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Memories

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Boyhood

I was born in 1922 in Mundford where my Father was the village policeman. We had no motor car, indeed in those days there were not many people who could afford this luxury. The village was small, however it was self-contained and provided all ...Read more

A memory of Mundford in 1920 by Ralph Woodgate

A Focal Point

Kay Gardens was the terminus for all bus services from surrounding districts and towns. On this photograph, the large building at the back of the picture was the Co-op, which was at that time a department store, but also housed a restaurant ...Read more

A memory of Bury in 1954 by Janet Robinson

Floral Gardens Penperlleni Goytrey

I noticed a memory about Violet Fryer and Herbert Morgan. I often stayed with my grandparents, Artie and Floss Messenger, and they used to know people of that name. Our house was called Floral Gardens. It was their ...Read more

A memory of Goytre by Avola Lancaster

Evacuee

I was evacuated to Forncett End in 1942 and lived at Ludkin farm, with Mr & Mrs Bradford, The farm has gone now, it has houses built over it now, I was four years old and and lived there till I was eight going to school in Bunwell. I ...Read more

A memory of Forncett End by Edwin Brockman

Ounsdale

The first day of starting Ounsdale was terrifying, we had moved to the area the day before, no friends, new house, new area, new school but wished I could turn back time. My name was the brunt of jokes especially for one student in my class ...Read more

A memory of Wombourne by Tina Hill

My Memories Of Resolven.

The personal views of Resolven expressed in these pages reflect my own fond memories of Resolven, the Vale of Neath and its people. In 1953 I returned to the valley as a teenager, little did I know it was to become my home. I worked ...Read more

A memory of Resolven by Barry S Britzman

Fond Holiday Memories

In the summer of 1963 my Dad took my sister (11), brother (4) and me (6) to stay with my Auntie Marie.  She lived in the house adjoining the pub.  I think it had a name like Penryn and appeared on the front cover of Country ...Read more

A memory of High Easter in 1963 by Christine Mabbett

The Black Bull Pub

The Black bull pub has sadly been changed into two houses and a house has been built in what was the Black bull car park.

A memory of Cliffe in 2006 by Jan Douch

Bad Memory

I can remember staying at rosemary house for 3 weeks. evey year with my older sisher and to brothers really didnt like the place and never add a understand why we was tuck there .i do now

A memory of Skegness

Daresbury Firs And Other Memories

Brought up in the Square I have happy memories of playing in Daresbury Firs. The blue bells were always marvellous in the spring! I used to help my stepdad (Roy Forster) collect leaf mould for his vegetable ...Read more

A memory of Daresbury Firs by Sue Lomas

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Captions

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Caption For Sutton, Mulgrave Road 1913

In this view the photographer is looking east past the junction with Cornwall Road, with the Edwardian houses numbered 152 and 150 nearest to the camera on the left.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Christ Church 1891

To the right, behind the flagpole is the Life Boat House, designed by Charles H Cooke and opened in 1878. The building was enclosed by a fence to protect it from damage by cattle.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Southchurch Hall, The Lake C1950

The lake is part of the moat surrounding the timber-framed manor house, once the home of the de Southchurch family. The central hall is open to the roof beams.

Caption For Faygate, The Village 1929

The scene has now altered: the left-hand side of the road has been developed with houses and bungalows, and the church is now converted to a house.

Caption For Horning, The Swan C1965

Since 1965 an extension to the hotel has replaced the low building beside the thatched house. The village staithe is on the right of the picture, with a row of Georgian houses behind.

Caption For Highworth, Swindon Street C1950

The bus queue to Swindon is forming by the two lime trees outside Ashman's butchers shop, today a private house.

Caption For Accrington, Oak Hill, Formerly The Museum 2004

The extension erected by Jonathan Hargreaves was demolished at the time the Abbeyfield Society took over the house. It opened as a residential home for the elderly in 1995.

Caption For Stafford, The Shopping Centre C1965

The clock in front of the garage at the end on Gaol Square replaced a fountain built to commemorate Thomas Sidney, born in the end house on the right.

Caption For Bury, Church From The River 1898

Novelist and poet John Galsworthy lived in Bury House from 1926 until 1933. The 'Forsyte Saga' was completed here. A visitor to the house was Sir James Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan.

Caption For Catterick, The Village 1913

Also in the picture are (left to right) Chandler's House; the 1912 Methodist church; the Bay Horse Inn; and below the parish church, Stepping Stones House.

Caption For Kettering, Sheep Street 1922

The house with tall chimneys on the left was the gable-end of the George Hotel, with garaging attached to the main building; the higher gable with the BP sign marks the entrance to the car park.

Caption For Loughborough, Church Gate C1955

There was a guildhall and a manor house, a weekly market and twice- yearly fairs. The splendour of the church reflects the comparative wealth of medieval Loughborough from wool production.

Caption For Quorn, Cross C1965

Further along Station Road are a pretty thatched building, a good turn of the 19th century local granite house, and the 18th-century Dower House.

Caption For Birkenhead, Queensway Tunnel C1965

To create the large tunnel entrance and the lead-up area, many back-to-back houses had to be pulled down; the town's library also had to be demolished.

Caption For Holbeach, High Street C1960

Then comes the HSBC bank followed by a building dated 1789 which now houses Calthop, solicitors. The pub, the Horse and Groom, is followed by the Central Fish Bar.

Caption For Horncastle, Market Place C1965

The Butter Market of 1853 (centre) is now Achurch Hardware Store, and the snack bar next door is now a pizza and kebab house.

Caption For Odiham, High Street C1960

The first house on the left is a 16th-century timber-framed structure with an early 17th-century façade.

Caption For Quorn, Cross C1965

Further along Station Road are a pretty thatched building, a good turn of the 19th century local granite house, and the 18th-century Dower House.

Caption For Stafford, Pennycrofts Court C1965

The Stone and Eccleshall roads used to divide in front of the Waggon and Horses public house, but by this time a roundabout had been built to the rear of it, on the left.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Kodak House 2005

The 18-storey Kodak House was built in 1971.

Caption For Dorking, South Street And Pump Corner 1906

On the corner stands the Bull's Head public house. Until just a few years ago the abattoir had its premises behind the pub, and here cattle were slaughtered on a regular basis.

Caption For Wolverton, Stratford Road 2005

The Works' fire station (centre) and bath house (centre left) can be identified by their gabled roofs.

Caption For Westmill, The Village Green C1955

The house on the right of the row, covered with ivy, is Parliament House. St Mary's church has some Saxon features, but much was lost during the Victorian rebuilding. The tower was restored in 2001.

Caption For Lytham, Windmill And Lifeboat House 1924

The Lifeboat House, very busy in 1924, is now being refurbished, and houses a museum telling the history of the lifeboats' activity on this stormy coast.