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Maps

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Memories

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Croston Towers

I have long sought information about one of the great Victorian villas of Alderley Edge, the house named Croston Towers in the centre of the large plot bounded by Woodbrook Road, Tempest Road and Macclesfield Road. My earlier ...Read more

A memory of Alderley Edge by Graham Dilliway

Summers At The Warren

My mum and dad and I spent many summers at the Talacre Warren. My father was a Co-op branch manager in Woodley, Cheshire and knew a couple, Mr & Mrs Taylor who had a wooden chalet on the Warren. In addition to the Chalet ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by terencegraham275

Escric Station

I was born on the 13 February 1957 at No2 Station cottage Escrick. No.2 was the middle cottage of 3. My father (Kenneth Hudson) was a fireman/driver on L.N.E.R. steam locos. For along time we had no electricity in the house, Lighting ...Read more

A memory of Escrick by g0tog

1947 1953

I remember the walk to the Methodist Church in the Village, and the long journey to and from St. Henry's Grammar School. For some reason a Mr. Archer sticks in my memory, who taught us to swim in the round swimming pool that had no shallow ...Read more

A memory of Bramhope by andree.gillette

Memories Of Ladbrookes Holiday Centre

During the summer of 1979 I worked at Ladbrookes Holiday Centre with my friend Tina, we had a wonderful summer full of laughter, I even met my husband there, he was on holiday, 37yrs later we're still married and twice a yr we go back to scratby on holiday wonderful place wonderful memories

A memory of Caister-on-Sea by debbie.sunshine1961

Bassaleg Girl

Happy wonderful memories of Bassaleg where i was born . My mother being from pentre poeth my father the nook in rogerstone . Went to bassaleg infants school merlin jones was headmaster scared the wits out of me but mrs lukker wasy fave ...Read more

A memory of Bassaleg by hjones657

Boac Hatton Cross Part 1

I remember Comet House, Speedbird House, and Technical Block A. Later they were linked together by a walkway above ground level. The board room was originally in TBA but when Speedbird House was built it was ...Read more

A memory of Heathrow Airport London

Boac Hatton Cross Part 2

TBA (tech block a) was a very large building so much so that people often got lost. There were four hangars East West North and South. In each hangar there was a technicl control and documents office which was ...Read more

A memory of Heathrow Airport London

Childhood Playground.

Can still see the smoke in photograph of the old council refuge tip ( just off centre l/h side top of pic..) which was at the end of the Chepstow golf club the rubbish in those days being tipped virtually onto the edge of the ...Read more

A memory of Chepstow

Another Great Totham Memory.

Although I only lived at Great Totham as a young boy for 7 years , 48 years after moving to the Cotswolds because of my fathers work I still have a fair few memories. We moved to Foster road in 1965 from Chelmsford ...Read more

A memory of Great Totham by Mrs M.Rignall

Captions

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Caption For Willington, The Green C1955

This view shows a deserted village, with the branch of the Derby Co-operative Society (centre) waiting for its first customer of the day.

Caption For Wareham, The River Frome C1960

Wareham is seen here from South Bridge, looking westwards to the banks of the Anglo-Saxon Town Walls and Castle Close (centre right), built by Edward Seymer Clark on the footings of a Norman fortress

Caption For Uley, The Green C1965

Went House is in the centre. The narrow road on the right leads to the hamlet of Owlpen, and is called Fiery Lane.

Caption For Marlborough, The Green 1902

Today, nearly a century later, the view is instantly recognisable, with the lofty tower of St Mary the Virgin's church in the centre and the Town Hall a little to the left.

Caption For Chatham, Buckmore Park, Scouting C1965

The Centre's shorts-only rule applied to everyone, partly as a security measure to distinguish authorised from any unauthorised users.

Caption For West Bromwich, High Street 1963

Between 1801 and 1901 West Bromwich's population rose from 5,600 to over 65,000 owing to its becoming a centre for iron-making.

Caption For Portishead, The Beach 1887

The opening of the railway put Portishead at less than one hour's travelling time from the centre of Bristol.

Caption For Barry Island, The Sands 1910

Note the stall towards the centre of the picture.

Caption For Fenstanton, The Green C1955

In the centre of the small green is the clock tower and lock-up; it has a small bell turret and weather-vane.

Caption For Plymouth, From Mount Edgcumbe 1890

In the centre is the Edgecumbes' Winter Villa, which later became the convent and nursing home Nazareth House. It was completely rebuilt after a fire.

Caption For Cleckheaton, The Green C1965

This photograph of The Green shows the mock-Gothic Martin's Bank in the centre of the town.

Caption For Wisbech, St Augustine's Church 1901

In 1997, a new parish centre was created when the church was linked to its hall, nearby.

Caption For Dorchester, The Roman Excavations 1939

Little can be usefully gleaned from the remains shown here, but it is known that Dorchester was a centre for a school of mosaicists in the 3rd and 4th centuries.

Caption For Nottingham, The Post Office 1902

The building on the left was the General Post Office from 1898 to 1972, and the building in the centre was designed by Alfred Waterhouse for the Prudential Assurance Company.

Caption For St Ives, The Sloop Inn And Slipway C1955

A view from the harbour with the Sloop Inn at the centre of the picture and with Fish Street leading uphill to the right.

Caption For Kettering, Bowling Green C1965

Once there had been a bowling green near the town centre, commemorated by Bowling Green Road. When Charles Wicksteed opened the park, bowls and putting became popular with the people who lived nearby.

Caption For Kettering, Bowling Green C1965

Once there had been a bowling green near the town centre, commemorated by Bowling Green Road. When Charles Wicksteed opened the park, bowls and putting became popular with the people who lived nearby.

Caption For Grassington, The Square 1900

The village had once been a centre for lead-mining, but now relied on agriculture and quarrying. In 1902 the railway finally came to Grassington with the opening of a line to Skipton.

Caption For Sidmouth, Sid Vale Dairy 1906

It was a centre for fishing and farming long before it became popular with tourists.

Caption For Carperby, Village And Cross 1914

The square house, centre, dates from 1908.

Caption For Norwich, Castle Gardens 1891

They remain virtually unchanged, but away to the left is now the Castle Mall shopping centre.

Caption For Hathersage, The Village 1902

In the centre of the picture is the George Hotel as it looked before being completely rebuilt.

Caption For Pentewan, 1904

The Bible Christian Chapel (centre) with the schoolroom beneath it was built in 1889 and bombed in August 1942.

Caption For Bucklers Hard, The Chapel And Hotel C1960

The Beaulieu River, being a free harbour, attracted the attentions of John, Duke of Montagu in the 18th century as a trading centre for the sugar trade and shipbuilding.