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Marshall's Airport

I lived at 14 The Homing, Meadowlands, Cambridge which was close to the airport. I was 8 years old in 1955. Often on sunny weekends, my Mum would takes us on a walk over to the airport. It was a quiet relaxed place in those days. ...Read more

A memory of Cambridge in 1955 by Chris Birkbeck

Stcuthberts Church And Spring Walks And The Hailing Path

I was born in Thetford in 1953 and lived there until I was 19 .I have extremely fond memories of my time as a chorister at St.Cuthberts Church and used to love the river.I remember my ...Read more

A memory of Thetford by Chris Meen

Growing Up In Radlett

I was born in the King Street Nursing Home in Watford and spent the first few years of my life with my parents and Grandparents in Radlett on Gills Hill Lane.  I went to the Infant School and then the Girl's School at the bottom ...Read more

A memory of Radlett in 1954 by Julie Dowdle

Growing Up In West Herrington

I moved to West Herrington village in 1953 as a baby, along with my older sister and parents into a new house in St Cuthberts Road and this was to stay the family home until my mother died in March 2007. My ...Read more

A memory of West Herrington by Lucille Hutchinson

Blackhill In The 1940s

I was born at Dixon Street, Blackfyne, Blackhill, County Durham. My memories are from when I started school in 1943 at the Tin Mill School, Derwent Street, Blackhill, as far as I remmember I did not like it. Blackhill ...Read more

A memory of Blackhill by Alan Sanderson

Our First Home Was In Robyns Way, Riverhead

Elizabeth and I married in 1971 and moved into our first home which we bought together at 21 Robyns Way. From our house we could walk round Pontoise Close and along a path at the edge of a sandpit, past a ...Read more

A memory of Riverhead in 1971 by John Howard Norfolk

The Youth Club

There was a youth club held in a building across the carpark from Minster Primary School. I think this building was called the Leisure Centre, it also hosted Brownies and Guides. For a few pee we would spend hours playing ...Read more

A memory of Minster in 1980 by Susie Southall

Boyhood In Broomieknowe Lasswade

In 1953 my family moved from Edinburgh to live in Broomieknowe, Lasswade. I liked the large garden we had on this quiet street with pigeons cooing in the big Chestnut trees in the neighbours garden, and a big barn owl ...Read more

A memory of Lasswade in 1953 by John Wilson

Childhood Memories

By accident i have just come across this site- shame there are no memories already entered for abercwmboi- As a child I remember looking out of my Grandfathers front door or his bedroom window at the wonderful array of lights ...Read more

A memory of Abercwmboi by Denise Meadwell

The Mudlarks

We used to go down to Sallyport from 1954 -1958 ..there were a lot of local 'urchins' called the 'Mudlarks' who would stand in the knee deep, sloppy black mud below the pier to the ferry when the tide was out and people would throw ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth in 1954 by Dylan Rivis

Captions

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Caption For Barrow In Furness, Portland Walk 2004

Chamber and the Queen's Hall with its stunning panels of stained glass on its western side.

Caption For Lancaster, The Castle C1950

We are looking down Castle Hill, by the wall of Lancaster Castle. St Mary's Parade is to the left, going up to the church. The Judge's Lodgings are at the bottom of Castle Hill down the lane.

Caption For Guisborough, Parish Church And Cenotaph C1955

The wrought iron railings and gates were removed during the Second World War.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, St Mary's Church, Apsley End 2005

The 5th Company of the London Brigade was based in Gadebridge Park, with its headquarters in the Town Hall.

Caption For Mablethorpe, High Street C1955

The arrival of the railway in 1877 put Mablethorpe on the seaside holiday map, and the town is mainly Victorian or later.

Caption For East Harting, The Village 1906

East Harting feels remote, and consists of two lanes forming a rugby ball in plan.

Caption For Eynsham, High Street C1950

E M Mumford, on the corner of the High Street and the Market Square, displayed enamel trade signs on its gable end when this photograph was taken in the mid 1950s.

Caption For Kettering, Bakehouse Hill C1955

Bell & Billows were a remarkable ironmongers in a handsome late Victorian building.

Caption For Ripon, The Spa Baths 1914

On the west side of the city, towards Fountains Abbey, stands the Spa Baths and Pump Room, opened on 24 October 1905 by Prince Henry of Battenburg.

Caption For Uppingham, High Street C1950

At one time, the landlady was Mrs Dwyer, associated with the well-known music-hall act, Clapham and Dwyer.

Caption For Berkhamsted, High Street C1955

Peter's Church, whose solid tower is visible peeking out from behind the building bearing a painted advertisement for the now defunct Home & Colonial store.

Caption For London, Home Office C1890

The far end, on the corner of Downing Street, is the Colonial Office. The entire building, completed in 1875, included the Foreign Office and the India Office on the St James's Park frontage.

Caption For Belfast, Royal Avenue 1897

In 1878 the Town Council obtained powers to clear the area; they began by extending the town centre with a fine new street connecting Castle Place with York Street.

Caption For Swindon, Town Gardens C1955

The Park Keeper's Lodge and the Aviary The gardens were laid out in the late 19th century on the site of old Purbeck stone quarries formerly owned by the Goddard family.

Caption For Swindon, Regent Street C1950

On the corner of Havelock Street and to the left stood Anstiss & Co Ltd, drapers, which stood here until the 1960s when it suffered two major fires, the second of which destroyed the premises completely

Caption For Fareham, West Street C1955

West Street is a mile long, and this section is now pedestrianised.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1960

This view looks back towards Woolworth's from Bakehouse Hill, where the mini-roundabout marks the convergence of the High Street, Gold Street and Lower Street.

Caption For Clitheroe, Brungerley Bridge 1895

Brungerley Bridge is still popular today because of its proximity as a leisure area to Clitheroe town.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road 1899

This photograph was taken from outside the Market Hall looking down Blackburn Road towards its junction with Abbey Street.

Caption For Dorking, High Street 1922

Three balls, one white, one red and one blue, were paraded around the town. The balls were inscribed 'Wind and Water is Dorking's Glory'.

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate C1965

residence of Dr Bird, the house, like Sunnyfield House, had grounds stretching back to the North Bank Lane, now known as Bolckow Street/Park Lane (it was on this land that Mr Tom Pallister, the baker and

Caption For Huddersfield, Westgate 1982

By 1958 cheap Italian and Japanese textiles were being dumped on the market and countries like Canada and the US had placed a tariff on British cloth.

Caption For Carlisle, Council Houses By The Caldew, Bousteads Grassing 2005

Encouraged by the changing political scene at both national and local levels, especially after the extension of the vote in 1918 and the rise of the Labour Party, Carlisle council found itself

Caption For Swindon, High Street 1948

Looking South to Marlborough Road The buildings to the left stood next to the Old Town Hall on the Market Square.