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The Jester
I remember the Jester coffee bar! Hyde scooters, mods and a scruffy old juke box, hours of good times all for the price of a coke which would last all night!
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Les Wilde Dancing Lessons
Yes Yes Yes!!! I remember Les Wilde. My mum and dad used to go there every Wednesday evening. and my brother and I were sent along there for the childrens dance classes, I think on a Thursday evening. I remember the ...Read more
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Netherthong First World War History Part 1
Netherthong War Memorial My full history of Netherthong can be seen on http://historyofnetherthong.co.uk 'We shall never forget.' M. Hirst, who lived at 33 Outlane, compiled a large book full ...Read more
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Where I Was Born
My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more
A memory of Sole Street in 1946
The War Years
I was born in Ryde in 1938 and when war broke out, my mother and myself moved in with my grandparents, Laurence and Lucy Stroud (nee Meecham) into what is now Wellwood Grange but in those days was just Wellwood. It was the home of ...Read more
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My Memories Of Selly Oak And Bournbrook
I was born Anne Shirley Crofts back of 622 Bristol Road (opposite where Aldi is now) in July 1944, brother Ronnie was born 1940, sister Vivienne was born 1942, and Alan was born 1947, between Riverton Road ...Read more
A memory of Selly Oak in 1954 by
Old Manor Cafe
My memory of Blackwater started when I was 14, for those of you who don't know what the Old Manor was, it was a transport cafe, which stood on what is now a supermarket site, on the right, at the junction with Rosemary Lane. In ...Read more
A memory of Blackwater in 1960 by
Cooksons Leadworks Part 2
1965. During my time working here I carried out a number of different jobs, one was to make Zinc ingots, my shift would start with my furnace fired up and there next to it would be my "charge" this would be a pile of old ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1965 by
Wellington Pub
My grandmother Ethel West ran the Wellington pub in Waterlooville during the 1940s, my grandad Ernest was a manager at the Brunswick Lanudry, while Nan ran the pub, they were quite a busy couple. My mother Doris who was a war ...Read more
A memory of Waterlooville in 1940
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The conspicuous tower of St Margaret's has long been used as a landmark by mariners negotiating Bideford Bar at the entrance to the Torridge estuary.
This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.
Had the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway had its way, their main line would have run from Warrington to Sutton-on-Sea.
Continuing south towards Worksop on the A60, the route reaches Langold, situated a mile south of Oldcotes.
The Frith photographer is standing outside the Cathedral and looking back at the Victoria Buildings and its Hotel.
The Long Hoe, or Lytham Green, has been preserved over the years, and is one of the great amenities of the town.
North-east of Guildford and now by-passed by the A3, Ripley has a long wide High Street and was full of coaching inns in earlier days.
Borough Green was once a hamlet in Ightham and Wrotham parishes, six miles to the east of Sevenoaks.
The Old Cherry Tree Inn, one of two pubs in Great Houghton, is a cosy village hostelry with quaint beams and plenty of character.
In the centre is a fish and chip saloon; to its right is the narrow wynd called The Bar, and on the railings is an advertisement for wet fish on sale in the basement of No 1 New Road.
Traditionally in the ownership of wealthy occupants, the private steps leading down to the beach still belong to these houses, except those on the extreme left.
In the highly stratified society of Alderley Edge village, the Liberal Unionist Club in Stephen Street was for the village`s tradesmen.
The foundation stone of this building was laid with two gold sovereigns beneath it, not in the north-east corner but at the southern end of the building, in 1889.
The Midland Bank is no more, but the flat-roofed building that sticks out like a sore thumb is still there.
The Midland Bank is no more, but the flat-roofed building that sticks out like a sore thumb is still there.
Temple Bar was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672, to replace the earlier City of London gate destroyed by the Great Fire, and was the last of the old gates to survive.
The Clock Tower pub on the extreme left is now called Broadways, while next door to it A W Luff is now a post office and convenience store.
Frith's photographer looks south down the High Street from the Broadway.
Temple Bar was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672, to replace the earlier City of London gate destroyed by the Great Fire, and was the last of the old city gates to survive.
The High Street leads to Shooters Hill, which was once a very swampy area.
The photograph shows the mill in full working order, but idle; the mill door is closed, with the security bar in place.
The sign tells us that Gisburn Road leads to Clitheroe, hub of the Pendle Forest area.
This monumental glass pleasure dome was created in Hyde Park by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. 2,000 workers erected it at high speed, bolting and welding together 3,300 iron columns
This monumental glass pleasure dome was created in Hyde Park by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. 2,000 workers erected it at high speed, bolting and welding together 3,300 iron columns
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