Maps

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Memories

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Schools

I was five and walked down this road to the infants school on the left (you can just see the school railings). My future primary school (St Johns) is in the old building to the right. There was a little sweet shop on the left (out of shot ...Read more

A memory of Essington in 1965 by David Hector

My Apprentice Days With Northmet Electricity (Eeb)

I was born in Elmgrove Crescent Harrow in 1933 and lived in Pinner Road North Harrow, moving to Wealdstone in 1934. I started at Bridge Scool in 1938 and followed on to Belmont Sec. Modern School ...Read more

A memory of Kenton in 1948 by Brian Grainge

1945 To 1966

My grandparents, Jabez Smith and Kate his wife owned the post office in Coombe Valley Road, formerly Union Road, before and during the war. Their daughter Rose Moss (my Mother) ran it from the age of sixteen. They also owned and lived in ...Read more

A memory of Dover by Ken Moss

Evacuation To Combpyne

My sister Margaret and I (nee Rayner) were evacuated to the home and caring of a friend Olive Tuck who had a cottage next to a farm just out of Combpyne.  Across the fields where we were allowed to play, was the path to ...Read more

A memory of Rousdon in 1942 by Jean Mc Kern

Princess Christian College

26 Willbraham Road used to be the home of the Princess Christian College of Nursery Nursing where I spent a happy if hectic 18 months - in those days my surname was Smith. We used to be able to go out through the back ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1968 by Rosemary Chalmers

Combe Florey Primary School

The village school in Combe Florey closed in about 1958 I believe, it exists as a private house now, but I can still remember the mile long walk to and from it, through the lanes every morning and afternoon. Mum ...Read more

A memory of Combe Florey in 1958 by Kathy Farmer C/O Terry Roberts Roberts Flooring Contractors Ltd

I Lived Here

I lived at The Malt House, Claverdon in the early mid 1960s. It was owned at the time by Mr Jefferson who lived in a lovely new bungalow a little further away. I loved this house even if it was a bit unusual to live in. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Claverdon in 1964 by Deboragh Lewis

Greenock Mill Street

I remember staying up Mill Street when I was a young girl, we then moved to Tasker Street up Bow Road.

A memory of Greenock in 1956 by janbor_7

Stanley Road, South Harrow

I lived with my foster family in Stanley Road South Harrow, during the war. Our house backed on to the gas works and I always wanted to climb the gasometer which I did eventually with a friend from across the road. At ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow in 1940 by Paul Howard

Our Home For 30+ Years

Mam and Dad, Lizzie and Edwin Ridley, moved into Slaghill (the cottage on the right of the picture) in 1948 when I was 3 years old. Dad died there in December 1978 and Mam moved up to Chapel Cottages soon afterwards. There ...Read more

A memory of Allenheads in 1948 by Evelyn Jones

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Captions

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Caption For Bridport, W.Frost Shop Front 1909

Wilfrid Frost lived at Glyn in Park Road.

Caption For Corbridge, Main Street C1955

Across the road to the left stands Low Hall. This building is thought to be a late 13th- to early 14th-century hall that was raised to a pele-tower during the 15th century.

Caption For Andover, From North West 1898

A century on, the view of Church Hill in Marlborough Street is still easily recognisable, despite the two great complexes built on each side of the road, the Lloyds TSB Training Centre on the left and

Caption For Billingshurst, Church Causeway 1912

The scene is similar today, but the road is metalled and very busy with motor traffic. The shop has since been converted to a private house.

Caption For Devizes, Market Place C1960

In 1836 it became the premises of the wine merchant William Cunnington, and extensive cellars run under the road and the buildings on the opposite side of the street.

Caption For Bedford, The Promenade 1897

There are ornamental flower beds amid grass between the walks and The Embankment road, which curves away from the river to accommodate the park before coming closer to the river near the

Caption For Wendover, From The South West 1901

This long view of Wendover is taken from the opposite direction to No 44773, looking north-east from the foot of Bacombe Hill; here the national long distance footpath, the Ridgeway Path, leaves the road

Caption For New Mill, The Canal C1955

The Tringford Road bridge and the mill warehouse to the far right survive, but the canalside store with its bag hoist has been replaced by Heygate Flour, who now move everything by lorry.

Caption For Lancaster, The Grammar School 1896

Here we see the Grammar School from another angle, looking from East Road back into the city.

Caption For Southampton, Bargate C1955

Bargate was originally built to guard the main road into Southampton.

Caption For Whetstone, High Road C1955

It would be difficult to say now, without consulting early maps, exactly where 18th-century Whetstone began and finished on the Great North Road.

Caption For Talybont, General View C1955

This compact village is situated on the main coast road north of Aberystwyth; it grew up to serve the workers of the nearby lead mines and woollen mills.

Caption For Kidderminster, Broadwaters C1955

It is culverted under the main road, and collects in a large lake, which lies between Broadwaters Lane and the estate of houses.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Lynch 1892

The old tracks from the neighbouring village of Uplyme are the original routes into the town before the construction of the present road along the coast.

Caption For Woodhouse Eaves, Maplewell Road C1955

Local dry stone walling, brick and Swithland slate are all here in abundance, as the road drops down from Maplewell Hall to the village centre.

Caption For Ambleside, Stepping Stones 1888

west of the town centre, the stepping stones have long provided a foot crossing of the River Rothay, at least for those with good balance; they link Ambleside with properties on the Under Loughrigg road

Caption For Road Weedon, The New Inn C1965

The New Inn, sporting its new Watney's Red Barrel sign by the door and the sign board with the house style lettering, stands up the hill in Road Weedon on the old London to Holyhead turnpike.

Caption For Henbury, The Church 1897

The church was sited on the main road, convenient for reforming Broken Cross, then an area of evil reputation. It is quite simple in design, stone with lancet windows.

Caption For Letchworth Garden City, The Council Offices C1950

In the background is the Broadway cinema at the junction of Gernon Road and Eastcheap.

Caption For Letchworth Garden City, St Mary's Church 1922

Robert Gernon held the manor, and his name is remembered in Gernon Road, home of the District Council Offices.

Caption For West Witton, The Village 1911

Further along the road is the Wesleyan Sunday School (1844) and the Methodist church of 1842. On the left is the old Fox and Hounds Inn, next to the medieval Catheral

Caption For Brean, The Post Office Stores C1960

All the way north from Burnham to Brean Down, the six miles of road behind the sand dunes and beaches has a string of bungalows, chalets, shops, caravan parks, amusement parks and holiday camps, as well

Caption For Charmouth, Rivermead Caravans C1960

Mobile homes between River Way and Bridge Road, on the west bank of the River Char, have also been targeted by nature, notably in a flash flood in the 1970s.

Caption For Bagshot, The Square 1901

The village was an important staging post in the heyday of horse- drawn coaches, and it is not surprising that the road across the wild heath was once the haunt of highwaymen.