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My Three Years At Reedham

I recall walking past the gate-house with my mother on a Tuesday afternoon in March 1950. I was to start my lustrous career there for a period of three years, leaving in March 1953. Starting there was an real shock to the ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1950 by David Donnan

Running On The Common 1980s

During the '80s I lived in Streathbourne Road, just a couple of houses in from the Common. Weather permitting I would run in the evenings. One dark evening in the late autumn I ventured onto the Common. ...Read more

A memory of Tooting Bec Common by Donald Campbell

Easneye Children's Home

I have a sketchy memory of my childhood in Easneye, between the ages of around 3-5 years old. I remember my mother dropping me off and being terrified. She said I was having a holiday but never came back for me. ...Read more

A memory of Stanstead Abbotts in 1962 by Jackie Macklin

Holidays

I stayed here with my mother and sisters when I was 5 and later when I was 11. Then it was owned by the Holiday Fellowship (now HF Holidays) who ran walking holidays for families. I have very fond memories of the house and the ...Read more

A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea in 1958 by Jean Berry

Coney Hall 1950/60s

This picture brings back many memories. I was born in 1953 and lived in Coney Hall until 1972, attending school at Wickham Common and then Hawes Down Secondary. The view from where this picture was taken is not dramatically ...Read more

A memory of West Wickham by Peter Leach

Mytchett Road

My aunt and uncle used to own a large old house in Mytchett Rd. It had a long driveway leading down to an orchard and fields, where my cousins and I would spend many happy hours. In one field was a large pond with a willow tree on ...Read more

A memory of Mytchett in 1957 by Julia Clarke

Boyhood Memories Of Peperharrow Road.

It was the summer of 1946 and we used to go swimming in the river at a spot called "The Ginny" which was up the road a little (towards the camera) on the opposite side of the road to these houses. This part ...Read more

A memory of Godalming in 1946 by Michael George

I Am A Beach Boy

I was born in July 1942 at 2 Church Road ,the youngest of eight children,the time I remember best is around 1952,being a kid in the Beach then was brilliant,so many things to do, Boating Lake,Minature Railway,Swimming ...Read more

A memory of Severn Beach in 1952 by Robin Stockham

Madeley As It Was

I was born in 1949 in Victoria Road, Madeley and have many memories of life as it was in the 1950's onwards. I remember Jones' buses, Pooles the cobblers, Carters, Stodd's the Drapers, Shums the chemist, and most ...Read more

A memory of Madeley in 1949 by First Name Last Name

Police House 1939 45

The Police House was located on Radcliffe Road, Cropwell Butler. (now called 'The Old Police House').  On the front wall it bore a sign bearing the words 'County Police'.   From 1939 to 1945 it was occupied by the ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Butler in 1940 by peterb6136

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Captions

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Caption For Waterbeach, The Bridge Hotel, Clayhithe C1960

Originally called the House of Lords, this public house was enlarged by the Bridge Company when the ferry closed. It was renamed the Clayhithe Ferry in the 1880s, and by 1916 had become a hotel.

Caption For Chester, Bear And Billet Inn 1895

The Bear and Billet public house in Lower Bridge Street was built in 1664; until 1867 it was the town house of the earls of Shrewsbury.

Caption For Amotherby, Church Road C1965

St Helen's House is connected with the church, while on the right are the delightfully named May Cottage, Sycamore House, Little Acre and Church Cottage.

Caption For Reepham, Market Place C1965

The long white house opposite was originally the home of Reepham Brewery, quite a large concern with over 50 public houses.

Caption For Morston, The Village C1955

This corner, just before the Anchor public house, is still familiar to any coast road traveller. On the right the houses still offer boat trips up the nearby creek to Blakeney Point.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Grotto, Madeira Walk 1907

Behind in the distance are the houses of Albion Place. Albion House was for some time the holiday residence for Princess Victoria before she became Queen.

Caption For Winforton, Old Cross Resaurant, The Original Fireplace C1955

Although housing a restaurant at the time this picture was taken, the building has since been converted and split into two private houses.

Caption For Winforton, Old Cross Restaurant (1200 Ad) C1955

Although housing a restaurant at the time this picture was taken, the building has since been converted and split into two private houses.

Caption For Tanworth In Arden, The Village C1965

Modern houses surround it now, but the heart of the original village is the Green, with its chestnut tree, Georgian houses and The Bell Inn, still bedecked with flowers as in this picture.

Caption For Swaffham Bulbeck, High Street C1955

The house facing the small green is Mitchell Hall, a timber-framed house built in the early 17th century but partly cased in brick in the 18th century. The huge clunch barn (right) is dated 1845.

Caption For Stokesby, The Post Office C1965

A modern mini-market now houses Stokesby Post Office, and the building shown here has become a candle maker's workshop and a tearoom with a charming garden beside the river.

Caption For Winforton, Old Cross Resaurant, The Original Fireplace C1955

Although housing a restaurant at the time this picture was taken, the building has since been converted and split into two private houses.

Caption For Alton, High Street 1898

The ivy-covered house on the left was Rawdon House, occupied by Dr George Mellersch Jones, MA, MRCS,LRCP Lond, surgeon, medical officer and public vaccinator for No 2 district of the Alton Union.

Caption For Abridge, The Village C1960

On the right the weatherboard house is Retreat House, for much of the 20th century a post office, and now much extended.

Caption For Tanworth In Arden, The Village C1965

Modern houses surround it now, but the heart of the original village is the Green, with its chestnut tree, Georgian houses and The Bell Inn, still bedecked with flowers as in this picture

Caption For Grange Over Sands, From Blawith Point 1898

The original house on Holme Island was built by John Fitchett of Warrington in 1832.

Caption For Goodwood, House C1965

for Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Goodwood House was designed by James Wyatt and includes in its structure parts of a previous house built in 1720.

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate C1965

Built in the late 18th century as the residence of Dr Bird, the house, like Sunnyfield House, had grounds stretching back to the North Bank Lane, now known as Bolckow Street/Park Lane (it was on

Caption For Cowbridge, High Street C1949

Town houses were built in the early 19th Century for wealthy families and, in the late 1800's, 27 public houses existed along the High Street.

Caption For Highcliffe, House Entrance 1900

A major restoration project has been undertaken in recent years to bring Highcliffe House back to its former glory. The house was built in the 1830s during the reign of William IV.

Caption For Ashburton, The Bullring 1913

The slate-hung building (second left) was once a gaming house, and is still known as the Card House. The frontage has the suits of a pack of cards carved into the slates.

Caption For Portskewett, Caldicot Road C1930

These houses are still there, although they have lost their look of uniformity. The fences are now no longer all the same, and the houses are painted in many different colours.

Caption For Bilston, The Girls' High School C1965

The Girls' High School was founded in 1918 in Brueton House at Mount Pleasant, but moved to this purpose-built accommodation in Green Lanes in 1930.

Caption For Wolferton, On The Station 1921

After the purchase of Sandringham House, the tiny station at Wolferton became the stopping off point for visiting members of the Royal family.