Maps

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Memories

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Running Errands In Market Street

One of the shops I remember well was Fosters. It was like a mini department store. We had some of our clothes from there. You could buy things and pay so much a week. It was how we lived then. It was quite normal ...Read more

A memory of Polesworth in 1960 by Marilynne Connolly

Basingstoke Town Hall

I remember the Town Hall from the late 1950's - 1960's. My father, the late Dr Frank Foden MBE, used to be a lecturer at what was then Basinstoke Technical College. He used to write a pantomime each year for staff and ...Read more

A memory of Basingstoke in 1957 by Rosemarie Nightingale

Barkingside 1952 2007

I lived in Barkinside from 1952 until 1969. My parents were there until 2007 so I have seen so many changes. We originally lived in Clayhall, St Claire Close and my parents moved to Brandville Gardens in the 90s. Both my ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside by Anthony Bates

5 Jubilee Cottages

Born here 1942 - mother a member of the Wicks family based at Holly House (hurdle makers) father an airman stationed at RAF Hullavington. I recall land girls, the drone of planes. I was too young for school & roamed the ...Read more

A memory of Hullavington in 1942 by Tony Dighton

115 High Street

I was born at Hullavington 1942 and as a child used to bus to Malmesbury for market day. In 1981 I had an opportunity to buy 115 High Street (on left side of pic about halfway up) - loved it. The stream at bottom of garden, the ...Read more

A memory of Malmesbury in 1981 by Tony Dighton

Wandle Road

Although I was born in Newcastle on Tyne, I came to Croydon when I was nine - about 1958. My maiden name was Fawley, and my parents (Ron and Irene) had a sweet and general shop at 6 Wandle Road. It was near the swimming pool in Scarbrook ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1958 by Pamela Mold

Darwen Market The Old Glass Shed

I was born in Cranberry Lane in 1957 and I remember the old market very well. There was the 'pot man', Annie and her second hand stall and the old market cafe. In summer there was the ice-cream man near the steps at ...Read more

A memory of Darwen by Pamela Haworth

The Market And Caddys

My memories of Dewsbury as a girl in the late 1960s, early 1970s. The market. The butcher my mum used (who flirted outrageously with her, and most likely every housewife in town, which she loved and I'm sure always made her buy ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury by Jo Anne Smith

Braunstone Estate

I lived in Morcote Road when I was a little girl, and have memories of the schools I attended and the surrounding areas of Braunstone. I used to go to Bembow Rise School when I was quite small then moved on to Brausntone ...Read more

A memory of Braunstone Town in 1963 by Christine Brown Nee Pagett

The Roxy Commisionaire

My great great uncle must have been well known to many a Daltonian. His name was Jonty Harper and he was commissionaire at the Roxy picture house in Market Street. He is believed to have been quite a stern man and ...Read more

A memory of Dalton-In-Furness by Ian Harper

Captions

2,318 captions found. Showing results 889 to 912.

Caption For Whitworth, The Memorial Park 1951

The cenotaph can be seen to the left of centre of the park, which is on Market Street. The memorial is dedicated to Whitworth men who died in the two World Wars.

Caption For Newton Poppleford, The Main Street C1965

In the middle distance is the Exeter Inn, and to the left is P J White's grocer's shop and mini- market - supermarkets were a relatively new concept in the 1960s.

Caption For Compton Bassett, St Swithin's Church C1955

Some 12th-century parts survive, but it is externally 15th-century, with chancel and side chapels of 1865 by Henry Woodyer, who was also responsible for the fountain in the Market Place

Caption For Basildon, Market Place C1960

The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built. The butcher's, nearest the camera, is certainly attracting window-shoppers. Just to its left is a cafeteria.

Caption For Storrington, View Towards Kithurst 1894

There has been a settlement here since prehistoric times, and Storrington has been a market since 1399.

Caption For Oakham, Castle Entrance 1932

This lane leads from the Market Place to the castle gates. The buildings on both sides are located over the original moat. Centuries ago there may have been a drawbridge here.

Caption For Aldborough, The Black Boys C1955

There was a market here from at least 1280. The Black Boys is owned by Morgan and Co, another of the four great breweries of Norwich.

Caption For Kirkbymoorside, Church Street 1951

Kirkbymoorside, on the edge of the North York Moors, still holds its market every Wednesday, just as it has done since medieval times.

Caption For Chelmsford, New London Road 1919

Chelmsford had always been primarily a market-town.

Caption For Henley On Thames, New Street C1955

'Henley, a market town, and one of the neatest, cleanest, and most respectable in the County ... is exceedingly pleasantly situated on the west side of the river Thames'.

Caption For Downham Market, Market Place C1955

Horatio Nelson was at school in Downham Market in the later 18th century; a fellow-pupil was George Manby, inventor of the life-saving rocket.

Caption For Nuneaton, Market Place C1965

In this view, the Market Place shows signs of a limited amount of redevelopment. A new retail block has been built between the post office and Marks & Spencer, replacing Lesters and the White Swan.

Caption For Brixham, Inner Harbour 1906

The wholesale fish market at Brixham was the largest in the west of England at this time.

Caption For Castleton, Memorial Cross 1919

Castleton's war memorial cross in the Market Place was still a relatively new feature when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Penrith, Wordsworth Street 1893

Penrith, 'capital' of the northern Lake District, is an attractive red sandstone market town. But it did not escape the 'Poets' Corner' craze for street-naming of the late 19th century.

Caption For Giggleswick, St Alkelda's Church C1955

The old market cross still stands by the gate to the parish church of St Alkelda at Giggleswick, in the heart of Craven limestone country.

Caption For Yeovil, Princes Street C1950

This wide street once held a cattle market. It now has one-way traffic, but little has changed here except that building societies and estate agents have taken over the shops.

Caption For Charlestown, The Harbour 1912

The prominent white board indicates Fowey's quay and market toll charges.

Caption For Harlow, Chippingfield Estate C1955

In the 13th century the site had been a market-field ('chipping field'), which was rented and worked by smallholders known as mol men from the rent they paid.

Caption For Tenbury Wells, The Royal Oak Hotel 1892

Tenbury received its first charter for a market and fair in 1249, but remained a fairly humble country town until 1839 when a medicinal spring was discovered, leading to the creation of a pump room and

Caption For Newtown, Market Day 1950

The market has not changed fundamentally over the years, except that today the emphasis is on clothes and general bric-a-brac, whereas the livestock sales that originated here are long gone.

Caption For Dunstable, High Street South C1950

Beyond the vehicles parked on the left, the hint of an open space indicates the existence of the market square.

Caption For Uppingham, Beast Hill C1965

In the streets off the market, many picture postcard gardens add to the attractiveness of the town.

Caption For Richmond, Millgate 1913

At the lower end of the market square, leading down to the Swale Falls, is Millgate - little changed today.