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What A Change!!

I remember the big orchard on the right hand side of this photo... great fruit trees and fruit bushes. A great place to hide in. Pity it is a car park now... it should have been left alone!

A memory of Selby in 1964 by Ernie Bradshaw

''tram Crash On Tabor Hill''

On Tuesday, August 23rd 1932 there occurred at almost exactly the same spot from which this photo was taken, the most serious runaway and crash that ever ocurred on the line. Car no. 4 broke away from the haulage cable at ...Read more

A memory of Llandudno in 1930 by John Owen

Mine And My Mum Avrils Memories

My memories relate to the year 1977 when I arrived in Cropwell Bishop to stay with my Great Uncle Wilf and his wife Dorothy fresh from New Zealand. They lived at the old Post Office in the village of Cropwell ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Bishop by Brenda Bowden

Memories Of The Red Lion

I was born in 1966 and lived in the Red Lion. My dad and mum were married in 1961. My dad lived in the village all his life, moving to the Red Lion on his marriage. My dad was formerly of Temperance Hall, down the road from ...Read more

A memory of Wareside in 1966 by Amanda Shaw

Ann & Vic Norman's Shop

My mother Joyce Stannard worked at the shop in this picture in the foreground with the canopy next to the wine merchants. When she started it was a little wool shop owned by Miss Wright - she sold it to the Norman's who expanded ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1960 by Julia Stannard

Piano Teacher On Newbury Road

When this photo of Newbury Rd. was taken I was 9. I used to walk from my house on Coppice Rd. Kingsclere to Newbury Rd. where I took piano lessons. I don't remember the name of the teacher but she played the organ at ...Read more

A memory of Kingsclere in 1955 by Susan Dunn

Great Grandma's Childhood Home

The house in the centre of this photo, Mill House, was the childhood home of my Great Grandmother, Sarah Jane Bushnell. My mother said that a photo similar to this was displayed on trains to advertise beautiful ...Read more

A memory of Whitchurch by Gaynor Wingham

Tyldesley Recreation Club

My grandfather (A E Rahr)  donated a silver cup for competition on the Crown Green Tyldesley recreation club.  This was competed for in the 1930s and the winners were:  1933  J Baker,  1934  J Hodson,  1935 E Lythgoe and J ...Read more

A memory of Tyldesley in 1930 by Peter Rahr

Decanter Set

I own a four decanter set, enclosed in a 10.5 " high by 8" square box, of Amboyna wood, with brass handles and edging, possibly Georgian. Also, held by a brass clip in the top of box, is a 3.5 " glass with the name "Skindles" above a ...Read more

A memory of Maidenhead by Albert Mills

High Spring Tide Lyme Regis Cobb 10th March 2008

I stood at the end of the Cobb on the day of the worst storm this winter and both saw and felt the sea spray as the waves hit the top of the sea wall. It was just as exciting as shown in this view ...Read more

A memory of Lyme Regis in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

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Caption For Chorley, Market Street C1965

Our photo- graph was taken before the M6 or the Chorley by-pass opened— Chorley was troubled by heavy traffic for many years.

Caption For Barry, Broad Street 1899

On the opposite corner is Thomas, the tailors and hosiers; shortly after this photo was taken it became the Biglis Dairy. On the opposite side of the road is the entrance to Barry Docks.

Caption For Lymington, High Street C1955

Today there is a photo developer and an osteopath's. Now the pavement is indented to include a bus stop, and there is a pedestrian crossing and road markings.

Caption For Laindon, The Fortune Of War Hotel C1960

At the time of our photo, the pub offered 'dancing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening—to the music of the Roundabouts'.

Caption For Laindon, The Fortune Of War Hotel C1960

At the time of our photo, the pub offered 'dancing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening—to the music of the Roundabouts'.

Caption For Ystradgynlais, Commercial Street 1937

The little Austin 7, or 'Ruby', in the right foreground predates the photo by some 10 years – it is a 1920s model.

Caption For Aberystwyth, Terrace Road 1964

The photos displayed in the window of WH Smith (left) give us a flashback of the pop stars of the mid-sixties - Gene Pitney, the Bachelors, and possibly a newish group called the Beatles.

Caption For Melton, Station Road C1965

The building on the right was part of Skoulding's provisions shop (a different shop to that in the photo above). The dark façade hides an 18th-century timber-framed house.

Caption For Laindon, St Nicholas's Church C1955

At the time of our photo, the pub offered 'dancing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening— to the music of the Roundabouts'.

Caption For Morecambe, Pier Head, West End Pier C1955

Jugs of tea are advertised on the left, and 'Walkie Photos' on the right.

Caption For Sutton Courtenay, Church Street C1955

This photo was taken from a little further along Church Street.

Caption For Nether Alderley, Potts' Shop C1955

Mr and Mrs Potts kept the village shop opposite the mill and on the corner of the A34 and Church Lane. In the 1930s, they also sold day licences for fishing in Radnor Mere in Alderley Park.

Caption For Walmer, The Strand 1924

The Walmer Stores in the centre of this photo has its blinds down.

Caption For Fishguard, The Square 1959

The shop in the centre of the photo at this time was run by A Francis, to the left was W R Eynon and Sons, General Ironmongers. The Abergwaun Hotel still trades.

Caption For Uppingham, Market Place C1963

This photo was taken the same time as U10084. You can see the same car pulling out on both. However, it looks north to the Falcon Hotel.

Caption For Liverpool, The Floating Road 1895

The floating road was supported on pontoons that rose and fell with the tide, which is high in our photo.

Caption For Cromer, The View From Lighthouse Hill 1894

Most of the buildings in the foreground were less than 10 years old when this photo was taken. To the right in the background, the old wooden jetty stretches out to sea.

Caption For Ilkley, Brook Street C1965

By the time this photo was taken the railway had closed. The Beeching plan axed the Otley to Skipton line via Ilkley with the final through train on Saturday 20th March 1965.

Caption For Daventry, The Braunston Tunnel C1955

This photo shows the Welton end of the Braunston Tunnel, built to connect the Grand Union Canal from London to the Oxford Canal at Braunston.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Portland Walk 2004

Displays of various kinds decorate the entrance hall; these may include photos of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, who made numerous visits to Barrow to launch ships from

Caption For Glastonbury, The Abbey, St Joseph's Chapel 1927

Not much has changed since the photo- graph was taken, although some of the trees and vegetation has been removed.