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Maps

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Memories

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Disco Days

I was 6 I think, I and my sister would go to Saturday morning pictures, then, about 11.30, go to Top Rank and would disco dance the Saturdays away. I remember I would either have a cold glass of milk, because the milk machine was lit up, ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1972 by Paul Skinner

Growing Up In Post War Harrow Weald

I lived at 20 Silver Close, Harrow Weald from 6 weeks old in 1941 until I left for Australia in 1961. I atended Harrow Weald Infants School from 1946, the old building was opposite the bus garage in the high ...Read more

A memory of Harrow Weald in 1941 by Colin Lane

The Castle Lawn

I have a clearer copy of this photo in the book on Sevenoaks and Tonbridge and have studied it with a magnifying glass. I was one year old in 1951 (and according to my parents, already walking at 9 months). The posture of the man ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge by Rodney Warrener

Living In Binfield 1946 1971

I moved to Binfield with my parents Rose and Cyril Richardson and my brother Brian in 1946. We lived in Rose Hill at a house called “Athlone”.  It isn’t there any more, it was demolished and six houses built on the site. ...Read more

A memory of Binfield by Terry Richardson

Rocking In The 60s

On the left of the photo is Woolworths, above which were flats - including one where the rock star/ wannabe MP Screaming Lord Sutch lived for a while. Another Rocker lived in South Harrow - Johnny Kidd (and the Pirates). I used ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow in 1965 by Eric Medcalf

Our Boys Cafe Dock Road Tilbury

When I was six, I moved into 'Our Boy's Cafe' with my mother and grandfather. My uncle, aunt and cousin also lived with us in the accommodation above. It was the last cafe of many along Dock Road, Tilbury, so we had to ...Read more

A memory of Tilbury in 1948 by Julia Fraser

Convent Of The Visitation Bridport Dorset

CHAPTER TWO School Years - Convent of the Visitation 1939-1945 One’s school years leave an indelible impression on one for good or bad. My views over these years in this regard, have modified considerably. ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1940 by Howard Johnson

Hummed To Sleep By A Factory

We used to live on what was called The Avenues on the Rylands estate. This was situated behind the Princess shopping parade, so called after the name of the local flea pit where all the kids went to Saturday morning ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1961 by John Simpson

I Was One Years Of Age In 1965

Good static shot, black & white (b&w), no doubt Ilford film, the best b&w in the world. I was 1 years of age having been born in 1964 about two or three roads away from where this shot was taken, it's Ilford ...Read more

A memory of Ilford in 1965

Beach

I was born in Torquay in June 1954 in Shrublands Hospital (can anybody remember that hospital, it was in the Warberrys). I left Torquay when I was 23 and came to live in London, my heart is still there. Who knows, I might retire back there. But ...Read more

A memory of Torquay in 1860 by Andy Wells

Captions

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Caption For Aylesbury, Church Street C1960

In front of the church is the County Museum; nearer the camera, behind the 'No Waiting' sign, is one of Aylesbury's best town houses, with arched sash windows to the ground floor.

Caption For Halifax, Technical School 1896

This photograph shows looms and other equipment installed in a workshop at the technical school; it shows the importance of the cloth industry to the town.

Caption For Wrexham, Town Hall In High Street 1895

Elihu Yale, founder of Yale University in the USA, came from the Wrexham area (his family was associated with Erddig Hall), and he is buried at St Giles's church.

Caption For Wetherby, Market Place 1909

This scene is a contrast with the one seven years earlier, when the town packed into the Market Place to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII.

Caption For Minchinhampton, Market Square C1955

The town's fine Market House dates from 1698; it rests on an arcade of pillars that are unusual in that they are made of stone on the outside, and timber on the inside.

Caption For Yeovil, Middle Street 1903

Yeovil is by far the largest town in south Somerset.

Caption For Stroud, Town Centre C1965

The camera is looking towards Russell Street and George Street, with Sims clock at their junction. Before the clock was built in the early 1920s, this was the main taxi rank in the town centre.

Caption For Swindon, Regents Circus C1955

The View North from the Town Hall This view, taken from the Town Hall, shows the layout of Regent Circus leading to Regent Street in the 1950s.

Caption For Washington, The Village Green C1955

Here we see Washington village about ten years before the area was designated a New Town.

Caption For Poole, High Street 1900

It still maintains strong links with the sea, having become a mecca for yachtsmen.The prosperous town, built where the sea meets the wild heathlands of Dorset, is one of the largest along the south

Caption For Horbury, Town Hall And Library, Westfield Road C1955

Here, right, is Horbury's Carnegie Free Library, built in 1905 and opened on 14 February 1906. The Town Hall next door is built on the site of a house and garden.

Caption For Watchet, Harbour 1927

Watchet was one of medieval Somerset's most important towns, and its harbour remained important into the 20th century, exporting iron ore from the Brendon Hills to the south.

Caption For Luton, The Brewery Tap 2005

Edwin Chadwick was in charge of the government campaign to sanitize towns and cities by cleaning up the water supply and trying to improve the habits of the growing populace.

Caption For Loughborough, Pinfold Gate C1965

Cycling became a very popular way for many people to leave the workaday world behind and go out into the countryside. Reid's offered a wide choice at modest and affordable prices.

Caption For Bellingham, Market Place C1960

The town is considered the gateway to the moors and forests of the Northumberland National Park, and the Pennine Way also passes through the town.

Caption For Bedford, Suspension Bridge And Embankment Gardens C1960

The town's Parks and Gardens department is justifiably proud of its long record of good husbandry in the Embankment Gardens.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1940

Deep shadows engulf the Greyhound Hotel (left), with the Town Hall behind, in this lunchtime view westwards to Colmer`s Hill (centre).

Caption For Chippenham, New Road C1960

We are looking up New Road, with W C King & Sons, ironmongers, on the left. Further up we can see the sign of the Black Horse. According to the deeds, this was built in November 1843 as a beer house.

Caption For Castle Acre, The Old Gate 1891

This narrow gateway, constructed of cobbled flint and brickwork, was built in the 13th century to defend the northern entrance of this well-preserved town, which was also fortified by earthworks connected

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, The Water Gardens C1963

Mills and rows of cheap housing were swept away during the development of Marlowes in the new town of Hemel Hempstead.

Caption For Dunster, The Nunnery 1903

Dunster is one of the most picturesque of Somerset's small towns; its long Market Place rises from the Yarn Market, or market cross, an octagonal structure of 1589, to the castle gatehouse with the castle

Caption For Strathpeffer, Highland Girls Wringing The Washing C1890

The town of Strathpeffer owes its popularity to the discovery of sulphurous springs in the 18th century.

Caption For Whitby, Baxtergate 1923

The bell tower of St Ninian's Church is just visible in the centre, and the nun on the left could well have been from either of the two convents in the town.

Caption For Tring, High Street 1897

The town is a little disappointing - it is a mix of Rothschild fake timber-framing and earlier buildings. In this view the town is en fete for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.