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Memories

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Ashby Aint Like It Used To Be

I was born and bred in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the eldest of three children. My memories of Ashby itself are snapshots from a time which now seems so old-fashioned that it as nostalgic as a Herriot novel. As a young ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1970

Caddys Ice Cream

I loved Caddy's. Sometimes if I think hard enough I can get the memory of its taste, mmm. I remember having a tall glass of lemonade and ice cream and sitting on leather upholstery in the parlour in town. It was such a treat.  We ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury by Annie Devereux

Return Of A Native

Camberley, where it all began. Where I lived half of my life so far. In your head you never leave the place you were born and raised. On a wet un-comforting day I found myself revisiting the town of my past. I was cast into ...Read more

A memory of Camberley in 1988 by André Goddard

The Dumps

My mum and dad owned the Lonsdale off-licence during the 1960s and 1970s. I went to Brampton Manor, a few teachers stick in my memory but Dr Groom has to be the world's best physics teacher. I remember bunking off, walking over the dumps ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by Brett Jolly

Coffee And Doughnuts

A friend from work, and I took courses at the Neath Technical Institute. I left Swansea about 7:30am, and had to run down Mount Pleasant to the bus station in order to get to the Institute. For lunch we walked up town to a little ...Read more

A memory of Neath in 1947

193940 School Days

I remember the Town Hall at Cowbridge.  In those days there was no one way system around it like today.  The school boy interest was the Merryweather Fire Engine that was kept in a garage at the side of the Town Hall. Great fun to ...Read more

A memory of Cowbridge in 1940 by Roy Newton

Hop Fields

   Horsmonden - the end of my hop picking days.  I was born in east London 1939 and hop picking was four weeks in the country, camp fire cooking in the evening, a sing along and down to the Gun or the Town House on Saturday evening. ...Read more

A memory of Horsmonden in 1959 by Brian Long

Mixed Feelings

I first arrived in Llanegryn at the latter end of 1939 along with my younger sister and a lot of other kids from my school (St Johns)in Birkenhead. I was eight years old at the time and my sister was six. We were all put into the ...Read more

A memory of Llanegryn in 1930 by Bob Boyd

My Schooldays 1952 54 Near Skipton

My Grandparents lived at 26 Otley Street in Skipton from the 1940 ( or earlier ) and I had first visited them in 1945 after VE day, They were Thomas Henry Jackson, my Grandmother Charlotte Jackson and their batchelor ...Read more

A memory of Skipton in 1952 by Trevor Jackson

1972

Married at the wonderful old church of St. Peter's Walton on the Hill, 5th July 1972. At this time, my parents were living at Tudor Court, Walton St. Walton on the Hill, and Mum, owned the shop below, Anne Cleeves. I had been over in ...Read more

A memory of Walton on the Hill in 1972 by Adele Pentony Graham

Captions

5,112 captions found. Showing results 889 to 912.

Caption For Wallsend, The Town Hall 1951

The Town Hall with its round corner turret was designed by Liddell & Brown and built in 1907-08; the fire station in Lawson Street and the public baths were part of the same scheme.

Caption For Newport, High Street C1955

Wellington, Canning and Palmerston represented the town in Parliament.

Caption For Wells, Market Place 1890

Wells is famed for its superb cathedral and the Bishop's Palace.

Caption For Cowes, High Street C1955

The narrow streets of Cowes are typical of many southern English coastal towns, designed for use rather than orna- ment.

Caption For Pitsea, Railway Hotel And London Road C1955

His vision in 1925 was to create 'something really special' for the unplanned country village of Pitsea, turning it into a thriving town with a Tudor theme.

Caption For Horbury, Westfield Road And Town Hall C1955

Now slightly nearer the town centre, we see more commercial and municipal buildings.

Caption For Baldock, White Horse Street C1955

The centre of Baldock, at the junction of the market place and the Icknield Way, is dominated by the imposing Town Hall and Old Fire Station, opened on 25 November 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1890

Temby is an exquisite fishing and resort town in Carmarthen Bay.

Caption For Horsham, The Causeway 1898

Yet another town that has benefited from a by-pass, and is now rediscovering itself without constant through traffic.

Caption For Baldock, High Street 1925

The market town of Baldock developed at the junction of a Roman road and the ancient Icknield Way in the mid 1100s.

Caption For Laindon, School C1955

Basildon is one of eight New Towns which were set up around London between 1946 and 1949, immediately after the Second World War.

Caption For Sherborne, Ladies College 1912

Sherborne is famous for its public schools, and on most days in term time pupils can be seen threading their way around the old town.

Caption For Christchurch, Bridge On The Avon 1900

In Saxon times this old town was known as Twyneham, meaning 'the town between the streams' - in this case the Avon and the Stour, whose waters empty into Christchurch Harbour.

Caption For Rotherham, Town Hall C1955

The grimly-austere gritstone buildings of Rotherham Town Hall's Welfare and Health Department are typical of the South Yorkshire town's 'muck and brass' reputation.

Caption For Alsager, Crewe Road C1965

For centuries the town was little more than a small agricultural hamlet.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Sutton Park, Bracebridge Pool C1960

Sutton Park was one of the largest in Warwickshire, over 2,000 acres of woodlands and lakes.The park made the town something of a tourist attraction.

Caption For Sandwich, The Barbican 1924

In 1924, this compact little town had (and still has) its own town council.

Caption For Chard, Fore Street 1907

Further west along the A30, Chard is a market town laid out in 1234 by Bishop Jocelyn of Wells.

Caption For Little Sutton, Chester Road 1966

Today Little Sutton has become a suburb of the much newer town of Ellesmere Port.

Caption For Launceston, Town Hall 1899

The Guildhall (left) with its tower was built in 1881, and the Town Hall (right) was added in 1887 in commemoration of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

Caption For Ventnor, Esplanade 1892

A sheltered location and mild climate have brought generations of holidaymakers to Ventnor.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Town And Bridge 1900

This traffic-free view of the town centre from Bridge Street conveys the history and feel of the place instantly.

Caption For Brixham, The Harbour 1925

All Saints' Church contains a memorial to the Reverend Lyte, author of 'Abide With Me' and 'Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven'.

Caption For Chesterfield, Midland Station 1896

This is a general view of Chesterfield, Derbyshire's second largest town, from the east.