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Look Out For The Policeman!

This photograph of Southport shows a member of the local constabulary on point duty in Lord Street in the mid 1950s. The wearing of white coats was introduced in some towns during the Second World War, and gave policemen ...Read more

A memory of Southport in 1955 by Julia Skinner

Coal Shortage

During the war we lived at 4 Sunnyside Terrace. At one point during 1942 Mr Chaffey, the coalman, could not deliver coal because his horse and cart could not get up the hill because of ice and snow. We were rapidly running out of ...Read more

A memory of West Lulworth in 1942 by Albert Spavins

Only A Year!

My name is Elena Zoerman. We were the American family that lived in the cottage right the across the street from the church. I loved that cottage. I remember one winter being snowed in and my sister and me playing in the snow. My father ...Read more

A memory of Mixbury in 1986 by Elena Zoerman

Moston

My grandparents, Horald and Edith Hughes, lived in Moston Cottage, Booley. Also living in the cottage were 3 of their sons; John, Douglas and Tony. My father, Basil, was no longer living at home. John and Douglas worked on the farm ...Read more

A memory of Moston in 1957 by Liz Proudman

When We Were Kids: Part 2

My Name is William Speirs, in the 1940's we moved from Bellshill Lanarkshire to live in Fishcross, Alloa, Clackmananshire, Scotland. This is a short story about when we were kids in Fishcross from about 1946 till I left in ...Read more

A memory of Fishcross in 1950 by William Speirs

Memories Of Council Estate And Football

My family moved to the council estate in Elstree in the mid sixties. I used to play football on the pitch opposite Hill House, now sadly a new housing estate. Robert Stores for groceries, the aptly named Greens ...Read more

A memory of Elstree in 1967 by Geoff Gwillym

Aston Terrace

I was born in Aston Terrace in 1954 and remember running to the bridge to see the steam trains and also the big slag heap that my brothers used to slide down. I also remember the gas man that used to light the street gas lamps outside our ...Read more

A memory of Aston in 1954

Memories Of Covenham As A Child

I was born in Covenham in Zeplin Row in 1950. I remember going to bed with candles as that was the only form of lighting we had. If it was cold in the winter I can remember my mum wraping up the warm oven ...Read more

A memory of Covenham St Mary in 1950 by Yvonne Lilley

Greenford Station, Greenford Middlesex

I was also born at Perivale Maternity but in 1942. We lived for many years in Oldfield Lane three doors away from the Station which I remember the P.O.Ws working on. I finished my school years at Costons Sec. ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1942

Photos Of The House I Grew Up In On Crown Road

My brother Don Quarterman sent me to this web site. What an amazing collection of photographs! So I have to talk about two that show the house we grew up in, Mulberry Cottage. The earlier one shows ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley in 1953 by Philip Quarterman

Captions

1,151 captions found. Showing results 361 to 384.

Caption For Leeds, Boar Lane C1965

Boar Lane bissects Briggate and runs along the southern edge of the commercial heart of the city between Kirkgate and Park Row.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Brennand Valley 1921

We can see the tiny River Brennand running down to join the Whitendale River to make the River Dunsop, which gives the town its name.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Brennand Valley 1921

This lovely view was taken just a few miles north of Dunsop Bridge.We can see the tiny River Brennand running down to join the Whitendale River to make the River Dunsop, which gives the town its

Caption For Wickham Market, Market Hill 1929

The man on the left is about to enter the shop of Cyril Amey, hairdresser and shopkeeper. There are then two 16th-century houses with jetties, but the grocer's shop is no longer on the corner.

Caption For North Creake, The Bridge C1960

The river Burn runs through the villages of South and North Creake too. The road at the centre of the picture leads to the ruins of Creake Abbey, which lies in a beautiful setting beside the stream.

Caption For Great Ayton, Brookside C1955

It was the scene of the upbringing and education of Captain James Cook, the famous 18th-century round-the-world explorer.

Caption For Leeds, Boar Lane C1965

Boar Lane bissects Briggate and runs along the southern edge of the commercial heart of the city between Kirkgate and Park Row.

Caption For Plymouth, The Hoe Pier 1889

The poster at the entrance advertises a military band concert, for which the bandstand on the pier was popular.

Caption For London, The Haymarket C1950

On the right is the Haymarket Theatre facing down Charles II Street, where His Majesty's Theatre stands on the corner; in 1952, with the accession of Elizzabeth II, the theatre became Her Majesty's.

Caption For Adlington, Chorley Road C1955

Situated below Winter Hill on Rivington Moor, Adlington developed as a textile town before the advent of the railway because of its proximity to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which runs

Caption For Ulverston, Newlands 1895

The road running beside Newlands Bottom is to the left of the valley at this date, unlike the present road, and is now a bridleway.

Caption For Dormansland, The Schools 1910

The county runs out here: the roads from Dormansland lead a short way to the border with either Kent or Sussex.

Caption For Grasmere, Vale 1926

There is not much traffic - a car and a motorcycle with pillion passenger - in this view of the road running down from Dunmail Raise into Grasmere.

Caption For Hertford, Port Hill 1929

The Reindeer Inn on the left was originally a house called The Running Deer in 1740, owned by the Dunster family.

Caption For Grasmere, Vale 1926

There is not much traffic other than a car and a motorcycle with pillion passenger in this view of the road running down from Dunmail Raise into Grasmere.

Caption For Grasmere, Vale 1926

There is not much traffic—a car and a motorcycle with pillion passenger—in this view of the road running down from Dunmail Raise into Grasmere.

Caption For Bilsborrow, The White Bull C1955

Bilsborrow lies between Lancaster and Preston on the traffic-laden A6 road. The White Bull inn dates from the 18th century, and still believes in a roaring coal or log fire in winter.

Caption For Fenstanton, Church Lane C1955

There is a somewhat run-down look in this view.

Caption For Saffron Walden, High Street And Church C1965

The High Street, running south to north, was wide enough for two carriages to pass in times gone by.

Caption For Alton, Morland Hall C1955

After the death of Frederick Crowley, Ashdell House was acquired by Guy Ferrand, who changed the name to Morland Hall.

Caption For Oundle, Market Place C1950

The Victorian Town Hall in the centre of the Market Place was built by the Watts-Russell family; today it is occupied by local businesses.

Caption For Walsden, Church And Lock C1960

Walsden is a former woollen town in the Calder Gap between Yorkshire and Lancashire, just to the south of Todmorden.

Caption For Happisburgh, Wayside Stores C1965

This little store and village post office is well remembered for being run for many years by the Moody family. Although the shop area is a little smaller, it is still going today.

Caption For Penn, Spring Hill Corner C1965

This is one of several short parades of shops along the main road through Penn. Built in the early to mid 20th century, it remains largely unchanged today.