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This is Main Road Hawkwell, looking up the hill to the White Hart, taken from about where the fire station is now. The small white building in the middle of the photo is O'Leary's the butchers.

A memory of Hockley in 1965 by Ken Benson

I have a photo of my great-grandfather John Richard (Dick) Erskine outside the Castle Hotel, Hornby in 1909 with two young Scouts named Lawrence and Hector Todd (born 1900 and 1901 approx). They all formed part of the 1st Lancaster ...Read more

A memory of Hornby in 1900 by Tanya Russo

I was a trainee at the Vindi between 25 October and 31 December of 1954. Met at the Sharpness station by a boy Bos'un who took the opportunity to cadge fags from us, we were marched(?) across the high bridge to the camp. Boys ...Read more

A memory of Sharpness in 1954 by George Hancox

I spent one or two weeks here around 1977. I remember the pool and it was the year of the ladybird infestation they were every where. My parents and I would often talk about our holiday there, we have photos somewhere I'm sure. How sad that it's not there today.

A memory of Mundesley by Angela Whelan

The photo shows the remaining houses on Barrack Road; another survivor being Wellington Terrace in adjacent Raglan Road. Local opposition to the demolition of this historic site was ignored and the wrecking ...Read more

A memory of Knaphill in 1960 by Raymond White

I lived as a child in Down Road, Alveston (at Barton Cottage - now demolished) from 1959 to 1964 and have great memories of Thornbury. Having no car in those days the family would march down the hill into Thornbury to Mass on ...Read more

A memory of Thornbury in 1959 by Paul Martin

I don't have any photos, but it would be great to see more. I've only the name of the place on my birth certificate. It would be great to hear from anyone else who was born on 1968? I like the hospital photograph, I'm thinking it would look nice on my living room wall.

A memory of Taplow in 1968 by Fulvio Waliczek

I used to fly my control line model planes in the car park shown in the photo. My mother and I lived in Highbridge from 1957 until 1960 when we moved to Burnham. I went to the school in Highbridge and remember the Queen being driven ...Read more

A memory of Highbridge in 1960 by Peter Guala

I am looking for a photo of a street party celebrating the end of the war 1919 It was in WILLIAM BLACK STREET, JARROW (Catherine Cookson lived there once). My family are in this photo, and we would love a copy ...Read more

A memory of Jarrow in 1910

This is not really my memory but that of my father - Mr Thomas Roy Smith, now 83 years of age - ex RAF. Born in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire He was seving in the RAF at Compton Bassett during 1946 and we recently had one of ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1946 by John Smith