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Philip Streets

This is the photo in the distance of the house where I was brought up (from Dec 1952 to March 1964) with my three brothers, Michael, Alan and twin Roger, N° 1 Abbey Close. Our neighbours were Mr and Mrs Orchard with their two ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 1952 by Philip Streets

Childhood Memories

I started staying with my Aunt Reeves and Uncle Sam at about 2 years old. I remember we use to go for long walks across the hills which was the golf course, or we would meander through Cowdry Park. Aunt use to take me to Bendboe ...Read more

A memory of Easebourne by Eileen Crowhurst

My Memories Of Wickford

My parents and I lived in North London near Hendon aerodrome.  Because it was well known as an RAF base the German Luftwaffe raided the area regularly.  My parents decided to move to somewhere safer and because my mother's ...Read more

A memory of Wickford in 1940 by Denis Mitcheson

My Mother's Memories Of Ospringe

After a time Mother married Charles Gamble, we called him Pop.  He left the Merchant Navy and went to work on the Estate for my Grandfather. We got a house at Ospringe it was next door to a water mill. The water used ...Read more

A memory of Ospringe in 1910 by George Allen

Home

I remember living at 2 Chapel Street, it was a grocery shop fronting a farm owned by the Jarvis family. And I remember my uncle charging accumalators in a shed in their back yard. Posted by Ted Williams.

A memory of Woodhouse in 1930 by Edward Williams

High Street

I was born and lived in Christchurch for 10 years (1952-1962) but still count  it as my home. Iremember walking down the High Street with Mum and my sister, when she stopped to talk to someone I looked around and saw them knocking down some building at the top of the street ready for the by-pass.

A memory of Christchurch in 1957 by Marten Humphries

Work

From leaving Bookham I moved to Dorking where I worked for the same family at Dorking High Street, Earlswood Lakes and their Wimpy bar at Box Hill, it was good. I lived over the shop, the tobacconist, and I know and love Dorking.

A memory of Box Hill by Veronica Parker

General Store, Hosier Street

Please can anyone help? Do you remember a general shop in Hosier Street on the left-hand-side going from St Mary's Butts in the name of F W Hawkins before the civic offices were built?

A memory of Reading in 1960 by Keith Hawkins

Sidcup High Street

Just looking at this photo brings a lump to my throat. We lived in Blackhorse Road just off the High Street. The shop in the photo is on the corner of Blackhorse Road. I was 15 yrs old in 1965 and the Beatles were topping the charts ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup in 1965

Shopping Memories.

This photograph shows two ladies chatting together in the foreground.  On the right in the floral dress is my mother Mrs Beatrice Farnsworth.  My family have been farmers in the locality for three generations.  My mother's car is ...Read more

A memory of Worksop by Claire Allen

Captions

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Caption For Road Weedon, The New Inn C1965

The boundary runs along the A45 and veers left by the Lawn Works to meet the A5, Watling Street.

Caption For Wallasey, The Village 1952

The cobbled street to the immediate left, just beyond the chemists, is Lycette Road. The cobbles have long since been covered over, but there is still a pharmacy trading from the same premises.

Caption For Hitchin, Bancroft C1955

in the 1950s Reginald Hine, the great Hitchin historian, wrote of the town, 'It is lamentable what we have lost during the last 100 years', he was complaining of the desecration of the buildings and streets

Caption For Stourbridge, High Street And Gardens C1955

It is still possible to sit here and watch the world go by today, although this open area once had buildings lining the street between the Market Hall and the Mitre.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Square And Gardens 1925

As well as being a holiday resort, Bournemouth was gaining a reputation as a smart shopping town, and by this time department stores were lining the main streets.

Caption For Launceston, Boys' College 1890

The initials of the former can still be seen on the premises of the NatWest in Westgate Street.

Caption For Aberdeen, Union Terrace And Gardens C1915

This photograph shows the statue of King Edward VII, the eldest son of Queen Victoria, at the corner of Union Street and Union Terrace.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Crown Street 1929

On the junction with Westgate Street is the Theatre Royal, one of only three surviving Regency theatres in the country, built in 1819 by William Wilkins, architect of the National Gallery.

Caption For East Grinstead, Mount Noddy 1928

The boy on the swing is Norman Pearson, watched by his mother; Norman still runs a cycle shop in the High Street. Mount Noddy Cottage, nestling in the trees, was demolished in the 1950s.

Caption For Plaxtol, Village 1901

Plaxtol is a pleasantly-situated hilltop village, with a long main street. There is a lovely group of cottages near the church, which date from the 17th century.

Caption For Manchester, Market Street And Piccadilly Junction C1965

This is the corner of Piccadilly, where it meets the top of Market Street. On the left is one of Lewis's entrances. Pauldens, in the centre, moved here after a fire destroyed their store in 1957.

Caption For Petworth, Lombard Street 1900

The cobbles of this street remain, but the shops have become houses. The church spire was demolished in 1947. Not medieval, it was installed in 1827, apparently using a design for another church.

Caption For Ripley, The Cross 1923

When this picture was taken, Ripley consisted of just one street. The village was extensively remodelled in the 1820s, though parts of the parish church date from the 14th century.

Caption For Ripley, The Cross 1923

When this picture was taken, Ripley consisted of just one street. The village was extensively remodelled in the 1820s, though parts of the parish church date from the 14th century.

Caption For London, A Hokey Pokey Stall, Greenwich 1884

They look like ragged street urchins in their rumpled clothes and battered boots, and were probably bought their penny treats in return for posing for the photographer.

Caption For Boston, Shodfriars Hall 1889

In South Street, Shodfriars Hall is an echo of the four friaries established in the medieval town.

Caption For Devizes, Market Place C1960

In 1836 it became the premises of the wine merchant William Cunnington, and extensive cellars run under the road and the buildings on the opposite side of the street.

Caption For Penzance, On The Rocks 1906

The old town, spread picturesquely round part of Mount's Bay, has delightfully narrow streets that ascend the hill from the fine esplanade at the edge of the sea.

Caption For Bridport, W.Frost Shop Front 1909

This is a detail of the frontage of 34 West Street, which was the `Bridport News` office and West Dorset Printing Works in 1909.

Caption For London, Temple Bar 1875

This imposing, ornate gateway once stood where the Strand becomes Fleet Street, and was erected in 1672 to a design by Wren.The effigies portray Stuart monarchs.

Caption For Long Melford, The Green And Melford Hall C1955

This is taken from the north end of the Green, looking south towards Hall Street, showing the wide expanse of the Green, where fairs are still held.

Caption For Lancaster, Penny Street C1950

This is one of Lancaster's main shopping streets. Note the radio shop on the right—in country districts, the radio, with its BBC Home and Light programmes, helped people to keep in touch.

Caption For Frimley, Bridge 1906

At the other end of Frimley High Street, we cross the River Blackwater, which is the boundary between Surrey and Hampshire.

Caption For Newquay, Bank Street 1930

A delivery boy rests with his bicycle between rounds on the right, while down the street a policeman looks out for traffic to direct.