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Memories

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Scales Street Seedley Salford 6

Seedley, Salford 6 God, how this page is bringing back memories! I'm a demob baby! Mind you, a lot of men coming back from the war celebrated the that's why the baby boom happened! Although born in Old Trafford, ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Tim Williamson

Though Tis Dorset, I Thought Twere Devon

When I was a child, I lived at Axminster. My favourite seaside resort was Lyme Regis, about 6 miles away from home. Even though I was told, on countless occasions, that Lyme lay in Dorset, I would not ...Read more

A memory of Lyme Regis by Marjorie Alcock

An Evacuee In 1940

I remember my first home in Westbury Leigh was with a family called Rowe, they seemed fairly old people to me (then a ten year old boy) but now I am eighty I don't suppose they were. One of the brothers, a Charles Rowe, ...Read more

A memory of Westbury Leigh by Robin Porter

Evacuation

I hope I have the right Garndiffaith? My brother, Walter (Wally) was 13, my sister June was 10, and I was 4. We were evacuated from Birmingham in 1940/41 after our home was destoyed in the blitz. Wally stayed with a Mrs Cooper who ...Read more

A memory of Garndiffaith in 1940 by Peter Vaughan

What We Ate

Eeh! Remember potted meat? You could eat it as it was or put it on bread for a sandwich, where is it now? Then there was dripping which was quite solid and spread like margarine on your bread for sandwiches. I worked in Leeds on the ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1950 by Jimmy Burrows

Silvery Ouse

I was a summer season driver of these boats during my college holidays in the early 1960s. We operated four boats, Silver Foam, Silver Stream, Silver Crest and my own boat, Silver Dawn, which I believe came from the Norfolk Broads. The ...Read more

A memory of Bedford in 1960 by Edward Donnelly

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

Falcon Road

We lived in 'The Queen Victoria' pub on the corner of Falcon Road and Ingrave Street. I attended Falcon Brook School. Very near to the school was a little sweet shop where you could buy penny sweets, penny halfpenny lollies, teddy ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1960

Stocks Lane

My mother worked in Foxton's the bakers which was on Stocks Lane. It was cobbled with granite 'sets' and I think it had tram lines. As a boy, I was sometimes allowed to go out with the driver of the the bread van to make deliveries ...Read more

A memory of Rawmarsh in 1963 by David Ardron

Captions

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Caption For Westgate On Sea, Hotels And Beach 1890

While the neighbouring resort of Margate had been attracting hordes of trippers from London from 1753 onwards, Westgate remained a more sedate and favoured place for families throughout the late

Caption For Lyme Regis, Old Sea Walls C1960

This is a historic lost view of Lyme's eastern cliffs before they were entombed and extended in 1984, by sea defence works which incorporated and hid sewage disposal facilities.

Caption For Buxton, The Pavilion Gardens 1886

These women players are at a considerable disadvantage with their long, billowing dresses and broad-brimmed headgear.

Caption For Belfast, Corporation Square 1897

The broad straight streets tell of land recovered from river and docks. The church tells of the human needs that followed.

Caption For Machynlleth, Penrallt Street 1899

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Old Walls 1922

Cobb Gate Jetty is in the foreground, dating in its present state from 1850; it is on the site of Lyme's first early medieval harbour, which was washed away on 11 November 1377 with the

Caption For Norwich, Market Place 1929

This broad open space at the heart of the city is a kaleidoscope of noise and colour on market day.

Caption For Newent, Broad Street C1955

The main shopping areas of Broad Street and Church Street have not changed too much in character since the camera clicked on this scene.

Caption For Westgate On Sea, Hotels And Beach 1890

While the neighbouring resort of Margate had been attracting hordes of trippers from London from 1753 onwards, Westgate remained a more sedate and favoured place for families throughout the late

Caption For Navenby, High Street C1965

South of Lincoln a string of villages grew up along the western edge of the limestone ridge, mostly along the spring line.

Caption For Somerton, Broad Street 1904

Broad Street is a later medieval planned extension of the market place, which is beyond the end houses.

Caption For Bodiam, The Castle 1925

The town of Bodiam is dominated by one of the most picturesque castles in England, set within a broad moat filled with golden carp.

Caption For Dawlish, The Seafront From The Royal Hotel 1890

A place familiar to all train travellers through Devon, Dawlish nestles across the sides of a broad combe, with the railway line protecting the town from the sea.

Caption For Hampstead Norreys, The Village From Folly Hill C1950

The village of Hampstead Norris nestles in a shallow valley, the buildings dominated by the short broad tower of St Mary's church in the background.

Caption For Clifton, The River From Downs 1887

On the left bank is the single track Bristol & Portishead Pier & Railway, which opened as a broad gauge line in April 1867 and was worked by the Bristol & Exeter Railway.

Caption For Ripley, High Street 1929

This broad expanse of the old Portsmouth Road is lined with pollarded trees.

Caption For Ramsgate, Victoria Parade 1901

This broad parade, named after Queen Victoria, runs along the East Cliff in front of Wellington Crescent and the lawns.

Caption For Aberaeron, The Harbour C1955

Aberaeron is almost in the middle of the 60-mile coastline of Ceredigion. In 1800, Aberaeron was little more than a farm and inn by the main coast road where a bridge crossed the Aeron.

Caption For Belfast, High Street 1897

The broad thoroughfare reflects not only the market town but also its link with the sea. Below the cobbles still runs the Belfast River, which once had quays allowing ships to come off the Lagan.

Caption For Birkenhead, Arrowe Park C1960

To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Scout Movement, 56,000 scouts from around the world held their 3rd International Jamboree in Arrowe Park.

Caption For Birkenhead, Arrowe Park C1960

To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Scout Movement, 56,000 scouts from around the world held their 3rd International Jamboree in Arrowe Park.

Caption For Stanhill, The Post Office C1955

Stanhill is a small community on one of the B-roads between Oswaldtwistle and Blackburn. It was in this building in 1764 that James Hargreaves lived when he invented the Spinning Jenny.

Caption For Norwich, Market Place And St Peter Mancroft Church 1891

This broad open space is a kaleidoscope of noise and colour on market day.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, The Market 1891

The expansive market place has long been the commercial hub of the town. On market days it echoes Yarmouth's seafaring traditions, the colourful awnings stretching out like waves to the horizon.