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Those Were The Days 6

Continuing up the street on the right was a long parade of various shops and we come to Salisbury Ave on the corner was a large modernistic furniture shop later the shop nest door became a KFC and across the street next to the ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1950 by Chrs

Those Were The Days 2

It didn't change until the sixties when the station was rebuilt and opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11 in 1961. I watched the whole building project from start to finish from the comfort of my bedroom window. When it ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1950 by Chrs

Memories Of St. Margarets Church

Fond memories of St. Margarets Church in Uxbridge, Middx. My home was Harefield Road , Uxbridge. and we were married by the Rev: Bruce Eadie. He asked us to go to Westminster to obtain a special license because he ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1952 by Sheila Haagenson

Yesterday

Seeing this picture braught back memories of 3rd January 1951, when I, and around fifty others, ambled down this lane from the rail station to RAF Padgate, to start an 'adventure' which would remain with us for the rest of our life. Bill.

A memory of Padgate in 1951 by Bill Smith

Railway Station Yard

My parent's business on Whitefield Road backed onto the sidings of the rail station. The coal wagons were shunted onto a track alongside the public pathway. The Coal Merchants had their office shacks on the entrance way to the ...Read more

A memory of New Milton in 1950 by Edward Williams

The Cafe School

We moved to Alton from Somerset in November 1958. The primary school was closed for refurbishment. Mr. and Mrs. Carnwell who owned the garage and cafe played host to the village school, it all seemed quite strange to this ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 1958 by Elizabeth Green

Old School

If you head down Lampits Hill and carry on past Giffords Cross road on your right, you then enter Church Road, the next road on your left is Fobbing Road. Opposite this junction is a building called the Old School House, this was the ...Read more

A memory of Corringham in 1960 by Dave Coombes

History Of Netherthong

I am currently researching and writing a history of Netherthong and I have well over 200 photos and other ephemera. I have started numerous chapters relating to such subjects as schools, parish council, churches, sport, ...Read more

A memory of Netherthong in 2010 by Michael Meitiner

Elephants Arriving At Fencehouses Railway Station

Does anyone recall elephants arriving by train at Fencehouses Railway Station in the 1950s and walking to Houghton-le-Spring for a circus? No one I have spoken to can recall such an event. Did I dream it?

A memory of Fence Houses in 1955 by John Langley

Wilton Memories

Like Gloria Friend, I spent a happy childhood in Hornchurch, attending Suttons Primary School where my mother (Mrs Wilton) was deputy head and Mr Occomore our headmaster. We were carefully drilled in our tables, phonics and ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1948 by Elizabeth Housego

Captions

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Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Pier 1929

The steamer 'Swift', launched in 1900 as the then largest boat on the lake, sits at the end of the pier, whilst a cluster of yachts, possibly racing, passes between the boat station and

Caption For Freshfield, Formby Golf Club C1965

A neighbouring Freshfield Club existed until World War II, when the land was requisitioned as a Royal Air Force station and the clubhouse became the Officers mess.

Caption For Bagshot, The By Pass Road 1925

The newly-constructed road stretches in the direction of Camberley, with the Station Lodge to Bagshot Park on the right.

Caption For Rugeley, The Canal C1955

A new bridge now carries traffic on the busy Station Road.

Caption For Dagenham, Civic Centre, Becontree Heath C1950

It was built in 1937, as was the fire station beyond it. Central Park was laid out behind it. Its grand scale reflects the dramatic increase in size of Dagenham between the wars.

Caption For Coventry, Hertford Street C1955

It became a major tram route from the rail station to Broadgate, but much of it was destroyed in 1940. It was redeveloped and pedestrianised in 1969.

Caption For Tettenhall, Post Office And Upper Green C1965

The station closed in 1932, but trolley buses ran instead until 1963. Today, several buses an hour still provide a link with Wolverhampton.

Caption For Fleetwood, The Beach 1902

To the left, overlooking the beach, stands the lifeboat station and, on the right, one of the town's two lighthouses.

Caption For Donington, Market Place C1955

This view looks west from the Market Place into Station Street.

Caption For Warrington, Marshall Gardens C1960

The two towers of Howley Power Station had dominated the landscape since the extensions of 1946, but the site had supplied Warrington's electricity since 1900.

Caption For Lydney, Newerne Street C1955

The Austin van facing the camera on the left is parked outside the old Red & White coach station, and no doubt local people of ripening years will recall family holidays that began and ended at this

Caption For Wainfleet, High Street C1955

Cook's on the corner is still a newsagent and stationer, Goodnews. On the right are the two best pubs architecturally in the town, the Red Lion and the Angel Inn.

Caption For Bagshot, Viaduct 1901

On the extreme left is Peel House, built in 1851 and once the police station.

Caption For Haslemere, Kings Road 1909

A view looking west down King's Road from near the station towards Shottermill. Note the traction engine and trailer on the left of the picture, up Longdene Road.

Caption For Blackpool, Central Promenade C1955

With travel restrictions lifted, no less than 102,889 trippers passed through the town's three railway stations. No one knows how many others came by car, bus or motorcycle.

Caption For Wainfleet, High Street C1955

Cook's on the corner is still a newsagent and stationer, Goodnews. On the right are the two best pubs architecturally in the town, the Red Lion and the Angel Inn.

Caption For Wolferton, On The Station 1921

After the purchase of Sandringham House, the tiny station at Wolferton became the stopping off point for visiting members of the Royal family.

Caption For Littleport, View From The Bridge C1955

The Plough Inn (right) would have offered a welcome stop to the bargees carrying coal to the pumping station at Stretham.

Caption For Camberley, High Street 1936

The wall on the right would be that of the Police Station, near the junction of the High Street with Portesbery Road.

Caption For Newby Bridge, The Platform 1914

A steam train pulls into Newby Bridge Station, at the southern end of Windermere.

Caption For Looe, Railway Station 1906

A steam engine is about to enter the station to link up with a line of carriages that will bring another train load of holidaymakers to this balmy coast.

Caption For Dawlish, Boat Cove 1925

The building to the right is the railway station, exposed to everything an English Channel storm can throw at it. In severe weather, services are disrupted.

Caption For Norwich, Yacht Station 1938

The area beyond the Foundry Bridge had been converted into the city yacht station for pleasure boats, although as can be seen from this photograph, barges remained at the warehouse opposite.

Caption For Chelmsford, Duke Street 1919

We are, indeed, opposite the station here. Behind the trees is the Friends' Meeting House (built 1824). The tall chimney belongs to Wells & Perry's Chelmsford Brewery.