Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Those Were The Days

I was born in the home of my grandparents John and May (nee Hulse) Yeomans in Mere Road, my mother being the former Kathleen Yeomans. My immediate neighbours on either side were Jack and May Platt and ...Read more

A memory of Weston in 1940 by Roy Pitchford

Childhood Memories In The 1970's

My maternal grandparents lived in Palmers Green - firstly in Elmdale Road close to what is now the North Circular and then moving to Wentworth Gardens off Hedge Lane. I have many childhood memories of ...Read more

A memory of Palmers Green by Paul Williams

Growing Up In Penge (1947 Onwards)

I have said that my early life began in Penge in 1947, but that is only as far back as I can remember. Although I was still only two then, I do have a very good memory. I can remember while I was in a pram outside ...Read more

A memory of Penge in 1947 by Anthony Godly

I Lived In Failsworth

I use to live at 287 Oldham Road opposite the Forresters Arms public house. I used to play around with Carl Johnston, Angela McLeavly (known as 'bones' in her teens), Michelle Shaw and Carolin Nicholson, ...Read more

A memory of Newton in 1978 by David Moffatt

This Lovely Old Building

I lived in Mirador, the road where this pub, the Shaggy Calf, stood. It was a lovely building, it should never have been pulled down. The landlord then, was a tall well built man with a tash (very smart), his wife wore ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1960 by Adriene Galea

Ten Happy Years

I moved to Watchfield in 1940 and left in 1950. My dad, Mr Woolman, worked for the army and had his office in Homelees Farm in the camp. What a change has taken place at Watchfield. Gone are the places we could play in safety. ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield in 1940 by Jennifer Morris Nee Woolman

Pilling Street Memories

My gran and aunty Margaret were the last to move out of Pilling Street. I remember Lizzie Whites shop on the corner, playing on chippys roof, sitting on the railway wall and looking over to the turntable - there was no ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1963 by David Bulwich

Sweet And Toy Shop In Ferry Road

I was at the school just down the road at Hullbridge County Primary at the time. We had a fund raising event to build a swimming pool (when I last looked a few years back it was still there) and we all put 6 old ...Read more

A memory of Hullbridge in 1965 by Graham Bridgeman

Park Road North

We moved to 192 Park Road north in 1967, next door to the shop. We used to visit our nan and aunties at No.160 and always called in to the shop for sweets, the old couple who ran the shop were really nice, they sold great ice ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead in 1967 by Tony Davenport

Nuxley Village

I was born in Croft Close 1961, at the top of Osborne Road. I decided today to have a look back at the area. I remember the Old police station which was turned into the driving school, I can remember my journey from Croft Close to ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere in 1965 by Tracy Jordan

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Captions

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Caption For Oxford, Broad Street 1897

Broad Street is famous throughout Oxford for its assortment of bookshops.

Caption For Broad Hinton, The White Horse C1955

The Broad Hinton (or Hackpen) white horse is on Hackpen Down between Avebury and Swindon on the Marlborough Downs. It is amateurish in design, and the least impressive of all the Wiltshire horses.

Caption For Peterborough, Long Causeway 1919

This view shows a broad expanse of cobbles. R J Glass's sombre edifice, left, dominates the building line, so much of which has made way for today's modern shopping facilities.

Caption For Broad Hinton, The White Horse C1955

The Broad Hinton (or Hackpen) white horse is on Hackpen Down between Avebury and Swindon on the Marlborough Downs. It is amateurish in design, and the least impressive of all the Wiltshire horses.

Caption For Frome, Quaint Stone Houses C1950

These late 19th-century houses were in Broad Street, and were demolished during the Trinity clearances in the early 1960s.

Caption For Stamford, Browne's Hospital 1922

The site of the memorial had from 1839 to 1858 been occupied by a glass-roofed corn market — it was then transferred to its new location on the other side of Broad Street.

Caption For Hungerford, High Street 1903

Famous for its many antique shops, which line the broad High Street, Hungerford was given a fishing charter and a brass drinking-horn by John of Gaunt (the Duke of Lancaster), who granted fishing

Caption For Woolacombe, The Bay 1911

Barricane Beach is behind the camera, and we see the broad expanse of Woolacombe sands stretching away south towards Croyde.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Parade 1912

The offshore rocks are Lucy's Ledge Jetty, Cobb Gate Jetty and Broad Ledge. Beach facilities comprise clusters of bathing tents and unfolded wood and canvas deckchairs.

Caption For Stamford, Browne's Hospital 1922

The site of the memorial had from 1839 to 1858 been occupied by a glass-roofed corn market — it was then transferred to its new location on the other side of Broad Street.

Caption For Sidmouth, Fore Street 1918

The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.

Caption For Seabrook, 1903

The broad sweep of coastline stretches out towards Dungeness.

Caption For Biddenden, High Street C1950

Half-timbered weavers' houses, with broad first-floor work-room windows, can be found on the south side.

Caption For Dunstable, Broad Walk C1965

Typifying the sixties town planning dream here, Broad Walk presents a range of shops away from the hazard and pollution of the motor car.

Caption For Hever, The Village 1906

Its slim spire, set against a backdrop of trees, rises above the broad plain of the River Eden, and is visible for several miles away.

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Caption For Brundall, C1960

Next to it, the yacht has a deep hull, indicating that it is a sea-going boat not primarily intended for use on the broads. The small boats on the right are old punts, the kind used by wild fowlers.

Caption For Bishopstone, Post Office And Stores 1908

The shop is baker, grocer and draper; as it was probably the only shop in the vil- lage, it needed to carry a broad range of goods.

Caption For Appledore, The Village C1955

On the edge of Romney Marsh, this village, with its broad street, was once a flourishing seaport and shipbuilding centre; it was captured by the Danes with a fleet of 250 ships in the 9th century.

Caption For Redcar, The Promenade 1923

They are ten miles in length and a mile broad at low water, and they have been characterised as 'smooth as velvet, yet so firm that neither horse not man leave their imprint on them as they tread the strand

Caption For Horstead, The Mill 1902

Fully laden, such wherries would only draw a little over two feet, making them the perfect vessels for navigating the shallow waters of the Broads.

Caption For Holt, High Street 1896

Holt, between Fakenham and Cromer, boasts a wealth of fine Georgian houses, which huddle haphazardly around its broad market place.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, The Pier Pavilion 1900

The elegance of the pier was reflected in the broad streets of the town, which were built to resemble fine boulevards.

Caption For Troutbeck, Kirkstone Pass C1870

This view looks south towards Troutbeck, with the shoulder of Broad End on the left.

Caption For Cartmel, The Beck 1914

With its magnificent 12th-century priory church of St Mary, its market cross and broad cobbled square, it is perennially popular with visitors.