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Home Wentworth School Wath

To get to school I had to get a bus from Wentworth to Parkgates, then one to Swinton and then another to Wath. Coming originally from East Yorkshire, Wath Grammar school opened my eyes to the different towns in the area ...Read more

A memory of Wentworth in 1953

The Market And Caddys

My memories of Dewsbury as a girl in the late 1960s, early 1970s. The market. The butcher my mum used (who flirted outrageously with her, and most likely every housewife in town, which she loved and I'm sure always made her buy ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury by Jo Anne Smith

Stanwell Road Baptist Church

I have put 1950 because I don't know when the flats were built by the Baptist church. The house that was pulled down for the flats I am told my great grandfather Joshua Morris built. He also is supposed to have built the ...Read more

A memory of Penarth in 1950 by Christine Davies

Coffin Ancestry

My great-grandmother was Ellen Amanda Coffin, she was a direct descendent of Richard Coffin who was granted the parish of Alwington and the surrounding area by William the Conqueror for his services during the Norman Conquest ...Read more

A memory of Alwington in 2011 by John Tibbetts

My Memories Of The Top End Of Rayleigh High Street

I lived on the Lower Road between Hockley and Hullbridge between 1950 and 1967. Rayleigh was our local town. Before Woolworths was built, there was a garage on the site. I think it was called the ...Read more

A memory of Rayleigh in 1950 by Keith Donetta

Sugden Avenue To Broadway

I remember walking through here many times as child and adult. We used to walk from Sugden Avenue where I grew up and where my parents had bought a small bungalow in 1957, down to the town in bare feet! It used to take ...Read more

A memory of Wickford by Tracy Hanna

Lyndale/Broadway, Eccles

Good days at the Lyndale nipping out to the Hare and Hounds for a pint, also the town hall pub. Yes, fantastic nights there from about 1961-1964, I saw Herman's Hermits, Dave Berry ect, had some good times there, I wish they ...Read more

A memory of Eccles by Kenneth Walker

The Grand Hotel & Other Locations

I remember The Grand Hotel in the mid to late 1950s. My cousins lived in Marlborough Road, the end of which ran past the rear of the 'Grand'. I can't remember whether it still had a roof, but I do remember that it ...Read more

A memory of Southwold by Clive Warneford

The Good Old Days Continued

I also recall the days when the old tramp used to go around the bins in the old market hall looking for food, and old Les the deaf mute who used to hang around the taxi rank on Market Hill, he used to go to Warwicks fish ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Michael Bream

Surrey St.

I have only just discovered this website and felt compelled to respond. I was born in Heathfield Gardens, South Croydon in 1948 and my maiden name was Murphy. We moved to Wyche Grove near the Purley Arms, South Croydon when I was about 5 ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Kate Sims

Captions

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Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Heath Park C1955

These all disappeared when the New Town was being developed in the 1950s.

Caption For Askrigg, River Ure 1924

The town continued as the leading industrial and commercial centre for Upper Wensleydale until 1699, when Hawes was granted a market charter.

Caption For Colchester, Town Hall Interior 1904

The monumental scale of the town hall is contin- ued inside the Moot Hall, a linguistic link to Anglo- Saxon Colchester.

Caption For Llangollen, On The Canal 1913

This woodland on the Llangollen canal just outside the town exists today, and the canal's channel has been extensively improved.

Caption For Wareham, The River Frome C1960

Wareham is seen here from South Bridge, looking westwards to the banks of the Anglo-Saxon Town Walls and Castle Close (centre right), built by Edward Seymer Clark on the footings of a Norman fortress

Caption For Marlborough, The Green 1902

Today, nearly a century later, the view is instantly recognisable, with the lofty tower of St Mary the Virgin's church in the centre and the Town Hall a little to the left.

Caption For Bournemouth, St Peters Church C1955

Bournemouth's Square stands at the very heart of the town, astride the Bourne Stream.

Caption For Stafford, Remains Of The Town Walls 2005

Like many old towns, Stafford retains its medieval layout at its heart.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle From Usk Bridge C1955

The castle and the south- eastern approaches to the town present an illusion of island tranquillity, stretching from the wide waters of the Usk through the cattle-filled Castle Meadows to

Caption For Llangollen, On The Canal 1913

This woodland on the Llangollen Canal just outside the town exists today, and the canal's channel has been extensively improved.

Caption For Cheltenham, The Promenade 1940

Some came to watch events such as the Cheltenham Gold Cup at the racecourse, others to the very successful literary and musical festivals held in the town.

Caption For Market Harborough, 1922

A deserted street funnels into the town centre: Sunday morning perhaps?

Caption For Poulton Le Fylde, The Square C1955

Lining the centre of the street are the town's stocks, market cross, fish slab and whipping post; the lamp behind was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

Caption For Tenby, Steps To Beach And Harbour 1950

From 1892 this pathway and steps was known locally as 'Dead House Steps'.

Caption For Ipswich, The Town Hall And The Post Office 1896

On the left is the Post Office, built just five years previously, with its four statues representing Industry, Electricity, Steam and Commerce.

Caption For Tiptree, The Windmill C1955

This town is noted for its strawberry fields and the Wilkins jam factory.

Caption For Pewsey, Southcott Road 1929

It is a sad fact that most have now disappeared, but some survive on the edge of the town centre.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Market Place 1892

Stratford once boasted two temperance hotels: McNeille's and The Fountain.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1927

Daimler taxis are parked outside the Bull Hotel (left) and the Town Hall clock is at noon (centre0 which is borne out by the shadows from the south and shop blinds shading the windows.

Caption For Hertford, Maidenhead Street 1922

This is one of the major shopping streets of the county town, with the entrance to Pratt's fancy goods store draped with a variety of baskets and bags.

Caption For Newark, Kirkgate 1900

The Wesleyan church on the right dates from 1844, and is typical of the big town chapels at that time.

Caption For Romsey, Broadlands 1898

Situated to the south of the town, overlooking the Test, Broadlands is an imposing porticoed house remodelled in classical style by 'Capability' Brown and John Holland in the mid 18th century.

Caption For Darlington, Technical College 1898

The Technical College was yet another of G G Hoskins' buildings in the town.

Caption For Wellington, High Street C1955

Showing one of its clock faces, Wellington's Market and Town Hall was built in 1831 on property belonging to the Duke of Wellington.