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Our Street

Our Street was named Aston Street at the back of the Kings Arms pub in Rochdale Road. It was an amazing little street with a tripe shop and pies at the top of the street, a garage next door which housed Johnny Raffo's Ice Cream Vans, ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1949 by Bernice Wood

I Was Here In 1965

I remember the hut that was used as the changing rooms for all the outside sports, damn cold in the winter. Mr Lester was the Head at the time, mostly I remember the teachers Jim (Maths) and a tall teacher, very stern, ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1965

The Blake

The following information relates to the opening of the Blake school in Hednesford. The Blake school was built to replace the Central Secondary school for boys which was in Burns Street Chadsmoor (where Chadsmoor junior school is ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor in 1961 by Wendy Barr

Audenshaw Public Houses

I am trying to research a Thomas Wilkinson b 1803 in Audenshaw, married a Maria of Buxton, he was an Innkeeper in the 1820s and 1830s when several of his children were born. The 1841 census states that he is a Soda Water ...Read more

A memory of Audenshaw

Trecco Bay!

I have some of the most fond memories of my childhood on holidays in and around this place, so much so that to this day I still remember the caravan number CY17 that was drummed into both my sister and I so that we did not get lost on ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl in 1969 by Lana Morgan

The Londesborough

My memories of the Londesborough in the mid to late sixties was that it was one of the city's music pubs. Around 1966 local bands (called groups then) played at the Londesborough, The Coach and Horses and the Burns. The ...Read more

A memory of York in 1966 by Gary Cooper

Surbiton Road Photo

My parents owned the Tip Top Cafe which was on the right of the picture where you can just see a parade of shops with flats above, which is where I was born. The bus stop in the forefront is where I used to catch ...Read more

A memory of Hook in 1961

Glenboig Nicknames

Hi, I've put together a list of Glenboig nicknames - can you add to it? Here is a small selection of the nicknames. If you would like a copy of over 80+ Glenboig Nicknames, please send me an email. Also,i f you have any old ...Read more

A memory of Glenboig by Michael Condron

Small Timber Cottage; Dicks Mount, Burgh St Peter

Location: Burgh St Peter, Beccles: My sister and brother-in-law (Ronald and Shirley Miller), owned a small timber cottage above the dyke on Dicks Mount during 1960-1970's. It was a charming one or ...Read more

A memory of Beccles in 1966 by Christine Anne Veasey

Evacuation To Fonab Castle Sept.1939

Evacuation - September 3rd 1939 The government decided that mothers and children should be moved to the countryside away from areas at risk from bombing. On the 3rd, parents and children all gathered at their ...Read more

A memory of Pitlochry in 1930 by Anne Jackson

Captions

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Caption For Wilmington, Priory Ruins C1950

Situated under the downs, very close to the Long Man, the former manorial grange at Wilmington had, by the 13th century, developed into a small priory.

Caption For Thurgoland, The Brow C1955

Most of the cottages were built in stone from the Greenmoor Quarry.

Caption For Gawsworth, The New Hall 1898

A leisurely country scene; note the lawn set out for games, and the swinging seat under its canopy.

Caption For Sproughton, The Mill C1955

These model estate cottages were built by the Berners family for their agricultural labourers and artisans.

Caption For Woolverstone, The Village C1955

These model estate cottages were built by the Berners family for their agricultural labourers and artisans.

Caption For Langwathby, The Post Office C1955

The bottom green, seen here, was at one time a pond where ducks and geese would wander freely.

Caption For Great Dunmow, High Street C1955

Dunmow`s post office has been in the red brick building (centre) since 1939.

Caption For Ludford, Main Street C1955

This view looks east along the main street.

Caption For Offord D'arcy, Village 1906

The two villages of Offord Darcy and Offord Cluny run into each other.

Caption For Ickham, The Church 1903

This fine Early English church, set back from the village and behind a narrow green, boasts a raised 13th-century chancel and a tapering, shingled broach spire.

Caption For Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922

This view looks up Olde Barn Passage past Brookes Court.

Caption For Yoxford, The Church 1909

It is rare in Suffolk to find a spire before the Victorian period.

Caption For Sudbury, St Bartholomew's Church 1904

A Benedictine priory belonging to Westminster Abbey was established here to the north of Sudbury c1130.

Caption For Oakham, Hawthorn Horse C1955

Apparently the horse remained a feature for some years, until building on this land swept it away.

Caption For Wickham Market, The Mill 1929

The mill complex was owned by Reuben Rackham, who was a maltster, water and steam miller and a coal merchant.

Caption For Hatfield Peverel, The Green C1960

Until the early years of the 20th century, a thriving brewery, which was run by the Brown family, stood on the green.

Caption For Polgooth, Village C1955

Polgooth grew up in the 19th century as a mining village to the south west of St Austell.

Caption For Fulbourn, Manor Walk C1950

Flendyshe House, facing the small green, is an early 17th-century house remodelled in 1807.

Caption For Denmead, The Green C1960

Denmead's local shop advertises Saxa salt in the window.

Caption For Aylesbury, Parson's Fee C1965

Parsons Fee leads south-west from Market Square past Prebendal House, the home of John Wilkes, the radical MP for Aylesbury from 1757 to 1764, and behind high brick walls.

Caption For Barns Green, The Village C1960

Initially a hamlet, the village of Barns Green dates from the Middle Ages, but grew rapidly during the 18th and 19th centuries following the opening of the Mid-Sussex railway line.

Caption For Waldringfield, Mill Road C1965

This photograph was taken from the church tower looking north towards the main street.

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Green C1965

This tapering green with the church at the top is very similar to the green at Long Melford, although it is smaller.

Caption For Boxford, Stone Street C1955

This hamlet is to the south of Boxford and separated from it since 1975 by the bypass.