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Happy Days In The Late 40s Early 50s
My memories relate to the 1940s and 50s - my Grandmother [Laura Reeves] and Grandfather [William Reeves] lived at 106 New Haw Road. My gran ran a little shop in the front room and I can still remember the smell of ...Read more
A memory of New Haw in 1950 by
Helmshore 1950 1964
We lived at No 23 Broadway, Ronald my dad, Ruth my mum, Colin, me, Glenda and Kenneth. Next door was a working farm as the houses had only just been built. On Thursdays they used to run cows from the railway station to the ...Read more
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Happy Days!!
I moved to Broadstone with my parents at the tender age of 2, and we lived in Sidney Road, off York Road. It was 1950, and ,of course there was no Waterloo Estate at that time, so York Road ended when it came to the railway line and the ...Read more
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Growing Up In Purley
When I lived in Purley, there weren't many stores. I can remember when Sainsbury's opened across from Purley Fountain. There was a toy shop in the High Street called Morgan's. I stole a whistle from there when I was not very ...Read more
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From 1950 To 1955 At Riversleigh Staith St Bubwith
When I was five years old , Mum Dad and me moved to Bubwith in to a house by the Derwent called Riversleigh. My memories are many and varied from the five years I lived there. The house opposite used ...Read more
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My Polish Papa
This story was told to me by my daddy's best friend called Will Lawson. When I was one year old daddy used to cut the grass at Gleneagles and he was alowed to take the cuttings away to make bedding for the pigs that he kept. One day ...Read more
A memory of Glen Eagles in 1950 by
Those Were The Days
I was born in Straight Road Harold Hill in 1943 and in 1947 we moved into the Prefabs across the road to Holly Road which was just off Briar Road, these Prefabs which I believe were errected by German Prisoners of war were ...Read more
A memory of Harold Hill in 1950 by
Crabtree's Farm
I wasn't born in Disley. My Grandparents built a little wooden bungalow in a field owned by the Crabtree family. It was built before the war for holidays. Before that they had a big tent and all their family would go to stay. During ...Read more
A memory of Disley in 1950 by
East Ham
Born in East Ham in 1943. We are 4 sisters. Favourite place was Central Park after school each day. Playing rounders or on the swings with the Parkie blowing his whistle after 10 mins to get off for the next lot to get on. Sunday mornings ...Read more
A memory of East Ham in 1950 by
Good (Great) Old Days
I was born at The Four Lane Ends but really the only thing which I remember about that is the day we moved to South Market Street. Since then (about '46) I have always been proud to refer to myself as being amongst the ...Read more
A memory of Hetton-Le-Hole in 1950 by
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The Leicester to Northampton road passes through Welford's High Street, parallel with the much more tranquil West Street.
The Borough coat of arms and its motto, 'Arte et Labore', is cut into the stone, along with the name of the park over the entrance arch.
Tradesmen's carts are much in evidence in this view. Although there are several changes to the street, the town hall is still a landmark.
At one of these cottages lived an elderly lady, who spent much time seated at her window, who as a four-year-old girl had been present at the Battle of Waterloo with her father, a colour sergeant in
It is basically a late Norman and early 13th-century building, but it was much changed in the 14th and 15th centuries, including the battlemented west tower; its interior is relatively plain,
Much of this scene had not changed since before the war. The post office (near right) was run by F S Mowlam in the 1950s. Further on we see the gabled end of the White Hart Hotel.
Townsend`s Stores (left) have become J G Clifford, dispensing chemist; the tearooms and cafe are now Riverside Hair Design; Ali`s Tandoori Restaurant lies on the opposite side of the arched
Its lack of sand might be the reason that it did not develop as a traditional family resort, but rather as a refined watering place much loved by residents and visitors, who return year after
Dating from the early 18th century, it has unusual features, 'an undulating Edwardian parapet with 3 blind arches over plate glass sash windows' (The Department of Environment List of Buildings
People sit and watch life go by under the hexagonal arches of the Poultry Cross. For five hundred years commerce has surrounded this area with ironmongers, shoemakers and fish and meat shops.
Much of the exterior was remodelled in the 15th century to give the striking chequer pattern of flint and stone.
Tucked away at the mouth of the little River Wallington is Fareham - much busier around the 18th century than when this picture was taken.
Although much of the building was rebuilt in Victorian times, the tower dates from 1535. The decoration includes the mullet (or star), the badge of the de Veres.
Much of 'David Copperfield' was penned in the crenellated Fort House, visible on the left, which has been renamed Bleak House and is now a commemorative museum.
But the great keep, the inner bailey and much of the curtain walling were built by Henry II between 1168-86, at the then colossal cost of £3,000.
All was much restored by Pearson in the 1880s: he added the battlements, for example. The left-hand and centre archways are least altered.
On the right, facing the village green, stands this old-world inn; the wide arch is the entry to a mews area for horse-drawn carts and carriages.
Buses still use the Broadway and Northbrook Street but today traffic cannot use the section of the latter thoroughfare much beyond Wheelers Garage during the daytime.
This fine seven-arch Grecian-style bridge over the River Don was built in 1850; it linked the village to Warmsworth, and replaced the ferry service.
The Hospital, a set of almshouses founded in 1597 by William Cecil, owes much of its present appearance, including the chimneys, to alterations made in the 18th century.
The area is now very much a tourist mecca. MONTACUTE, Montacute
Much of the market trade was performed in the public houses which lined the High Street.
Many years later, Queen Victoria placed a window in the parish church as a monument to the father who had loved her so much.
Since this photograph was taken in the summer time, there is not as much smoke coming from the dwelling houses along the Crag (which lies behind the houses on the river front), but there
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