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Memories

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I was born in Mid Calder; my sister in Pumpherston; and my brother in Uphall Station. We lived at 17 Nettlehill Road until we emigrated to Canada in October 1957. We all went to the school in Uphall Station and my favourite teacher ...Read more

A memory of Uphall Station in 1957 by Betty Lappage Irvine

Growing Up In Runcorn

I was born and bred in Runcorn. I lived on Weston Road. I was born in 1963 and left the town in 1984. What a great place it was. You could buy just about anything in Runcorn from food, furnishing, a new car, you name it and a ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn

Bowes Rd

I lived in Bowes Road from 1980 until 1985, when circumstances meant I had to move away, but I always have good memories of the area, as some of my best times were spent there. I had reason to return recently and I could not take in ...Read more

A memory of Palmers Green by Michael Downey

The Bus To Bredurst

The Bredhurst bus did indeed pass the Jezreels but it was a number 38 (not 8). I was at Gillingham Grammar School from 1948 to 1955 and used regularly to catch that bus to my home in Forge Lane, Bredhust. I have vivid ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham in 1948 by Donald Rush

The Irish Bacon Shop

Stuck in the middle of this parade of shops is the cream coloured frontage Irish Bacon Shop & my mother worked there.We lived at 41a Willesden High Road, just a short hop to the shop, and I have found memories of the ...Read more

A memory of Willesden in 1966 by Gerald Short

Life In Bury For A Little Boy.

Millie Grinsted nee Cheeseman was my great aunt. She was the sister of my paternal grandfather William Edward Cheeseman. I remember staying with her and Edward at times during and after the war. I remember on ...Read more

A memory of Bury in 1940 by Ian Cheeseman

Open Air Swimming Pool Colchester

Many a happy day was spent at the open air swimming pool in the late 1950s - early 1960s. The changing rooms, under the road bridge, were not nice and always covered in water. I had swimming lessons with Mr ...Read more

A memory of Colchester in 1957

Happy Days

I lived in Cobden Road behind the fire station and went to school first at Mayville Road and my first teacher's name was Mrs Frith? Then I was transfered to Davies Lane because I lived on the wrong side of the high street. Finally ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone by Keith Matthews

The Blake

The following information relates to the opening of the Blake school in Hednesford. The Blake school was built to replace the Central Secondary school for boys which was in Burns Street Chadsmoor (where Chadsmoor junior school is ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor in 1961 by Wendy Barr

During The Second World War

This story is a memory during the Second World War. My father Samuel Fredrick Richardson was the air-raid warden. There was a brick shelter, built on the village green. Most of the village used to use it. One ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1940 by The Frith Memory Archivist

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Captions

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Caption For Bridport, West Allington 1899

This view is looking westwards towards Symondsbury and Exeter along what was generally called the London Road, with a variety of hand-carts and a couple of girls failing to stay still for Frith`s

Caption For Sutton, The South Metropolitan District Schools 1896

It was replaced by a housing estate, Belmont Heights, with access across the railway line from the Brighton Road, north of Belmont Station.

Caption For Chesham, Market Square C1970

Ironically, when finally built in the 1980s the relief road, St Mary's Way, demolished the south part of market-place, and the town hall need not have been demolished.

Caption For Brixton, Angell Town From The South C1965

Angell Town was an estate of 1850s Italianate villas, mostly semi-detached, built on curving roads centred on St John's church, whose 1853 tower is crowned by four pinnacles.

Caption For Ealing, The Museum, Gunnersbury Park C1960

The mansion at the east end near the North Circular Road survived, although there were uncertain years in the 1970s.

Caption For Esher, High Street 1910

in front of the camera would be taking her life in her hands were she to attempt such a casual progress today, when modern traffic thunders up this hill on its way to Cobham along the old Portsmouth Road

Caption For Neath, Orchard Street And Gwyn Hall C1950

In 1967 the statue was moved to allow a road widening that did not materialise, and in this photograph it points to the building opposite, Gwyn's birthplace, which was demolished in the 1960s to make way

Caption For Sevenoaks, Recreation Ground 1895

The houses beyond stood in the Dartford Road. The ground was given to the town in perpetuity in the late 18th century by the 3rd Duke of Dorset.

Caption For Blakeney, Blakeney Street C1950

At the time this photograph was taken, the bend in the road was a notorious accident black spot: here heavily laden lorries often came to grief on the long descent down Blakeney Hill into the village

Caption For Turnford, High Road C1965

Many of the houses along the High Road at Turnford were built to accommodate the workers on the nearby market gardens. On the centre left, in the far distance, is a garage.

Caption For Crowland, The Trinity Bridge C1965

The 14th-century bridge was a three-road crossing point all those years ago. Now it is a unique part of Lincolnshire's history.

Caption For Flookburgh, The King's Arms 1903

A boy is sitting between the shafts of a handcart in the middle of the road. But no one would dare leave a hand cart in the middle of the street today, as these children have!

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1950

The International Stores, housed in a Georgian building on the left, was in a prime position on the corner of Meadow Road.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street 1923

Skegness and Porthcawl, held speed events for sports cars along the sands or the promenade, and it was possible to tax and equip high-powered cars such as the 2-litre Grand Prix Sunbeam for use on the roads

Caption For Launceston, From St Stephens 1935

Now on the B3254 to Bude, St Stephens Hill was one of the roads administered by the Turnpike Trust, who set the tolls.

Caption For Launceston, St Stephen's Church And Old Toll House 1906

The Toll House at St Stephens was built in 1761 by the Launceston Turnpike Trust, which had come into being the previous year with the intention of 'widening and keeping in repair several roads leading

Caption For Launceston, From St Stephens 1935

Now on the B3254 to Bude, St Stephens Hill was one of the roads administered by the Turnpike Trust, who set the tolls.

Caption For Chatburn, The Village 1921

The Brown Cow public house is on the right, and the Black Bull Hotel can just be made out further down the road. The village is 400ft above sea level.

Caption For Leeds, The Fountain At Roundhay Park 1888

Because Roundhay was on the outskirts of Leeds, transport to the Park was difficult; those who did venture along the old turnpike road found a beautiful site - but it lacked basic facilities.

Caption For Elstow, The Swan Inn 1921

East of the church and the Moot Hall, a jettied timber-framed building of about 1500, standing in its green, is the main north-south village road, the High Street.

Caption For Liverpool, Dale Street 1895

Dale Street was one of the ancient streets of the city and the main road to all points south.

Caption For Byfield, The Village C1960

The road crosses a brook in the middle distance, a tributary of the young River Cherwell.

Caption For Glentham, Main Street 1953

The Crown Inn and Restaurant (the white building to the left of the road) is still there, as are the other houses. This photograph looks towards Market Rasen.

Caption For Stroud, Sim's Clock, George Street C1950

It stands at the junction of five roads. Mr Sim's will also provided for the annual sum of £5 to be paid to a firm of local jewellers for the winding of the clock.