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Youth
I was born in Cardinal Avenue before my village changed completely, I went to the nursery which was 2 big buildings opposite Cardinal Avenue in a piece of scrub land, behind that was the park and library and behind that was the Rock film ...Read more
A memory of Borehamwood in 1958
Wright's Car Hire
My grandad, Victor Wright, ran Wright's Car Hire in Ardleigh Green next to Carter's Bakery nearly opposite the school. He had 2 Humber limousines, a Studebaker and an Austin 18 for chauffeur driven hire. He and the other drivers, ...Read more
A memory of Hornchurch by
Wreck At Hordle Cliff
As a young boy of 9 or so, living in Barton on Sea, sometime around 1952, I remember a ship washing up in a storm on the beach at Hordle Cliff. During the time before it was re-floated, the local youth had the opportunity to ...Read more
A memory of Hordle in 1952 by
World Stores (Grocery )
I worked at the shop which was World Stores general grocers. I left Woodlands Road School at age 15 at the Easter term and started working for Mr &Mrs Barton the very next day after leaving school. I loved working there ...Read more
A memory of Gillingham in 1959 by
Woofy And The Bungalow.
I was in Founders house 1962 - 64. Mr Gentry (Duck Billed Platypus) was housemaster and Twiggy his wife (thin as a lathe she was). I decided to get into bricklaying and ended up with Mr Cliffe as our building teacher (Woofy) was ...Read more
A memory of Tiffield by
Wixoe And Surrounding Areas
1934 onwards. The first school I attended was in Wixoe. Many happy days were spent there under the guidance of Miss Harmer, later succeeded by Miss Watts and Miss Turner, later suceeded by Miss Bareham. I can ...Read more
A memory of Helions Bumpstead
Winifred Road
Reading all these memories brings back mine. I lived in Waterlooville from 1945 (I was born in Jubilee Road Nursing Home) to 1966. We lived in Winifred Road, and I went to the Infants in Stakes Hill Road, then the Tin Hut, and ...Read more
A memory of Waterlooville in 1950 by
Williamson Family
My father was John Henry Williamson known as Harry. He lived with his father John William Williamson and mother Ada Florence nee Rylatt. My mother Florence Thorpe Catton was from Yorkshire and met Dad at Metheringham Feast. ...Read more
A memory of Burton Pedwardine in 1930 by
Wilby Lido
I remember walking to the Lido from Earls Barton, with my sister May. We would take a picnic of cheese sandwiches and a bottle of water and stay there all day. As we got older it was the ideal place to eye up all the boys. Happy days! Isabel Marchant (then Wilson)
A memory of Wellingborough by
Where To Start .....?
I lived in Woodland Close throughout my childhood and started at Kingsbury Green Primary School in 1959. The classrooms were brightly painted, and the smells of plasticine, paints, crayons, pink (carbolic) soap and school dinners ...Read more
A memory of Kingsbury in 1959 by
Captions
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Burtons and Timothy Whites face one another across Union Street, drawing many shoppers to the town.
The Chester Northgate Brewery Co's premises have been demolished and replaced by a half-timbered revival building housing the booksellers W H Smith.
Many well-known businesses had their premises in this area, including Skinner & Rook, Dixon & Parker and Joseph Burton.
Stand by the Burton monument and look down the High Street to compare this photograph with the scene today.
Such is the unbroken nature of the West Dorset coastline that artificial harbours had to be constructed at Lyme Regis and West Bay.
Its position on the A444 between Nuneaton and Burton-on-Trent is belied in this rural idyll.
Other than Burton, brewing in Staffordshire received a shot in the arm with the opening in 1992 of the Lichfield Brewery, which produces such delights as Resurrection Ale and Xpired.
The New Pier (it dated from 1891) runs along the skyline of this view of the seafront, with its former Boundary Archway (separating Burton's town from Hastings) on the right.
Today, a chemist now occupies the left-hand side of the nearest building, whilst the chemist in this picture became Burton's in 1938.
Today, a chemist now occupies the left-hand side of the nearest building, whilst the chemist in this picture became Burton's in 1938.
Despite the fact that this part of Crewe has seen enormous development and regeneration in recent years, this view is still instantly recognisable.
The photographer stands in the shadow of the White Hart public house, later called Madison Exchange and the Newt and Cucumber.
Burtons the tailors is now an estate agents and mortgage shop.
This was the B3157 to West Bay and Burton Bradstock.
Inland from Filey and Bridlington, this village contains a pond just behind the church of St Cuthbert, which is a chapel of ease for the mother church of All Saints at Hunmanby.
Other than Burton, brewing in Staffordshire received a shot in the arm with the opening in 1992 of the Lichfield Brewery, which produces such delights as Resurrection Ale and Xpired.
Bretby Hall, or Bretby Park, which stands in its own 600-acre park near Burton on Trent, is a mock-Gothic, castellated pile built in 1813 by Sir Jeffrey Wyatville; it is now used as a hospital.
In this wide street, cars can park on both sides of the road and still allow for traffic.
In a few yards there were many clothes shops here, including Weaver to Wearer, Burtons and Fifty Shilling Tailors Ltd.
Since the 1960s Earls Barton has doubled in size; now the new housing estates in the village attract commuters who travel daily to Northampton, Wellingborough and elsewhere.
Burton is considered by many to be one of the most picturesque villages in the Wirral, and it is enhanced by the wonderful panorama over the Dee Estuary to the hills of Wales.
The Burton's on the right is essentially the same shop front, although a different proprietor uses it now.
The Town Hall was given to Burton by Michael Bass, who also financed the building of St Paul's and St Margaret's churches.
The Hitchin Playhouse has been replaced by Burtons tailors, the first floor of which houses the Lucania Temperance Billiards Hall.
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