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Memories

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Vicarage St John & St James

My sisters, Anne and Mary, and I lived at the Vicarage, 175 Linacre Lane on the corner of Monfa Road. The church was along Monfa Road. We had a Cable Works opposite and during the war there was no canteen but workers ...Read more

A memory of Litherland in 1940 by Lambert Maudsley

Smokey Joe Sidcup

My family moved to Sidcup from Eltham in 1965 to a house in Rectory Lane opposite the pond at Selborne Road. The story goes that one morning soon after moving in, my dad walked out into the drive to pop up the shops to find a ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup in 1965

Memories Of Netherton

We lived in the Old Manse at the end of Manse Road; our dad spent all his spare time doing it up. When we moved in it was antiquated and stinky but it ended up a nice house. Our dad was a music teacher at Larkhall Academy. I ...Read more

A memory of Newmains in 1959 by Carol Dobbie

Swinford Manor

I lived at Swinford with my family from 1953 to approx 1966 or '67. My father put in the pool after we had a very extensive fire on Guy Fawkes night. I loved the house, the gardens and the resident ghost who I believed to be ...Read more

A memory of Great Chart in 1953 by Gillian Woodley

High Elm Estates

I remember this property very well, as a young girl my mother and her family lived there, my grandfather was the estate manager for the Lubbock family who lived in the manor house. I'm not certain of the years ...Read more

A memory of Farnborough by Martyn Adshead

Pitts Cottage

I should have said it was "Over the Way" that was the boarding house opposite Pitts Cottage that belonged to the same people. "The Old Way" was a tea house at the Croydon Road end of the High Street - there was a "co-op" grocery store opposite.

A memory of Westerham in 1963 by Marion Del Favero

Phythian Cres 1970

I was brought up in Phythian Crescent - with our own playing field. Many comments were made - is it a council property? I asked my parents - no it isn't. I believe the house behind ours was a farm - Phythian Farm, at the end is ...Read more

A memory of Penketh in 1970 by Angela Pennington

Lodge Hill Swing Park

Who remembers going to the Swing Park at the bottom of Lodge Hill? We used to play pick up the lolly stick - laying down on the roundabout. And a blindfold game was played on the Big Umbrella - The game was called L O N ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1972 by Joanne De Wit

Northcliffe County Secondary School 1965

Does anyone remember or attended Northcliffe County Secondary School in Shipley during the early 60's. I can remember the Headmaster being Mr Bartholemew. Our RI teacher was Mr Scott, Geography teacher Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Shipley in 1965 by Liz Matthews

Front Street Bells Close

I was born in Corbridge in Dilston Hall when it was a maternity home. My parents lived at No 1 Front Street Bells Close and I have some fantastic memories of my life there. I remember all of the neighbours and our ...Read more

A memory of Denton Burn in 1860 by Jacqueline Irving

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Captions

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Caption For Bluntisham, The Chapel C1945

The Baptists have been recorded in Bluntisham since the mid 17th century; a Meeting House was built on this site in 1787, and rebuilt in 1874.

Caption For Willingham, The Black Bull C1955

This public house has changed very little - the white boarding is now black, and the poster for Greene King Harvest Brown Ale has gone.

Caption For Mildenhall, Market Place C1965

The market cross, similar to the one at Bungay, housed the stocks until the 19th century.

Caption For Devonport, Halfpenny Bridge 1904

The toll- house was the white building on the left; the toll, as the name suggested, was a halfpenny.

Caption For Burley, The Manor Hotel C1960

A number of older houses became hotels in the last century to cope with the increased demand.

Caption For Eastbourne, High Street, Old Town 1890

medieval parish church's east window in the distance locates the view along High Street, but a new Safeways obliterated most of Star Road on the right, and earlier road widening removed the houses

Caption For Cambridge, King's Parade 1933

To the left is the Senate House, while the tower with four distinctive turrets belongs to the Church of Great St Mary.

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Caption For Longleat, C1966

Owing to the foresight of the Sixth Marquis of Bath, Longleat was opened to the public in 1949, the first privately-owned house in England to do so on a regular basis.

Caption For Uplyme, Harcombe House 1925

In the quieter hours of the day, the careful walker might well see deer feeding in the wood-bounded pastures. Harcombe House is a good example of the many fine properties here.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Walney Bridge 1912

Houses for the dockyard workers can be seen to the right on the Barrow shore.

Caption For Lowick Green, From The Police Station C1955

To the left of the bridge there is now Water Park, new housing.

Caption For Newquay, The Island And Beacon 1912

A house was built here and connected to the mainland by a suspension footbridge in the early 20th century.

Caption For Downholme, Bridge 1913

Downholme, where stone houses slope down to the Swale, lies 5 miles west of Richmond. In the village is a 13th-century Norman church.

Caption For Lindfield, Paxhill C1955

The house was built in 1595 by Ninien Boord (his father had been court jester to King Henry VIII). The extensive estate was used by Canadian troops during World War II.

Caption For Whyteleafe, The Square C1955

The parade of shops, right, has been demolished but those beyond have reverted to private houses.

Caption For London, Park Lane 1890

The houses were fashionable residences, with balconies giving views over the park.

Caption For Alton, Crown Hill 1898

In the house lived the caretaker for the Assembly Rooms, and the shop was occupied by Moses P Stoodley, a watchmaker from Haslebury in Somerset.

Caption For York, Bishopthorpe Palace Gate C1885

The palace was built by the 33rd Archbishop of York, Walter de Gray, in about 1250, using stone from a previous manor house that he had had demolished.There is a large amount of wonderful medieval

Caption For Barry, The Parade 1910

The terraces of houses on the Parade, previously broken only by Charles Place, is now broken by the building of a pair of detached properties (right), which were later joined to become the Gwalia Hotel

Caption For London, The Hand In Hand Office 1904

The large building on the right is Printing House Square, home of The Times.

Caption For London, Euston Square C1950

To the right we can see the cupola of St Pancras's Church peeping above the Friends' Meeting House.

Caption For Theale, High Street C1955

Little has changed, except that the brewery beyond the Bull Inn is now offices and housing.

Caption For Sileby, The Memorial Gardens C1960

Regimented pollard trees do little to provide a backdrop screen which will mask out the endless row of unattractive house backs, against which the memorial tends to be lost.

Caption For Kingsbridge, Fore Street And Bank 1896

The street is lined with a wide variety of buildings, including slate-hung houses with fine period shopfronts.