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Friends Of Daisy Jackett {Jacquet}

Does anybody in the Bude , Marhamchurch area remember Daisy ( my mum ) who lived in Bude / Marhamchurch area, 1940 to 1947. Daisy worked at the Clairmont hotel in Bude, which I think now is a outdoor activity centre.

A memory of Bude in 1940 by Margaret Culverhouse

Derbyshire Miners Holiday Centre

I have got a lot of photos of my grandad and mamma at Linconshire Derbyshire Miners Holiday Centre, now called camp. My grandad died when I was nine years old, my mamma when I was sixteen. My grandad Fred Armson ...Read more

A memory of Skegness in 1940

The Good Old Days

Hello, my name is Helen nee Irvine, we moved away from Corby in July 1964, so I only have a few memories. I do remember we lived at 34 York Rd. Corby, Northants, from about 1958 to 1964. I'm actually trying to track down a few ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1962 by Helen Rayner

My Dear Old Home Town

I lived in Bletchley as a young boy from 1960, schooling at Church Green Road Infants, Holne Chase Primary & Juniors, Bletchley Grammar School & finally Lord Grey (was Wilton) Comprehensive. I lived in Newton Road ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley in 1960 by Tony Muse

Pupil

I attended Caterham School in the 90's, and very little had seemed to have changed since Victorian times. I'd be interested to know what the tower thing in the centre of the building is/was, it's purpose and why it was removed.

A memory of Caterham

Park House Carlton

My Gt Grandfather John Godfrey had Park House, Carlton, built for his family in the early 1900's. The house was on the corner of Main Street and Burton Road. After John died in 1921 my Gt Grandmother lived there ...Read more

A memory of Carlton by Angela Keyworth

High Street Aka Coombe Lane

This is Coombe Lane looking towards Raynes Park station, just visible on the righthand edge of the photo. We lived over the butcher's shop in the mid 1950's so its probable we were in residence when it was taken. ...Read more

A memory of Raynes Park in 1955 by John Young

The Fairy Belle Restaurant 1950''s

The building that was once The Fairy Belle still stands at the bottom of the High St on the opposite side to The Crown & Sceptre. The name has nothing to do with bells. The word belle was a shortened form of ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

Bus Terminus

The bus terminus for Warrington was in Ferry Lane opposite the Pickering Arms. From memory I think it was the 10A one. It was always a double decker. The single decker one went through Thelwall village centre and up Bell Lane on ...Read more

A memory of Thelwall in 1964 by Ally Whittaker

Corby Odeon As A Treat

Corby Odeon 1967ish... As a child and living on Gainsborough Road with two sisters and one brother, I have great memories of the Saturday morning adventure my eldest sister took me and my brother on (my other sister being too ...Read more

A memory of Corby

Captions

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Caption For Barnstaple, The Strand 1935

Left of centre, with the elegant portico, is the 1922 bus station building.

Caption For Garboldisham, The Post Office C1955

Mr Burden's shop and Post Office is the centre of village life.

Caption For West Marden, Village C1955

There is plenty of history here: Bow Hill was a great Stone Age centre on the Downs and there is the site of a Roman villa nearby.

Caption For Saddington, St Helen's Church C1955

It was converted in 1983, and is now the Business Design Centre.

Caption For Daventry, View From The Braunston Road C1960

To the right the spire of Holy Church stands out above the centre of Daventry.

Caption For Coleford, The Speech House C1955

It was also the centre for administration of Forest business.

Caption For Godalming, High Street C1955

Continuing north-east along Portsmouth Road we reach Godalming, a market town since 1300, its centre now by-passed.

Caption For Odiham, High Street 2004

Beyond (where the car is emerging) is a new road, Deer Park View, leading to the Health Centre, a car park and Red Lion Court.

Caption For Abergavenny, Cross Street 1893

Rising in the centre, the clock tower of the Town Hall of 1870 is a highly visible symbol of civic pride.

Caption For Par, Bay 1898

Trill Farm is seen among the fields across the bay (left), and Polkerris too (centre).

Caption For Thetford, St Cuthbert's Church 1921

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

Caption For Barton Turf, The River 1902

On the River Bure, Coltishall is a picturesque place and an important centre for building the famous Norfolk wherry.

Caption For Chesham, Town Bridge 1897

He is looking along Germain Street towards the town centre and Market Place, but the houses beyond the bridge gave long been demolished.

Caption For Amersham On The Hill, Sycamore Road C1950

This view captures well the somewhat disparate architecture of the shopping centre with mock timber-framing vying with mock Georgian styles.

Caption For Farnham, South Street 1904

Peeping shyly alongside the square church tower (centre) is the cupola of the neo-Georgian Liberal Club, designed and built in 1895 by Sir Edwin Lutyens at the precocious age of twenty-one.

Caption For Grinton, View From The Church Tower C1960

From the 16th-century tower of St Andrew's Church, established by monks from Bridlington some 900 years ago, we see the bridge over the Swale and the white Bridge Inn (centre). 17th-century cottages stretch

Caption For Brecon, The Bridge And The Beacons 1899

We go north again to the centre of the National Park and the best-known town in Powys.

Caption For Middlesbrough, Linthorpe Road C1960

The tower of St George's Congregational Church can be seen in the centre distance – it was demolished many years ago.

Caption For Mildenhall, Market Place C1955

The Tiger's Head, in the centre, also had a taxi service run by Sid Bonnett.

Caption For Burgh Le Marsh, High Street C1965

The photographer is facing inland towards the village centre where the cattle market and the market place were at the time.

Caption For Castleford, The Bus Station C1965

When the new bus station opened in May 1963 on the site of two former glass works, it was during a period of massive redevelopment in the town centre.

Caption For Blunham, The Hill And Square 1968

This view gives a good idea of the village centre: the former inn, The Ragged Staff, is by the telephone pole, and the thatched cottage opposite, The Ovens, is dated 1699.

Caption For Bridport, South Street 1897

This looks Southwards along South Street to St Mary`s parish church (centre).

Caption For Quorn, High Street C1965

The village has acquired international fame as the home of the Quorn Hunt; its founder Hugo Meynell took residence in 1753 at Quorn Hall (now an educational centre).