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People, People, People.........

My sister, Helen, and I lived at No. 3 Plasnewydd Street and, although Helen now lives in Lechlade in Gloucestershire and I have finally come to rest (no, not dead - yet) in Cardiff, we talk every week and often reminisce ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg in 1947 by Nick Davies

Memories Never Fade Only Names To People's Faces

I have many memories of Kingsbury. I was born in Kingsbury in 1955 and lived in Dorchester Way which backed onto the side of the then fire station. I attended St Bernadette's school off the Kenton ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1960 by Andrew Avenell

The Governor's House

I lived in part of the Governor's house in 1973. The back of the house extended to where the car park access ramp is now, before the shopping centre was built. In the cellar were bread ovens and a bricked up tunnel ...Read more

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1973 by Kate Harrison

Community Centre

My school, Slough Tech was right behind this centre

A memory of Slough by Carolyn Babin

A House In Gidea Park.

I was born in Carlton Road in 1937. Got bombed out when a landmine dropped down the road and we were evacuated to Clacton while my Dad worked down the Underground tunnel when his factory and the machines were moved away ...Read more

A memory of Gidea Park by Alan Stanley

Place Of Birth

I was born at 5 Bowen Terrace, Sept 42. My best friend's dad Mr Lewis was an engine driver on the trains at Brecon Station which was opposite our house. I used to ride on the footplate while he was shunting around the goods yard. I ...Read more

A memory of Brecon in 1942 by John Evans

This Is Now Lower Street, Haslemere

This picture shows Lower Street, looking towards Haslemere town centre. The building on the right (covered in ivy) in the foreground is The Good Intent pub.

A memory of Haslemere by D Wells

Schools In Bulwell 1964 To 1974

Born in Bulwell in 1959. I remember initially going to Cantrall Road school which was really nice. I remember Mrs Hare the headmistress, Mr Anderson and Mr Richy. I liked the latter but not Mr Anderson as he wiped ...Read more

A memory of Bulwell in 1964 by Keith Hull

Odeon Cinema, Hornchurch Road

This is the Odeon cinema on the way to the swimming pool (now the sports centre). Used to go there and watch one film through twice just for fun.

A memory of Hornchurch in 1965 by Nick Sibley

Growing Up In Aldershot

From the early days to leaving school and getting married in 1972. Dad - Bob (Robert)Coles, Mum - Doris Coles and my elder brother Barry and I lived above the shop that dad had, it was called J J & R H Coles DIY, in ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1958 by Marilyn (Pru) Spencer (Nee Coles)

Captions

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Caption For Inverkip, Valley 1899

Inverkip joined in the burnings, becoming a notorious centre for following the Bible's demand that, 'Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live'.

Caption For Aylesbury, Market Square 1901

The Freeman Hardy and Willis building still survives, but there has been wholesale destruction of the rest to its left for the Friars Square shopping centre.

Caption For Aylesbury, High Street 1921

At the far right are the wall and railings belonging to the Congregational Church of 1874; its tower was kept when the church was demolished to make way for the Hale Leys Shopping Centre in 1988.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, The Shopping Precinct C1965

The shopping precinct was built when it was thought that the shopping centre for the growing suburb would be here.

Caption For North Tidworth, Holy Trinity Church C1965

Holy Trinity is in North Tidworth, the centre of the civilian area.

Caption For London, The Strand 1890

The beautiful church of St Clement Danes bestrides its centre, and was erected in 1688 from a design by Wren.

Caption For Ripon, The Cathedral 1895

Ripon is one of England's smallest cathedral cities; in 1836 it became the centre of a new bishopric.

Caption For Odiham, The Old Telephone Exchange, The Bury C1955

The fine Georgian house in the centre has housed the telephone exchange since 1925, when it was moved from the post office at Mr Gotelee's shop in the High Street.

Caption For Worth Matravers, St Nicholas's Church 1899

A concrete telephone kiosk and the Post Office (centre) stand behind military barbed wire at Tyneham.

Caption For Tyneham, The Village 1972

A concrete telephone kiosk and the Post Office (centre) stand behind military barbed wire at Tyneham.

Caption For Lyme Regis, River Buddel 1900

Here we see the 13th-century Buddle Bridge (centre) and the buildings of Bridge Street which crossed it until demolitions for road widening in 1913.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Victoria Pier And Duchess Of Devonshire 1912

This shot looks northwards to Marine Parade (centre) and beached boats at Cobb Gate.

Caption For Midhurst, North Street 1921

The mosaic floor in this photograph shows in the centre a winged cupid riding a dolphin, with sea panthers and sea horses in the surrounding semi-circles.

Caption For Buttermere, 1889

We are looking south from Lower Gatesgarth.The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.

Caption For Guisborough, Sunnyfield House, Westgate C1960

The house (now a Town Council Community Centre), the stable block (now the Town Museum) and the immediate gardens eventually became the home in 1902 of Dr William Stainthorpe, who extended the house

Caption For Worle, The Village 1896

The three-storey building in the centre used to be the Valiant Soldier Inn and was built about 1670.

Caption For Thetford, St Cuthbert's Church 1921

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

Caption For Ripon, The Cathedral 1895

Ripon is one of England's smallest cathedral cities; in 1836 it became the centre of a new bishopric.

Caption For Minchinhampton, Market House 1901

It is supported on stone pillars with a row of wooden columns in the centre, and is surrounded by a collection of 17th- and 18th-century hotels and town houses.

Caption For Kirkby In Furness, Marshside C1955

Formerly, a railway line from the station to the slate quarries ran across by the mound (centre).

Caption For Over Kellet, The Village 1923

Here we see the two monuments in the village centre.

Caption For Davenham, The Village C1965

In 1965, according to a sign in the window of Price's electrical shop in the centre of the village, it was possible to rent a television at a cost of eight shillings a week.

Caption For Garboldisham, The Post Office C1955

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

Caption For Connah's Quay, The Civic Centre C1965

The Civic Centre in Connah's Quay, one of several buildings laid out as a formal civic area, was began in 1960, with the stone being laid by the steel magnate John F Summers; the Summers