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The Crown Ph

I remember that accident happening - I think it was in the late 60's. My Dad had the sweetshop in the High Road opp the Police Station - and I remember my uncle coming in and telling us. We were quite amused by the name change. ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet in 1968 by Pamela Jeanetta Gaines

The Corner House

My father's cousin, Kitty Mortimer (nee Barratt) lived here with her husband Leslie, and their two daughters Andrea and Lynn - mostly throughout the '60s and '70s. I believe they rented the house from the National Trust, as I remember ...Read more

A memory of Lacock in 1965 by Jane Winfer

The Charles Family Home At 39 Cwm Road.

39 Cwm Road in 1946 The family home, at 39 Cwm Road, was on the ‘cellar side’, which was deemed to be an advantage, since the houses were three-storeyed and sported an extra kitchen, scullery and pantry, ...Read more

A memory of Waun Lwyd in 1946 by Raye Green

The Carlton Ballroom

It was a must in the 1960's. The Carlton was in the High Street near the post office, a few steps were at the front, leading to the entrance and it was always packed. They had a bar upstairs where you stood drinking looking down ...Read more

A memory of Slough

The Careers Service College In Hextable

Kent College for the Careers Service was in College Road, Hextable. I was a student living in this college in 1987 and enjoyed my studies very much as the nature of the course tended towards exploring local ...Read more

A memory of Hextable in 1987 by John Howard Norfolk

The Buss Family

My dad was born in Burham in the 1920s. His mum was born there as well. My dad's name was Raymond Jesse Buss and his mum and dad were George and Audrey. I believe they lived at 3 the High Street. My nan lived at Marlborough Place when ...Read more

A memory of Burham by Sandra Church

The Bushey Arches Traffic!

I first saw Oxhey in 1956 when I would take the train from Hatch End to Bushey & Oxhey station (as it was called then) on Saturday afternoons to see Watford play football at Vicarage Road in the old Third Division South. The ...Read more

A memory of Oxhey in 1956 by John Howard Norfolk

The Bungalow, Widmer End

I am writing in the hope that someone can shed some light on my maternal grandmother, Ethel Mary Wright. Ethel was admitted to St Peter's Home, Kilburn in January 1926. The admissions register when being admitted to St ...Read more

A memory of Widmer End by malcp

The Blacksmiths On The Green

My Great Grandfather, James Bartlett, was a Blacksmith using the Smithy on the Green possibly in the 1880's or thereabouts. If there is anyone out there who may have photos or memories of this time I would much appreciate hearing about them. With thanks

A memory of Chiddingfold in 1880 by Heather Webster

The Big Freeze

I lived in Ashford Road for the first 20 years of my life and my mother still lives in the same house; she has lived there since 1933. I was born in 1950 in the new cottage hospital at the top of the road. I went to school at ...Read more

A memory of Fordingbridge in 1963 by Cathryn Candy

Captions

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Caption For London, Chelsea, The Kings Road C1950

This view pre-dates the Swinging Sixties, with echoes of a less materialist era: the Gothic-arched building on the right is the former Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School of 1903.

Caption For Digswell, The Viaduct C1960

Opened on Monday 6 August 1850, the 40 semi-circular arches are built from sixteen million locally made bricks capped with Hexham stone blocks; the cost was £80,000.

Caption For Boston Spa, Old Mill On The Wharfe 1893

Upstream is Flint Mill (operational from 1772 to 1954, now converted to a house); this is the larger Thorp Arch Manor Mill, recorded in the Doomsday Book.

Caption For Whalley, Broad Lane 1906

Here we have a grand view of the railway arches heading out of Whalley.The railway arrived in the village in 1850, and the 600yd- long viaduct carries the Blackburn to Clitheroe line at a height of

Caption For Chelwood Gate, Beaconsfield Road 1928

Not far away are Chelwood Vachery, a re-created hall-house originally called Trimmer's Pond, and Kidbrooke Park, a much altered and decorated house with gardens laid out by Repton.

Caption For York, The Station And The Hotel 1907

The wall had to be breached and an arch built in order to allow the tracks to enter the city.

Caption For Warrington, The Knutsford Road Swing Bridge C1960

The fact that all of its manufacturing products had to be shipped through the port of Liverpool – Manchester's arch-rival – dented the city fathers' pride.

Caption For Warrington, The Knutsford Road Swing Bridge C1960

The fact that all of its manufacturing products had to be shipped through the port of Liverpool – Manchester's arch-rival – dented the city fathers' pride.

Caption For York, Walmgate Bar C1955

It was partially rebuilt after the siege, and completed in 1648 - this is recorded over the outer arch.

Caption For Great Somerford, The Church Of St Peter And St Paul C1955

The church was restored by Hakewill in 1865, but the chancel roof still has painted flowers, and the arch near the nave still has its 14th-century mouldings.

Caption For Malmesbury, The Market Cross C1955

This photograph was taken from under the arch of the gateway leading to Malmesbury Abbey, looking out towards the market cross.

Caption For Leeds, Cookridge Street C1955

A view of Leeds Mechanics's Institute.This imposing Italianate building, with its lofty round-arched windows, was built by Cuthbert Brodrick in the late 1860s. It later became the Civic Theatre.

Caption For Blackburn, Corporation Park, The Entrance 1923

No expense was spared in the making of the park and its lodge.The Borough coat of arms and its motto,'Arte et Labore', is cut into the stone, along with the name of the park over the entrance arch

Caption For Stamford, Town Bridge 1922

Built in 1849, it replaced four arches of a medieval one, while to the right is Lord Burghley's Hospital, built in 1597 on the site of an older hospital founded in the 1170s.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1949

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north-west corner of the Town Hall.

Caption For Linton, The Church 1900

This is the splendid 12th-century church of St Michael and All Angels with its Norman arches.

Caption For Newnham, St Michael's Church C1955

There is a picture with the arches walled up, but they were unblocked in the mid 1800s. From then until 1940 the bell ringers operated in the open air!

Caption For Trowbridge, St James's Church Interior 1900

Inside, St James's Church has an air of newness; its five bays have wide arches and four-shafted slender piers. The panelled nave roof was restored in 1847, the same date as the chancel roof.

Caption For Ellington, All Saints Church 1906

The chancel arch of the present church dates from the 13th century, and the tower was added in around 1390.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Entrance To Brennand Valley 1921

In Slaidburn's Church Street there is a plaque stating that the school there was endowed and erected by John Brennand, a much-respected benefactor, who died in 1717.

Caption For Stonehenge, From The East 1887

As we look southwards from the Hele stone, through the middle arch, we can see the tallest stone of the inner horseshoes of trilithons.

Caption For London, Temple Bar 1875

Beneath its arch Queen Victoria and Albert passed on their way to State services at St Paul’s.

Caption For Andover, Anna Valley, The Foundry 1899

The schoolhouse survives complete with its arch into the works.

Caption For Salisbury, Poultry Cross And Silver Street 1906

People sit and watch life go by under the hexagonal arches of the Poultry Cross. For five hundred years commerce has surrounded this area with ironmongers, shoemakers and fish and meat shops.