Caption For North Cheam, London Road C1955

The broad expanse of the A24 London Road heading towards Stonecot Hill and Morden is lined with parked cars and bicycles outside the shops.

Caption For Frinton On Sea, Connaught Avenue And Free Church C1955

This is a busy road for both cars and pedestrians. In the foreground, in front of the Galleon (selling confectionery) and Constance Williams's shop, is a small garden with a telephone box.

Caption For Camberley, Park Road 1928

Turning right into Park Street we come to the junction with Park Road. This shows the view towards Church Hill, with 'Brackenhurst' on the right.

Caption For Camberley, Frimley Road 1931

We now start to go down the Frimley Road, and this is the junction with Edward Avenue.

Caption For Chester, Ye Olde Crypte 1895

In Nuns Road there is a section of the city walls which gives a grandstand view of the races. This section is open to the public for free viewing from the walls only.

Caption For Chester, New Grandstand 1900

In Nuns Road there is a section of the city walls which gives a grandstand view of the races. This section is open to the public for free viewing from the walls only.

Caption For Dublin, Phoenix Park, Wellington Monument 1890

This 204ft (63m) high obelisk on the south side of the main road was designed by Robert Smirke and believed to be the highest in the world at the time.

Caption For Caterham, Bus In Croydon Road 1925

The 'bus takes pride of place in this bustling Croydon Road scene from the 1920s. The view, taken from what is now a roundabout looking towards London, is surprisingly little changed.

Caption For Liskeard, Dean Terrace 1890

The nature of the road surface is very clear, with the roadmen at work in the days before the use of tarmacadam. The dog awaits traffic from the Bodmin direction.

Caption For Horndean, The Windmill C1965

Chalton Down Mill was a brick tower windmill located on a remote hill top overlooking the main London to Portsmouth road. It was powered by four patent shuttered sails and winded by a fantail.

Caption For Bromyard, Lower Brockhampton C1955

Lower Brockhampton Farm is so secluded that it sits quietly in its own valley, a mile or so from the nearest road. Today the estate is owned by the National Trust and is a magical place to visit.

Caption For Norwich, Yacht Station 1938

This view of Riverside Road was taken from Foundry Bridge. By 1938, the trees planted in the 1880s were mature.

Caption For Strete, Hillside And Frogwell 1925

There is an extensive network of footpaths and bridleways in this area, and ramblers and riders can still see unspoiled scenes if they care to wander away from the roads.

Caption For Worcester, New Road 1906

Only in 1781 did the construction, a little way downstream, of Worcester Bridge and New Road provide a direct route.

Caption For Barnstaple, St Mary's Church 1919

With numbers of worshippers falling dramatically, and the prospect of the inner relief road being built, it was knocked down in 1980: a sadly short life for such a wonderful building, as this interior

Caption For Tunstall, The Square 1940

It was cheaper to shop in Tunstall than to go to Hanley by road, as there were three toll booths to get through.

Caption For Lincoln, Cathedral From Brayford C1950

Fison's warehouse on the right is conveniently placed for deliveries by road or water, and the railway - just behind the cameraman - was also to hand.

Caption For Pitsea, Rectory Road C1955

This parade was built in the years prior to the Second World War, as Pitsea's houses began to inch along Rectory Road.

Caption For Coltishall, 1902

Since the 18th century, substantial houses have been built with gardens leading down to the river, alongside the main road which runs parallel to but out of sight of the river.

Caption For Geddington, Village 1922

Various figures can be seen seated by the 40-ft Cross, which rises from seven steps at the point where three roads meet.

Caption For Kettering, Silver Street C1950

It would have been necessary to stand in the road to capture this view of Silver Street looking down towards the junction with Gold Street, Newland Street and Montagu Street.

Caption For Newnham, Romer Arms C1955

At the west end of the village there is a small green along the Badby Road.

Caption For London, St Pancras Station C1886

The station served the Midland Railway, and its Euston Road frontage is still dominated by the Midland Grand Hotel designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott.