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Memories
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Anyone Remember A Dance School And A Record Shop At The Pond End Of Brigstock Road?
I knew Thornton Heath very well, from the early 1950’s through to the end of the 1960’s. Shopping with my parents at Woolworths (opposite the clocktower) and ...Read more
A memory of Thornton Heath by
Bishop Wordsworth's School In The 1960s
I attended Bishop Wordsworth's School between 1964 and 1967 arriving when I was 14. I had previously gone to a very prestigious grammar school in north London which in fact was awful. Discipline was ...Read more
A memory of Salisbury by
I Grew Up In Eltham
My family moved to Eltham about 1954/5 and I lived there until about 1966. I attended Middle Park Primary School and later the Gordon School. We lived next door to Working Mens Club on Eltham Hill just down from the Swimming ...Read more
A memory of Eltham in 1956 by
The Railway Children
During the war years in 1940, we moved from Doncaster to Rossington. My father worked on the railway and felt we would be safer in the country. We lived at 254 Gatehouse Crossing and later in 1948, at 383 Gatehouse, ...Read more
A memory of Finningley in 1940 by
Stowmarket As A Kid In The 70's!
I grew up in Stowmarket (Combs Ford end!). I remember Milton Road, etc, before the Relief Road cut the town in half! Saturdays used to see the town centre heaving with people - cars came through the main street ...Read more
A memory of Stowmarket by
Doctor's To The Left, Butcher To The Right.
The (Roman) road going down to Buttsole and then to Dover or Deal and Updown Cricket field to the left, was sometimes blocked by farmworkers guiding their sheep from one pasture to another through the ...Read more
A memory of Eastry by
Wembley High Rd. And Ealing Rd.
One of my most popular places to hang out was Finley's Tobacco shop on the High Rd. They had a really nice coffee shop downstairs. I also remember a cafe on Ealing Rd. just past Chaplin Rd where a few bikers used to ...Read more
A memory of Wembley in 1958 by
The Whitehalls
Who remembers the Whitehalls near the traffic lights in the High Street? It was owned and managed by a guy called Mr. Heuser? A very popular venue in the mid sixties for dancing to live groups. One group I remember well ...Read more
A memory of East Grinstead in 1965 by
Happy Days
Born 1943. I briefly attended Lonesome with Roger Watts. He lived in Eldertree Way and I lived in Eldertree Place. Then to Bordergate and Bond Road School in 1948. Met David Grayson, Dale Foster, Robin Theobold etc.. On Bordergate I ...Read more
A memory of Mitcham by
The Wartime Days
Although living in Chislehurst, I visited Sidcup often on the single deck 228 bus. The pupose of the visit was to dine in the "British Resturant" in (I think), Hatherly Road. The choice of meals was very limited but they were ...Read more
A memory of Sidcup in 1942 by
Captions
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Celtic motifs became very popular with Victorian designers in the 19th century.
Despite the shingle, patches of sand uncovered at low tide made the beach a popular attraction.
Manor Hall has since become a popular banqueting hall. It has been owned by the same family, the Spouse family, since 1946.
But its popularity does nothing to detract from the fact that this is an exceptionally beautiful Worcestershire village, each building in harmony with its neighbour and all constructed from the
The Oxfam poster both pre-empts the later popularity of charity-shopping, and also displays an effective line in ironic copywriting. Fading into the distance is the high ground of Thorndon Park.
As well as the ever- popular ball games, picnics and simply watching the boats go by, the Strand at Gillingham also offered a paddling pool, a boating pool, a children's playground, miniature
It remains a popular residential suburb.
The Devil's Dyke was a popular destination, allegedly dug by the Devil to flood the Weald.
Canvas-sailed boats are tied up at the pier; this was the time when Grange was becoming a popular seaside resort, famed as an escape from industrial Lancashire and for its bracing air and equable climate
During their residence in the Square, the quarterjacks were not at all popular with customers at the White Hart, who objected to being woken every fifteen minutes.
This village is popular with visitors to Broadland, with St Catherine's Church and its beautiful hammer-beam roof and painted rood screen dating from 1493.
Trafalgar Square, largely because of its huge size and central position, became a popular place for Londoners to gather.
Pierrot troupes were popular from the early 1890s, almost up to the outbreak of the Second World War. They dressed in clown-like costumes and their show consisted of songs, jokes and monologues.
Cinema in 1960 was still a popular form of entertainment, though television and the opportunities opened up by private car ownership were both beginning to make inroads.
The Pig and Whistle, now called Quinneys, was a popular stopping place along the route and needed its large car park to accommodate the many vehicles that pulled in.
The pebble and sandy beach provides views along the coast to Worthing pier; just a short distance inland are the grassy slopes of Highdown Hill, which has long been a popular recreational
Rolls was the first person to die in a British air accident.The downlands above the cliffs were popular with early aviators until Southbourne became too built up.
Lying close to the larger holiday centre of Morecambe, Heysham has been popular with visitors since the Victorian period, many coming to sample the famous locally brewed nettle beer.
Grassington is still one of the most popular among Dales villages for the tourist, and scenes of congestion like this one are unfortunately still common today.
Cliff lifts became a popular solution to the problems of beach access in the later years of the Victorian period, and were used at a number of seaside resorts.
During the first quarter of the 20th century Worthing's beach was very popular with visitors and inhabitants alike.
Evidently it was a popular place, since a song was published about it in 1918: 'There's good entertainment for man and beast/At this ancient smuggler's nest…' At that time, Benfleet's only public transport
This became a popular holiday area after Jaywick Farm was sold following the farming recession of the 1930s. The land was sold in small plots, and the area became a bungalow township.
The Black Swan of Home Ales Brewery, a popular edge-of-centre inn, is facing the brand-new supermarket selling best salmon at 3s 11d a tin and its own-brand tea at 1s 3d per packet.
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