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Oh To Be Sweet Sixteen Again!

I believe the girl walking in the photo with the shopping bag is myself at the age of 16 - 17 judging by my hair style at that time. I recognise the skirt as one I had made myself and my walk also. I also remember the ...Read more

A memory of Darlington in 1964 by Margaret Batey

Oakwood Memories

I lived in Oakwood, then Enfield West, from 1937 till 1946. My father had the Chemists Shop in the Parade, his name was George Reid, and we lived above the shop. Opposite was Victor Sasoon’s Estate, where I think Prisoner of War ...Read more

A memory of Oakwood by Doris Barnard

Oakley Stores

Wow when I saw their was the a photo of the family's famous store, the store that my dad told me was the equivalent to the first large department store like Debenhams I was amazed, I only wish their were more! My great Great Grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Fleet by beccies

Omg Such Memories!

I have just read an amusing story about the Walls ices girls and how pretty they were - I was one of those girls - I can't quite believe someone has written about us! What fun we had. We all worked in the school holidays in ...Read more

A memory of Holland-on-Sea in 1959

Ode To Wallsend

ODE TO WALLSEND I was born at Wallsend Village green in the heart of Wallsend Town, I spent my childhood in an era great to be around, We all grew up together and played in our back lanes, My cousins and my neighbours in the ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend in 1976 by James Bridgewood

Now We Are Five!

Ah well here goes! The old Grand Theatre plays a very large part in my early years (you will find I go on a bit about the place!). My dad owned the Grand and my first recollection of it was at pantomime time. Dad's Chorus ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne by David Hinge

Not So Much A Memory, More Of A Query.

This bridge is usually referred to as a seven arched bridge but looking at this 1888 photograph, there appears to be eight of them. The tunnel nearest the camera still exists and I recall how it once gave access to ...Read more

A memory of Looe by Brian Smith

Not A Pretty Polly

My brother in law was to look after pigs at a farm which I believed belonged to a Major Wills in Thatcham. Now it was the summer time and as far as I can recall my sister had not long since had a baby and that she was somewhat ...Read more

A memory of Thatcham in 1959 by Roland Mitchell

Not A Care In The World

If anyone were to ask me when I was most happy, I would have to go back some considerable time to those years spent in Wheatley Hill, more especially the late 1940s all of the 1950s and early 1960s. Truly magical times, ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley Hill in 1954 by Frank Dinsdale

Nostalgia

I lived in Burton from 1948 until 1966. I have such fond memories of the village as it was then. There were a group of lads that I was part of viz. Brian Bradshaw, Stewart Salrein, Roger Taylor, Anthony Blundell and we were then ...Read more

A memory of Burton in Lonsdale in 1948 by Peter Willan

Captions

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Caption For Penarth, The Beach 1896

Harriet Windsor-Clive, the Countess of Plymouth, took an interest in the layout of Penarth, owning much of the land in the locality.

Caption For Westdean, 1921

Here we see a rural scene in a fold of the Downs - now much more wooded and obscured by trees. A stack yard is in the foreground, with round and rectangular corn ricks.

Caption For Gedling, Main Road C1960

There is very much a Victorian suburban feel here, apart from the 1950s concrete swan-necked lamp-post.

Caption For Nottingham, Trent Bridge C1950

This view looks towards the 1871 cast iron Trent Bridge from the Victoria Embankment, a view much changed today, with the awful West Bridgford Hotel of 1962 (now Rushcliffe Civic Centre) replacing

Caption For Birkenhead, Charing Cross C1965

Much has changed since 1965. Traffic control measures mean that there is almost no legal parking in the area.

Caption For Culham, Collage 1899

This is now the European School, and not much softened with age.

Caption For Long Melford, Church Interior 1900

This style of building, with no chancel arch and a continuous roof, was common in large churches of this period.

Caption For Lancaster, The Castle, Shire Hall 1896

Court sittings permitting, we can tour the castle today and see much of this fascinating place, including the condemned cell, and an early gallows.

Caption For London, Buckingham Palace And The Mall C1955

It is obviously more restrained than the Victor Immanuel monument in Rome, but to some tastes not by much of a margin.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1902

On the street, a new generation had not yet been born in the Victorian shot, but otherwise not much has changed.

Caption For Sprotbrough, The Village C1955

When the Hall was eventually demolished in 1925, much of the stone was reused to build smaller properties in the village.

Caption For Glentham, Main Street 1953

Actually, several more things have disappeared, including the signpost, which has been replaced by much smaller signs that are partially covered by the hedge.

Caption For Guisborough, Applegarth C1955

Without doubt, this is one of the loveliest views in Guisborough, beloved of many Gisborians, and not least the author; the juxtaposition of the priory arch and the parish church is remarkable, with

Caption For Adel, The Church 1891

The inner arch contains 40 beak heads, possibly suggesting the 40 days and nights of Christ's wilderness fast.

Caption For Rievaulx, C1867

Much of the village was built from the stone of the old abbey. North York Moors

Caption For Preston, County Hall 1894

The County Magistrates' Court ran on simple and firm sets of rules, relying on moral and ethical principles as much as on legislature.

Caption For Burnley, New Post Office 1906

The men and boys outside the GPO are very much aware that a photographer is at work. On the right, one man wearing a cloth cap and another a bowler are standing side by side.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Hill Lane And Castle 1906

This view today is much the same as pictured here. The gateway in the stone wall (centre left) is now a garage door.

Caption For Bedwas, Newport Road And The Square C1960

This has obviously not caused too much of a stir in sleepy Bedwas.

Caption For Uckfield, 1902

Much has changed in this view looking downhill northwards towards the station and the High Street, with the house on the left replaced by a Shell garage.

Caption For Kegworth, St Andrew's Church C1965

The church is built of a grey sandstone; the scraping of the interior has left it somewhat dull, but relieved by the royal arms dated 1684 above the chancel arch.

Caption For Hythe, The Canal 1899

The canal also served a second purpose as a defensive dyke, though it is hard to see it as much of an obstacle to an army that would have already crossed the Channel!

Caption For Ollerton, Sherwood Forest C1955

Sherwood Forest once covered over 100,000 acres between Nottingham and Worksop, although the great ducal estates of the Dukeries enclosed much of the north part for their parks.

Caption For Culham, College 1900

There was a chapel and even a 'practice school' for the intended 92 students (the numbers later much increased).