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My Childhood Garden Part Iii

When we first moved into The Croft, as the house was called, access to the front door was gained by walking up a narrow slopping path up and along the grassy bank towards the wooden gate. The property along with ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green by Patricia Clarke

My Port Talbot Days

I lived in Port Talbot between 1956 and 1968. I regard it as my second home. I finished school in 1958, at Velindre Secondary Modern School. I had many jobs in Port Talbot, window cleaning, working at Corona soft drinks, ...Read more

A memory of Port Talbot in 1956 by Brian Brown

Oxshott

My memores relate to 1950 (year of my birth) onwards. My maiden name was Lockett. I was born at The Pines, Sheath lane in 1950 (delivered by John Lytle) and about 2-3 years later my father built 'Whitethorns' on Goldrings Road. It was a ...Read more

A memory of Oxshott in 1950 by Clare Dawson

Grandad's Cement Works

Mr grandfather owned the old cement works in Quay Lane (this picture shows the large building with the tall chimney, centre of frame) and his men used to make concrete roofing tiles there. In the late 1950's the chimney ...Read more

A memory of Brading in 1958 by Linda Allen

Growing Up

We moved to Cattedown in 1952 when I was 8 years old, to Tresillian Street. My first memory is of the Coronation celebrations and a resulting street party, when we received Coronation Mugs, had bicycle decoration contests and street ...Read more

A memory of Cattedown by Jeffrey Smith

Jj Double And Gearies Scool

What an amazing site! I went to Gearies in 1949 and left in 1953 and if I remember correctly Doubles was the motocycle shop on the corner. It is now nearly sixty years ago so my memory of the streets in the area is ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside by Alan Harmsworth

Hullbridge Floods

My memory is a bit hazy as to which year the big flood was but I know it was between 1963-69 as this was when my family and I lived in Hullbridge. I do remember that Watery Lane lived up to its name and was completely cut off, ...Read more

A memory of Hullbridge in 1964 by Sharon Hunter

My Youth In Stopsley

I was brought to Luton, 219 Ashcroft Rd when I was four years old. the cottage we lived in was part of Farmer Holdstocks farm, it was origanally the Cowmans cottage. It was here that my Dad , Fred Chater and Mum Violet, raised ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Sandy Mc Dowell

South Cave Market Place

My husband Bill and I married in Brantingham Church on a cold day in January 1959, the snow lay thickly on the ground. We moved into Holderness Cottage, adjoining Holderness House, the home of Mrs Dunn, an elderly lady ...Read more

A memory of South Cave in 1959 by Jean Carr

Shops And Services In Smallfield During The 1930s

bill.haylor@btinternet.com  Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs. Shops and services were limited but adequate. Village hierarchy although unwritten was arranged in a manner that ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Bill Haylor

Captions

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Caption For Brant Broughton, High Street C1955

It seems as though the photographer was the centre of attention, as both ladies (left) are smiling for the camera.

Caption For Minchinhampton, Market House 1901

It is supported on stone pillars with a row of wooden columns in the centre, and is surrounded by a collection of 17th- and 18th-century hotels and town houses.

Caption For Thetford, St Cuthbert's Church 1921

However, unlike the more northerly Norfolk towns, it never grew into a major agricultural centre - the soils here are poor.

Caption For Ripon, The Cathedral 1895

Ripon is one of England's smallest cathedral cities; in 1836 it became the centre of a new bishopric.

Caption For Kirkby In Furness, Marshside C1955

Formerly, a railway line from the station to the slate quarries ran across by the mound (centre).

Caption For Abergavenny, The Monument And Baptist Church C1965

At the centre of the junction is the fine war memorial cenotaph designed by Gilbert Ledward in October 1921 and unveiled by Lord Treowen, Lord Lieutenant of the county.

Caption For Garboldisham, The Post Office C1955

Mr Burden's shop and Post Office is the centre of village life. Here we see the local bobby returning to his beat—his cycle is parked under the signpost.

Caption For Over Kellet, The Village 1923

Here we see the two monuments in the village centre.

Caption For Connah's Quay, The Civic Centre C1965

The Civic Centre in Connah's Quay, one of several buildings laid out as a formal civic area, was began in 1960, with the stone being laid by the steel magnate John F Summers; the Summers

Caption For Worle, The Village 1896

The three-storey building in the centre used to be the Valiant Soldier Inn and was built about 1670. Note the stone mounting block by the wall.

Caption For Gayle, The Village 1906

We see (centre) Force Head Farm (1711), and on the right the steps remain outside the bonny baby's house, which is dated 1695. Wensleydale

Caption For Davenham, The Village C1965

In 1965, according to a sign in the window of Price's electrical shop in the centre of the village, it was possible to rent a television at a cost of eight shillings a week.

Caption For Rhayader, The River Wye C1935

The River Wye frames the town centre, running in a loop around the western and southern sides.

Caption For Ipswich, Westgate Street 1893

On the corner was the Provincial Co-operative Drug Co (centre), and next was the Barley Mow tavern run by William Ellis.

Caption For Grassington, The Square 1900

The village had once been a centre for lead-mining, but by 1900 it was once again reliant upon agriculture, though there was still some quarrying carried out in the locality.

Caption For Newport, Allt Yr Yn, Above The Lock 1893

At the top of the flight is a Visitor Centre with plenty of information, and it is possible to walk down the flight.

Caption For Porthmadog, High Street 1933

This view shows the commercial centre of Pothmadog, with pleasing old Victorian shopfronts to the right.

Caption For Rothesay, Castle 1897

This castle is imposing, situated in the town centre above the bay, and was originally circular in plan with four towers.

Caption For Bedford, County Schools 1897

South-west of the town centre, along the Ampthill Road, on a large site between it and the railway line, the County Schools were built in the 1880s on a grand plan with a massive tower and,

Caption For Aylesbury, Bulls Head Hotel C1965

Demolished in 1969, it is now the entry to the early 1980s Hale Leys shopping centre.

Caption For Southampton, The Andrews Monument 1908

The rambling building at the centre of the photograph is The Cowheards pub.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow 1901

The left-hand and centre archways are least altered. This view shows a bustling mid-morning Lincoln; the florid Flemish-style bank on the left dating from the 1890s survives from this prosperous era.

Caption For Hambleton, The Creek And Wardley's Hotel C1955

Next to the hotel (centre) were warehouses dating from 1824, where flax, cotton and guano manure were stored; but these were pulled down in 1965.

Caption For Brook, The Village 1923

The tile-hung Dog and Pheasant pub (left) faces out on to a six-acre cricket ground in the centre of this lovely hamlet between Milford and Haslemere.