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Memories

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Redbricks 50s

I was born and bred in Tunnel Road, Galley Common in the Pit houses (belonging to Haunchwood Colliery). One of my early memories of which there are many was of the tip which was waste slag from the mine and was always on fire ...Read more

A memory of Galley Common

Four Years Old Or So

My parents worked for Mr & Mrs Agar, Beechwood, Lavington Park, Petworth, Sussex. Mrs. Agar's name was Barbara. They had a town house near Berkeley Square, London W.1. I remember living there more than in Sussex. ...Read more

A memory of Lavington Park in 1949 by Eithe Vinton

Memory For Ewell 1945 55

Down Beggers Hill and round the bend, just a short distance from the Jolly Wagoners and next to the Eight Bells, there was a blacksmiths who used a furnace to shape the iron shoes that were used to shoe horses. The horses ...Read more

A memory of Ewell by Patricia Dickson

First Step On The Ladder

My brother and his wife, having met at 14, got married at 20. My brother was an apprentice motor mechanic and his fiance a trainee hotel receptionist, so money was tight and they had no idea where they were going to live ...Read more

A memory of London in 1980 by Carol Fisher

Heysham Tower

This is not so much a personal memory, as a personal connection! My great-great grandparents lived at the Tower. Thomas John Knowlys (b.1803) and his wife, Anna Maria, (MarIea, not Maree-a!!) nee Hesketh, lived and died there, and ...Read more

A memory of Heysham in 1860 by Mml Akehurst

Teenage Days

My parents bought the little cottage, 1 Harbour View (end of Boringdon Rd) in Coronation year. The area at that time was, quite frankly, a slum and many of the surrounding houses were being condemned and pulled down. Our cottage ...Read more

A memory of Turnchapel in 1953 by Delphine Plaskett

Dowhill Castle

Dowhill Castle is on the Blairadam estate, at the rear of a mansion house belonging to Mrs Maitland Dougall. It's been a ruin since the 1900s. Most kids from Kelty in Fife have visited there as a school walk out since the 1920s, I ...Read more

A memory of Cleish by John Redmond

My Mum's 1st Job

Iris Hastie worked here as a children's nurse when she was about 14. She went on trips to Fairy House and to the Hill of Fare, as part of her job. My mum was a good artist and the owner thought that as there was a shortage of ...Read more

A memory of Ellon in 1946 by Iris Walker

The Old Days In Solford

I started life in Berrie Street off Ellor Street in Salford, the houses then were all terraced with back entries at the back of Saint Paul's chuch. The first school I remember going to was John Street then the following: ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1860 by Nigel Yates

Evacuees

This memory is a bit vague as it relates to my aunt who was evacuated from Tottenham, North London to The Lizard in 1940. Sadly she died a few years ago and I have been trying for a while now to find out exactly where she stayed and ...Read more

A memory of Ruan Minor in 1940 by Martin Lee

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Captions

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Caption For Prestbury, Priest's House 1896

It has also been known as the Red House. Today it is home to a branch of the National Westminster Bank.

Caption For Rowton, Rowton Hall Hotel C1955

Built in the 18th century, the Rowton Hall Country House Hotel and Health Club, as it is now called, stands at the southern edge of the city of Chester.

Caption For Torquay, Beacon Terrace 1888

The horizontal distribution of the buildings shows how the houses had to be built in terraces, thanks to the town's hilly location.

Caption For Trevose Head, The Lighthouse 1920

The north coast of Cornwall is extremely hazardous for shipping; after numerous wrecks and petitions to Trinity House, a new lighthouse was built on the Head in 1847 with a range of over 20 miles.

Caption For Penzance, Market Jew Street 1925

The top end of the main street in Penzance is dominated by the impressive classical frontage of the Market House and Old Town Hall, erected in 1837.

Caption For Kippax, High Street C1965

The house, built in yellow stone, was 600 feet in length, but it was demolished owing to mining subsidence in 1965.

Caption For Bakewell, Haddon Hall C1955

The Vernons added the battlements much later, when houses such as this did not need to be defended. To the right is the tower of the chapel.

Caption For London, Bank Of England And Royal Exchange C1910

In the 1860s the economist Bagehot described Lombard Street, that runs to the right of the Mansion House, as 'by far the greatest combination of economical power and economic delicacy the world has ever

Caption For Cosby, The Brook C1965

To the right of the photograph is a row of uninteresting 19th/20th-century houses; to the left, and of an earlier era, is a three-story, three-bay brick farmhouse, so common in Leicestershire villages.

Caption For Sheringham, High Street 1901

Some of the High Street shops and houses reveal a Dutch influence, with mansard roofs and ornamental gables. The blinds are down, it is a hot day.

Caption For Abergavenny, Below The Sugar Loaf C1955

Seen in the centre of the photograph, but also marginalized, are the houses alongside the old Hereford Road and the steam of the Hereford to Abergavenny train.

Caption For Crickhowell, The Market Place 1931

The public house on the right, the Corn Exchange, advertises stabling.

Caption For Cark In Cartmel, The Bridge 1897

There are a number of bridges serving mill-workers' houses. Coaches crossing the Leven Sands used the roads around Cark, including the lane to Sand Gate.

Caption For Daventry, Recreation Ground C1965

The chestnut tree to the right of it has gone, as have most of the houses in the background. A bus station and car park now make up the scene.

Caption For Blackpool, The Tower And The Sands 1899

Wilfred Pickles used to tell a story about a mother and her son at a guest house. He had a broad accent, which embarrassed his mum.

Caption For Blackpool, Seafront 1901

Wilfred Pickles used to tell a story about a mother and her son at a guest house. He had a broad accent, which embarrassed his mum.

Caption For Rothwell, Market Place C1955

This view looks east from Bridge Street, past the Market House and along into Bell Hill.

Caption For Anderby Creek, Beach Road C1960

The far distant houses are built on the sand hills, and would get the full force of any gales. All that was needed is here: the petrol station is on the left, and on the right Rose's Stores.

Caption For Kettering, The Roman Catholic Church C1965

The houses on the right, examples of the late Victorian baronial style, are an interesting contrast. It is thought that their stone came from buildings in Gold Street which were demolished in 1887.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Cattle Market C1965

From the 12th century, the rearing of sheep for their wool became a major source of revenue for the monastic houses in the north of England.

Caption For Dinder, High Street C1965

Today, alpacas graze by the Manor House.

Caption For Chesham, Waterside, From Lord's Mill 1906

Not only Lord's Mill went: all the buildings in this view also went in the 1950s and 1960s for road improvements and were replaced by undistinguished modern houses.

Caption For Chalfont St Giles, High Street C1955

The buttressed wall on the left belongs to the former rectory, a good brick house of about 1700 with seven bays of sash windows.

Caption For Little Missenden, The River Misbourne C1955

Here we look east from the bridge over the Misbourne along the backs of Manor Farmyard, now houses, the Red Lion pub and cottages beyond, a view now somewhat obscured by stables to one of the converted