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Beanfield Secondary

I was in that class at Beanfield Secondary and remember, Jim Drummond, Ray Shillitoe,Pete Bird and also Mick Hambly, Clive Evans, Ann Francis, Irene Mitchell, Jim Gardener, John Gamble, Michael Parker and others. I lived on the ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1965 by Ken Brooks

Living In Rye

Hi, I lived in Rye until I went into the army in 1955. I went to the Primary School in Ferry Road, then to the Rye Secondary Modern. When the Seond World War was on we were living at Cadborough, then we moved to Military Road, a ...Read more

A memory of Hastings in 1940 by Stanley Wilson

1954 And 1955

I was stationed here for the year above. Last time I visited was maybe 1972 or so. The headquarters company there had been torn down and nothing left but the foundation. The English folks were VERY gracious to the American ...Read more

A memory of Colliers End in 1954 by Tom O'loughlin

Happy Island

I remember playing at Happy Island with my brothers and sister, and friends, having a picnic, and watching the trains pulling out of the station. Happy days. Now I have eight grandchildren and I want them to see life as I grew up in Bridport.

A memory of Bridport in 1960 by Sarah Taylor

A Wartime Child

I was born in 1935 at 25 Cambridge Road, maiden name Lee. There were six of us, parents, 2 older sisters, Beryl and Gwen, and grandmother. I remember many of the shops from the late 30's to the early 50's when we moved to ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1930 by Margaret Waddingham

Pontrhydyrun Avondale Road

I am Roger Davies of 11 Avondale Road, DOB 19.09.43.  Went to Sebastopol Infants school 1948 and then to Griffithstown Junior Mixed - Bryn Jones prior to 11+ !  West Mon 1954. - Harrison, Garnet, et al.  Recall ...Read more

A memory of Pontrhydyrun in 1948 by Roger Davies

2up And 2down!

My father was born in Ford Street Hockley Brook Birmingham in 1936. He was the youngest of 6, 2 sisters and 3 brothers. Ford Street consisted of a row of houses on one side and factories on the other side. The houses were 2 up ...Read more

A memory of Birmingham in 1940 by Raymond Parlett

My Youger Days

Hello, I lived on Hadleigh Road & I went to Boxford school from age 7 until 11 plus, Mr Sore was Headmaster who lived in the village in Riverside house. The village hall opposite the school was where I would go to have my lunch ...Read more

A memory of Boxford in 1956 by Audrey Pamplin

Peartree Close

I was born in Burgess Hill in 1955 and lived at 18 Peartree Close. There was a rough track behind the house with rear access to garages, and we spent loads of time playing up and down this track and in the woods beyond. I ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill in 1955 by Paul Smith

Great Horton

Our family lived in Lidget Green, near the Great Horton railway station. I was born in 1949 near Bradford (Wakefield), and lived in Lidget Green from toddlerhood until we emigrated in 1960. The neighborhood provided many memories ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1959 by Richard L

Captions

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Caption For Newark, Kelham Hall 1890

Designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, (who, obviously, also worked on London's St Pancras station) and built in 1864, this was the third house on the site and at the time of the photograph was owned by the

Caption For Liss, St Peter's Church 1901

A new village was born around the railway station and with it a new church, St Mary's, built in 1892 by Sir Arthur Blomfield.

Caption For Ossett, Wesley Street C1955

Ossett's GNR railway station was open until 1964.

Caption For Rochdale, St John's Rc Church And Parish Hall C1960

Standing opposite the railway station, it creates a good first impression of the town to visitors, and has recently been restored.

Caption For Accrington, Bus Station C1965

After many delays the new bus station was constructed in 1963.

Caption For Great Dunmow, The Dunmow Flitch 2000

For much of the 20th century, the flitches were supplied by Dunmow`s own bacon factory, which occupied a site near the now-vanished railway station.

Caption For Blackburn, The Boulevard 1902

Next to St Mary's is the Boulevard, once church land, but now the site of the city's bus and rail stations.

Caption For Forest Row, Hartfield Road 1907

As its name implies, it was originally a single row of houses, but it developed rapidly after the opening of its own railway station in 1866.

Caption For Warrington, Winwick Road C1965

This view from the Lord Rodney Hotel looking towards Central Station shows the increase in road signs and road markings necessary with the growth of road traffic in the 1960s.

Caption For St Ives, The Beach 1901

Porthminster Beach, almost in the town and just below the railway station, was extremely popular even a century ago. The crowd appears to be there for an event - perhaps a Sunday-school outing.

Caption For Basildon, Bus Station C1965

The bus station was built to incorporate a parade of shops, seen here beneath the canopy.

Caption For Tipton St John, Village 1906

The Southern Railway Company always managed to annoy the locals by painting 'Tipton St Johns' on the name board at the station.

Caption For Stone, Railway Station 1900

The elegant exterior of the station, which belonged to the North Staffordshire Railway Co.

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Caption For Aldborough, Village 1907

Aldborough, just one mile from Boroughbridge, stands on the site of the Roman station of Isurium, and has a museum containing Roman remains.

Caption For Colwall, Ledbury Road C1945

Much of Colwall developed in late Victorian times as a result of the building of the railway line and its station.

Caption For Caister On Sea, The Lifeboat C1955

Once a strategic Roman station, this coastal village is now almost a suburb of Great Yarmouth.

Caption For London, Ludgate Hill And Circus 1897

A locomotive of the L C & D Railway has just left Holborn Viaduct Station and thunders south over the bridge, steam ballooining out over the roofs. Below, traffic crawls miserably up Ludgate Hill.

Caption For Haworth, General View C1955

Over to the right are the railway station and the old corn mill.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Clock Tower 1914

The clock tower was offered to the railway to be built by the station, but the offer was declined – so it was built by the parish church.

Caption For Calver, The Village C1950

There are traffic lights here today, at the busy junction of the Bakewell-Grindleford and Baslow-Stoney Middleton roads, and the petrol station on the right of the picture is no longer there.

Caption For Letchworth Garden City, Leys Avenue C1960

The Georgian style can be seen following along the left side of Leys Avenue and on Station Road at Lloyd's Bank (left).

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Caption For Colwall, C1960

Much of Colwall developed in late Victorian times as a result of the building of the railway line and its station.

Caption For Cark In Cartmel, Railway Hotel 1906

The now unmanned railway station, about a quarter of a mile distant, serves both Cark and Flookburgh - in the late 19th century it had seven staff.

Caption For Newquay, Trenance Park And Viaduct 1912

The Trenance Viaduct behind takes the railway into Newquay station. Its iron girders were replaced in 1939 with stone arches.