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Evacuation At The Time Of The V1 And V2 Attacks On The South East And London

I am adding to my brother's memory written today about our evacuation to North Wales in 1944. A fuller description has been written by myself on BBC North East Wales web ...Read more

A memory of Coedpoeth in 1944 by Fred Schofield

Happy Times At My Grandparents

My Grandparents were Charlie and Mary Solomon, they lived in Timaru House on the main road. They had five children Bert, Les, Evelyn, Geoff and my mother Gwen. My Aunt Evelyn married Edward Williams who was manager at ...Read more

A memory of Saltash by Noreen Keenleyside

My Early Years In Salford

I was born in Salford, at 15 School Street in 1951. My first school was Stowells Memorial, I think the headmistress was a Miss Dent. There was a butchers shop one the corner with the same name as our family, but I don't think ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Jacqueline Timperley

Harry Street

My gran lived on Harry Street in the 1960's and early 70's. I remember playing near the Trafford swing bridge and the excitement when it was opened.  Old terraced houses slums by then. Corner shops and the horrible smell from the canal. ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Debra Edwards

Chisholm Cottage

My great-great-great grandparents lived opposite Wesley Chapel in the late 1800s, behind the trees on the right-hand-side of the 1901 Wesley Chapel photo. During the 1830s, Richard JACK (b1813) and some of his brothers moved to ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1880 by Vivienne Hooper

My Early Childhood

Most of the photos here are from 1955. I was a five year old boy living in Greatham in 1955 with my dad, who was the local 'Bobby', my mam and my younger brother.  We lived at 3 Egerton Terrace which was a terraced house with an ...Read more

A memory of Greatham in 1955 by Philip Purdie

Mabel Annie Jones

My grandmother was born in Yackla, Wenvoe (the cottages near the Whitehall Quarry) in 19th January 1888 and was the daughter of Mary Morgan and George Jones and baptised on the 19th September 1888 at St. Mary's Church Wenvoe. ...Read more

A memory of Wenvoe

Childhood On Osborne Terrace

In 1949 the houses on Osborne Terrace were just being built, as soon as they were coming available the council were moving people in, our family moved into no 21. I was 4 years old. It was a lovely place then, nice and ...Read more

A memory of Stacksteads in 1950 by Renee Comer

Where I Grew Up

I was 4 years old when we as a family moved to no: 6, School Lane, Chase Terrace. We had moved from Wales because my father couldn't find a job there, so he had a job lecturing in the Mining College in Cannock and he also taught ...Read more

A memory of Chase Terrace in 1965 by Llinos Phillips

School

I lived and went to school in Ogbourne St Andrew, I think the headmistress was a Miss Platt and very authoritarian. I always remember school dinners because we were not allowed to leave anything it all had to be eaten. Fried tomato ...Read more

A memory of Ogbourne St Andrew in 1966 by First Name Last Name

Captions

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Caption For Burton Joyce, The Wheatsheaf C1965

Built in the 1930s in yellow brick, it also has areas of weatherboarding, and the terrace is still in use. Beyond we can see some of the 1950s houses fronting Main Street.

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Caption For Litton, C1960

Litton has long been an agricultural settlement, with surrounding hillsides terraced by lynchets from medieval ploughing.

Caption For Bolsover, The Castle 1902

The ivy-clad Western Terrace at Bolsover, built by Charles Cavendish's son, William, commands fine views over the valleys of the River Rother and Doe Lea.

Caption For Castor, Allotment Lane C1955

The terrace of cottages in Allotment Lane has ragstone walls and a brick main façade; there is a low pediment at the centre with an arched window.

Caption For Belsay, The Village C1955

The new village was in fact one long terraced row featuring an arcaded ground floor; this was a reflection of Sir Charles Monck's taste for things Italian.

Caption For Netley, Victoria Road C1955

Pevsner described Netley as 'a Victorian period piece'; its streets of neat family villas and rows of renovated ter- raced cottages overlooking Southampton Water are certainly striking.

Caption For Llanfairfechan, The Sands 1890

The more recent terraced buildings can be seen rising behind the few smaller cottages that remained when this photograph was taken. The beach vans indicate where the sands actually start!

Caption For West Hoathly, The Village 1895

The churchyard consists of six terraces, each one characterised by a retaining wall. The church dates back to 1096; opposite it lies the picturesque 500-year-old Priest House.

Caption For Kings Lynn, High Street 1908

This street of small distinctive shops and fine 18th-century terraced buildings is the commercial hub of the town.

Caption For Plymouth, Tavistock Road 1890

Queen Anne Terrace (right) remains intact, and is home to university offices.

Caption For Torquay, Torbay Road 1895

All the villas on the skyline are now hotels or luxury apartments, while the elegant terrace on the left is now an ugly hotchpotch of chippies and nightclubs.

Caption For Melton Constable, The Village C1955

Some of the streets of terraced houses built for railway workers still survive, but no trains have run here since 1965.

Caption For Filey, The Sands 1927

The large, gracious, Victorian terraces serving as guesthouses and hotels dominate the skyline along the sea front. The building of the new town began in 1840, and by 1867 it was a bustling resort.

Caption For Rochdale, Falinge Park 1906

To people living in cramped terraced houses with small back yards, these parks offered a breath of fresh air and the prospect of relaxation with the family.

Caption For Chalford, The Hill C1960

Houses with terraced gardens climb the steep sided Golden Valley and overlook some of the most lovely scenery in the region.

Caption For Buckden, Ivy Cottage C1965

This view of Ivy Cottage, which is offering accommodation, luncheon, tea and morning coffee and paintings by Arnold Denby, also shows the 'scars' of the limestone terracing which punctuate the surrounding

Caption For Kilve, Hood Arms Hotel C1965

They served cream teas and whortleberry tart on the terrace in summer.

Caption For Charlestown, The Harbour C1885

Chutes descend from Quay Road in front of the terraced houses for loading china clay. On the extreme right is a disused limekiln with two arches.

Caption For Liskeard, Barras Street Parade 1893

The Parade is a spacious street bordered by elegant late-Georgian houses and stucco terraces.

Caption For Cockermouth, Wordsworth's Birthplace C1955

The house overlooks the River Derwent and has a delightful garden and terrace. It is now in the care of the National Trust.

Caption For Armitage, New Road C1955

The terraced houses carry the information that they were built in the late 1880s. Only the sash windows seem to have changed.

Caption For Instow, From Appledore 1890

Instow grew as a resort town at the mouth of the Torridge in the 1830s, and most of the terraces and villas on the shore in this picture date from then.

Caption For Worthing, Stanhoe Hall Hotel 1899

In 1899, G H Warnes converted York Terrace into Worthing's premier hotel, with a Palm Court sextet performing daily in the ballroom.

Caption For Plymouth, The Hoe Bandstand 1902

Behind the row of terraced houses in the middle distance lie the Millbay Docks which were busy during the 1920s with passengers being ferried from the railway out to liners such as the Queen Mary and