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On The Way To The Cathedral School

I still see the journey from my home in Morecambe to start my senior school years. First the bus from my home on Regent Road to the Midland Hotel. Then, across to the station for the train to Green Ayre station. ...Read more

A memory of Lancaster by Joan Tew

Sutton High School For Boys Closed In 1962

Does any one remember or, like me, go to this school that had the same purple-mauve school uniform colour as the twinned girls' school just along the road? The alumni blog (with photos of teachers like ...Read more

A memory of Sutton by dagmar.melman

Sarc Florence Road And More

Woolston seems to have played quite a big part in the history of our family, so it's appropriate I guess that as an adult I have ended up living here with my Husband!! It started as far back as my great great great ...Read more

A memory of Woolston by Tracy Thurman

Brushing The Cobwebs Off

My mother, Mrs Pat Bishop, was Headmistress of Boddington C of E School from November 1949 until sometime in 1962. In the beginning there were only about 9 children in the school, 5yrs to 11, no mains water or ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boddington by Peter Bishop

Jewish Grocer's Shop On Fryent Way/ Kingsbury Circle

Does any 'old codger' who lives locally remember the name of this shop? We moved into the area, just before The Queen's Coronation, the first residents in the newly built block of flats on The ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury by Peter Williams

Waterloo Road

This photo was taken from immediately in front of my Uncle's/Father's (Antiques) shop in Waterloo Road, looking towards the station. Divers, the shop with all the hardware items immediately in the foreground, was next door and I was ...Read more

A memory of Epsom in 1965 by Chris Wraight

The Move From The Old Infirmary To Huddersfield Royal Infirmary 1966.

I clearly remember arriving at 'Ellerslie' a large detached Victorian house situated in the suburb of Edgerton near Huddersfield. The house had been used as a nurses' training ...Read more

A memory of Huddersfield by Molly Brearley

A Teenager Amok In Edenbridge

As a fourteen year old, I lived for a while in a then new house in Stangrove Road. It was a welcome change in many ways from the old brick house we had been in in Oxted, Surrey. One night I thrilled my school ...Read more

A memory of Edenbridge by Richard Strange

Hendon, The Fountain C1960

In the 1900s the site of the 'Fountain' (Frith H397067) was then known as 'The Burroughs Pond' and was/is sited at the crossroads of The Burroughs, Station Road and Watford Way, back then it was open ended at ground level so ...Read more

A memory of Hendon by Mr. Gerald Rickwood

Shops And Places The High Road And Ealing Road.

I was born and lived in Wembley until 1960. The Railway Hotel was the pub on the corner of Ealing Road and my mother was head housekeeper there for a long time. On the day of the Coronation the pub ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1953 by Barbara Fisher

Captions

1,403 captions found. Showing results 241 to 264.

Caption For Harlow, County Constabulary C1960

The police station and the magistrates' courts, behind the library, were designed by Frederick Gibberd and completed in 1959.

Caption For York, Lendal Bridge 1909

Built of cast-iron, the bridge was opened in 1863 and improved the city by giving direct access to the original railway station, which was situated within the city walls.

Caption For Swanage, 1897

Prominent coastguard stations were built along the coast to act as a deterrent.

Caption For Norwich, The Wensum And Prince Of Wales Bridge 1935

A sailing barge, once a common sight on the Broads and Norfolk rivers, is moored opposite the pleasure boats below the yacht station. One of these is a yacht, the other a river trip launch.

Caption For Bangor, Main Street 1897

This view, taken from the bottom of Main Street, looks up the hill towards the station. It shows the bustling town, with a carriage and a cart the only wheeled traffic.

Caption For Manchester, View From Victoria Hotel 1889

Manchester Exchange Station (technically in Salford) is on the left, the Cathedral on the right. The approach to the station is a bridge over the River Irwell.

Caption For Alderley Edge, From The Railway Station 1896

A view from the railway station which shows the residential nature of the place.

Caption For Scarborough, Westboro' 1891

Westborough was one of the main thoroughfares linking the North Eastern Railway station and the town.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, Boat Station And Old England Hotel 1893

There are plenty of rowing boats for visitors at the Bowness Boat Station in this photograph, taken just six years after No 20451.

Caption For Edgware, The Station C1955

This London Transport station at Edgware was designed by the notable architect Charles Holden; it opened in 1925.

Caption For Leatherhead, North Street 1906

Note the fire station and post office also seen in picture 21343.

Caption For Ryde, Esplanade C1955

This view looks across the Solent from the Esplanade with the Ryde Esplanade station on the right.

Caption For Ryde, Esplanade C1955

This view looks across the Solent from the Esplanade with the Ryde Esplanade station on the right.

Caption For Leiston, High Street C1955

There's something for everybody here on the High Street: a stationers, china and glass, the chemist's shop and the opticians.

Caption For Mablethorpe, High Street C1955

Note the many people walking towards the front: it looks as though they have just got off the train (there is no longer a station here) or are walking from the bus station (no longer there), which was

Caption For Sandhurst, Village 1906

Thirteen years before this photograph of Sandhurst was taken, the village police station was completed in memory of some of Sandhurst's older residents.

Caption For Torquay, Abbey Crescent 1896

The elegant Abbey Crescent was built in 1858 in anticipation of the opening of the nearby railway station the following year.

Caption For Sandhurst, Village 1906

Thirteen years before this photograph of Sandhurst was taken, the village police station was completed in memory of some of Sandhurst's older residents.

Caption For Norwich, Ber Street 1891

Only St John the Baptist's church and a couple of houses nearby escaped from the bombs intended for the port and the railway station.

Caption For Sandhurst, Royal Military College 1911

Thirteen years before this photograph of Sandhurst was taken, the village police station was completed in memory of some of Sandhurst's older residents.

Caption For Plymouth, Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse 1890

As a naval port, Plymouth has always had a large contingent of military personnel stationed around its various districts.

Caption For Eastleigh, Parish Church C1955

After the opening of a railway station in the neighbouring tithing of Barton (the station was called Bishopstoke after the nearest village of any size), the growing population petitioned the Government

Caption For Willington, The Hotel C1960

Willington is today overshadowed by the massive cooling towers of the huge power station to the east of the village.

Caption For Norwich, The Wensum And Prince Of Wales Bridge 1935

A sailing barge, once a common sight on the Broads and Norfolk rivers, is moored opposite the pleasure boats below the yacht station. One of these is a yacht, the other a river trip launch.