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Good Times

I lived at 14 oak street Chapel of Ease. I can remember the two estates being built and the bridge in the photo is also the way I went to school at the west end primary school. The red phone box is still there I believe, in the photo the ...Read more

A memory of Abercarn by John Weeks

A Privilege To Grow Up Here!

I was born in 1961 in Thorpe Combe hospital in Walthamstow and brought up by my parents in Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill. I consider myself very privileged to have lived there for the first 26 years of my life and have ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Andrew Evans

Toy Shop ?

I remember going into the toy shop in this block with my dad and buying my first doll with proper hair. Anyone rise remember it.

A memory of Bradford

Happy Days

I remember happy childhood holidays at Talacre. We would stay in a wooden chalet belonging to a friend of my Dad's. He would pick us up in his Ford Anglia, my dad would sit in the front. Then Mum, my sister Annette and myself would sit in ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by a.penty

Roundshaw

I lived on the Roundshaw estate through the 70's and have great memories of playing runouts. I knew every nook and cranny of that estate. I had many friends that lived on nearly every close. I lived in Wallington for nearly 20 years.  I ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1975 by Deirdre Rayment

1960s Shopping In Uxbridge Road, Hatch End

On the left of this view is the pub sign for the "Railway Hotel" - a popular drinking venue for older members of St Anselm's Youth Club and the Hatch End Young Conservatives!  Next door is a garage ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1965 by John Howard Norfolk

Resident Of Malpas Road Just Off Wexham Road 1958 1970

I used the post office many times as a child and teenager. I started my first savings account in 1963 at Upton Lea post office and still have the original book with about 3 pounds 15 shillings on ...Read more

A memory of Slough by Pete Barnes

Living Over A Chemist's Shop.

My name is Peter Seager-Thomas. The shop on the corner (LHS) was Shewells the Chemist. Mr Shewell and my father had studied together and whilst our future home was being built, in Upper Brighton Road, Mr Shewell put the ...Read more

A memory of Surbiton by Peter Seager Thomas

Bay Horse Pub.

I remember sitting on this wall taking car numbers and having an ice cream from the booth situated in the area to the side of the pub. Also the fish and chip shop. The ice-cream booth blew away in a storm and was never seen ...Read more

A memory of Green Hammerton by Julia Dean

The Junction Of Hogmoor Road And Oakhanger Road Opposite Bolley Avenue

On this corner, where there’s now a pair of detached bungalows built, there used to be in the 1960s/70s a purple/red tin building which was called The Penny Cafe. Further down ...Read more

A memory of Bordon by D Toovey

Captions

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Caption For Sudbury, King Street C1955

On the right, the Royal Oak, the shop with the arched door and window, and the building nearest the camera, here Dolly's sweet shop, all remain.

Caption For Bridgwater, High Street 1913

It is now no longer an hotel, but shops with offices above.

Caption For Haworth, Main Street 1958

The older corner shops, at one time serving locals with groceries and hardware, are even in 1955 being used for tourist attractions such as antiques.

Caption For Sedbergh, Market Place 1901

The bold black-and-white half-timbering of G Sedgwick's draper and outfitters shop in the centre of the picture (the owners are proudly standing outside) is in marked contrast to the same shop which can

Caption For Northwich, Witton Street C1950

The ground floor shop windows have long since been completely modernised.

Caption For Camberley, High Street 1936

This is a comparatively modern scene in the High Street, showing two-way traffic and a variety of cars.

Caption For Coventry, High Street And Broadgate C1955

The Broadgate shopping precinct, a series of squares with shops on two levels, was an excellent idea, even if the finished product was dull.

Caption For Woodbridge, The Thoroughfare C1965

Woolworth's (right) have occupied this shop since the 1950s. The shop used to be occupied by Rowland's, an ironmonger's, cabinetmaker's and furniture warehouse.

Caption For Acock's Green, Olton Boulevard East C1965

At its western end, between Shaftmoor Lane and Fox Hollies Road, there is a parade of early 20th-century shops, and opposite there is a late 20th-century supermarket.

Caption For St Annes, Orchard Road And The Hydro 1901

E Clarke (right) was amongst the good family grocers in St Anne's, and the shop also sold to the hotels. G Benner & Company in the Square was another—it had a good motor delivery service.

Caption For Sudbury, St Peter's Church And Market Hill 1900

Next is Robert Joy, draper and milliner (he also had the shop opposite), and then Bruno, baker and confectioner, with the large window on the first floor.

Caption For Chelsworth, The Bridge And Peacock Inn C1960

The shop, which closed in 1977, was in the gable wing. The beerhouse and shop were run together; the former was called the Peacock after the mother of the two sisters who sold it to the brewery.

Caption For Huntingdon, High Street C1965

International Stores became a butcher's shop in the 1970s, and by 1983 the site was Savory & Moore, the chemists. It is now a Savers shop.

Caption For Woodhall Spa, The Broadway C1960

This is the main shopping street through Woodhall Spa. There was a railway crossing across the street in the distance.

Caption For Stonehouse, High Street 1960

Of the shops on the right, the Midland Bank is now, of course, HSBC.

Caption For Hale, Victoria Street 1907

Here at number 28 we have Joseph Kennerley's drapery and hosiery shop, which also doubled as the post office.

Caption For Wotton Under Edge, Long Street 1897

At the top of the street stands an elegant 18th-century building housing the police station; on the near left, an outfitter's shop displays lengths of cloth.

Caption For Wisbech, The Clarkson Memorial 1923

The tailor's shop to the left was shortly taken over by Fells, Cycle & Wireless dealers (see W115023 on page 38-39), who also had premises in Norfolk Street, and until recently was Belfast's linen store

Caption For Aylesbury, High Street C1955

The Chandos Arms and the shops beyond are now 1970s offices, and on the right side of the road is Hampden House, a stylish but incongruous office block with shops on the ground floor.

Caption For Great Staughton, The Highway C1955

Standing in front of a shop (now a private residence called Dial House), the sundial has been a prominent feature of Great Staughton since 1637.

Caption For Great Staughton, The Sundial C1955

Standing in front of a shop (now a private residence called Dial House), the sundial has been a prominent feature of Great Staughton since 1637.

Caption For Camberley, High Street C1955

An exception is the single-storey shops on the right, which have been replaced by a nasty three-storey flat-roofed 1960s building.

Caption For Frimley Green, The Green C1965

The uninspiring shops and flats on the left were built around 1960, while the shop on the right, a late Victorian building with mock timber-framing, is now empty (October 2001).

Caption For St Columb, Fore Street 1906

Trebilcock's shop is displaying the well-known brand of K shoes and boots.