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Elmsleigh School St Polycarp School

Born in Aldershot in 1939 my father worked for a builder in Farnborough, Chuter, and eventually moved to a rented house on Folly Hill. I initially went to St Polycarp but moved to Elmsleigh where both myself and ...Read more

A memory of Farnham in 1945 by Mike Archdeacon

My Fading Memories

I was but a lad of 8 when my folks bundled us all off to a wide land downunder. Since 1968, Australia has been my home. I often speak of my fading memories of Queensbury, my walks through the village, living on 'The ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury in 1968 by Stephen Mckinley

Sundays

Sundays were memorable, after a proper Sunday roast we would walk from our house at Chingford Hatch, up to the Royal Forest Hotel, then through the woods to the Owl pub, we would sit in the gardens with a drink and a bag of crisps, they ...Read more

A memory of Chingford in 1956 by Christine Jeffrey

Wickham Bishops Born And Bred

In 1950 I was born on a cold winter's night to my mother Rosemary Jesse, at 'The Black Houses', Kelvedon Road, Wickham Bishops, built by architect, designer and socio-economic theorist Arthur Heygate Macmurdo. ...Read more

A memory of Wickham Bishops by Marilyn Jesse

Youngs Bakers And Saint Saviours

I went to Saint Saviours around approx 1967/1968. We used to live at Number 6, Webster Gardens. My grandparents used to own Youngs Bakers which was opposite Ealing Studios and my father and his brother used to do the ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1963 by Jayne Young

Sweet Shop

We used to go into a sweet shop in the High Street and buy Wagon Wheels. I am sure they were bigger then than they are now! One of the children whose parents owned the sweet shop had a snake! We were fascinated. Snakes as pets were ...Read more

A memory of Billingshurst in 1953 by Susan Francis

Wallingford During The Second World War

I arrived in Wallingford as a 10 year old boy with my sister and mother on a cold winter February night. We had been bombed out from our house in Dagenham just a few days before and my brother, who was ...Read more

A memory of Wallingford in 1943 by Leslie Nash

Redhill 1961

I remember the Teddy Boys and 'winkle pickers'. Our baby-sitter used to rock and roll in the living room, and us kids used to laugh because we could see her underwear when her flared skirt twirled! She used to paint our nails for us ...Read more

A memory of Redhill in 1961 by Susan Francis

Dawnay Road

I was born in Dowlans Road, opposite to Dawnay Road. The grocers which is referred to was where my mum used to shop. Next to the grocers my best friend Nigel lived, as did Dave Hill before him. The waste ground to the left in the ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham in 1945 by Norman Watson

The Capitol Cinema

I remember being taken to the Capitol by my sister to watch the Disney film Bambi. We sat through it three times, I was taken ill the next day and my sister got the blame. The Capitol had a ventilation fan under a hole in the ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1950 by Ken Coates

Captions

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Caption For Bishopstoke, C1965

In the distance can be seen a small shopping centre with a post office at the point where Spring Lane branches off from Riverside.

Caption For Yardley Gobion, Moorend Road C1965

The corrugated iron roofed house in the middle distance now has its thatch reinstated, while the shop in the distance is now a house.

Caption For Swindon, Regents Circus C1955

The View North from the Town Hall This view, taken from the Town Hall, shows the layout of Regent Circus leading to Regent Street in the 1950s.

Caption For Walberswick, The Street C1955

The weather-boarded hut has had a variety of uses as a sweet, craft and gift shop. It is about to be demolished and a house built on the site.

Caption For Edwinstowe, High Street C1955

The Mansfield, Sutton and District Co-operative Society shop on the corner (left) was funded by Earl Manvers in 1895.

Caption For Daventry, Market Sqaure C1965

shows some of the house clearances of the last ten years.

Caption For Bodiam, The Village C1955

Bodiam is located on the River Rother and was once a port that shipped iron ingots and cannon, which were made in the area.

Caption For Bideford, The Old Ship Tavern 1906

After the last war it became a restaurant for many years; then the ground floor was converted to a fried fish and chip shop, a function it fulfills to this day.

Caption For Chester, Bridge Street 1888

These consist of continuous galleries above the ground-floor level giving access to other, totally separate shops.

Caption For Polegate, High Street Looking North C1965

An 1870s terrace of yellow brick flats over shops runs south from the scaffolding on the left, but the rest is mediocre 1930s and 1950s suburban building, apart from the Polegate Inn on the right

Caption For Grayswood, Grayswood Road C1955

At the far right is the old forge, while Forrest Wine Stores has been replaced by a chemist's - Forrests have relocated to shops to the right of this view.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Dalton Road 1912

Beyond the shops are the residential houses of Hartington Street. On the left is H Ledgerwood's, a grocer's.

Caption For Hadleigh, High Street C1960

This scene again shows The Castle Hotel, but from the west.

Caption For Cheltenham, Lower High Street C1955

Then as now, though, the Lower High Street is a bustling place of small shops and independent businesses.

Caption For Crewe, The Square C1955

Before reaching the main market or shopping area, however, we pass the wide, open square.

Caption For Eynesbury, St Mary Street 1897

Boys watch the photographer, a woman goes shopping and a delivery is made by horse and cart.

Caption For Mildenhall, Mill Street 1925

To the right with the awning are Charles Brown, tailor, with a shop front of 1888, Charles Stebbing, shoemaker, and Simpson's Printing Works, where the Mildenhall Almanac and Directory was published from

Caption For Letchworth Garden City, Leys Avenue 1955

Named after the field on which it was built, Leys Avenue was, even in 1960, a busy shopping thoroughfare.

Caption For Grantham, High Street C1955

Nowadays Grantham is most well-known as the birthplace of Margaret Thatcher; her father's shop in North Parade had a brief apotheosis as The Premier Restaurant.

Caption For Grayshott, Headley Road C1960

The second shop on the left is a hairdresser's - there are many of these to choose from today, and there is also a butcher and a chemist. Grayshott's buildings date from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Caption For Street, The Crispin Hall 1896

It is still Street's community centre, a cafe‚ and a craft shop.

Caption For Yeovil, Middle Street 1903

The centre has suffered extensive redevelopment, nowhere more so than in this part of Middle Street; not a single building shown in the photograph survives, and the left side is now the shopping

Caption For Prestatyn, High Street 1895

This charming study shows the lower part of the High Street on a breezy summer's day.

Caption For Hastings, From East Cliff 1891

This panoramic view shows how the town is hemmed in by sandstone cliffs.