Maps

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Memories

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I Remember Southall

I moved to Southall when I was 5 with my family, went to live at Cornwall Avenue and then went to Lady Margaret School, left there when I was 11 went to Dormers Wells, at 12 we moved to Trinity Road, I still went to Dormers ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1940 by Josiephine Reavell

From The Beginning!

I was born in 1938 in Needwood Street off Rochdale Road. My Mam and Dad were allocated a new flat in Kingsley Crescent when I was a year old so all my memories are of the 'flats'. I, along with my two sisters and one ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1940 by Mavis Mc Grath

Memories Of Aylesbury During The 60s And 70s

I was born in Buckingham Road in 1962 and lived in the same house (no.225) until I left for North Wales in 1985. I have many happy memories of living there, going to the Primary and Junior schools in ...Read more

A memory of Aylesbury by Vicky Williams

Victoria Road.

Where the advertising boards are, there was a barber shop run by a lovely man called Alf Bernadi. I would take my little brother to have his hair cut & sit and read him the Beano comics while we were waiting. I'm almost sure ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1959 by Julia Clarke

Lathems Timber Yard

I worked for Latherm Brothers timber yard in Simpson Road in 1952 then went on to work for M.A Cooks & Sons making paint brushes etc. I now live in Norwich.

A memory of Bletchley by Donald Scott

St Catherines School

I remember the small school well. I went there 1953 -1957 close to the Manchester Ship Canal. Lunch was brought around in big steel cans and we had much fun and laughter. Christmas plays were fun too. I also ...Read more

A memory of Barton Upon Irwell by Susan Marsh

Burgh Heath Sugar Bowl

I remember the Sugar Bowl very well as I used to swim there. I was a boarder at Red House School further down the Brighton Road, does anyone remember that? Best days of my life (another story), Walton on the Hill for ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath in 1960 by Alan Maxwell

Stacksteads Boyhood.

My family moved from Haslingden to Newchurch Road in 1950 opposite the Farhome Tavern. As an eight year old I attended Western Junior School until 1953 leaving to attend Blackthorn Secondary Modern until June 1957 when our ...Read more

A memory of Stacksteads in 1950 by Tom Pilling

John Ansells Memories 1938 1951

As a 10 year old, I moved with my parents to 90 Middle Lane 1938, which is now demolished. I remember watching the firework displays at Alexandra Palace. I was evacuated to Cornwall in 1938 with Crouch End Junior ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1940 by John Ansell

Fun In Sun Valley

I have very fond memories of spending lots of weekends with my nan and grandad in their caravan which was on Sun Valley, Marsh Road, Rhuddlan. I used to be friends with the owner's daughter Linda, as we grew up we used to listen to ...Read more

A memory of Rhyl in 1963 by Beverley Wall

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Captions

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Caption For Bosham, Village 1902

A straight and wide road leading to the quay creates an impression of past importance. The Romans, the Saxons and the Vikings used the area for invasion.

Caption For Polzeath, St Endellion Church 1895

St Endellienta's church is beside the road between Polzeath and Delabole, a mile south of Port Isaac.

Caption For Cheam, Ewell Road 1932

A lone policeman in his high-buttoned tunic directs traffic emerging from the Ewell Road to cross the junction with Station Way, The Broadway and the High Street.

Caption For Cheam, The Library And War Memorial C1965

With the spire of St Dunstan's dominating the background, the newly opened public library in Church Road, designed by Masters & Pereira, is visible behind the war memorial.

Caption For East Burton, Village C1955

This photograph looks westwards along East Burton Road between cob-walled cottages. Opposite is a brick and stone cottage with a tiled roof (centre right).

Caption For Nailsworth, 1900

Here Nailsworth is seen from the 'W', the zigzag hill road linking it to Box village. By 1900 the 'Pepperpot Church' has been replaced by St George's as we know it today.

Caption For Gedling, Coronation Walk And Burton Road C1960

This view was taken just east of the railway bridge over Burton Road, which led to the now-closed Arnold Colliery. The green now has five ash trees and a modern phone box.

Caption For Langold, Doncaster Road Shopping Centre C1955

Out of view on the left is the village, mostly neat former 1950s Coal Board and council houses, and on the right is the main shopping parade along the Doncaster Road.

Caption For Misterton, Station Street 1958

My great-grandfather had his printing business at Station Villa in Station Road.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1965

The Working Men's Club is now at The Lodge, Welton Road, just out of sight to the left down Abbey Street.

Caption For Cardiff, St Mary Street 1893

The road is unsurfaced, but the tramlines are clearly visible—there is a tram in the distance. This is a busy scene, with milk churns on one side of the street and casks of ale on the other (right).

Caption For Wisbech, The Bridge C1955

Across the road, the row of small shops, which included Forum Cleaners & Dyers, J D Gillett & Son (seed growers) and the Covent Garden Stores, have been removed and replaced by a garden area - dedicated

Caption For East Grinstead, General View 1890

There is a substantial amount of Victorian development seen in this view of the town from the west, looking across Brooklands Park and the new cemetery on Queens Road with its chapel.

Caption For Bilsington, The Village 1909

The Village 1903 Just off the road between Lyminge and Hythe, this jettied timber-frame cottage stands at the approach to the 13th- century church.

Caption For Gunnislake, Fore Street 2003

Where there was once a plain, dusty street there is now tarmac, with pavements built out into the road for traffic-calming. On the extreme left is the Buccaneer, once Bond's Hotel.

Caption For Leamington Spa, St Mary's Church 1892

The horse and carriage gives a tranquil atmosphere on a road which now leads to an industrial estate.

Caption For Barnoldswick, Tubber Hill C1920

Tubber Hill is on the outskirts of Barnoldswick; running alongside it is part of the Roman road which once went from Preston to York.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, The Crossing C1955

The railway line crossing the main road was the mineral line to Trevil Quarry. The roundabout was essential to enable the buses to turn round here.

Caption For Herstmonceux, Hailsham Road C1965

Back on the main road, this is the real centre of the modern village; there is a good range of shops and pubs, and the school, Herstmonceux Church of England Primary School, lies behind the fence on

Caption For Blindley Heath, The Main Road C1955

South-west of Oxted, and on the course of a Roman Road across the Weald, the route turns left at Blindley Heath, a hamlet on former heathland in the south of Godstone parish.

Caption For Overton, Post Office C1960

The parish of Overton lies five miles south-west of Lancaster on the road to Sunderland Point.

Caption For Boroughbridge, High Street 1907

In more modern times the town was a major coaching post on the great North Road, and many fine inns survive here.

Caption For Bridport, West Road 1909

These were the last buildings on the western edge of the town, on the Exeter road, where Foundry House is now flats and the metal-working premises of J I Blackburn Limited and an entire new housing

Caption For Pulborough, Swans Corner 1921

The church and a cluster of old houses are at the top of the hill, and more old buildings are on the river bank, east and west of the Bognor Road river bridge.