Maps

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Memories

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Market Place

I was brought up in Ossett from 1948 to 1966 when I joined the armed forces. I remember very well every Saturday afternoon we would go to the palladium picture house opposite the town hall. We did not have a bus station at that time so all ...Read more

A memory of Ossett in 1958 by Barry Cascarino

I Lived Here From 1951 To 1975 (Ish)

I lived in Dagnam Park Drive near Sedgefield Crescent and remember............Petersfield, Hilldene and Whitchurch shops, the "1st, 2nd and 3rd" woods as we referred to them, starting in Dagnam Park Drive, heading ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1957 by Ken H

Market Street (And Nearby!) Carnforth

I remember Market Street, with its shops,cenotaph and the County Hotel on the left hand side of this junction (out of sight!). I lived on Preston Street from 1951 to approx 1966 and went to Carnforth North Road ...Read more

A memory of Carnforth in 1960 by Angela Gledhill

Spagetties Fisherton Street

Hey, do you remember Spaggetie, a small dumpy Italian who used to shout all the time. But what a place, all me mates would meet there, you didn't need money, he would give you a cup of coffee. Now, let's see if I can get ...Read more

A memory of Salisbury in 1969 by Graham Lewis

Memories Of Binbrook

I lived at Binbrook for a year or so around 1955. My father was in the RAF and we lived "on camp" at what was then 46 OMQ, RAF Binbrook. I passed my Eleven Plus at Binrook School (deputy head was a Mr Hogarth and I think the ...Read more

A memory of Binbrook in 1955 by Marten Rogers

1960 1969 Buntingsdale Lake Tern Hill

The best years of my life. I was happy and content and had lots of friends. My father was stationed at Tern Hill but we moved off base at Boscobel Road to a bungalow he built called "Green Haven" opposite ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 1969 by Steven Loska

Heckmondwike Itself

In winter time the fog and smog could last several days, and never clear. Coming from a seaside town, I found the first winter very depressing, but after 3 years I did not want to leave. The mills were very impressive, as ...Read more

A memory of Heckmondwike in 1961

Subury Road Feltham

That was a wonderful write-up by Carol about Sunbury Road and it brought back so many memories of my childhood. I was born in Fulham in 1932 and in 1934 I moved with my lovely parents to Feltham where we first lived over the back ...Read more

A memory of Feltham by Ralph Burton

My Life In York In The 1940s

I now live in Gisborne in New Zealand and turned 70 on 29 September this year. Born in Sheffield I was evacuated to York in 1940 along with my mother (Mary) and older brother John. My dad, Reg, remained at his work in ...Read more

A memory of York in 1940 by Barry Allison

All Around Hadley

My early years were spent in Monken Hadley. When I see photos of Hadley I can say I have been there. There's a little row of cottages oppisite Hadley Church, St Mary's, and my aunty Molly Ratling (nee Longland) lived ...Read more

A memory of Hadley by Roland Wood

Captions

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Caption For Bridgwater, View Across Bridge 1890

Fore Street heads east from the Market Place to cross the River Parrett on the iron bridge dated 1883; this replaced an early Coalbrookdale cast-iron bridge of 1795.

Caption For Somerton, Broad Street 1904

Broad Street is a later medieval planned extension of the market place, which is beyond the end houses.

Caption For Watchet, Harbour 1927

This view, from the east side of the harbour, looks across the Esplanade to the slipway at the junction of Market Street and Swain Street, the old core of the town.

Caption For Stafford, Market Square C1955

The elegant, classical façade of the Shire Hall has dominated the Market Square since it was built in 1798, replacing an earlier Elizabethan hall.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1940

The corner shop is that of Cox and Humphries, a hardware and sports store, with Boots the Chemist towards the Market Place.

Caption For Hucknall, Co Operative House C1965

The north side of the Market Place (still a car park) was dominated by the Co-op, which expanded into the right-hand corner building of 1898. The statue in the niche on the left is of Byron.

Caption For Worksop, Priory Gatehouse C1955

Of the priory buildings, only the mid 14th- century gatehouse survives, with the medieval market cross in front.

Caption For Northampton, Market Place C1950

This chapter starts in the county town of Northampton – in its superb and large market square.

Caption For Louth, Mercer Row C1955

Louth was a prosperous, compact market town serving a large area of the central Wolds.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road 1899

This photograph was taken from outside the Market Hall looking down Blackburn Road towards its junction with Abbey Street.

Caption For Cirencester, Church And Town Hall C1950

The magnificent three-storey porch, England's largest and constructed 100 years after the tower, faces the Market Square.

Caption For Chelmsford, Children, High Street 1898

The members of the Board took steps to get the entire town properly drained, and to restrict animals wandering the High Street too freely on market-day.

Caption For London, A Chair Mender 1877

When powered sawmills and mechanical production methods brought ready-made furniture onto the market, many thousands of craftsmen lost their jobs.

Caption For London, A Chair Mender 1877

When powered sawmills and mechanical production methods brought ready-made furniture onto the market, many thousands of craftsmen lost their jobs.

Caption For Castle Donington, The Methodist Church C1955

Situated in Market Street and close to Apiary Gate, the church design echoes that of Non-conformist chapels up and down the country.

Caption For Kibworth, The Square C1955

The square, originally Cross Bank, was bypassed in 1810 on its eastern side by the A6 Market Harborough to Leicester road.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road 1899

This photograph was taken from outside the Market Hall looking down Blackburn Road towards its junction with Abbey Street.

Caption For Northampton, Market Square C1950

Much of this corner of the Market Place has changed since this photograph was taken.

Caption For Cheddar, Sally Spencer And Glen Middle Mill 1908

The hills above the village are rich in flowers that peep out from rock fissures into the sunlight, and Sally also found a ready market for the local Cheddar Pinks.

Caption For Cheddar, Sally Spencer 1908

The hills above the village are rich in flowers that peep out from rock fissures into the sunlight, and Sally also found a ready market for the local Cheddar Pinks.

Caption For Alford, West Street C1950

The road has not changed, and the route into the Market Place is still the same; however, as in most of these photographs, the telegraph poles have long since gone.

Caption For Amersham, High Street C1950

this view are two of the town's oldest coaching inns, the timber-framed King's Arms in the foreground and the Crown Hotel in the distance with its now demolished porch and hanging sign, opposite the Market

Caption For Chesham, Town Square C1965

A temporary memorial was set up near the Market House before this one was built.

Caption For Ampthill, Dunstable Street C1955

At the bottom of the road is the clock tower overlooking the Market Place.