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Memories

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"Bre's Tree" Linslade Bedfordshire

I lost my wife on new years eve 2021 following three years of her illness with vascular dementia. No one really told me how things would progress with this dreadful illness and so I just tried my hardest to cram ...Read more

A memory of Linslade by ducatee

Born On The Graig

"It's only wind or powder on the stomach"my Mam had said as she walked home from the ammunition factory on a cold Autumn evening. The "wind" or "powder" was born on the 2nd December 1942. I, Colin Gronow, ...Read more

A memory of Graig in 1940 by Colin Gronow

Early Memories

I lived just outside the village in a small army camp as my father was in the army. My most vivid memory is standing in the lunch line at the junior school and hearing that King George VI had died. The whisper started at ...Read more

A memory of Chadwell St Mary in 1952

Good Memories

I moved to Medomsley from Blackhill when I was 6. We were lucky to get a brand new build council house in North Magdalane, we lived there for 10 years. I have the best memories ever. I went to the Bishop Ian Ramsey School, my best ...Read more

A memory of Medomsley in 1972 by Deborah Hardy

School Holidays In Wartime Shutford Nr Banbury Oxon

My earliest memories of Shutford date back to around 1944, when as an eleven year old schoolboy I spent summer holidays with my grandfather Fred Turner (son of plush weaver Amos ...Read more

A memory of Shutford in 1944 by Brian Grainge

West Byfleet

I started at West Byfleet CS in 1963 when Fred Goodger was the head master, and a more paranoid man I've yet to meet, but some of the teachers were great! I remember the school very well and so many pupils. I came from Pyrford ...Read more

A memory of West Byfleet in 1963 by Ron Hardie

Wesco Not Tesco The First Ever Supermarket On The Uk

I have so many wonderful memories of growing up in Quarry Bank - from moving into the brand new 'fashion houses' when I was 3; four of us on a motorbike, with me wedged between mum and dad ...Read more

A memory of Quarry Bank in 1966 by Clive Archer

Little Sandhurst Shop

This is more or less as the centre of Litle Sandhurst appeared in 1958 - very little changed from 1939. We lived on the other side of this photo at a row of houses called (I don't know why!) Gibletts Folly. To the ...Read more

A memory of Little Sandhurst in 1958 by Chris Hollins

Powis Place

It used to be all fields around Dawley Bank before thay started building houses and Telford town centre. When we were kids, we could play out all over the place without any threat to us, we could build camps in the woods and Tarzan ...Read more

A memory of Dawley Bank in 1970 by Carl Wood

College Days

I was at the college for 2 years, maiden name Stone. I have wonderful memories of my time there. School practice in the school next door and outlying village schools.The people in the town were so friendly and we took part in a ...Read more

A memory of Saffron Walden in 1952 by Mary Mills

Captions

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Caption For Broadstairs, The Harbour C1960

In the centre is the well-known harbour inn, The Tartar Frigate, while Bleak House looks down over the holiday scene.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Victoria Road C1950

The well-established hostelry the Windmill (centre) is still flourishing, though not the Cross Hotel (left).

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1935

It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1935

It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.

Caption For Stratton, The Village C1950

This photograph shows a quiet corner of the village just beneath the parish church, where the unusual war memorial in the centre stands on an old granite church pillar.

Caption For Horsforth, New Road Side C1965

This was the period when few supermarkets existed and those that did were built in town centres, as most people relied on public transport.

Caption For Ticehurst, The Square 1903

The youthful trees on the left are in the centre of the square, where the inn sign for the old-established Duke of York Hotel is just visible.

Caption For Carlisle, Shaddon Mill From The Victoria Viaduct 2005

Before long the tiny city centre was straining at the seams, and the previously small suburbs to the west of the city were swollen with new residents.

Caption For Ambleside, From The Gale 1886

We are looking down on the village centre from The Gate, facing the Rydal Fells.

Caption For Taunton, East Street 1929

The alley to the right of the hotel building now leads to the New Market Shopping Centre.

Caption For Breage, The Queens Arms C1955

The 15th-century Queen's Arms is still the centre of village life.

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 Winchcombe, Abbey Terrace C1955

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 St Ives, Hicks Court 1892

St Ives has many small courtyards like this, which would once have been a centre for domestic and social life.

Caption For Chigwell, The Village 1925

At this time the stores (centre) were run by George Watts, and the bakery by George Hayden. Notice the complete lack of road traffic.

Caption For Ilfracombe, The Harbour C1955

The Royal Britannia Hotel (centre left) was built in the 18th century, and was then named merely the Britannia.

Caption For Redditch, Abbey Stadium Sports Ground C1965

As well as indoor facilities (see R84059, above), an athletics track, tennis courts, soccer pitches and a bowling green are all available at the sports centre, which occupies a semi-rural site not far

Caption For Grange Over Sands, From Woodhead 1894

St Paul's Church, together with Holme Island, in the centre of the picture, are still to be seen from here.

Caption For Accrington, Broadway C1965

We are looking into Broadway and Union Street towards the newly opened Arndale Centre.

Caption For Bournemouth, From The Square 1900

The Bourne Stream was rapidly transformed into an attractive water feature forming the centre point of the town. The Square was created on its banks.

Caption For Sidmouth, Fore Street 1904

A refined and sheltered resort, Sidmouth is an excellent centre for touring and country walks.

Caption For Monaghan, The Diamond C1870

An old picture of the original square and centre of the town known as the Diamond, which was the original market place of Monaghan.

Caption For Bodmin, Mount Folly Square 1894

The County Assizes were once held here, but today part of the building contains the town's Tourist Information Centre. The building across the square behind the fountain is now Barclays Bank.

Caption For Broad Haven, View From The Rocks C1960

People are exploring in the rock pools, centre left. Coal from nearby collieries was occasionally loaded onto boats here.