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Great Horton

Our family lived in Lidget Green, near the Great Horton railway station. I was born in 1949 near Bradford (Wakefield), and lived in Lidget Green from toddlerhood until we emigrated in 1960. The neighborhood provided many memories ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1959 by Richard L

Childhood In The Early 1950s

I lived in Gwespyr through the 1950s and have many happy memories, going to Picton primary school, being part of annual carnival, friends like Gareth Hughes, Roy Dowings, and not to forget Harry Thomas, our local ...Read more

A memory of Gwespyr

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

Pilmuir

My father was gardener at Pilmuir in about 1939- 40 and we lived in the lodge house.A wire-haired fox terrier dog seemed to go with the house. I remember seeing a German airplane being shot down almost over our house and I collected ...Read more

A memory of Haddington in 1940 by Bruce Blackadder

Memories Of My Family

I was not born when my family lived in Kirkby Green but I have heard my mother tell a few stories of life there. She had a pet trout who lived in the Beck which ran past the back garden. She called him Peter and would go ...Read more

A memory of Kirkby Green by Gillian Emerton

Mountain Ash

My mom would talk about Mountain Ash, she was born in Quakers Yard in 1929, my nan, she was born in Llanrug in 1904, name was Griffiths, later she became Mrs Jackson and lived at 3 Field St. I am so sorry that I can't find any of ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash by June Wood

Kennack

I have been coming to Kennack since I was a toddler. But 1972 was the first of many years that stand out to me. My family met another family and we are still in touch now, 36 years and more later. My memories are so many, borrowing ...Read more

A memory of Kennack Sands in 1972

Village Life

My first visit to the village of Llanferres was in the mid 1970s visiting relatives. Walking to 'Fairy Glen' and surrounding fields, hills, woods and farmland, I was in heaven and still am after 30+ years living in the beautiful ...Read more

A memory of Llanferres in 1950 by Ian Robinson

Maelog Lake Hotel

A schoolfriend of my former wife (now sadly deceased) married a Rhosneigr man and lived in the village. In order to visit them  my wife, I and our year old daughter visited Rhosneigr first in 1971, again in 1973 and for the last ...Read more

A memory of Rhosneigr in 1971 by Colin Carey

The Swan

I became landlady of The White Swan as it was then, with my husband Gordon, who has since died. It had previously been run as an up market restaurant, but had not been successful. We concentrated on the village life, bringing the ...Read more

A memory of Old Weston in 1979 by Angela Cain

Captions

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Caption For Thrapston, The Lakes C1960

All along the Nene valley hereabouts are flooded iron ore pits, some of which have been turned into fishing or boating lakes.

Caption For East Grinstead, High Street C1960

The left- hand ground-floor window now matches its fellow, three dormers have replaced the original two, the end elevation has plasterwork instead of tile-hanging, a larger window and more

Caption For Worcester, The Junction Of Rivers Teme And Severn 1906

The River Teme rises in the Kerry Hills of Radnorshire and flows through 75 miles of beautiful countryside before it meets the River Severn just south of Worcester.

Caption For Keighley, North Street 1960

The Picture House on North Street was still doing excellent business, in spite of competition from the nearby and more modern Ritz cinema (1938).

Caption For Yateley, St Peter's Church C1950

Visit the church at Yateley, and have a look at the glass in the 13th- century east window: it depicts Peter and John, and is the work of William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Caption For Pontrhydfendigaid, The River And Bridge C1960

Pontrhydfendigaid means 'bridge of the blessed ford', and this is that bridge.

Caption For Sheerness, High Street C1950

There are more bicycles than cars in this 1950s view of Sheerness High Street.

Caption For North Warnborough, King John's Castle 2004

This whole area is now somewhat overgrown, making access difficult, and the remains are more ruinous.

Caption For Ashburton, West Street 1904

In grander and more prosperous days Ashburton was one of the region's strategic stannary towns.

Caption For Sheringham, Fishermen 1906

Fishing was a rough and dangerous way to earn a living.

Caption For Clydebank, Town Hall Under Construction 1900

The streets are packed with onlookers, and anxious officials wait by the entrance to the site of the new town hall.

Caption For Dudley, Elephants At Dudley Zoo C1965

They may have a few trees to look at, but as far as the amenities of their home are concerned, these elephants do not fare any better than the gorilla.

Caption For Woolverstone, The Hall C1955

This is the entrance front; the rows of Nissen huts and a water tank above the roofline are features of the former Nautical School, linked to HMS 'Ganges'.

Caption For Bath, Great Pulteney Street 1901

In this view the trees are more mature and obscure the long facades of this eleven hundred foot long road.

Caption For Hickling, Staithe C1965

Motor cruisers were becoming larger and more numerous, almost crowding out the traditional sailing boats.

Caption For Chester, Eastgate Street 1888

Cloche hats and knee-length skirts place this picture firmly in the roaring twenties.

Caption For Cambridge, 1st Eastern General Hospital C1918

As more and more injured men came back from the front, a larger hut hospital was built on the playing fields of King's and Clare Colleges, with 'open-air' wards such as this one housing the patients.

Caption For Clydebank, Kilbowie Road 1900

In 1882, the American firm of Singers opened a sewing-machine factory, bringing yet more jobs and more people to the area.

Caption For Barnstaple, The Station 1894

Quay Station was the original town-side stop for the Ilfracombe train.

Caption For Sompting, West Street C1955

West Street was originally part of the main route through Sompting, linking it to Broadwater and North Lancing.

Caption For Cambridge, 1st Eastern General Hospital C1918

As more and more injured men came back from the front, a larger hut hospital was built on the playing fields of King's and Clare Colleges, with 'open-air' wards such as this one housing the patients.

Caption For Send, Post Office 1929

J & K Deadman's stores (left) would probably have sold every kind of provision you could have imagined - and more.

Caption For St Osyth, The Ship C1910

St Osyth once had thriving lime-kilns and maltings, as well as wharves and a tide-mill.

Caption For York, The River C1950

By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge.