Ansdell, Commonside 1927
Photo ref:
80500
Photo ref:
80500
More about this scene
This quiet road is built over an earlier byway bordering the extensive area of common land that was enclosed, drained and extensively farmed from the 17th century. Much of the open land still remains in the form of the Golf Course. The use of local cobbles in the garden walls (right) has been a feature of building in the area for hundreds of years.
Add to Album
You must be signed in to save to an album
Sign inShare This Photo
Buy a Print
Unframed, Mounted, Framed and Canvas prints in a range of sizes and styles.
View Sizes & Prices
A Selection of Memories from Ansdell
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Ansdell
Sparked a Memory for you?
If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?
My parents emigrated to Australia in 1968 but I still bear the scars of an altercation with a golf club at the hands of a childhood friend in the back street behind Derby Road, Ansdell. I inadvertently walked behind someone who was swinging a club and collected my chin, a bloody mess, literally. I had a friend called Jillian Anderson and am related to the Hewertsons (Alice and Braithwaite) who had a milk round in ...see more
Before
After