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Reveries Of Blindley Heath In 20's, 30's And Later

I spent my first five years 1924-1929 in Blindley Heath, possibly the nicest years of my life. I may have gone to the school there. I clearly remember Gibb's store when I spent six glorious ...Read more

A memory of Blindley Heath in 1920 by Stanley Austin

Lewis's Briggate

I lived in Leeds from birth in 1958 to the time I left in 1977 to seek my fortune in London. Still here but as poor as when I left Leeds all those years ago. Lewis's for me was the best shopping store in Leeds I used to go there ...Read more

A memory of Leeds in 1970 by Jack Wallace

Denford Park

I came here from Austria with my sister to work as au-pair girls in this boarding school. We found an ad in a German newspaper for girls to help with domestic chores etc. My sister and I wrote to the Mother ...Read more

A memory of Denford Park (Training Coll) in 1959 by Annie Moore

Happy Days

My Memories of Netherside Hall Grassington 1965 to 1967, Hello there, my name is Gareth Helliwell, I was at Netherside Hall from 1965 to 1967. They were great days. Mr Anderton was head master, Mr Young was our teacher and yes, the ...Read more

A memory of Grassington in 1966 by Gareth Helliwell

My Dad

I remember the snows of 1963, I was four, looking out of our bedroom window on Camp Road and the snow was drifted up to the windowsill! Gorgeous memories of our bedroom fire making shapes on the ceiling and being warm as toast as me ...Read more

A memory of South Kirkby in 1963 by Paul Taylor

Shrewsbury

I lived here for a while before I moved to East Anglia. My mother still lives here and I visit her at least twice a year. On my last visit we went up to the top of the Lord Hill momument - it looks relatively small until you get up ...Read more

A memory of Shrewsbury in 1967 by Allen Warrender

The Howard Family From Devon And London Stay In Liverpool Lime Street

This photograph of 1881 is by chance, both the place and year, in which my Great-Grandad William Henry Howard was here! He certainly travelled around as he came from a Devon ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1880 by John Howard Norfolk

It Will Always Be Home By Julia Elwell Nee Walley

I was born in Knutsford in 1947 at 114 King Street (the Tatton cottages), and moved to Manor Park in 1951. I started at Egerton School (the old one on Silkmill Street) and then moved to ...Read more

A memory of Knutsford

Romance On Broadway

I met my wife Lorna on Broadway while she was shopping there with a couple of friends in January 1950. Seeing the picture of Broadway brought back many memories. Our first date we went to the cinema near the Clock Tower ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by Ramon Lane

Captions

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Caption For Scarborough, Belmont 1890

Here a group of people take the chance to admire the view over Spa Cliffs, or catch up with the latest news.

Caption For Sedbergh, Market Place 1894

Here in the Market Place a number of local people and tradesmen are curiously watching the cameraman's antics in the middle of the street.

Caption For Headingley, 1894

In the mid 19th century, many middle-class residents of central Leeds began to move out to the north of the city near to the country estates of Beckett's Park and Hollin Hall, and Headingley became a rather

Caption For Flint, Trelawney Square C1950

The monuments to the fallen seen here have been relocated elsewhere in the town.

Caption For Richmond, Catholic Church 1913

Richmond had a strong Roman Catholic tradition, partly due to the Lawson family of nearby Brough Hall, who gave the land here in Newbiggin for the church of St Joseph and St Francis Xavier; it was

Caption For Angle, Angle Bay C1960

With a gritty foreshore and good anchorage, there is a long sea-faring tradition here with many tales of shipwrecks and smuggling.

Caption For Bradford, Kirkgate, Market Buildings 1897

Here, shoppers were offered an impressive choice of produce right in the centre of the city, just opposite the tram and trolleybus stops outside the town hall.

Caption For Accrington, Broadway 2004

The Arndale House building is much the same, but the cinema has made way for the Cornhill shops, and beyond the canopy of the Town Hall extension are the new shops which have

Caption For High Legh, The School C1955

The name was then taken by the two main families that owned land here – the Leghs and the Leighs.

Caption For Bishop Auckland, The Castle 1892

Begun as a manor house, Bishop Auckland was castellated around 1300, though much of the building shown here dates from the extensive alterations carried out in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Caption For Great Haywood, Essex Bridge C1955

This delightful old stone pack-horse bridge has stood here since the 16th century.

Caption For Wethersfield, The Green 1903

During the Second World War, there was an encampment of the Black Watch Regiment here: they kept their armoured vehicles on the green, and had their canteen in the village hall.

Caption For Caerphilly, Castle C1955

Here we see the castle after its restoration by the Marquis of Bute.

Caption For Lavenham, Water Street C1955

The stream which rises at Lavenham Hall used to flow here, but now it runs in a brick culvert underground.

Caption For Medstead, Post Office C1955

This post office and hardware shop is near to the church of St Andrew, the church hall that was previously the village school, and the Castle of Comfort pub.

Caption For Great Haywood, Trent Lane C1955

They were built in 1806 to re-house workers from the Shugborough estate and thereby ensure privacy for the Hall's residents.

Caption For Aylesbury, Market Square 1901

In this view, looking downhill towards County Hall, there is a sheep market under way.

Caption For Sandy, Bedford Road 1925

Here, a little further north up High Street, we look west along Bedford Road.

Caption For Dursley, Market Place C1960

Owing to an unfortunate one-way traffic system foisted on the town since this photograph was taken, Dursley's Market House and Town Hall is now isolated on a roundabout.

Caption For Moreton In Marsh, The Redesdale Hall C1955

The clock turret of Moreton's most prominent building displays the date of its construction as 1887, and on the south wall is the coat of arms of the Redesdale family of Batsford Park who

Caption For Knottingley, St Botolphs Church C1960

Here is a fascinating picture taken from the newly built block of flats, Low Cross Court.

Caption For Willaston, The Old Hall And Smithy C1940

The Hall is situated close to the village green along Hadlow Road.

Caption For Launceston, Church And Castle And Dockacre House 1906

His wife Elizabeth died in mysterious circumstances here in 1714; and although Nicholas died at Hampstead in 1728, his ghost still haunts the main hall, playing an old English madrigal on his flute when

Caption For Liverpool, Dale Street 1887

Dale Street is one of Liverpool's original seven streets, and is captured here full of hustle and bustle.