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The 2010 Oxford Folk Festival

This view shows just one of the many venues for the 2010 Oxford Folk Festival, a weekend long festival of music, song and dancing including a grand parade through the city on Saturday morning. Thousands of residents and ...Read more

A memory of Oxford in 2010 by John Howard Norfolk

Memories Of Thornley

Having read Kenneth Ortons' memories, it brought back visions in my mind of the good times growing up in the loveliest little village I know. When I was born in 1947 my mam and dad lived with my grandma at 60 Thornlaw North so ...Read more

A memory of Thornley in 1947 by David Thompson

St Von Tromp (Public House)

Hi there, just wondered if anyone knew any information or of any photos of a pub at 70 Church Street called The St. Von Tromp, which closed in December 1922? There would have also been a theatre/music hall in the area...? If anyone can help it would very much appreciated. stellabellatak@aol.com

A memory of St Helens in 1910 by Tracey Kirkby

Preston Market

It was a great market gaff to stand on, what a buzz. I had the time of my life there. The majority of the stallholders were legend and the locals were spot on. Times were good then and so were markets, unfortunately times and business ...Read more

A memory of Preston in 1994 by Ged Dolanbrown

Ancestry From Luddendenfoot

I am trying to find out about my family who came from L/Foot, The person it all starts with is called John Henry Musgrove wife Amy and daughters May & Dora, John moved from Nottingham, John who was my ...Read more

A memory of Luddenden Foot in 1910 by Richard Kendall

St Mary's, Gravesend

I think it was about 1970 /71 that I worked in a children's home in Gravesend, I am sure this was called St Mary's, it was a big old building run by nuns near Eco Square. Has anyone got any info on this home or photos? Iused to ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1970 by Pam Turley

Lister Street /Clifton Park

I also remember the tree lined Lister Street. I have spent hours throwing sticks up the Horsechestnut tree in Lister street for chonkers. I used to cut thro' Brashers Alleyway (we were customers and allow too) from ...Read more

A memory of Rotherham in 1950 by Stephen Charles Garner

Happy Days

Goldenhill (Happy days) My first memories of Goldenhill are visiting my grandparents during the terrible winter of 1947, the snow was said to be five feet thick on Oldcott Drive where it had drifted from across the fields. I ...Read more

A memory of Goldenhill in 1940 by Tony Carter

Nostalgia

I lived in Dorset Road, Mottingham from birth, 1947. I have so many happy memories of what was then a real village. I can remember that no one owned a car in our road and it became our playground with hopscotch, marbles etc. I ...Read more

A memory of Mottingham

Grammar School And All That!

I remember the Grammar School well - I got transferred from Mexborough Tech because I had failed my 11+ Then I actually got to TEACH at the Grammar School whena student when the music teacher was ill for a time. ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne in 1956 by Terry Ladlow

Captions

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Caption For Hinderwell, Runswick Lane C1960

Runswick Lane leads out of Hinderwell High Street to Runswick Bay, a local beauty spot much beloved by many Clevelanders.

Caption For Aberdeen, Union Buildings 1892

The front to Union Street is dramatically austere, in the Aberdonian manner.

Caption For Staithes, High Street 1950

In the summer months, this street is congested with cars.

Caption For Wolverhampton, Queen Street C1900

As well as retail outlets and the main post office, there were a number of buildings along Queen Street which dated from the earlier decades of the 19th century, including the Mechanics’ Institute

Caption For Coventry, Trinity Church 1892

Palmer & Co, brokers and furniture dealers, have allowed their stock to flood out almost to the centre of the street in a happy confusion that would almost certainly win them the Turner Prize.

Caption For Crickhowell, The Bridge 1893

In the centre the long white building is the 16th-century Bridge End Inn, at the junc- tion of New Road and Bridge Street.

Caption For London, Regent Street C1890

This view looks north towards Oxford Street. Nash’s handsome terraces were spurned by London’s affluent classes, for stucco was considered common.

Caption For Lancaster, John O'gaunt's Statue, The Castle C1950

A ginnel on the left, Sun Street, leads to the elegant 18th-century Music Room.

Caption For Wigan, Market Place C1955

Standishgate's mock-Tudor embellishments were added during the 1920s; with the distinctive Burton's building, they lend elegance to the main shopping street.

Caption For Selborne, High Street 1928

In the first letter of his Natural History of Selborne, Gilbert White described Selborne as consisting of 'one single straggling street, three-quarters of a mile in length, in a sheltered vale, and running

Caption For York, The Castle Museum C1955

Amongst many other attractions, the museum has a reconstruction of a Victorian shopping street. Thousands of people flock here annually to this, one of the best-known museums in Britain.

Caption For Clitheroe, Market Place 1921

right is still there today, and so is W D Cunliffe the grocers and bakers.Three doors down on the right, with a horse-drawn vegetable cart in front, is the Victoria Hotel, on the corner of King Street

Caption For Thaxted, Town Street From Mill End C1950

This used to get flushed out and cleaned once a week, sending water coursing down the street. Next door is the Co-op drapery.

Caption For Kendal, New Shambles 1914

The New Shambles, off Finkle Street, was built in 1803.

Caption For Caergwrle, Castle Street 1939

This quiet street scene belies the tumultuous events unfolding in the wider world.

Caption For Odiham, The Bury 2004

The wooden, louvred box-like structures on the top of the hop kilns in King Street have disappeared.

Caption For Norwich, Riverside Road And River Wensum 1901

Amongst this modernity, there are still gas-fuelled street lights.

Caption For Andover, The Newbury Street From The Angel Inn C1950

In its heyday, the Angel Inn's frontage stretched 30 metres north from the Chantry Centre's upper High Street entrance.

Caption For Dorchester, Thomas Hardy's School C1965

This is a modern replacement for the earlier building in South Street. The school was founded in 1579 by an earlier Thomas Hardye.

Caption For Beckington, Warminster Road C1950

The telephone kiosk, street light and petrol pumps are no longer there. The cottages are now all private dwellings - the one with the shop blind has a pretty bay window today.

Caption For Middleham, Manor House 1914

The streets of the village still echo to the sounds of racing horses on their way to the moors for training and a good hearty run.

Caption For Effingham, The Village C1965

Further growth in recent times included the addition of this row of shops in The Street, not far from the junction of the A246.

Caption For Warrington, The Circus And Sankey Street C1955

The Circus at the top of Bridge Street is now a pedestrianised area. The buildings behind the bus have been totally redeveloped, and incorporate a lovely open shopping area known as Golden Square.

Caption For Redditch, Alcester Street 1949

Most of Alcester Street was demolished in the 1960s, but this small part of it survived.