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The Civic Suite

This photo was probably taken soon after the newly built Civic Suite was officially opened for use as public offices. The town's population was expanding rapidly as the local big industries attracted more and more workers from far ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford in 1960 by Janet Lee

Mitchell Street

I was born in Mitchell Street in 1952 we were a big family; 7 brothers and 2 sisters and things were very hard but everyone got along well with each other. I remember visiting my auntie Nan in the slap up top floor Henderson St ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge in 1952 by Phil Shaw

My Granddad, Police Constable Jack Eames

Well, the story goes that there was a robbery from a jewellery shop in the town during the day, and in those days there were no mobile phones or walky talkies, only landline phones. My granddad ...Read more

A memory of Newport by Wayne Ruffle

Hounslow In The 1950's And 1960's

I am Rosemary Harris (now Davies) and I was born in Livingstone Road in 1943 and was christened at St Stephen’s Church. I attended Hounslow Town Infants and Juniors and then Bulstrode Girls School from 1955-1960, ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Rosemary Davies

Another Memory Of Weymouth

In the 50's Bertram Mills Circus used to come to town and I remember there was a great procession through the streets near the harbour, this included the elephants and the prancing horses! On Saturday mornings there were ...Read more

A memory of Weymouth

Summer Holidays

1960 - I was only seven then, but I spent every summer until I was eighteen at my grandmother's house in School Street - 'number nine' - strange name for a house but that's what everyone called it. Every Wednesday (or was ...Read more

A memory of Penrhyndeudraeth in 1960 by A Cook

Broken Biscuits From Woolworths!

Whilst studying at Stowmarket Grammar School from 1967-1972, I worked at Woolworths in Stowmarket. Living in Bacton, this meant that I had to cycle to the bus stop about two miles at the other end of the village ...Read more

A memory of Stowmarket in 1970

Windsor/Eton Town Bridge & Sir Christopher Wren's House

I remember when the old Roadmaster double-deckers used this bridge daily on their run to and from Slough. Now the bridge is closed to road traffic and the vehicles have to detour around the Brocas to access Windsor.

A memory of Windsor in 1900 by Carolyn Babin

A Lost Community.

I was born and grew up in Fowey 1930 - 1948. It was a small tight community in those days but often visited by "outsiders " who came on holiday. I went to Fowey Girls and Infants School first, and then having "passed the ...Read more

A memory of Fowey by Rosemary Freeman

Easthampstead, Bracknell

We moved to Easthampstead in 1962 and moved away in 1968. Bracknell town did have the Crossways but I do remember the rest of the town which was still beautiful and old. When we returned in 1969 I was horrified as an 11 ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell in 1962

Captions

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Caption For Beer, Village Street 1895

The thatch to the right has gone, and so has the church spire; it has a square tower today.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Town Hall 1900

The Town Hall was designed in 1855 by the Bath architect Thomas Fuller – he later emigrated to Canada.

Caption For Aberaeron, Market Street C1965

It is now home of the main county offices, replacing the ancient capital, Cardigan, and the more recent administrative centre, Aberystwyth.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Market Place 1893

Timber, stone, corn and malt were transported from here to London by river.

Caption For Wiveliscombe, The Square 1962

The tile-hung building to the right of the Square has woodwork elaborately carved with figures, fruit and mythical animals.

Caption For Lechlade, High Street C1960

Situated near where Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire meet is the pretty village of Lechlade, with its fine array of Georgian houses.

Caption For Ilfracombe, Fore Street C1935

At the bottom of Fore Street - down by the harbour and therefore handy for the maritime fraternity - are two pubs, the George and the Prince of Wales, both of which claim to be the oldest hostelry in

Caption For Kempsey, The Village 1910

These vehicles were extremely popular for short distance excursion work, and were also used to operate scheduled services between towns and outlying villages, especially on market days.

Caption For Milnsbridge, Market Street C1955

Milnsbridge is now a suburb to the west of Huddersfield, and this picture shows its history as yet another typical Pennine mill town, with the imposing mill buildings filling the skyline, and the railway

Caption For Stone, High Street 1900

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

Caption For Harleston, The Thoroughfare C1955

This small market town was named after a Danish leader called Herolveston.

Caption For Fowey, Noahs Ark 1908

Fowey's straggling main street runs parallel with the river between the Custom House and Town Quay.

Caption For Tetbury, Church Street C1949

Close to the Wiltshire border, this little market and wool town has retained many of its 17th- and 18th- century buildings, such as the Eight Bells Inn, seen here on the right.

Caption For Linton, The Guildhall C1955

The Guildhall, dedicated to the Trinity, was built by parish subscription and a legacy from Nicholas Wickham in 1523.

Caption For Linton, High Street C1955

The High Street today looks much the same as it did in the 1950s - except that like so many small towns, the shops have gone.

Caption For Chelmsford, Shire Hall 1892

Chelmsford, the county town of Essex, was founded by the Romans and inhabited by the Saxons, but its growth was slow, not really developing until the 19th and 20th centuries.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Cranstone Bridge, Gadebridge Park 2005

Joseph Cranstone formed the Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1845 and acted as its superintendent for 33 years.

Caption For Sheffield, The Sculptured Crucible Teemer Outside The Town Hall 2005

, or cast steel, as it was sometimes known, particularly the final part of the process which was pure theatre, has taken on an almost mythical quality, celebrated in drawing, engraving, painting, and

Caption For Burton Latimer, High Street C1955

Part of Kettering Borough, Burton Latimer has grown from a farming community into a small town over the years.

Caption For Corby, Market Square C1965

Corby was originally a village, but by 1950 its population had increased enormously; during that year it was given New Town status.

Caption For Desborough, High Street C1965

On the road to Market Harborough, Desborough is a small town with various ironstone cottages and inns.

Caption For Lymington, The High Street From The Church 1958

An important sailing centre, Lymington was originally a Saxon port with shipbuilding in operation between the Norman era and the 18th century.

Caption For Tavistock, Duke Street 1910

The Churchwardens' Accounts date back to 1385, and are amongst the earliest in England.

Caption For Barnstaple, Butchers Row 1919

Market Days are Tuesday and Friday.