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Memories Of The Queen!

I remember the Queen riding through Wheatly Hill and the flag waving. It was 1960 so I was 4 at the time. I remember trudging through the snow along a main street to go to school - this must have been Wheatley Hill school and ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley Hill by mrsgammy

The Winter Of 1963 4 When Petts Wood Was Cut Off By Floods

I lived in Town Court Crescent with my parents, Norman and 'Babs' Treliving, from 1957 until 1974. The house was one of many designed by the architect Basil Scruby, whose name was carved in ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood by margot.rohan

The Ghost On Station Road

I lived at 59 Station Road, Royston. My parents moved there in the very early 1960's and I was born in 1969 and my brother David in 1972. It was a semi, with what seemed to be a garden that went on forever. I was ...Read more

A memory of Royston by hbvrl

Childhood Visit

I have a lasting memory when I was a child probably about 1952 when my parents visited my great uncle Herbert Breed. I think the house that I visited has now gone but I remember it well and I would love to hear from anybody who knew ...Read more

A memory of Eaton Socon by Bob Hewitt

Matthew Wilson

I was born in Motherwell and moved to Inzievar Terrace in 1940 Dad was away in the navy so mum and I lived with my Grandparents Francis and Margaret McKendrick I remember the steps I used to go up with my Aunt Margaret to get to Tollcross ...Read more

A memory of Carmyle by Matthew Wilson

Memories Of Skelmersdale 1973

I taught at Glenburn High School, Skelmersdale in 1973. I found lodgings with Mrs Smith, a retired lady, in a terraced house in High Street, Old Skelmersdale on the basis of bed and breakfast ...Read more

A memory of Skelmersdale by michaelpeterpeyton

Cyril Henry Heath And The Heath Family.

I have been told of old troedy many times and been driven through it to Bargoed, not much there now just a post office. My step father Cyril Heath was born there in September 1934, quite a large family so ...Read more

A memory of Troedrhiwfuwch by Andrew Dexter

My Great Great Grandmother

On the maternal side of my ancestry, I knew my maternal grandfather for many years. There was a large leather bound family album which as a child, I was permitted to look at. It was after the "all clear" sounded in the ...Read more

A memory of Shrewsbury

Wartime Lincoln

I was born in Gibbeson Terrace off the High street in early 1941. My first memory is hearing air raid sirens going off early in the morning, I think they were just practising. We were a poor family although my dad was doing special war ...Read more

A memory of Lincoln by hksimpson

An Idyllic Childhood

Born in lletai avenue, the street our playground, bottle of water and jam sandwiches were our picnic to take up to Penylan mountain in school holidays. No watches but we always seemed to know when to come home, out all day but ...Read more

A memory of Pencoed by Val Evans

Captions

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Caption For Launceston, Castle 1893

In the foreground, the area right of the road is now a new estate, and opposite is a 1930s brick terrace. The little stone building on the left still stands, and is used as a store.

Caption For Polegate, High Street Looking North C1965

An 1870s terrace of yellow brick flats over shops runs south from the scaffolding on the left, but the rest is mediocre 1930s and 1950s suburban building, apart from the Polegate Inn on the right

Caption For Huntingdon, North End 1906

The view shows the Rose and Crown public house and, on the right, the row of fine mansard roofed terraced houses. Each of the doorways has its own fine web fanlight.

Caption For Stroud, Town Centre C1965

Viewed from the foot of the valleys, the town appears to be built on a series of terraces, which adds to its attraction.

Caption For Seaton, Promenade 1922

The Esplanade Hotel, on the right-hand end of the terrace, had incorporated the neighbouring Gould's Hotel by the 1920s, when a guide book described it as 'a well- appointed and comfortable

Caption For Woodford Halse, Moravian Church And Parsons Street C1965

As a result there are numerous terraces of workers' cottages, all in brick and mainly attached to the west side of the village.

Caption For Bognor Regis, East Parade 1903

Looking eastward, this view shows one of the town's saddest architectural losses: Colebrooke Terrace, a shallow crescent of four pairs of Regency stucco villas.

Caption For Abertillery, Penybont And Cwmtillery 1955

Note the congested, terraced housing typical of communities like this, which developed in the 19th century wherever industry took hold.

Caption For Sleaford, West Banks C1955

To the south are further artisan terraces and short side streets. The early 19th-century cottages on the left were lost in the 1960s.

Caption For Felixstowe, Constable Road 1907

On the left the baker is delivering to No 46, one of the many decorative terraced houses in the road.

Caption For Worksop, Gateford Road C1955

Further north along Gateford Road, near the Gladstone Street turn, the spire of St John the Evangelist's can be seen on the right behind the tall three-storey terrace of 1870s shops.

Caption For St Austell, 1890

The tower of Holy Trinity church is just visible above two fields in the centre of town, and terraced houses along Bodmin Road and the Workhouse can be seen towards the left of the picture

Caption For Oakham, Hawthorn Horse C1955

The Old Barn is opposite the row of terraced cottages. To the left is Kilburn Yard.

Caption For Penarth, Pier And Italian Gardens C1940

The original iron railings seen here skirting the lowest terrace were removed during the Second World War – chains eventually replaced them in 1948.

Caption For Penarth, The Italian Gardens C1940

Perhaps more redolent of the English Riviera than the Continent, the terraced gardens facing the ocean, opened in 1926, were to be an instantaneous and roaring success.

Caption For Hanslope, High Street C1955

The last view in the book looks south-east along the High Street past the long terrace of 1850s cottages on the left. Market Square is in the far distance.

Caption For Bray, Landing Place 1890

The George is now the renowned Waterside Inn with a thoroughly developed river terrace that includes an oriental-style gazebo.

Caption For South Wigston, Countesthorpe Road C1960

No-one could pretend that this scene is one of romantic beauty, but this long row of late 19th-century terraced houses with its excellent corner shop has a well mannered charm.

Caption For Glasson Dock, Victoria Terrace C1955

We can take a closer look at that terrace.

Caption For Newhaven, Fishermen's Cottages 1897

These cottages at Newhaven, Fife, are an example of the type of fishermen's dwelling that could be found around harbours from Scotland to at least Cullercoats in Northumbria, usually single-storey terraces

Caption For Rothwell, Church Walk C1955

Built around its fine market place, it found new life in the 19th century when it joined Northamptonshire's boot and shoe industry with several factories and terraces of hard red Midland brick houses.

Caption For Newhaven, Fishermen's Cottages 1897

These cottages at Newhaven, Fife, are an example of the type of fishermen's dwelling that could be found around harbours from Scotland to at least Cullercoats in Northumbria, usually single-storey terraces

Caption For Bishopstoke, Montague Terrace C1955

There are two mill streams, one known as the Barton River, from which water is provided for the Itchen Navigation Canal, and this branch, which follows the Fair Oak Road with Montague Terrace on the right

Caption For Fleetwood, Bold Street From The Mount 1901

Mount Terrace (left) was the first row of houses to be built next to the Mount. Like London Street, Bold Street was envisaged as a tree-lined boulevard; in later years the trees had to be pollarded.