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Memories

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My Home Town

I was born at 39 Bywell Road at the end of 1953, but we moved to Rugeley in Staffordshire some time in 1954. My mum who was born in Bedlington Station met my dad when she was an army cook during the war and we moved to be closer to his ...Read more

A memory of Ashington by shellymay

My Memory Of Chopwell

After reading the other accounts of Chopwell I decided to add my own, I hope I have got the names and dates right as I am doing this from memory, apologies if I get some of it wrong. All my mother’s side of the family were from ...Read more

A memory of Chopwell by prippon

Oaks Park Railway?

In the Oaks Park in about 1958 I recall seeing a pile of rails and sleepers which appeared to have been from a narrow gauge railway. It was near the big house which was partly demolished by then. Does anyone remember a railway in the park?

A memory of Carshalton

Oak Hotel Maple Road 1955 1962

My name is Peter West and I started my life and spent the first 7 important years at the Oak. My dad was the landlord and and his father before him up until 1962 when he retired and I was whisked away in tears to go to ...Read more

A memory of Surbiton by peter.west127

1950s Rosenau Rd.

Hi, I was born in 1946 at the South London Hospital for Women and lived for a while at 15 Etruria St. Battersea, it was near Dogs Home Bridge and Battersea Power Station, where my dad, Charlie Jones worked. Soon we ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by kenjones8

Croston Towers

I have long sought information about one of the great Victorian villas of Alderley Edge, the house named Croston Towers in the centre of the large plot bounded by Woodbrook Road, Tempest Road and Macclesfield Road. My earlier ...Read more

A memory of Alderley Edge by Graham Dilliway

Before The Fire.

We moved into 1Greenhill Rise in 1958 when it was the very edge of town, the United counties bus turned around next to the house. We watched the building all around us and watched them build St Andrews, it was directly across the street ...Read more

A memory of Corby

Pre Fab Kid

Hi. Only just discovered this website so would like to share my memories. Does anyone remember the prefabs in St. Paul's Cray? We were living with my Nan & Grandad in Chislehurst and after the War, my Dad was still away in the ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray by kathrynswain1944

Little Orphan Boy

i well remember being placed in "greenbank" childrens home any one remember about 1946 and again a bout 1949"ish i can remember ..robert mcneil and bernard also matron malcolm we went to the old school ( gates still ...Read more

A memory of Leven Links by exclude374

Summerseat House Residential School

I'm hoping for help! In 1957/58 I attended a residential school which I think was called Summerseat House School for Delicate children.......we came to the school from industrial sites around Manchester to try and help our various medical conditions...........does anyone know anything about it?

A memory of Summerseat

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Captions

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Caption For Northampton, Market Square C1950

The impressive Royal Insurance building and the premises of Abel's Pianos have both gone; the Admiral Rodney pub, Household Linens, the Queen's Arms and Victoria House, at the very end of the row, have

Caption For Stanion, The Village C1960

By 1960, the village was surrounded by housing estates. The woods conceal former ironstone quarries that fed the iron making industry of Corby.

Caption For Lincoln, Castle Gates C1955

The Norman castle building involved demolishing over 160 Anglo-Saxon houses; since the Middle Ages it has served as a prison and assize courts. This concludes our brief tour of Lincoln itself.

Caption For Metheringham, High Street C1955

Roughly east of Navenby, where the limestone descends to the flat east of the county, Metheringham is a large village with a mix of stone and brick older houses interspersed with Victorian and later development

Caption For Crowland, Broadway C1965

The stump of the windmill now has no chimney and is incorporated into the house next door, which is named Mill Terrace and dated 1860. Over the years it has lost one chimneystack.

Caption For Whitby, From Boghall C1886

The collection of houses on the left were built after the advent of the railway in the 1830s, and though named Fishburn Park, in honour of the local ship building family, they are known

Caption For Penarth, The Cliffs 1893

From this low vantage point buildings on top of the headland go unseen, but the roof of Kymin House (left) peeps through the foliage.

Caption For Devizes, Estcourt Street C1960

The statue of Queen Victoria, which still stands on the corner, was taken from the front of the stone mason's house, Victoria Cottage, with the scaffolding (beyond the garage).

Caption For Newcastle Upon Tyne, Castle 1901

The house on the top of the gate is a much later addition. So are the corner turrets and battlements of the keep, which were added in 1812.

Caption For Worthing, On The Pier C1955

Today the Pavilion Theatre houses dances and concerts, both of the classical and rock music variety.

Caption For London, The Bank Of England 1890

Opposite the Mansion House is the Bank of England, a single-storey monolithic edifice, designed in 1734 by George Sampson.

Caption For Rochdale, Manor House 1898

Rochdale adopted this red brick building, correctly named the Orchard, as the Manor House because it was the residence of the Deardens before they purchased the manor from the poet Lord Byron.

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Street C1955

The thatched 15th-century Swan Inn, owned by Ind Coope, closed in 1983 and reopened as a free house in 1984.

Caption For Merthyr Tydfil, Hoover Ltd C1965

The housing forming a triangular shape on the left was a unique example of early industrial dwellings, but it was demolished, despite protests, in December 1977.

Caption For Liverpool, The Royal Liver Building C1955

Opened on 19 July 1911 to house the Royal Liver Insurance Company, this was the country's first building to be constructed from reinforced concrete.

Caption For Southampton, Westgate 1908

The timber-framed Tudor House, one of the city's finest buildings, dates back to about 1500, and has hardly changed at all since this photograph was taken.

Caption For Pulborough, St Mary's Church 1939

church is on the hill- side.The photograph shows the view from the side of Stane Street, which is now very busy.The scene now is little changed, although the almshouses have been converted into one house

Caption For Laugharne, The Boat House C1965

This attractive boat house is set at the foot of a steep cliff alongside the River Taf with its 'heron-priested' shore.

Caption For Alton, Normandy Street 1898

The houses on the right must have been newly built, as they do not appear on the OS map of 1896.

Caption For Selborne, High Street 1928

The houses are divided from the hill by a vein of stiff clay (good wheat land), yet stand on a rock of white stone.'

Caption For Alton, Market Street C1955

The sad looking building on the left was the Plough public house. In 1928 it was said to have a saloon, a lounge and a dining room, and it sold Bass, Youngers, Hammerton Stout and Fremlin Pale Ale.

Caption For Alton, The Butts C1965

The houses behind are late Victorian.

Caption For York, Bootham Bar C1950

The public house on the right is The White Horse; the statue of a horse can be seen rearing above the Tower Ales sign.Towards the bar old stonework still remains, with a sign for Pullman's

Caption For West Hanney, Lamb Inn C1955

Beyond it, the pair of gables belong to one of a crescent of 1950s council houses.