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Places
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Photos
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Maps
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Books
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Memories
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Working Life
I like this photograph because it reminds me of when I used to travel in to Cardiff by train from Barry where I lived. I worked in the National Provincial Bank in St.Mary Street. I had some lovely friends and times
A memory of Cardiff in 1954 by
Buses In The Snow
I remember the green double decker buses revving up Crays Hill in the snow and jamming their tyres against the curb to try and get up. We lived in Elm Bank on the hill and sometimes witnessed the buses sliding side-ways back ...Read more
A memory of Crays Hill in 1977 by
Delamere By Sid Grant
The Jewish Fresh Air Home and School was founded in 1921 by Miss Margaret Langdon, MBE, MA (1890-1980) and located at Blakemere Lane, Delamere near Norley, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside. My time spent there was from ...Read more
A memory of Delamere in 1930 by
The Boating Pool
The boating pool at Shoebury Common was a must visit every weekend I was there. In later years they had canoes and we used to sit up on the top of the canoe at the back and not in the cockpit. Never fell in though. Would ...Read more
A memory of Shoeburyness by
Pier Walk
When we were at Shoebury on holiday Mum and Dad always took me on the pier. We went out by train and usually walked back providing the weather was good. I can still remember the platforms either end and the green trains with the ...Read more
A memory of Southend-on-Sea by
Ice Cream Cart
Can anyone remember the horse-drawn ice-cream cart, the guy had as I remember a green cart, a white coat and a whistle. His ice-cream was really good proper stuff, then soft ice-cream came along and that was it, he must have just ...Read more
A memory of Crook by
Childhood Memories
I moved to Spencer Avenue, Hayes, when I was 5 and the war had just finished. My earliest recollections were of starting school at Yeading Lane and walking there through thick snow. Luckily we had school dinners so ...Read more
A memory of Hayes in 1947 by
Just Down The Road From Us
Our family lived in the village of West Horsley all of my life, I was born in 51, my sister in 49 and my youngest sister 56. We used to bike down to Ripley and Ockham. I went to school at Sir Walter Raleigh, and Howard ...Read more
A memory of Ripley in 1960 by
Approximately In 1950
During the Second World War my gran owned a grocery shop at 7 Stoke Road, Water Eaton and my grandad used to take a barrow round the streets selling slabs of salt. I remember looking out of my window (at about 3 or 4 years ...Read more
A memory of Bletchley by
Davies
Hello. My name Roger Evans, I now live in Spanish Fork, Utah, USA. My birth place was Ystrad Mynach. I was wondering if someone out there has any information on the Davies family who moved to Pontywaun from London in the 1960s? They lived ...Read more
A memory of Pontywaun in 1963 by
Captions
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Hamworthy is on the right bank.
Thurlestone takes its name from a holed, or thirled, rock just out at sea in Bigbury Bay, which was mentioned in a Saxon charter way back in 845.
Two girls play with a hoop on the banks of the Thames, not far from Staines. Historically, Staines marked the end of the jurisdiction of the City of London over the river.
This is the long, staid High Street of this small village on the banks of the river Lea viewed from the opposite direction from photograph No 81859, with the Pied Bull over on the left, and the bow-fronted
One of the finest medieval gateways in the country, Southampton's Bargate dates back to the late 12th century.
The original Norman arch dates back to about 1175, and the tower was added a century later. The upper floor used to be the guildhall.
The pub and shop go back hundreds of years. This is a large village with a number of neat houses. It is close to the River Wissey and the main road to London.
Imagine the pleasure of gliding along between meadow grass and wild flowers on the banks, accompanied by the music of birdsong.
The new outside market stalls which stretch along the Peel Street side and the back of the Market Hall were built in 2003 to replace the concrete umbrella market, which was demolished in 2002.
The Rashleigh Arms stands above the rock-cut cliff at the back of the dock.
Its inn sits about a mile away looking out over the River Severn with its back to the road - in fact, it was originally built to serve boatmen travelling along the river, but no-one comes that way now.
Taken from a position further back than 80576 (note the arches probably added in the 19th century that have since been removed).
It has been pedestrianised with trees, imitation gas globe lights and CCTV, with Starbucks occupying the old Lloyds Bank building (extreme right) and an opticians shop in lieu of E J Gibbs on the corner
Looking back down towards the market square in the distance, this view shows the old High Street prior to the 1980s modernisation.
The large house on the left has been built on South Back Way with a pleasant southerly aspect and a spacious garden.
This scene, with its rocky riverbed and tree-clad banks, has hardly changed in a century.
Looking along George Street from Market Square, the timber-framed building and Ellis's were replaced in 1910 in Jacobean style by Market Chambers and a bank.
Just past the Midland Bank, looking north west, the elegant late Victorian shops on the left survive, although W H Smith has now moved on.
The school, now a museum and library, sits comfortably beneath the bank on which the parish church of St?Michael, seen in the background, stands.
One of the finest medieval gateways in the country, Southampton's Bargate dates back to the late 12th century.
Parts of this building are claimed to go back at least to the 14th century.
There are various family portraits inside the castle, some of them dating back to the Wars of the Roses.
In the background, under its handsome pedimented clock, is the local Savings Bank.
The single-street village is characterised by orchards, walnut trees and cottages with tall chimneys with the backs of bread ovens bulging from their bases.
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