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Maps

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Memories

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Hicks Family

This photo shows the shop where I was born in the 1950's - my mum's name is on the sign above the shop, June Veronica Hicks. The photo must be after 1964 as it was my dad's,John Hicks's Newsagents shop & that was the year he ...Read more

A memory of Feckenham in 1964 by Jayne Walker

That Morris Minor Traveller Has To Be Our Dad's Car!

My family lived at No 3 (the top flat), Corner House, at the top end of Broad Street, first on the left looking at the photo (but just out of the picture) for many years from 1947 or so. I ...Read more

A memory of New Alresford in 1947 by John Dear

Ledgers Greengrocers

Have just read about the gentleman who worked for Ledgers. I lived in Exeter Rd, and used to play with Joanne Ledger. I also remember going in the van with bench seats. I vaguely remember it being something to do with the ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1960 by Janice Wilson

Knowle Park

I was also a pupil at St Catherine's; 1954 to 1962 were my years. I remember Mr Thunder, art and geography teacher, Mr Smith, Deputy head; later married someone from the Bristol Old Vic, Mr Sydey, ex Royal Navy Captain but unable to ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1954 by Peter Adams

Not Much Money But Plenty Of Happy Memories

I moved to Dagenham with my family in 1949.  We lived in Cartwright Road off Hedgemans Road.  I have memories of long hot summer holidays off from Finneymore Road School.  The days were filled with trips ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1950 by Joan Cotton

Memories Of Ottershaw

My family came to live in Ottershaw in 1952 when I was 5 years old. My father, Charles Coulson, had moved us from the North of England owing to lack of work since his de-mob from the RAF. He was employed as a ...Read more

A memory of Ottershaw in 1952 by Denis Coulson

Railway Info.

The building on the left is a carriage shed, used for holding spare passenger vehicles under cover. It is from the North Devon Railway in the 1850s and still appears to have broad gauge track (7ft gauge - not removed until 1877) laid ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1870

Good Old Days

I was born in 1946 lived in Lifton until I got married in 1971. I lived in Fore St next door lived Mr Brown he used to repair shoes in his little shed in the garden I used to watch him working. just a few doors away Bill Keast he was ...Read more

A memory of Lifton in 1960 by Brian Keighley

Bryn Eitha

I was born in Bryn Eitha Penycae in February 1941, I too spent many happy hours playing in the area of Pentre near the old mill. I also knew of Crad The Garth as mentioned in another correspondence. All the local villages had characters ...Read more

A memory of Penycae in 1950

The Fun Fair

I don't know if they still do it but in the mid 1950's filled the entire Broad Street/High Street and surrounding streets were transformed into one gigantic bright, noisy, whirling, smelly and absolutely thrilling funfair!! ...Read more

A memory of Hereford in 1956 by Dylan Rivis

Captions

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Caption For Ranworth, Broad 1934

It is a busy day for the small Ranworth Broad, with sailing boats and dinghies out as well as a large motor cruiser.

Caption For Ludham, The Mills 1934

Apart from milling, they were used to drain the fens and broads; their numbers dropped when fuel-powered engines were introduced.

Caption For Bala, High Street 1936

Bala`s elegant main street is lined with trees and is unusually broad. This traditional market town was famous for its stocking fairs.

Caption For Blackburn, The Town Hall C1955

This is how local historian W A Abram described the Town Hall: 'The west front, 120 feet wide, with an elevation of 63 feet, presents the main entrance in the centre, by three massive arched doorways

Caption For Cullompton, Exeter Road 2003

The long, broad street winds through this attractive market town, that sits in the valley of the River Culm alongside the busy M5 motorway.

Caption For Dorridge, Dorridge Road C1960

As we leave the station, the first street we see is Dorridge Road. Broad and leafy, it retains a handful of older houses like the mock-Tudor one we can just see on the left in this photograph.

Caption For Bishopstone, Post Office And Stores 1908

He has stopped at Hedges' shop to replenish his stores. Note the cottage's tall chimney, creating the draught necessary to produce a good fire.

Caption For Dunstable, Broad Walk C1965

Typifying the sixties town planning dream here, Broad Walk presents a range of shops away from the hazard and pollution of the motor car.

Caption For March, The Fountain C1955

This ornate fountain was erected in 1912 and cost £180; it was the subject of much public debate.

Caption For Leeds, The Parkinson Building C1960

Its broad tower dominates the city skyline.

Caption For Biddenden, High Street C1950

Half-timbered weavers' houses, with broad first-floor work-room windows, can be found on the south side.

Caption For Launceston, Newport 1911

This broad junction is now occupied by a mini-roundabout, but in 1911 it appears that nobody was too bothered about which side of the unmade road traffic chose to use.

Caption For Launceston, Newport 1911

This broad junction is now occupied by a mini-roundabout, but in 1911 it appears that nobody was too bothered about which side of the unmade road traffic chose to use.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Gun Cliff And Cobb Gate From Back Beach 1890

This view looks south-westwards from Broad Ledge to Long Ledge (foreground) below Gun Cliff to the Guildhall (top right), the Fossil Depot beside Buddle Bridge and the Assembly Rooms (centre), with the

Caption For Barry, Windsor Road 1899

Lord Windsor, Chairman of Barry Docks and Railway Company, gave this road its name. It was designed and built as better housing, with accommodation for live-in household staff.

Caption For Ranworth, St Helen's Church 1934

One of the most beautiful of the many lovely Broads churches is St Helens at Ranworth, a short walk from the staithe.

Caption For Bury, Technical School 1895

Designed by Maxwell & Tuke and completed in 1894, the Technical School, Broad Street, was built to fulfil the requirements of the Technical Instruction Act (1890).

Caption For Cuckfield, Broad Street C1960

At this road junction is the Cuckfield branch of J W Upton (the Haywards Heath furniture store), next to Lloyds Bank (right).

Caption For Filey, North Beach C1960

Fishing nets hang out to dry along the esplanade of Filey's North Beach, while a 'coble', as the old-fashioned fishing boats are called, waits above on the left.

Caption For Welwyn Garden City, Stone Hills 1958

Is this how Ebenezer Howard envisioned that his second Utopia would eventually look, when he founded it in 1919?

Caption For Broadstone, The Moors C1955

The curving railway line in the near distance suggests that the photographer was looking east from the B3074.

Caption For Stafford, Childrens Park And Old Mill C1955

Broad Eye Mill was originally a seven-storey tower mill built of sandstone blocks on the site of a pre-Norman castle; it is sometimes referred to as Castle Hill Mill.

Caption For Leighton Buzzard, Lake Street C1955

This broad road leading into the heart of the town is bounded by 17th- and 18th-century buildings.

Caption For London, Old Waterloo Bridge 1902

This panorama of the river through broad lawns and lofty trees reveals the bridge's graceful character.