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Oh!!! What A Shame

Today, whilst visiting my mother who lives in the village I decided to park my car and walk through the village, a trip down memory lane. I was disappointed to see that many familar places no longer looked the same, there was ...Read more

A memory of West Chiltington in 2008 by Carol Spicer

Memories Of Colden Common

I have never heard of this person, although he makes reference to some people, and places in Colden Common I knew. So if anyone who knows him ever comes across this then I have been some help! COLDEN COMMON? Oh, yes - ...Read more

A memory of Colden Common by Bert Catt

My Ancestors

My mother Alice Harpham & family lived here. She was born 1904 at Dunham, along with John Thomas, Rose, Herbert, Edith, Margaret, & Sydney John. When I searched my family tree, I had been told by my cousin Evelyn in 1980 ...Read more

A memory of Dunham on Trent in 1900 by Marion Wilkinson

My Time Near Andover

WE were married in July 1966. As I was stationed at Middle Wallop, after our honeymoon in London we caught the train to Andover and stayed for 2 nights at the White Hart (is that the name? Opposite the old bus station near the ...Read more

A memory of Andover by First Name Last Name

Chef's 1948 To 1960

I was a young trainee chef at the then posh Pattisons Restaurant, Corporation Street, after national service in the far east. Who remembers the Worcester Street restaurant with then Mrs Burgess, today's site the Rotunda. I ...Read more

A memory of Birmingham in 1948 by Derek Hyde

Childhood Memories 1950 Onwards.

I was born in 1948 and we moved to Irwell Vale (Bowker Street) in 1949.  We moved again onto Hardsough Terrace when I was five years old. I lived and worked in Irwell Vale until 1972. The village had a Co-op, a ...Read more

A memory of Edenfield in 1950 by Kenneth Drummond

Metheringham Feast

My family used to visit Metheringham regularly to vist my mother's aunt. Her name was Nellie Garrick and she lived in Lime Tree Avenue (I think that is the right name). She was married to Jack Garrick. We used to go on a Friday ...Read more

A memory of Metheringham by Gillian Emerton

105 The Street

I have no memories of Willesborough as I visited it for the first time on 26.8.08. My reason for visiting was that I was trying to find where my grandparents once lived, and surprise surprise it's still there, 105 The Street. ...Read more

A memory of Willesborough by Maureen Weall

Mitcham

As a child I grew up in bomb ravaged Mitcham. I lived in 16 Ashtree Avenue, Mitcham. We were bombed as so many other people were. I attended the 'Star School, Benedict Road. until around 1947ish then the family moved to Battersea. The Star ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1944 by Richard Watson

A Holiday In South Street, Seahouses March 2004

A friend let me stay in her wee fisherman's cottage in Seahouses for an early holiday in March 2004. My wife Elizabeth and I drove up from our home in Watford through the unseasonal snow and we were ...Read more

A memory of Seahouses in 2004 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

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Caption For Cambridge, Pembroke College 1890

This view looks north along Trumpington Street, with Pembroke College on the right, and Peterhouse on the left.

Caption For Freshwater, Village 1923

Street Scene c1955 Queen Victoria first stayed on the Isle of Wight at Norris Castle, during the reign of her uncle William IV.

Caption For Lincoln, The Glory Hole 1910

Here we look east along the River Witham, flowing out of Brayford Pool, with the High Street reached by steps from each bank.

Caption For Lechlade, High Street C1955

Stage coaches brought people and business to the town, and in years gone by the streets rang to the clatter of hooves as carriages arrived and left.

Caption For Hammersmith, Town Hall Square C1960

Beyond is King Street, where the single-storey gabled building went in the 1990s for a four-storey neo-Georgian building.

Caption For Brent Eleigh, The Street C1960

The street is now a cul-de-sac since the opening of the by- pass in the 1980s. The imposing red brick almshouses (right), built by Edward Colman in 1731, were modernised in 1966.

Caption For Trowbridge, Trinity Church C1955

Known locally as 'the church on the roundabout', Trinity Church stands on its own island at the interchange of Stallard Street, Wingfield Road and Newtown.

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, Bentalls Corner C1960

Kingston is well renowned as a shopping centre of excellence, with Bentalls department store in Clarence Street at its hub.

Caption For Hailsham, High Street 1900

Now past the North Street junction, Frith's photographer is looking north past the covered wagon with its load of barrels and sacks towards the pedimented gable of the 1868 Wesleyan church

Caption For Worcester, Guildhall And High Street 1904

On the west side of the High Street stands the impressive frontage of Worcester's Guildhall.

Caption For Gloucester, Westgate Street 1948

Westgate Street is now pedestrianised, though its higgledy-piggledy character of individual shops and businesses in a variety of building styles remains intact.

Caption For Honiton, High Street C1965

Each week, on market day, colourful stalls line the pavements of the High Street, and shoppers come from all over East Devon as they have for centuries.

Caption For Godmanchester, Chinese Bridge C1960

It links Post Street to the riverside walk on the west side of the Ouse.

Caption For Rickmansworth, St Mary's Church 1897

Taken from the upper storey of a cottage in Church Street, this view of the north side of the church looks beguilingly medieval.

Caption For Chalfont St Giles, The Village C1950

Looking west uphill along the High Street, the jettied timber-framed cottages span an alley to the church and its lychgate.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1930

Opposite are signs for a 'Day and Night Telephone' and the star-sign of the Star Tea Company (centre left), with the Royal Lion Hotel further down the street.

Caption For Wisbech, View From North Brink 1901

It is the wealth created by the years of shipping which has given Wisbech two of the most perfect Georgian streets in England - the Brinks.

Caption For Andover, Wesleyan Chapel 1904

The Methodist Sunday School's gable and simple rose window, built with the Church in 1824 in what was then Brick Kiln Street, were removed when the Salvation Army acquired the building in 1906 as

Caption For Dorking, Horsham Road 1905

Mr Oliver West maintained and repaired bicycles in Dene Street (originally called Ram Alley), and C S Fuller had his business in South Street.

Caption For Dorking, South Street 1906

Mr Oliver West maintained and repaired bicycles in Dene Street (originally called Ram Alley), and C S Fuller had his business in South Street.

Caption For Coningsby, The Mill C1955

Coningsby, on the south bank, has lost much of its historic character: in this view of Silver Street the house in front of the mill survives, but not the mill; all to the left has gone, and the road at

Caption For Broadstairs, York Gate C1951

This unusual monument was built in 1538 by George Culmer in a bid to protect the shipyard in nearby Harbour Street.

Caption For Lytham, Pier And West Beach 1913

At the time of this photograph, a character known as Blind Martin accompanied by his faithful dog used to move around the streets and beach trundling a harmonium on wheels.

Caption For Skipsea, The Village C1960

Main Street here leads up to Beeford Road in the direction of the 13th-century church of All Saints, with its circular churchyard. This road also leads to the remains of the old castle.