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Pontnewydd Church School

As I remember, the discipline there was tough, but at least you knew right from wrong and if you did something wrong you could expect punishment - nearly always the cane. We all had to attend the church for assembly once ...Read more

A memory of Pontnewydd in 1940 by Lance Ford

Ealing 1962 Onwards

I moved to Windsor Road in Ealing in 1962 when I was 11. I remember the Grove with fond memories. All the shops! The tailor's shop and the barbers. The sweet shop which always had a bowl of water for the dogs outside in the summer, ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1962

Childhood In The 1950s In Caerau

I was born at 87 Victoria Street in 1945. My father was a miner and worked all his life in Caerau colliery. My mother came from London with her brothers and sisters, they were evacuated to Caerau after their house in ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1953 by Colin Evans

My Childhood Garden Part Ii

Some months later, how long I cannot remember for the passing of time means little to a child, except that it always seemed so long for things to happen; but I found myself again seated in the back seat of another ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

Growing Up

I was born in the former Mechanics Institute in Derwent Street, Blackhill in 1946 where my grandfather was the caretaker. My name was Ann Wall and my grandparents' name was Redshaw. My mother lived with my grandparents in the ...Read more

A memory of Blackhill in 1946 by Ann Westgarth

Memories Of My Childhood

I was born in 1956, in Wiltshire, but my first memories are of Pawlett, where we moved, when I was very small. It was a smaller, quiter village than it is even now. I went to the village school, on the village green, next to ...Read more

A memory of Pawlett in 1961 by Rene Rees

Some Childhood Years In Sorbie 1932 T0 1937

The family moved from Reay in Caithness to Sorbie in 1932 - I was 2 years old and had a sister who was 12 years old and a brother, 10 years old, so there was a huge difference in ages and I was brought up as ...Read more

A memory of Sorbie in 1930 by Fionn Young

The Cornmarket Photo 1954

The picture of the Cornmarket in High Wycombe pictures my father-in-law, Guilford Emery (now deceased), his daughter Jen (now deceased), and one of his sons, my brother-in-law David Emery. We discovered the picture when ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe in 1954 by Mrs Maureen Emery

Tina Carrol

Hi Tina. I also have good memories of Cliffe, I can remember going to your house for one of your birthday parties  and I think at one time you were my girlfriend! I was always down the marshes on old motorbikes and scooters, and I used to ...Read more

A memory of Cliffe by k_beagley

Charles Clarke Clock

My Dad put up the clock that used to hang outside his office of Charles Clarke printers in Boltro Road. Does anybody know what happened to it ?

A memory of Haywards Heath by Sally Ann Lilley

Captions

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Caption For Eling, St Mary's Church C1955

A short stroll from the toll bridge brings you to the little church of St Mary's.

Caption For Porlock Weir, 1929

The name of the small boat, 'Emily', and that of her owner, one T Ley of Porlock Weir, can be readily identified from the stern sheets.

Caption For Lerryn, The River 2003

Here we see that the tide has surged up the River Fowey and has filled the broad, tree-lined River Lerryn.

Caption For Sudbury, Market Hill And St Peter's C1955

The market is now filled with parked cars, vans, lorries and buses, with at least seven traffic signs in sight.

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Village C1955

The tapering village green leads up to St Peter's Church.

Caption For Durham, Old Elvet 1914

On the right is that well-known hotel, the Royal County, created in the 19th century out of former town houses belonging to the Ratcliffe and Bowes families.

Caption For Richmond, Arthur's Oven 1913

Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle.

Caption For Abbotts Ann, St Mary's Church 1899

The chandelier came from Andover's St Mary's when that church was rebuilt from 1842.

Caption For Devizes, Old Painting Of Devizes Castle 1903

This romanticised version of life at the Castle in medieval times can be seen in the Town Hall.

Caption For Delabole, Slate Quarry 1938

This famous slate quarry is the deepest in England, the result of centuries of work.

Caption For Edinburgh, The Castle From The Grassmarket 1897

The site of the Marquis of Montrose's execution was not here, but at the Mercat Cross in the High Street.

Caption For Wrotham, High Street 1901

The narrow high street leading to a small square boasted a varied selection of businesses at the turn of the last century.

Caption For Wrotham, High Street 1901

The narrow high street leading to a small square boasted a varied selection of businesses at the turn of the last century.

Caption For Whitby, The Spa And Pier Extensions 1925

Here we see the well-loved old glass-roofed Floral Pavilion with the Spa Theatre behind.

Caption For Amersham, High Street C1950

The photographer has now moved west down the High Street, a superb long and wide street lined by timber-framed and brick houses - one of the best historic townscapes in Buckinghamshire.

Caption For Dormansland, The Post Office C1965

Immediately south-east of Lingfield lies the race course, founded in 1890, and beyond that is the next station on the railway line, Dormans.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Market Place 1932

On the left is Barclays Bank, next to the Rose and Crown, which was gutted by fire in 1969.

Caption For Charlwood, The Street 1904

The historic core of Charlwood is to the west of the view seen in photograph No 54172, by the medieval parish church of St Nicholas which was restored by William Burgess in 1858.

Caption For Barley, The Village And Pendle Hill C1960

The ancient name for the village is Barelegh (meaning 'wasteland'), but lush meadows now support flocks of sheep.

Caption For Dublin, Christchurch Cathedral Nave 1897

The choir and the nave, looking west.

Caption For Glentham, Main Street 1953

The Crown Inn (right) still looks the same, but the stone wall has been reduced in height.

Caption For Dorchester, Singer Car 1930

This is a closer view of the car in the previous picture.

Caption For Lindfield, Bower House And Church 1957

The High Street starts to curve its way around the church, and motorists were no doubt aided by the solid white line in the middle of the road.

Caption For Seahouses, The Harbour C1936

Seahouses grew up in 1889, when the harbour was built to improve the fishing industry in the area.