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Memories

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Barbara's Bun Shop

I have lived in Bedford for most of my life and I have a vague memory of a cafe called "Barbara's bun shop" in the town centre. This would have been around 1964/1965... can anyone shed any light on this for example, where in Bedford it ...Read more

A memory of Bedford by swift

Alladin Pantomine Late 40s

When i left school i wanted to go on yhe stage so my first experance was at the ALEX GARDEN THEATRE, with Peter Powell (Sandy Powells son),Unfortunaly My first husband destroyed my photos of the Panto,(Divorced) and as im ...Read more

A memory of Weymouth by regal1

Entree Into That Green And Pleasant Land.

My name was Jeannette Turner. In about 1936 my mother father and self-age 3 moved from the Eastend of London, via first moving into 46, Hillingdon Road Barnhurst, to stay with my recently widowed Auntie Daisy. My ...Read more

A memory of Dartford

The Squads Dance Bandi

I used to play bass&sing with Sammy lee band in Bellshill welfare in 1955 then nat service in57 I joined the squads playing Coatbridge town hall every wed &Airdrie on Mondays .I started the drumbeats . the ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge by gordon.rodger

Enfield In The 60s

I can remember walking through Enfield Town as a young boy The Town then had shops like Ketts The electrical shop that sold Radios, Portable Reel to Reel taperecorders, Radiograms, and Record players , then left of that was The ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by lyric_21

Tiegnmouth 1948 1990

1945 As a boy of 15 and living in Banstead road carshalton Beeches, I had two friends named Raymond & Peter Colly, there father Mr Colly who was a clockMaker and was badley burnt in WW2. Shortly after the war went back to his ...Read more

A memory of Teignmouth by Brian Shiers

Dartford During World War Ii

I was born in Ash Road Dartford in 1929, moved to Miskin Road about 1934, then to Halford Way, where we spent the war, and from where I left to get married at Holy Trinity Church in 1951. Earliest memories were of Miss ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by ngrist21

Jack Wright Early Memories.

Personal History of Jack Wright, son of Thomas Roger Wright and Mary Gibson. Born November 15, 1908, in a suburb of Sunderland, Durham England, a place called Ayers Quay, in the industrial part of town, being near the docks ...Read more

A memory of Ayres Quay by paula

Fond Memori At Eastbury We Made Many Friends Es Of Barking

My twin brother Brian and I are Barking born and bred. We were born at 10 King Edward Road in May of 1936 (now 81) where we stayed until about 5 years old when our parents moved to 43 St Erkenwald ...Read more

A memory of Barking by cliffordsmith961

Stanwell 1950's When I Was Young & Life Was Easy

I lived in Stanwell in the1950's from the time I was born until I was 13 when we moved to Ashford. We lived is Selwood Gardens, near to the Iraqi estate. The Iraqi estate was mystery to us. There were ...Read more

A memory of Stanwell by bmaskell

Captions

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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 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. It was opened in 1892, when a ticket up or down cost 1d (one old penny).

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.

Caption For Preston, Docks 1893

Here we see the Albert Edward Dock basin, looking from the entrance towards the town. Amongst the cargo which was being unloaded here in our picture would have been timber, flax and china clay.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

The 'Mother and Child' sculpture, behind the children, now forms part of Basildon's logo, such has been the extent to which people associate it with the town.

Caption For Kings Lynn, Tuesday Market Place C1955

The town pillory stood in this Market Place, and a pleasure fair was also held here.

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 Dronfield, War Memorial C1965

Dronfield lies midway between Chesterfield and Sheffield, and has developed as a commuter town for both.

Caption For Penygraig, Tylacelyn Road C1955

Interesting that the Post Office is spelled without the hyphens, but spellings, as we have noted, are a peculiar Welsh idiosyncrasy and every town, village and street can have a slightly or totally dissimilar

Caption For Hay On Wye, Crown Hotel C1955

Being so close to the English border, indeed partly on the border, this town was and is the natural entry point into Wales for travellers and tourists.

Caption For Dorchester, Old Pump And Town Hall 1913

Four thousand years ago, Iron Age folk lived in and around the hillforts of Maiden Castle, Poundbury and the other fortifications of this part of Dorset.

Caption For Tenby, Griffiths' Temperance Hotel 1890

The Temperance movement was as significant here as it was in many Welsh towns. A boy is displaying an impressive basket of shellfish and an enormous flatfish.

Caption For Brixham, Bolton Cross 1922

Both the Town Hall, the stone building on the right, and the Bolton Hotel on the left, are still here today.

Caption For Dawlish, Dawlish Water 1928

The Dawlish Water and its high tributary the Smallacombe Brook rise on the wooded heathland of Little Haldon Hill, which rises 800 feet at the back of the town.

Caption For Barmouth, The Harbour 1913

This town was once a shipbuilding centre and the chief port of Merioneth, with a large trade in flannel and knitted stockings. Today the Three Peaks Race starts here.

Caption For Dawlish, Dawlish Water 1928

The Dawlish Water and its high tributary the Smallacombe Brook rise on the wooded heathland of Little Haldon Hill, which rises eight hundred feet at the back of the town.

Caption For Colchester, North Bridge C1960

The houses of Middleborough grew up beyond the town walls and the north gate, which was demolished in 1823.

Caption For Cwmcarn, The Park And Memorial 1954

These memorials, found in nearly every town in both England and Wales, tell of the terrible consequences of the two World Wars to the small communities from which the men named on them were drawn.

Caption For Stourbridge, Public Library And Hagley Road 1953

Many of the students who trained here were later employed in the glass industry for which the town is so well known.

Caption For Scarborough, Chalets And North Bay C1955

Touring caravan sites are now popular, and several are clustered in this northern area of town.

Caption For Godalming, High Street 1903

Godalming was initially an industrial town, noted for its cloth making. On the left of the cobbled High Street, notably devoid of any traffic, is Edward's Drug Store, which later passed to Boots.

Caption For Chertsey, Guildford Street 1908

The action-packed scene that is a town street in Edwardian days, with plenty of people going about their business; the only traffic is horse-drawn vehicles.

Caption For Liskeard, Church Street 1906

The house with the porch is one of the oldest in town. Note the little girls with their summer bonnets, and the barber's pole, centre.