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Tales Of Brandon Hill

Queen Elizabeth I granted housewives the right to dry their washing on Bristol's Brandon Hill. Bristol's most prominent land mark, the Cabot Tower, was 100 years old in 1998. But the official opening was marked by a ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Bristol's Lost Streets

A list of just some streets which have disappeared or changed their names since 1900. Barr's Street (Lane until 1848) - Milk Street to St James's Barton - demolished and built over post-war for Broadmead Shopping ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

My Parents' Cottage

My parents owned the centre of the cottages in this photograph for a number of years. Some of the happiest summers were spent on Mill Bay and playing on the green by Cowrie Cottage...

A memory of East Portlemouth by Lindy Jones

Rock Park Swimming Pool

I attended the North Devon Technical School in the late 50's having passed the 13+ from Barnstaple Secondary Modern ( I've yet to meet anyone that took the 13+ in recent years) I must have been about 14 -15 when the ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1958 by John Cole

Jasmine Cottage, Petworth Road

In 1956, my family moved into Jasmine Cottage which stands behind the wall on the left of this picture. It was (is) the centre cottage of 3 in one old building. There was a family that lived in the house on the right, ...Read more

A memory of Witley in 1954 by Hans Marsen

Platts Farm

I remember Platts Farm. My gran lived in a bungalow (a wooden hut really) right at the far end of the field. There was a small pond and a little stream running through it. We went there every shcool holidays and I stayed there all ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere in 1960 by Doreen Malone

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

Captions

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Caption For Hull, Alexandra Dock 1903

In the centre of the picture is a Humber keel, sporting the traditional rig of a single square lug sail.

Caption For Barham, The Village And Church 1903

Many of the sturdy, timber-framed cottages in the centre of this lovely village have been reinforced and decorated with brickwork during the 18th century.

Caption For Wellington, Holyhead Road And Mill Bank C1965

This road junction is just to the south of the centre of Wellington, and sits astride the London to Holyhead road that was built by Thomas Telford in the early 1800s.

Caption For Wellington, The Green C1965

The white building in the centre is the office of Barber & Son, a local estate agents founded in 1848.

Caption For Birmingham, Paradise Street And The Town Hall 1896

The institute, which offered a range of evening classes for workers, and was famed for its penny lectures, was one of the earlier projects linked with a major redevelopment of the town centre

Caption For Hull, Queen Victoria Statue C1955

The 35ft statue of Queen Victoria, designed by the architect J S Gibson and the sculptor H C Fehr, dominated the centre of the new city square following its unveiling by the Prince of Wales on 12 May

Caption For Boroughbridge, High Street 1907

Just beyond the old Swan Hotel, centre left, is the entrance to Boroughbridge Hall.

Caption For East Grinstead, High Street 1904

proportion of medieval and Tudor timber-framed houses; it is even more astonishing that the market infill between Middle Row and the High Street survived traffic imperatives.This view looks west to the town centre

Caption For Thurmaston, The Church C1965

St Michael's stands on the east side of Melton Road in the centre of the village.

Caption For Chorley, Chapel Street C1965

Today this area is pedestrianised, and the whole of Chorley centre seems to be a one-way system.

Caption For Lechlade, The Wharf C1955

The small boatyard on the right is surrounded with corrugated iron-clad buildings, whilst the stone building in the centre proclaims tea gardens on a gable sign, ready for business on this early spring

Caption For Old Colwyn, The Village 1906

It is still an important shopping centre.

Caption For Thurmaston, The Church C1965

St Michael's stands on the east side of Melton Road in the centre of the village.

Caption For Bildeston, Aerial View C1965

To the centre left is Squirrell's seed and corn merchants, now a housing development.

Caption For Delamere, Fishpool Inn C1960

Delamere, originally called 'foresta de la mare', is a very scattered community with no real village centre.

Caption For Goostrey, Primary School C1960

The tower of St Luke's Church rises just beyond (centre) – local legend states that a yew tree in the churchyard was used to make archers' bows in the Hundred Years War.

Caption For Swanage, John Wesley's Cottage 1892

A commemorative plaque, visible on the ivy-clad gable end (centre left), has survived.

Caption For Crickhowell, The Market Place 1931

Centre left stands the Bear Hotel, a lovely old coaching inn dating back to 1432.

Caption For Walberswick, 1900

In the distance is a corn-grinding post mill (centre left), possibly owned at this time by a Mr Mallett, whose worry was that the building of houses nearby would keep the wind from the mill's sails

Caption For St Austell, 1890

The tower of Holy Trinity church is just visible above two fields in the centre of town, and terraced houses along Bodmin Road and the Workhouse can be seen towards the left of the picture

Caption For Oakham, Hawthorn Horse C1955

Now it has been adapted by Oakham School as the Art and Design Centre.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1930

There is a glimpse of the Great House - visited by the earl of Chatham with 15-year-old William Pitt the Younger - before Star Supply Stores and the Royal Lion Hotel (centre).

Caption For Kilburn, The Village 1953

The higher part of Kilburn village, including the parish church of St Mary (which we can see in the background, centre) clusters around its large village green.

Caption For Bridge, From The Mill 1903

An unusual sculpture of its 16th-century priest, Macobus Kasey, still attracts many visitors to this busy village which has three pubs, a butcher, a baker, a school and a health centre.