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Memories

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Housemother

Approx 1955 my mum was a housemother, Pam Parkinson. We went to school in a white double decker bus and scrumped in the farm, fished in the creek down the hill. I want to contact boys who were living there at the time. Good ...Read more

A memory of South Darenth by Alan Parkinson

Dad's Car And The Youth Club

My maiden name was Wood. We lived at Cuckoo Hill, I just wonder if that was our father's VX. I have spoken to my brother Richard who thinks it's possible as they were so very rare in those days. My brother Richard use ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1960 by Lesley Menear

Trams, Markets And Bright Yellow Trolly Buses

With big hugs from waiting family on one of the many platforms that was Central Station, we hurried though the noise and clouds of steam towards the station exit and into the sunlight...my eyes ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1940 by Raymond Hay

Llanbedrog Bryn Du

I spent every summer staying with the Jones family at Bryn Du farm, from about 1957 to 1965. They were friends of my parents. The farm was sold some years ago, after Tom Jones had died. I enjoyed the farm very much, which was ...Read more

A memory of Llanbedrog by Jean James

Wartime In Llanbradach

I was born in Merthyr Tydfil but my grandparents lived in Rees Terrace. My grandfather, Hugh Price Watkins, was the St John Ambulance driver for the pits. I lived and went to school in Llanbradach for about three months ...Read more

A memory of Llanbradach in 1940 by Lionel Drew

The Picture Theatre Halifax Sorry Cant Remember The Name

My eldest sister Lynne and I used to attend the sixpenny matinee. Before joining the queue outside we would walk down to Woolworths and get threepence worth of broken biscuits to share. They ...Read more

A memory of Halifax in 1965 by Kathryn Snape

My Memoirs Of Erith

I moved into Erith in 1971 to the new riverside flats of Bosworth House. The town was then being constructed and I used to see it grow into the then first stage of the 'concrete jungle'. I used the Erith Trades club and enjoyed many ...Read more

A memory of Erith in 1971 by Ron Waghorne

Semtex Ltd

I worked in the factory for six months in 1962 as part of a management training programme with Dunlop. The work was mainly the production of vinyl asbestos tiles but there was a unit for making rubber underlay. This was a hell hole ...Read more

A memory of Brynmawr in 1962 by David Osborne

Nana And Grandad 1950 Onwards

My Nana and Grandad Evelyn and Tom Gordon Walton, my dad's parents, retired to Alder Cottage, Crook Bank, Theddlethorpe. As a child I lived in a cottage in the grounds until moving away. But my brothers ...Read more

A memory of Theddlethorpe St Helen in 1950 by Myra Turner

Court Hall Remembered

From 1946 until 1949 I was a boarder at Court Hall. At the time I was there Lady Poultimor lived in a cottage in the grounds and kept parrots. There were stables at the rear of the house and a full pack of hounds was kept ...Read more

A memory of North Molton in 1946 by Brenda Mitchell

Captions

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Caption For Aberaman, Victoria Place C1955

This town developed around the ironworks, which were founded by Crawshay Bailey in 1846.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Station From Cross Roads C1960

The Baker Street to Rickmansworth line had already been electrified using the London Transport Underground network in January 1925 as part of the programme to promote the new villages and towns of Metroland

Caption For Cardiff, 1893

With blissful symmetry the horizon here is occupied by Cardiff Castle - the iconic home of the Bute family, facilitators of the modern city and much of its wealth.

Caption For Watford, High Street C1955

Daniel Defoe wrote: 'Watford - the town is very long having but one street'. A few roads had been added during the following three hundred years, but the main High Street is still very long and busy.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Incline 1901

An excellent view of the cliff lift or 'incline tramway', still serving the needs of visitors to the town today.

Caption For Keighley, Quebec Street C1890

This was once part of a quiet residential area, with orchards and gardens.

Caption For Llandudno, Mostyn Street 1890

There are plenty of horse-drawn conveyances, while some of the awnings and cast-iron canopies that are such a picturesque feature of the town today are visible on the right.

Caption For Newark, View From The Bridge C1965

For a start, two of the buildings in the background are no longer imposing town houses; one is now the offices of the Phoenix Assurance Co, and the other, Warwick house and former home of brewer Samuel

Caption For Caister On Sea, The Lifeboat C1955

The town is renowned for the bravery of its lifeboat crew who responded to an urgent signal of distress in 1901.

Caption For Northleach, Market Square C1955

Northleach is a delightful town, easily missed with the construction of its recent bypass.

Caption For Bedale, From The Tower Of St Gregory's Church 1896

In the centre is the old cross: the blur to the left is a pony and trap moving too quickly for the photographer's camera. The market town of Bedale is just a few miles to the north-east of Masham.

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

The façade of the Old Town Hall is here more evident, and the pub on the right remembers Lancaster's associations with John o'Gaunt.

Caption For Wakefield, Wood Street C1953

More evidence of Coronation flags and bunting is shown in this view of Wood Street, Wakefield, looking up towards the clock tower of the Town Hall, built in 1880 in the French Gothic style by T E Collcutt

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Biggar Bank 1918

Barrow Corporation purchased Biggar Bank on Walney in 1881 to serve as a public recreation ground for the people of the expanding town of Barrow.

Caption For Dalton In Furness, Market Cross 1966

The cross stands in front of Dalton Castle at the top of the town.

Caption For Alton, Normandy Street 1898

This view looks towards the town from the junction of Anstey Road, Normandy Street and Paper Mill Lane.

Caption For Alton, The Butts C1965

The freehold of the Butts was presented to the town by the Lord of the Manor is 1981.

Caption For Hermitage, Fox Inn C1955

His story 'The Fox' was first published in 1923 and is set at Bailey Farm, which Lawrence based on Grimsbury Farm just outside the village.

Caption For Lee On The Solent, Marine Parade C1955

Its railway and pier, both now gone, prompted ambitious plans to transform the town into a major seaside resort similar in size to Brighton or Bournemouth, but the scheme failed to make the grade.

Caption For Winchcombe, North Street C1960

Winchcombe (or Winchcomb as it was spelt until the Victorians added the final 'e' for no good reason), like many of its Cotswold neighbours, was a wool town.

Caption For Nantwich, Churches Mansion 1898

Standing just beyond Hospital Street, and therefore originally outside the town, this building also survived the fire.

Caption For Launceston, The Chain Bridge 1906

'Chain Bridge was a great attraction for me and my friends. We always built a hut in the woods — and would like to have slept there, but weren't allowed to. We

Caption For Launceston, High Street 1906

The slate-hung buildings are 11 and 13 High Street, two of the oldest in town.

Caption For Launceston, High Street 1906

The slate-hung buildings are 11 and 13 High Street, two of the oldest in town.