Maps

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Memories

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Smalldolians

I was born in Small Dole in 1956, Oh what a happy care-free childhood we had. All the kids played together, old & young, looking out for each other. We played in the woods, building camps & cooking sausages & beans on ...Read more

A memory of Small Dole in 1960 by Denise Hills

Hop Picking

My memories of Rolvenden will never be forgotten. I was eight years old, we lived in Brighton on the south coast, but every year our families would go hop picking at Little Holden farm. The farm was owned by Mr/Mrs Hilder - they ...Read more

A memory of Rolvenden in 1945 by Roy Page

Childhood Memory

I recall moving house from the Spike, Blaydon, to a newly built house in Linden Road, Blaydon. The steps leading down from the gateway where not quite finished so my Dad had laid wooden planks down so my mum could get down to the ...Read more

A memory of Blaydon in 1955 by Isobel Dunbar

Now This Is Memory Lane!

I was at school here at exactly the time of this photograph. I left the area soon afterwards. I remember Mr Rogers, form master and French teacher; Mr (Joe) Lewis gym and sports master; Mr (Nogger) Nason geography teacher ...Read more

A memory of Rugby in 1950 by Nial Reynolds

Patricia Bernadette Miles

My mother, Patricia Bernadette was born in 1937 and was adopted by the Miles family in April 1940. They lived on Campbell Road, Winton at the time. If anyone knew my mother or the Miles family please get in touch. Many thanks..

A memory of Eccles by Rita Gurr

Happy Times

I used to visit Bedfield every summer, and stayed at Joan and Jack Fairweather's house with my mum and brother, Jeremy. The house was one of the council houses just up the road from The Dog pub. We used to go and get a jug of beer ...Read more

A memory of Bedfield in 1956 by Jenny Gould

Halton Bank School

I went to Halton Bank school, don't remember much. I came from New Windsor Road school, stayed for a couple of years then we moved to London . What I do remember was wearing a school uniform, playing in the playground and ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1956 by Peter Brennan

Station Road

Fond memories of living in Station Road and going to the old Grange Valley Primary School and Haydock Secondary Modern. My grandfather Charlie Blackburn, ran a grocers shop in Station Road and I lived next door. Also remember all the ...Read more

A memory of Haydock by Philip Wolsey

Florence Avenue

To start I was actually born in Shaftesbury Avenue in 1960 but we moved to Florence Avenue when I was two years old, so I don't remember much about Shaftesbury Avenue. But I do have four older brothers who remember it very well. I ...Read more

A memory of Morden in 1970

Lound School

I remember walking up (what seemed like then) the long steep hill every morning to go to Lound School... apparently the old one..with the stone walls around it, and the Vicors house across the road. There used to be ...Read more

A memory of Chapeltown by Mark Carter

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Captions

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Caption For Banstead, The Station C1965

The road almost immediately makes another sharp bend over the railway line below, before passing the Cuddington Golf Clubhouse and continuing on to East Ewell.

Caption For Corby, Corby Hotel C1965

Situated in Rockingham Road, this grand building soon became a major landmark of the nascent industrial town when it appeared on the scene in 1936.

Caption For Hornby, The Village C1955

The railway station, demolished in 1968, stood on the old drove road leading to the fells we can just see in the background.

Caption For Ludford, The Village C1955

During that time it suffered the highest losses of any squadron, and there is a monument to that effect beside the road in the middle of the village.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, The Parade 1949

You will notice that the shops there, on the Chester Road end of Birmingham Road, are set back quite significantly compared with those at the Penns Lane and Emmanuel Church end of the shopping

Caption For Crickhowell, High Street 1898

On the other side of the road is a lamp post advertising the post office.

Caption For Castle Douglas, Lochside Park C1955

Castle Douglas lies close by the main road from Dumfries to Stranraer at the north end of Carlingwark Loch. Until the end of the 1700s it was known as Carlingwark.

Caption For Hodder River, Lower Hodder Bridges 1858

The newer road bridge, built in 1826, is behind it. Clitheroe and Great Mitton are to the right, and Stoneyhurst to the left.

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

Just off the main through road, H Kemp, Stores and Post Office, is still trading.

Caption For Chigwell Row, The Maypole And Gravel Lane C1965

Ironically, the old Maypole was obscured from view from the road, and the picturesque pond in front of it was drained.

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

Just off the main through road, H Kemp, Stores and Post Office, is still trading.

Caption For Wyddial, Village 1923

The community grew up on the road between Buntingford (or Layston, as it was then called) and the villages of Barkway and Anstey.

Caption For Lytham, Lowther Gardens C1955

The previous estate manager had been his father James Fair, who had had the task of laying out the streets, making wider access roads and building cottages.

Caption For Bridport, West Allington 1897

The boys are standing beside the junction of Park Road. The houses ae Polly's and Clayhanger (left) and Stoke Lodge (cetre) with the terraces being No 16 to No 6 (right).

Caption For Berkhamsted, High Street And Parish Church C1955

As late as 1930, parts of the High Street at Berkhamsted were not fully made up; but with the increase of traffic on this main arterial road, it had one of the first junctions in Hertfordshire to become

Caption For Chawton, Jane Austen's House C1960

The A31 changed to a local access road when the bypass was built in the 1970s, and Chawton is now bypassed completely.

Caption For Spalding, Hall Place C1960

The traffic islands and the roads were being replaced by a brick surface. It all had to be finished before the Tulip Parade in early May. The shops are still there, but all have changed owners.

Caption For Blackburn, Sudell Cross 1895

The shops behind the big lamp in the centre of the road are interesting.

Caption For Ben Nevis, From Corpach 1890

The village was a modest settlement up until 1795, when it was reached by the new road from Fort William. Corpach is where the Caledonian Canal joins with Loch Linnhe and the route to the sea.

Caption For Axmouth, The Village 1898

Before railways and metalled roads, there were only two main routes into Devon.

Caption For Barmouth, Railway Bridge 1896

It is 800 yards long and has a road for foot passengers, who can enjoy the freshness of the air and the sublime vistas of Cadair Idris.

Caption For Horsham, Brighton Road 1899

Two phases of Victorian expansion are shown here in this view along the Brighton Road heading south-east from the town.

Caption For Worthing, The Bowling Green In The Park 1906

This photograph looks along the Worthing road to the twin towers surmounted by lion statues of the Norfolk Suspension Bridge.

Caption For Sandwich, The Barbican And Bridge 1894

On the right, carrying the road from Ramsgate, is the swing bridge over the River Stour of 1863, which replaced the original drawbridge of 1757.