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Memories

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Childhood Memories 1950 Onwards.

I was born in 1948 and we moved to Irwell Vale (Bowker Street) in 1949.  We moved again onto Hardsough Terrace when I was five years old. I lived and worked in Irwell Vale until 1972. The village had a Co-op, a ...Read more

A memory of Edenfield in 1950 by Kenneth Drummond

Caravan Holidays

Ahhh, glorious Penmaenmawr where I have spent some lovely holidays.  The sunsets over the bay to Puffin are really something to see, the Fairy Glen and Dwygyfylchi pubs to stay awhile and drink in the atmosphere.  The walks along ...Read more

A memory of Penmaenmawr by Susan Jones

Toll Money

Sandwich Town relied on its toll money taken on the bridge, which was used purely for the town's benefit alone and it became wealthy over the years because of it.  During the 1960s I think it was, Sandwich came under the jurisdiction of ...Read more

A memory of Sandwich

Lion House Youth Hostel 1957

I stayed one night at this hostel in early April 1957. A friend and I had set out from our home town of Reading on a 5 night circular cycle trip - our first such trip. Mitcheldean was our second night's stop, the first ...Read more

A memory of Mitcheldean in 1957 by Steve Elder

Evacuated To Abecanaid

My brother, Peter, and I were uprooted in 1939 from our home town of Deal in Kent, to live firstly in Troedyrhiw, then Pentrbach, and I had a short stay with Asaph Jenkins and his wife in Abercanaid. We sucessively attended ...Read more

A memory of Abercanaid in 1940 by Herbert Piddock

The Norfolk Family Settle In East Kilbride

Work brought me to Scotland in 1975 and I needed to live within commuting distance of the Bank of England branch in Glasgow. Elizabeth and I looked around the south side of the City and fell in love ...Read more

A memory of East Kilbride in 1975 by John Howard Norfolk

1960s And Prior London Road Haunts

I was born in Bagshot but moved to Camberley in 1955 when I was 8. I attended York Town Primary School which was, and on checking the maps still appears to be, located on the other side of the London Road, a bit ...Read more

A memory of Camberley in 1960 by Liz Schultz (Nee Berry)

My First Visit

Was overwhelmed by open spaces,woodland, fields of pasture, arable, all seemingly laid out with such precision. Those responsible for management of the land appear to take so much care. Aberdeen Angus; Pheasants; variety ...Read more

A memory of Kirkton of Logie Buchan in 2007 by Philip Lofthouse

Saturday Nights

What memories this building holds.  It gave the opportunity for a lot of teenagers to have their first Saturday night outs.  It usually cost 1s 6d entrance fee unless there was a fairly well known group appearing that night then it was ...Read more

A memory of Redhill in 1964 by Sue Hoyland

Enfield Town Station

A nice shot of Enfield Town Station, at the side of the station was the engine shed. I started work at for British Railways Enfield Town as an engine cleaner in 1953 and later became a fireman. We worked the steam trains from ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1953 by Alan Pike

Captions

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Caption For Sittingbourne, High Street C1960

It is early morning or a summer's evening in this significant mid-Kent town. A

Caption For Steyning, View From White Horse Lane 1914

The centre of Steyning includes rows of picturesque gabled houses and period buildings.

Caption For Woodstock, Hotel And Market Place C1965

The town of Woodstock was once a favourite manor and hunting lodge for English kings.

Caption For Wells, High Street 1961

Wells is, of course, famed for its superb cathedral and the Bishop's Palace.

Caption For Wellingborough, Wilby Swimming Pool C1950

Most were rebuilt or covered over and replaced by the modern heated indoor pool.

Caption For Penarth, The Walk To The Beach 1893

Such were the number of visitors navigating the overgrown and makeshift route from the town centre to the beach that the Windsor estate prioritised the construction of a more permanent path.

Caption For Loughborough, Queens Park C1950

This 150ft high, 47-bell brick carillon was designed by Sir Walter Tapper, and erected in 1923 as the town's tribute to the fallen of the First World War.

Caption For Lyndhurst, On Brockenhurst Road 1918

Some people are fortunate enough to live away from the towns and in the heart of the New Forest, their old cottages looking as much a part of nature as the trees and furze.

Caption For Paignton, Bathing Beach 1928

To this day, it is a candy floss and funny hats sort of place: cheap and cheerful, very cheerful.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square, The 'mother And Child' Statue C1960

Maurice Lambert's 'Mother and Child' was commissioned in 1959, as a symbol of the New Town's growth.

Caption For Blackburn, The Town Hall C1955

Note the change of illumination outside the Town Hall.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, The River Yare 1887

The river at this point is wide and tidal.

Caption For Middleham, Market Place And The Cross 1908

Middleham was the former capital of Wensleydale and a market town. As

Caption For Scarborough, The Spa Promenade 1890

From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.

Caption For Eastleigh, The Airport C1960

Southampton Airport lies to the south of Eastleigh town centre and it was from here that the first Spitfire began her maiden flight in 1936.

Caption For Plymouth, Onion Sellers 1907

With their grimy jackets and trousers, they give every impression of having endured an uncomfortable passage.

Caption For Bedlington, The Market Place C1955

The town grew during the 1840s with the sinking of the first coal mine in the locality.

Caption For Haltwhistle, Main Street C1960

The market town of Haltwhistle straddles the present-day A69 a few miles from the border with Cumbria.

Caption For Askrigg, Post Office 1911

Many of the buildings along the main street are imposing, three-storey houses, dating from the period when the town was a centre for lead-mining, cotton and worsted manufacture.

Caption For Helmsley, Market Square 1956

Helmsley is considered to be one of the area's more attractive market towns.

Caption For St Columb, The King's Arms 1888

The Town Hall on the left has a meat market on the ground floor, and butchers have come out to pose for the photograph.

Caption For Keighley, Low Street C1910

New shopping arcades were established along Low Street and North Street at the turn of the century, as the town's population continued to enjoy the fruits of the cotton boom years.

Caption For Bridgnorth, The Cable Lift C1965

An easier way to get from one part of town to the other would be to take the cable car.

Caption For Poole, The Custom House 1904

Close to the quays at Poole is the 18th-century Harbour Office, once the Old Town House, a club for ships captains.