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Memories

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Going Down The End Of The Road !

I have quite vivid memories from the late 1950's of Woodhall Parade or "The End of the Road" as those in Woodhall Crescent called it. Harry Skeeles the cockney greengrocer, always with his hat on and mostly with a ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by Rebecca Paul

Stocks Lane

My mother worked in Foxton's the bakers which was on Stocks Lane. It was cobbled with granite 'sets' and I think it had tram lines. As a boy, I was sometimes allowed to go out with the driver of the the bread van to make deliveries ...Read more

A memory of Rawmarsh in 1963 by David Ardron

The First Annual Flower Show

In 1938 Wood Street village enjoyed their first Annual Flower Show . My father, Arthur Stock was a driving force in promoting this event. he was later presented with a chiming clock inscribed "Presented to Mr. ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1930 by Patricia Ryder

Broad Chalk Garage

My uncle Fred Moon had this garage from the mid 1930s till he retired, he was also the village blacksmith. He was a great prankster, if a rep came to the garage that did not know Fred and asked for Mr Moon, Fred would look ...Read more

A memory of Broad Chalke in 1950 by David Moon

High Road Shops

I lived in No 2 Shabden Cottages with my mother and grandfather. Our name then was Wood. I was 6 years old in 1952 and this is my memory. The shops on the left of the road were: the newsagent/sweet shop run by Mr & Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Chipstead in 1952 by Robin Whiting

Scales Street Seedley Salford 6

Seedley, Salford 6 God, how this page is bringing back memories! I'm a demob baby! Mind you, a lot of men coming back from the war celebrated the that's why the baby boom happened! Although born in Old Trafford, ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Tim Williamson

Though Tis Dorset, I Thought Twere Devon

When I was a child, I lived at Axminster. My favourite seaside resort was Lyme Regis, about 6 miles away from home. Even though I was told, on countless occasions, that Lyme lay in Dorset, I would not ...Read more

A memory of Lyme Regis by Marjorie Alcock

An Evacuee In 1940

I remember my first home in Westbury Leigh was with a family called Rowe, they seemed fairly old people to me (then a ten year old boy) but now I am eighty I don't suppose they were. One of the brothers, a Charles Rowe, ...Read more

A memory of Westbury Leigh by Robin Porter

Falcon Road

We lived in 'The Queen Victoria' pub on the corner of Falcon Road and Ingrave Street. I attended Falcon Brook School. Very near to the school was a little sweet shop where you could buy penny sweets, penny halfpenny lollies, teddy ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1960

The Days Seem To Go On Forever

I was brought up in Pode Hole from 1967, my mother Joan is still alive but now living in Spalding, sadly my Dad Ken died in the Fishermans Arms pub on Sept 23 1977. I have a brother Nigel and a sister Susan. We ...Read more

A memory of Pode Hole in 1967 by Stephen Cropley

Captions

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Caption For Malpas, 1890

The Truro River promises visitors exquisite scenery, its broad banks enriched with lush green woods.

Caption For Acle, The Staithe C1929

Acle is a popular centre for amateur yachtsmen, who come ashore to explore the area and visit the inns used by local rivermen.

Caption For Hayle, Fore Street At Copperhouse 1892

Solid, if plain, buildings on both sides of Fore Street give this district of Hayle the look of a mining town. The name comes from the copper works, which closed in the early 19th century.

Caption For Machynlleth, Penrallt Street 1899

This street, which leads north towards Doll Street, the station and the river, was broad and quiet at the time of the picture.

Caption For Hickling, Broad C1965

A large broad exposed to the cold east wind, Hickling can appear grey and unfriendly on a bleak day, but on sunny summer days it provides an exhilarating sail.

Caption For Oxford, Broad Street 1897

Broad Street is famous throughout Oxford for its assortment of bookshops.

Caption For Congresbury, The Village C1965

This 15th-century market cross stands in the centre of the village. The right to hold a weekly market and an annual fair was granted in 1227. These continued to be held until the 1960s.

Caption For Staindrop, Raby Castle C1955

Built round an internal courtyard, Raby's defences included inner and outer curtain walls surrounded by a broad ditch.

Caption For Ivybridge, Allen's Paper Mill C1876

This photograph was taken on or near the old wooden viaduct built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1848 to take the Great Western Railway, which originally ran on a broad gauge track.

Caption For Seaford, High Street 1890

The treed gardens, the walls and the houses to the right were replaced in 1894 by a three-storey parade of shops, while the Old Tree Hotel on the corner of Broad Street was replaced in the 1960s.

Caption For Ludham, 'quanting' By The Windmill C1930

There are windmills all over the Norfolk Broads. To give them their correct name, they are wind pumps, used to keep the water flowing from low-lying areas.

Caption For Porth, 1925

This modest resort of broad beaches and spectacular rock scenery can be reached along the sands from Newquay.

Caption For Leeds, The Parkinson Building C1960

Its broad tower dominates the city skyline.

Caption For Truro, Victoria Place 1897

This bustling scene reveals the pressures for change that beset the Victorian provincial town in the 1890s. This street of small shops is showing signs of commercialism.

Caption For East Runton, Beach Entrance 1921

At East Runton you could walk out along broad stretches of beach and enjoy digging for fossils in the soft cliffs, a pastime made popular by the Victorians.

Caption For Leeds, The Parkinson Building C1960

Its broad tower dominates the city skyline.

Caption For Esher, Claremont School C1965

Girls pose with shrimping nets outside the Swan Hotel, with its boats for hire. The coal lighters are discharging coal at the Old Town Wharf.

Caption For Woburn, High Street 1952

Now one of the busiest road junctions in the rural region, in 1952 the centre of Woburn was a study in tranquillity.

Caption For Norwich, Thorpe Reach 1899

Until the mid 20th century, the Norfolk sailing wherry was ubiquitous in these parts. Wherries carried both passengers and freight all around the rivers and broads of Norfolk.

Caption For Wroxham, Broad 1934

Wroxham Broad winds through solitary, yet fertile countryside. It is almost impossible to believe that this huge stretch of placid water was hacked out by men seeking fuel for their hearths.

Caption For Warminster, High Street From St Lawrence's C1965

Warminster, on the A36 at the head of the Wylye valley, was an important market town and communication centre.

Caption For Peterborough, Long Causeway 1919

This view shows a broad expanse of cobbles. R J Glass's sombre edifice, left, dominates the building line, so much of which has made way for today's modern shopping facilities.

Caption For Brighton, Old Steine 1902

The Old Steine (pronounced 'steen') is the traditional centre of Brighton - in earlier times it was a broad grassy valley where fishermen dried their nets.

Caption For Worcester, Broad Street C1950

When the new Worcester Bridge opened in 1781 it gave Broad Street quite a boost, helping it to support three coaching inns.