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My Childhood In Burton In The 50's And 60's

I was born in the village in 1949, in an end terrace No.1 Woodview. It was down a small road in the centre of the village and at the top, I believe at one time there was a timber yard/sawmill. The ...Read more

A memory of Burton in Lonsdale by ian.blundell

Brimscombe Corner & Burleigh 1910 62690

This photo is taken 100 yards up Brimscombe lane, looking back across the Golden Valley. The lane itself leads back up to Thrupp Lane & Dark lane, which is on its way to Quarhouse and the Lypiatt Manor, (the ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Philip Baker

Frederick Corder,

These are my memories of Ipswich in Early 1960 I had been working in Ilford on C & A Modes new shop. when the job there was finished i was sent to Frederick Corders shop in Tavern Street, Ipswich, to help out with the shopfitting ...Read more

A memory of Ipswich by Anthony Williams

Mitcham

I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more

A memory of Norbury

Visiting Salford Circa 1955 60

My Grandparents Henry and Alice Dorning lived on Brighton Street which on trying to trace the existence of has proved to be a struggle. I remember visiting them with my parents at the age of 5-9 years of and at the time was ...Read more

A memory of Salford

A Somerton Childhood

I have always lived in Somerton. As a child I lived in New Street in and as an adult I now live at the other end of Somerton. I have fond childhood memories of attending Mrs Potts' playgroup, the Infant school in Etsome Terrace ...Read more

A memory of Somerton by Mary Hayter

Memories Of A Young Girl.

Was born in Waterhouses 76 years ago at North Terrace, enjoyed the freedom of playing out in the street and fields . my father worked down the mine like all the other men and boys, my mother stayed home and cooked and ...Read more

A memory of Waterhouses by donnagreaves5

Esh Winning Colliery Sawmill

I recall as a young boy the Saw Mill that existed neat Esh Winning Colliery. It was sited just prior to where the Railway siding crossed the road at the bottom of West Terrace. It used to cut pit props which were stacked ...Read more

A memory of Esh Winning by James Wigmore

Mining My Archive

At the age of ten, my father moved me and the rest of the family from Low Fell to Esh Winning, without consulting any of us, including my mother. He had bought a tumble-down holiday cottage, situated between the pit-heap and the ...Read more

A memory of Esh Winning by David Woodhead

My Fenny Stratford Childhood

Having recently by chance spoken with someone who knew Fenny Stratford I was prompted to start looking on the internet and came across this site and for what it’s worth decided to record my memories. I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford by Dawn Cousins

Captions

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Caption For London, Kiddies Boating Lake, Regents Park C1965

Nash surrounded it with grand terraces of houses and laid out the bones of the park, including the lake. This view looks into the lake's north-west arm.

Caption For Hornby, The Village C1955

Two motor cars are visible, but few street markings and signs, apart from the one on the right by the bow-windowed shop in the stone-built terrace.

Caption For Carmarthen, Recreation Ground 1910

Beyond the terrace of houses, two crescents converge through landscaped gardens and woodland to the central bandstand.

Caption For Skegness, The Pier Hotel C1955

Pier Terrace, on the left, has not yet been converted to penny arcades. The large building on the right is the Imperial Café and Grosvenor House Hotel. Butlin's amusement park is in the foreground.

Caption For Oakham, Northgate C1950

After the terraced houses there is a large white house which may be the former Angel Inn, then a private residence. Nearby is Angel Yard; Barlow Road broke through here some years later.

Caption For Edgware, Station Road From Edgwarebury Lane C1950

Dated 1923, the neo-Georgian terrace of shops and flats was built to coincide with the arrival of the Northern Line in that same year.

Caption For Hemsworth, Market Street 1965

The sinking of the Fitzwilliam and the South Kirkby pits in the 1870s led to a huge rise in the population; the town was rebuilt with hundreds of back-to-back terraced houses.

Caption For Lowestoft, The Esplanade 1887

The Esplanade had semi-detached villas and Bath-style terraces for the upper and middle classes, designed by John Thomas.

Caption For Worthing, Western Esplanade And The Beach 1906

The 1870s terrace on the left now houses Paiges Bar in the left-hand part, while the 1850s block beyond has been demolished.

Caption For Abinger, Abinger Hall 1906

The flourishing cedar of Lebanon on the right of the upper terrace of the garden, like the surrounding pine trees, clearly found the topography and climate to its liking.

Caption For Bradpole, Village And Holy Trinity Church 1907

This view shows Middle Street and Village Road, between the flagstone-topped terraces of high raised pavements, looking towards the 1863-built spire of Holy Trinity parish church in the northern

Caption For Tenby, The North Bay 1950

Above the cliffs we can just see the Park Hotel, built as a terrace of three houses, part of a larger development of North Cliff which never materialised.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Cavendish School, Warners End C1965

The new homes ranged from small terraced houses, three-bedroom semi-detached houses and four-bedroom houses.

Caption For Scarborough, The South Cliff Tramway 1890

The tramway runs up the face of the cliff on a gradient of about one in three, and terminates opposite Prince of Wales Terrace.

Caption For West Bay, The Harbour C1960

We are looking north-westwards from the Quay beside Pier Terrace to the old Salt House (centre), which is now the Harbour Museum.

Caption For Goodworth Clatford, The Village C1965

Now the Bee Hive Store and Post Office have been built at the end of the terrace and provide service six and a half days a week.

Caption For Bargoed, High Street 1951

Today the town is most notable for its rows of terraces winding round the valley contours. This photograph captures some of the ornate town centre architecture.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Old Sea Walls C1960

Higher terraces held a battery at Gun Cliff (right centre), above which looms the modern lines of the Marine Theatre.

Caption For Sileby, Barrow Road C1965

The view looks at St Mary's from the north, along a varied terrace of possibly late 18th- and 19th- century houses which are not enhanced by the long brick boundary wall.

Caption For Chipping Norton, High Street C1945

The Co-operative Society frontage makes a fine contribution to the majestic terrace on the right. Portraits inside the Town Hall include that of Alderman Wilkins.

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1890

The town was very popular as a health resort in the mid-18th century, which resulted in many fine terraces of houses springing up. Children crowd the foreground.

Caption For Bangor, Bowman's Terrace 1897

Bowman's Terrace was one of the earliest, claiming space hard by the sea and near the town.

Caption For Chenies, The Village C1955

In this view there is an early 19th-century Regency style rendered cottage with a verandah and, nearer the camera, a terrace of late 18th-century brick cottages with Tudor Estate styles in the distance

Caption For Weymouth, Beach 1923

heart of Georgian Weymouth overlooks the sands from the Gloucester Hotel (top left) and the Royal Hotel (centre left), in a broad sweep around to the Victorian spire of St John's Church and Brunswick Terrace