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Bryn Dinarth

I used to come for days out as a child to Lloc with my dear late grandmother. We used to visit an old friend who lived at a house called Bryn Dinarth. Her name was Ada Christie. Her house was situated next door to Little Timbers Garden ...Read more

A memory of Lloc

William Bernard Taylor Family Farm Before They Emigrated To Australia In 1853

SUDBURY 591/0/10020 GREAT WALDINGFIELD 21-NOV-05 HOLE FARM II House. Formerly a mid-C15 service building remodelled as a house in c.1600; later C17 extension to ...Read more

A memory of Sudbury in 1860 by Phyllis Willis

Memories Never Fade Only Names To People's Faces

I have many memories of Kingsbury. I was born in Kingsbury in 1955 and lived in Dorchester Way which backed onto the side of the then fire station. I attended St Bernadette's school off the Kenton ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1960 by Andrew Avenell

The Governor's House

I lived in part of the Governor's house in 1973. The back of the house extended to where the car park access ramp is now, before the shopping centre was built. In the cellar were bread ovens and a bricked up tunnel ...Read more

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1973 by Kate Harrison

Community Centre

My school, Slough Tech was right behind this centre

A memory of Slough by Carolyn Babin

A House In Gidea Park.

I was born in Carlton Road in 1937. Got bombed out when a landmine dropped down the road and we were evacuated to Clacton while my Dad worked down the Underground tunnel when his factory and the machines were moved away ...Read more

A memory of Gidea Park by Alan Stanley

Place Of Birth

I was born at 5 Bowen Terrace, Sept 42. My best friend's dad Mr Lewis was an engine driver on the trains at Brecon Station which was opposite our house. I used to ride on the footplate while he was shunting around the goods yard. I ...Read more

A memory of Brecon in 1942 by John Evans

This Is Now Lower Street, Haslemere

This picture shows Lower Street, looking towards Haslemere town centre. The building on the right (covered in ivy) in the foreground is The Good Intent pub.

A memory of Haslemere by D Wells

Schools In Bulwell 1964 To 1974

Born in Bulwell in 1959. I remember initially going to Cantrall Road school which was really nice. I remember Mrs Hare the headmistress, Mr Anderson and Mr Richy. I liked the latter but not Mr Anderson as he wiped ...Read more

A memory of Bulwell in 1964 by Keith Hull

Odeon Cinema, Hornchurch Road

This is the Odeon cinema on the way to the swimming pool (now the sports centre). Used to go there and watch one film through twice just for fun.

A memory of Hornchurch in 1965 by Nick Sibley

Captions

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Caption For Plaxtol, Village 1901

The village store stands on the right, and in the centre there is a horse-drawn vehicle. The scene looks surprisingly modern.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Hodder Bridge 1921

Hidden among the trees in the centre of our photograph is a foot (and animal) bridge just a few miles outside Dunsop Bridge. The hill on the left is called Knot or Sugar Loaf.

Caption For Manchester, Market Street And Piccadilly Junction C1965

Pauldens, in the centre, moved here after a fire destroyed their store in 1957. Part of the newly-laid-out Piccadilly Bus Station can be seen here, looking very clean and neat.

Caption For Eastbourne, The Pier 1925

The town has also developed as a conference centre.

Caption For Castle Combe, Village 1904

Castle Combe was originally the site of a Roman villa; the Normans built a castle here, and for centuries the village was a centre for cloth weaving.

Caption For Wootton Bassett, The Market, High Street 1906

This view looks south to the old Town Hall, the building in the centre in the distance. The street is thronged with farmers and their families.

Caption For Capel Curig, The Llugwy Valley 1891

It is now home to the National Mountaineering Centre at Plas Brenin, but has been known for many years for its superb view of the Snowdon 'horseshoe'.

Caption For Northampton, Market Square C1950

On close examination today, 'Kendalls' (left of centre) was rebuilt in the 1970s as a vague facsimile, and 'Man's Shop' was redesigned in aggressive 1960s glass and concrete frame style.

Caption For Oundle, Mill Road C1950

West of the town centre, Mill Street climbs uphill to West Street and remains little altered since the 1950s, although the bus stop has gone.

Caption For Penarth, Lansdowne Hotel 1896

The block near the centre of the Esplanade, completed by Speed in 1904, was of major benefit to visitors, providing both restaurant and accommodation facilities.

Caption For Penarth, Esplanade Hotel From Pier 1896

At the centre are the public swimming baths housing two saltwater pools, the larger capable of hosting international water polo matches and, when boarded over, doubling as gymnasium.

Caption For Devizes, Market Place C1960

The old Town Hall (centre right) was built in 1752 on the site of the old Guildhall; the front is thought to have come from a demolished mansion.

Caption For Bognor Regis, From Pier 1903

The site is now merely a car park for the somewhat less distinguished Regis Centre. Seaside and Coastal Sussex: From Bosham to Rye

Caption For St Austell, Blowing House Valley C1884

Looking south just outside the centre of St Austell we see one of I K Brunel's timber viaducts on stone piers built in 1858 for the new Cornwall Railway.

Caption For Heywood, The Centre C1955

St Luke`s Church was consecrated in October 1862 with seating for 1,000 and it dominates Heywood`s centre.

Caption For Fishbourne, The Roman Palace, A Mosaic Floor C1968

The mosaic floor pictured shows in the centre a winged cupid riding a dolphin, with sea panthers and sea horses in the surrounding semi-circles.

Caption For Burwash, The Village 1889

Flimwell is centred on a crossroads near the Kent border. Its church, St Augustine's, was built in 1873.

Caption For West Marden, Village C1955

This sizeable hamlet on the Downs south of Harting has no church, but boasts some attractive flint cottages and fine scenery.There is plenty of history here: Bow Hill was a great Stone Age centre

Caption For Lancaster, The Grammar School 1896

Being on the far side of the Lancaster Canal from the centre, the school was considered to be out in the country, and the air was good for the boys.

Caption For Pendleton, 1921

The houses here are built of local stone.The stream meanders through the centre of the village, and local children play pooh sticks and just watch the stream.The fortunes of the village have fluctated

Caption For Cromer, The Sands 1906

The Lotus tearoom next to the card shop (centre) provided meals to eat inside and trays of refreshments to take onto the beach.

Caption For Amble, The Beach C1965

Amble became a centre for coal exports, and was served by a branch line of the North Eastern Railway.

Caption For Andover, From North West 1898

A century on, the view of Church Hill in Marlborough Street is still easily recognisable, despite the two great complexes built on each side of the road, the Lloyds TSB Training Centre on the left and

Caption For Billingshurst, Church Causeway 1912

The main line railway station is to the south of the village centre.