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My Teenage Years At Clevedon

On the surface of it there was nothing to do in Clevedon for a teenager, but I was wrong. Meeting up with friends and looking for entertainment, Clevedon Pier came the place to be, with a juke box and the latest records ...Read more

A memory of Clevedon in 1956 by Iris Nicks

I Remember Southall

I moved to Southall when I was 5 with my family, went to live at Cornwall Avenue and then went to Lady Margaret School, left there when I was 11 went to Dormers Wells, at 12 we moved to Trinity Road, I still went to Dormers Wells ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1940 by Josiephine Reavell

Portmanmore Road 1964 Part Two

My dad was from Bridgend and my mother was from Llanharran. In 1961 soon after they’d got together, I was conceived, they left the valley's and moved in with my Nan, Maureen Payne / Pobihem, and Step Grampy, Polish ...Read more

A memory of Splott in 1964 by Lynette Carter

After John St

I was bike boy for Morris & Davis Butchers. Then went to Warringtons as a bricklayer. In 1968 I went to the Shell, 32 years later took early retirement.

A memory of Ellesmere Port in 1962 by John Burford

Leinster House, Spencer Park

My great-grandfather's house, Leinster House, No. 1 Spencer Park was built in about 1880 and stood on a large corner plot at the top of St. John's Hill. It was demolished in 1964 and a block of flats were built soon ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1880

Shotton In The Forties Fifties

I was brought up in a two-up, two-down cottage at No.4, Shotton Lane. These cottages were demolished in the fifties and modern houses were built on the site. Everyone was poor and, during the war in particular, people ...Read more

A memory of Shotton in 1944 by David Gunning

Our History In Brief

Although I had visited Hightown on many many occasions before this date to visit my Grandparents etc I particularly remember the days when myself and friends from Waterloo would visit Altcar Rifle Range to mark the ...Read more

A memory of Hightown in 1957 by Ron Baybut

Happy Days

I lived in Cobden Road behind the fire station and went to school first at Mayville Road and my first teacher's name was Mrs Frith? Then I was transfered to Davies Lane because I lived on the wrong side of the high street. Finally ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone by Keith Matthews

Jtbells

This is the year I started on the building sites in 1963, I got a job on J. T. Bell's site in Whickam, the site hadn't been running long then as it was in the first stage. All the lads were mainly from Newburn, Lemington, and Throckley. If ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1963 by Jimmy Burrows

Early Years

I was born in 1953 in the front room bedroom at 103 Chamber Road, Hollinwood, Oldham. My Dad Denis Murray was from Oldham, son of Simeon and Margaret Murray from Talbot Street. I remember walking to Corpus Christi School on Old Lane with ...Read more

A memory of Oldham in 1953

Captions

529 captions found. Showing results 289 to 312.

Caption For London, Westminster Hospital C1915

The hospital moved in 1939 to nearby St John's Gardens, and this building, dating from 1834, was demolished in 1951.

Caption For Reading, Market Place C1870

This view looks towards St Lawrence's church.

Caption For Warminster, Christ Church C1950

Pevsner describes it as 'a long church, W tower with tall, heavy pinnacles.

Caption For Abergavenny, Frogmore Street C1955

The Frogmore Café (left) offered busy shoppers a break until 1969, when it was taken over by Sketchleys the cleaners.

Caption For St Michaels, The Church C1960

Beautifully situated by the tree-lined River Wyre and the ancient bridge (Bonnie Prince Charlie's army passed over it) is one of the three most ancient churches in the Fylde—they are Preston, Kirkham,

Caption For Finchingfield, The Village C1955

The church of St John the Baptist dominates the scene.

Caption For Finchale Priory, 1892

The history of Finchale began in about 1115 when St Godric built himself a hermitage.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, St Mary's Church, Interior 1922

This photograph shows the magnificent hammer-beam roof of c1445, the Star of David St Edmund window of 1844 copied from the Abbey Gate, and the rood screen, which was erected as a Boer War Memorial in

Caption For Swaffham, Market Place 1891

King John granted markets here, and they have continued ever since.

Caption For Cirencester, The Church And Town Hall C1955

St John's is one of the largest parish churches in the country, so it is fitting that it boasts one of the grandest entrances.

Caption For Bath, General View 1874

The Abbey on the left and the spire of St John the Baptist Church act as reference points; the latter was severely bomb-damaged in 1942.

Caption For Osmington, Lychgate Cottage C1955

The lychgate stands at the entrance to the churchyard.

Caption For Holme, St Giles' Church 1909

St Giles' Church is over 800 years old and accepted as one of the most attractive in England.

Caption For Belford, St Mary's Church C1955

Though St Mary's contains a Norman chancel arch, much of the building dates from John Dobson's restoration of 1828-29.

Caption For Abergavenny, Frogmore Street C1955

The Frogmore Café (left) offered busy shoppers a break until 1969, when it was taken over by Sketchleys the cleaners.

Caption For London, Waterloo Bridge C1890

Except for the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the distance, this scene is very different today.

Caption For Llangennith, General Stores And Church C1965

According to legend St Kennith was sent down the river Loughor in a coracle, landed on Worm's Head and founded a monastery at Llangennith.

Caption For Lymm, The Lake And Church 1897

This picturesque view shows the church of St Mary the Virgin from Lymm Dam.

Caption For Newbury, St John's Church C1960

Fifteen people died, including elderly women and young children, and various buildings were destroyed – among them St John's Church.

Caption For Knaresborough, The Town And River 1888

The church on the left is St John's and dates from the 13th and 14th centuries.

Caption For Ashwell, High Street 1951

The close-timbered building on the opposite side of the road is St John's Guildhall, founded in 1476, and partly occupied by Day's bakery.

Caption For Newcastle Upon Tyne, Quayside 1896

In this picture the late 19th-century skyline of Newcastle is dominated by the 15th-century tower and spire of St Nicholas' Cathedral and the imposing bulk of the castle keep.

Caption For London, Waterloo Bridge C1890

Except for the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the distance, this scene is very different today.

Caption For St Ives, Lifeboatmen 1906

Members of the St Ives lifeboat wear the cork life-jacket designed in 1854 by Capt John Ross Ward.