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Small Boystoys And Other Pastimes 1930s

bill.haylor@btinternet.com  Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs A large number of our toys were made from wood, dependant on what tools were available in fathers shed, if it was unlocked! The only ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Bill Haylor

Where I Was Born

My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more

A memory of Sole Street in 1946

Abernethie & Son Ltd

I was very interested in your web site. William Abernethie, owner of Abernethie & Son Ltd 140-144 Uxbridge Road, was my Great great grandfather. He also had a branch at 25 Broadway, Ealing. It was a very successful drapery ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Kay Pack

Bakery

We lived above Saunders Bakery in Stanstead Road, opposite St Dunstan's School. Anyone remember this shop? Mr Saunders had another branch at Brockley, and he drove a green Humber, licence plate LLB 27. What things one remembers!

A memory of Catford in 1949 by Nick Hobart

My First And Last Jobs In Hull

This is a photo of the Derringham Branch of the Hull Savings Bank where I started as a junior bank clerk at the age of 16 on 31st August 1965, probably around the time when this photo was taken. It certainly ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1965 by David Farrow

My Great Granny Barker

At the far end of photo number H183005a - on the right - is a white wall. Mr and Mrs Barker lived in a one room plus a tiny kitchen downstairs, two tiny rooms up, from the 1930s until my great-grandmother died in the 1950s ...Read more

A memory of Heighington in 1944 by First Name Last Name

First X Rays Come To Blaenavon!

My Grandfather, Mr. Llewellyn Price [British Empire Medal], was awarded a silver cigarette case on 24 July, 1937 by the Medical Society of Blaenavon. A golden key to the X-ray room was also presented. This ceremony was ...Read more

A memory of Blaenavon in 1930 by Debbie Knight

Grandad

My grandad was christened at St Hilda's church in 1890, he was married there in 1914 and was buried from there in 1965. My mother also got married there and I was christened there. My grandad was Alfred William Morland and he worked at ...Read more

A memory of Darlington by Diane Lambley

The Birth Of Easington Colliery

Under the title "The Birth Of Easington Colliery", a 6,000 word article of mine has recently been published in the Journal of the North East Labour History Society,Volume 42 (2011). The article covers the ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by Harry Barnes

My First School Alby Hill 1944

My mother and her mother were born in my great-grandparents' cottage at Hanworth Common. Richard and Blanche Craske they were. Well dear old Richard was really my step great grandad. The true one was Charles ...Read more

A memory of Aldborough in 1944 by Richard Whitten

Captions

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Caption For Rhymney, High Street 1967

Note the branch of Lloyds Bank on the left, and the Scala cinema on the right next to N Joseph, General Stores.

Caption For Normanton, Hawhill Park C1955

the ornamental gates and the spring and summer gardens opened in April 1959 by Ernest Jones, president of the National Union of Mine Workers, to commemorate a centenary of the Yorkshire Branch

Caption For Newbury, Northbrook Street C1960

Nearby, beyond the Anchor pub, is a branch of Macfisheries, the famous fishmonger.

Caption For Weare Giffard, From Bideford Road 1923

The railway ran to Great Torrington when this view was taken; it later extended to Halwill Junction and the North Cornwall branch lines.

Caption For Welford, The Canal C1965

The 'Welford Arm' runs east for one and a half miles from the Leicester branch of the Grand Union Canal and opened in 1814.

Caption For Lickey, Four Ways 1948

Only 30 years later, it has become just another branch of suburbia. Some picturesque cottages were destroyed to widen these roads and create the roundabout, which now dominates the view.

Caption For Penn, Spring Hill Corner C1965

Spring Hill Corner is an ancient junction where Springhill Lane branches off the Wolverhampton road towards Lower Penn. It runs along the top of a ridge and is prehistoric in origin.

Caption For High Legh, Swineyard Hall 1897

Formerly home to a branch of the Legh family, Swineyard Hall was sold off by Lt Colonel Cornwall Legh in 1919.

Caption For Didcot, Broadway 1950

Looking west along the Broadway we see amongst the shops branches of Curry's, the Co-op and W H Smith.

Caption For Midhurst, North Street 1921

The part 16th-century Angel Hotel and the Midhurst branch of Barclays Bank are still there, as is the Clock House opposite, which today houses offices.

Caption For Alnwick, Bondgate Hill C1955

Just coming into the picture at left is the local branch of Lloyds, built around 1910 to the designs of local architect George Reavell.

Caption For Carnaby, The Church C1885

The church of St John the Baptist is in the village of Carnaby, which is just over two miles from Bridlington and was on the Scarborough and Hull branch of the North Eastern Railway line.

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Caption For Loders, 1903

Tucked into the foreground, behind a hedge, ran the Bridport branch railway.

Caption For Lerryn, Looking Across The River 1893

Set on one of the picturesque creeks branching off the Fowey estuary, Lerryn is seen at its best when the tide is high. At low tide there is nothing but mud in this creek.

Caption For Doncaster, Baxtergate 1903

It was down Baxtergate that Freeman, Hardy & Willis had their branch, and where those who had signed the pledge could find a room at the Albany Temperance Hotel.

Caption For Andover, Town Station 1908

Lord Beeching closed this branch line in 1964. Its 22-mile length became a track known as the Test Way, which can now be walked from Andover all the way to Southampton Water.

Caption For Waltham Cross, High Street 1921

The ornate Victorian shop fronts of Dawson's and the branch of the Enfield Co-operative store, on the right, with their elegant lanterns, are in contrast to the stern brick frontages across the

Caption For Glasson Dock, Victoria Terrace C1955

The Caribou Hotel overlooks the basin and locks, which connect the Lancaster Branch Canal with the sea.

Caption For Newent, Broad Street C1965

Near the dogleg bend in the road is the local branch of the International Stores grocery chain, and also the Red Lion pub with its hanging sign.

Caption For York, College Street C1960

Once known as Vicar's Lane and then Little Alice Lane, the street branches off to Minster Yard, where the Theatre Royal opened in 1730 - it was the first theatre in York.

Caption For Bordon, The Village C1905

Over the years Bordon expanded as a civilian community and developed as a training ground used by military units and other branches of the Armed Forces.

Caption For Truro, Malpas Ferry And Tresillian River 1912

The ferry boats, one of which could take a horse and cart, were rowed across to Malpas Passage, a narrow peninsula at the confluence of the Tresillian and Truro Rivers, both long branches of the Fal estuary

Caption For Aberdovey, The Seafront 1892

In this view of the seafront just west of the harbour, a lone wagon stands on the siding from the Aberdovey Harbour branch line.

Caption For Rothwell, Market Place C1950

The handsome building on the right with the flagpole is the Rothwell branch of the Conservative Club. Next to it is the Chequers Hotel, now a convenience store. The building is dated 1734.