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Where I Was Born

My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more

A memory of Sole Street in 1946

Going To Junior School In Radcliff On Trent In 1960

My dad was in the Canadian Air Force (RCAF) stationed in Langar (born in England though) but my family lived at 16 Douglas Close just outside Radcliffe. I remember walking daily to ...Read more

A memory of Radcliffe on Trent in 1960 by John Reid Wilkinson

Muchalls

My sister and I lived at the other side of the Muchalls crossroads on the road to Cookney, a little way from the village. There we had an idylic childhood of sorts (though we were far from well-off). We had the freedom of the ...Read more

A memory of Muchalls in 1971

Ex St Roberts Catholic School Harrogate

Born in Waterloo Street, Harrogate, in early 1940s. Attended above school until left in 1956. Started work at J.S.Driver, grocers on Beulah Street, Stan Wood manager. Remember 'Syncopated Sandy,' playing ...Read more

A memory of Harrogate by Tony Richardson

James Joseph Irvine (Autobiography) 1911 1990

Stretching over about a mile on the A68 road to Edinburgh from Darlington, lies the small mining town of Tow Law. Approaching it from Elm Park Road Ends, on a clear day, as you pass the various openings ...Read more

A memory of Tow Law in 1930 by James Irvine

Boyhood Memories

I was born in 89 Abbot Street, just off Sunderland Road, in 1932, then we moved to the Gateshead end of Redheugh Bridge. When the Second World War started we moved to 20 Brussel Street. The Davidson family lived in the flat ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1940 by Allen Flynn

Lofthouse's Newsagents

So I see it now again after so many years the shop on the corner with that sign Lofthouse's Newsagents above the entrance I went under many times to collect my comics hot from the presses of D.C.Thomson of Dundee: Beano ...Read more

A memory of Worksop by Roger Taylor

Doseley

When my dad Derick John Jones was born in 1944 he lived in a row of houses called Dill Doll Row or Dill Da Row as some people called them, they were situated at Sandy Bank, Doseley, just behind the Cheshire Cheese pub at Doseley. My dad ...Read more

A memory of Doseley in 1944 by Angela Mathison

Happy Memories From Avondale Street

I am currently writing up my memories and will add shortly.

A memory of Ynysboeth in 1930 by Dilys Dawson

Old Southall Remembered

I lived in old Southall (Norwood Road - Norwood Green end) during the 1960s to the 1990s and have seen great changes. I went to school at Clifton Road, and the school had a great Headmaster, Mr Hancock, for a while. One ...Read more

A memory of Southall

Captions

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Caption For Bingley, Locks On The Leeds And Liverpool Canal C1900

The furthest boat is a steam-powered tug, which will move the immaculate coal-laden transom-sterned 'short boat' with sweeping lines and long wooden tiller.

Caption For Penarth, The Pier C1955

By the time of this photograph, the Pavilion had metamorphosed into the Marina Ballroom, having spent a short period as a cinema.

Caption For Scarborough, The Beach C1885

Thomas Warwick's Revolving Viewing Tower, set high on the cliffs near the castle, was a short-lived Victorian attraction from 1897 to 1907 - it was demolished after being described an eyesore

Caption For Cheam, Park Road 1925

The façade of Ye Olde Red Lion pub in Park Road had undergone some minor changes shortly before this photograph was taken, with the removal of two decorative signboards above the main doorway and the replacement

Caption For Maldon, River At Beeleigh 1906

This waterway was one of the last to be dug, and had a short commercial life because of successful poaching of its business by the railways.

Caption For Cookham, The Church C1955

Among the monuments on the north side of the chancel is a Purbeck marble tomb with canopy and three hanging arches on twisted columns marked by an 18in brass on the short tomb chest.

Caption For Maldon, River At Beeleigh 1906

This waterway was one of the last to be dug, and had a short commercial life because of successful poaching of its business by the railways.

Caption For Penrith, Brougham Castle 1893

Though the castle was enlarged by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, its career as a fortress was short. A

Caption For Rothley, Fowke Street C1965

Conservation area legislation should be modelled to regulate this continuous erosion of character, but regrettably it has little power in its everyday form to prevent anything short of demolition.

Caption For Ware, High Street 1925

Shortly after this photograph was taken, the Ware Hardware Stores closed, and the building became tearooms catering for visitors to the town.

Caption For Guisborough, Church 1913

This photograph of the west front was taken shortly after completion of the Temple Moore restoration, as we can see from the light-coloured stonework around the window, buttresses and parapets

Caption For Dorking, The Stepping Stones To Boxhill 1932

A short distance downstream is an iron footbridge, built as a memorial to members of the Ramblers Association who lost their lives in the two World Wars.

Caption For Leicester, Guildhall Lane C1965

With its amazing 14th-century timbered Great Hall of the Corpus Christi Guild, the building is open to the public, and will reward the short walk from the city centre.

Caption For Craster, Dunstanburgh Castle C1960

Dunstanburgh is the largest castle in Northumberland, built by Thomas, Earl of Lancaster; the licence to crenellate was granted shortly after the loss of Berwick to the Scots.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Blorenge 1893

Two bridges crossed the Usk at Llanfoist: the medieval stone-arched road bridge is dwarfed by the railway bridge, which was demolished shortly after the Abergavenny to Merthyr line closed in the

Caption For Abergavenny, The Blorenge 1893

Two bridges crossed the Usk at Llanfoist: the medieval stone-arched road bridge is dwarfed by the railway bridge, which was demolished shortly after the Abergavenny to Merthyr line closed in the early

Caption For Odiham, All Saints Church Interior 1924

The painted glass east window was installed in 1858 in memory of Lt Col C W Short, a veteran of Waterloo.

Caption For Broxbourne, The Parish Church C1955

Today, the upstart Hoddesdon is a large and successful market town, whilst Broxbourne boasts only a short row of shops in its High Street.

Caption For Bingley, Locks On The Leeds And Liverpool Canal C1900

The furthest boat is a steam-powered tug, which will move the immaculate coal-laden transom-sterned 'short boat' with sweeping lines and long wooden tiller.

Caption For Harewood, Harewood House C1886

Shortly afterwards in 1756 he was asked to provide plans for a new house. The foundations of Harewood House were laid in 1759, and work continued for the next 23 years.

Caption For Whitby, 'gemini' 1891

The other three-year- old is Robert Peart (right); his life was short, as he was tragically drowned at the age of twenty when he was swept overboard near St Petersburg.

Caption For Bangor, The Front 1897

For those who made the short sail out from Belfast, the charms of this piece of coast were obvious: a bay lined with low, craggy rocks and sands providing picturesque bathing pools.

Caption For Clitheroe, Brungerley Bridge 1895

Here, a solitary oarsman on the river and a short line of boats drawn up but not in use indicate a less busy time, perhaps early autumn; the pleasant walk alongside the river could be enjoyed

Caption For Harewood, Harewood House C1886

Shortly afterwards in 1756 he was asked to provide plans for a new house. The foundations of Harewood House were laid in 1759, and work continued for the next 23 years.