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As It Was

I left Walsall at the age of fifteen, at the time of the date of this picture. I loved the trolley buses and watching the trolley conductor change the rails. I remember the Bridge well, as shown in this picture. It was my task on a Saturday ...Read more

A memory of Walsall in 1955 by Terry King

Life In The Fifties. Part One.

I lived in Studley Grange Road, and at the bottom was the Union Canal. This was a sort of green lung. You could go to Southall or Brentford by bike without touching a road, very pleasant. I went to St Marks ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell in 1955 by Nick Beard

Shawhead

I moved from 'the slap up' to the new scheme of Shawhead in 1955 and remember walking up Hermitage Crescent when there was no tar on the roads or pavements. I was with my father and he bought me an icecream cone from Berts van. My ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge in 1955 by Felix O'hagan

Peakirk And Surroundings

When I was a kid, aged between 5 and 11 (1950-1956), my paternal grandparents lived at 2 Werrington Bridge which was given a new postal address of 1551 Lincoln Road. I'd spend a couple of weeks here in the summer holidays, ...Read more

A memory of Peakirk in 1955 by Chas York

Boots Chemist

Does anyone recall the curious window on Boots the Chemist? The glass was curved and one could not touch it, always a highlight after crossing the barrel bridge passing Lidiard the butchers.

A memory of Newbury in 1955 by Percival Mills

My Grandad's Shop

On the very right of this photo is my grandad's shop. He had his name FV DRABBLE on the front, you can just see part of the name in the photo. My grandad was Langold's only cobbler. The bottom half of the windows were painted ...Read more

A memory of Langold in 1955 by Tony Mitchell

Childhood Memories

What a wonderful place to explore and grow up in, particularly as a history loving child. Born in Southport to await my father's return from army service in 1945, we soon moved back to the family origins in Chester. The Taylor ...Read more

A memory of Chester in 1955 by Sandra Brown

Cadet On Worcseter

I was a cadet from 55 to 59 in Main Division. Went back recently, not a ship on the river and a huge bridge upstream

A memory of Greenhithe in 1955 by Peter Harris

'one Bustop Short Of Heaven'

That title was the answer given by my father when folks asked him where Longriggend was! My dad was born in Longriggend on 6 January 1902. He lived there for a few years until his father moved to Dunfermline to seek new ...Read more

A memory of Longriggend in 1955 by Jack Pryde

Stockbridge Station, Station House.

My grandfather and grandmother, Mr William Edward Massey known as (Bill) and Rose Massey, with Jack and Ruth Massey lived at Station House, Stockbridge Station. Does anybody remember the above and have any ...Read more

A memory of Stockbridge in 1955 by Lee Adams

Captions

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Caption For Andover, Bridge Street 1913

Looking back into Bridge Street with Burden's Corner now well established, the London County & Westminster Bank opposite retained its authentic late Victorian frontage.

Caption For London, Ludgate Hill And Circus 1897

A locomotive of the L C & D Railway has just left Holborn Viaduct Station and thunders south over the bridge, steam ballooining out over the roofs. Below, traffic crawls miserably up Ludgate Hill.

Caption For Tenby, From The Burrows 1925

Here we see the Black Rock, Black Rock Quarry and Black Rock Cottage, and behind is the bridge over the railway.

Caption For Aberdour, The Stone Pier 1900

A packed steamer is kept firmly alongside the pier as the Master on the bridge plots her progress carefully. She is either about to put warps ashore or has just taken them aboard.

Caption For Aberdour, The Stone Pier 1900

A packed steamer is kept firmly alongside the pier as the Master on the bridge plots her progress carefully. She is either about to put warps ashore or has just taken them aboard.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Hart Street 1893

The photographer walked away from the river bridge up Hart Street towards the Town Hall in Market Place and turned back by the Bell Street junction to take this view towards the church with its dominating

Caption For Maidenhead, The River And Bridge 1906

Half a mile downstream the river passes through Sir Robert Taylor's supremely graceful and beautiful sandstone bridge of the 1770s that still carries the busy A4 London to Bath road.

Caption For Houghton, The George And Dragon C1960

Houghton is a hamlet with a long stone bridge across the tidal River Arun.The inn is a 13th-century timber-framed brick and flint building.

Caption For Huntingdon, The River C1960

This view facing the medieval bridge shows the boatyard in the foreground with the old stocking factory on the right and the bacon factory on the left.

Caption For Coulsdon, Brighton Road C1955

Looking towards the Smitham railway bridge, the United Dairies` building has been replaced by Waitrose.

Caption For Dublin, Christchurch Cathedral 1897

Christchurch Cathedral and the former Synod Hall (now Dublinia).

Caption For Staines, View From The Bridge 1907

As we pass beneath the bridge, still on the Egham bank, the 18th-century Swan Hotel on the right now also occupies the boathouse and garage in front of it, behind the ladies with their parasols.

Caption For Croston, Town Bridge C1955

A 17th-century packhorse bridge spans the River Yarrow, and beyond the cottages rises the square, battlemented tower of St Michael and All Angels' Church.

Caption For Gnosall, The Canal C1960

The Shropshire Union Canal, engineered by Thomas Telford and con- structed between 1827 and 1835, was the last of the major canals.

Caption For Sheffield, Fitzalan Square 1902

Electric street tramcars had been introduced in 1899; in this picture we have a selection of single-deckers and open-top double-deckers.

Caption For Marple Bridge, The Village C1955

Today Marple Bridge is the most delightfully pretty little village.

Caption For Marple Bridge, Town Street C1955

Today Marple Bridge is the most delightfully pretty little village.

Caption For Wickhambreaux, The Post Office 1903

The stores and post office, right, were once an essential part of this village.

Caption For Purfleet, London Road C1955

As the road approaches the level crossing, we can see a signal box and a foot bridge - in recent years the signal box has been demolished.

Caption For Patricroft, Bridge C1955

The bridge was built over the Bridgewater Canal in 1778, but it has been widened and strengthened many times since.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, Village And Church 1890

This photograph, taken from the east bank of the river, south of the Barley Mow pub, manages to exclude George Gilbert Scott's rather fine 1864 seven-arched brick bridge over the river.

Caption For Cookham, Mill Stream 1899

As we look back towards Cookham from near the viewpoint of photograph No 77588 towards the bridge onto Odney, since rebuilt, the Thames is beyond the trees with its two channels.

Caption For West Stockwith, Basin, The Lock 1958

This view of the basin from its entrance lock adjacent to the Trent, shows a nearby warehouse and the Crown Inn, now the Waterfront Inn, across the water.

Caption For West Stockwith, The Basin 1964

It was also important in draining the nearby Isle of Axholme and the two steam pumping stations once controlled the river level.