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Lost Village Of East Holywell

I was born in East Holywell in 1946 and lived at 24 North Row. By then there were only 2 rows of houses left. We lived with my grandmother, Eva Barnfather, who had been there since the turn of the century. Like ...Read more

A memory of East Holywell in 1950 by Maureen Thurlow

The Halcyon 1950's

I lived with my family in Connaught Gardens from being born in 1949 to late 1960 when we moved to Shiremoor. At the end of our street was an overgrown, rubble strewn wasteland which we called 'The Croft'. A natural childrens ...Read more

A memory of Forest Hall in 1950 by Malcolm Wild

The Doctor's Surgery

I remember the doctor used to visit the village once or twice a week & set up his surgery in Mrs Benton's house. Mrs Benton, (Alice, or was that her daughter?), lived in the cottage at the end of the row, furthest away in ...Read more

A memory of Bulphan in 1960 by Vee Holt

Shops And Shopkeepers In East Street ....St Marys Hall..

I remember the pram/toy shop on the corner, there was also a fabric shop - I think it was where Famished sandwich bar was (can't remember what it is called now..) I could buy a piece of ...Read more

A memory of Shoreham-By-Sea in 1968 by Barbara Gunn

New Back Row

I used to live at 458 New Back Row and remember the Coulsons from 456, especially Eddie who was my age (I think). I was devastated when they moved away, although Eddie was probably relieved - I have vague memories of stabbing his hand ...Read more

A memory of Wingate in 1963 by Joyce Bebbington

The Tarry Beck

I remember pulling George Thompson from the beck at high tide. The streets were Prospect Place, Customs Row, Cargo Fleet Lane, South View, Bristol Street, Dover Street, Chester Street, Cambridge Rd and one I don't remember. I ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet by Donald Bennett

Triangle Row

We moved in to number 13 after we got married. Our first visitor was unfortunately a policeman with a warrant for the previous owners arrest. I'm sure we were not alone in the house. We often used to hear an over the door type ...Read more

A memory of Norland Town in 1984 by Kate Noble

Eastern Electricity Board Apprentice Training School

I attended the 'boards' training school based at Harold Hill, along with 79 other apprentices during 1960/61... I shared lodgings at Collier Row for the first year of the apprentice training ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1960 by Colin Crane

East Hill Estate

I lived in 16 Newlyn House firstly, and then moved to 52 Falmouth House. I remember the blitz still; we lived in the shelter four nights in a row at one time, the air raids never semed to stop. I was born in 1934 so was still a ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1944 by Colin Archibald

Gilwern Boats In The Forties

The boats were owned by a Mr Goodin, he hired them out by the hour and people came from all the valleys to go on the canal. We as teenagers used to make some pocket money by rowing those that could not row up the ...Read more

A memory of Gilwern in 1940 by George Evans

Captions

827 captions found. Showing results 697 to 720.

Caption For March, The Bridge From Nene Quay 1929

The row of shops facing the river include that of A Crowson, 'fancy goods dealer'.

Caption For Skegness, North Parade C1955

This a row of typical seaside hotels and boarding houses, and it still looks the same.

Caption For St Albans, Clock Tower And Market Cross 1921

A rare surviving example of an English belfry, the Clock Tower, built in 1411, stands at the centre of the city with the narrow mediaeval street of French Row on its left and the wider Market Place on

Caption For Skegness, North Parade C1955

This a row of typical seaside hotels and boarding houses, and it still looks the same.

Caption For Kettering, The Market 1922

Until the 1930s the south side of the market, facing the camera, was bordered by a row of buildings which would be later demolished.

Caption For Rothley, Woodgate C1965

The shop fronts in the left-hand row have retained much of their original quality, but Flair, the ladies' hairstylist (right), has made the alterations which were regrettably to become

Caption For Stroud, Butter Row, The Old Pike House 1925

For example, 'stage coaches, post chaises or sociable Berlins' cost 3d, droves of oxen or cows 3d per score and calves or hogs a halfpenny less.

Caption For Woodhouse Eaves, Main Street C1955

The building was restored in 1877 by the architect J Reynolds Rowe.

Caption For Caldecott, High Street C1955

Roman remains are extant at Caldecott, but it is the later thatched and slated farmhouses, and rows of cottages (some with date panels) fronting onto the High Street which present a unified entity

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1930

Detail abounds in this more intimate shot of the row of shops immediately east from the Town Hall and the Greyhound Hotel. All the windows are full of offerings from floor to ceiling.

Caption For Bangor, Grand Hotel From The Old Pier 1897

The handsome Ulster Bank adds dignity to the row, even though it belonged to the more practical Bangor - it overlooks the coal pier with its office.

Caption For Caldecott, High Street C1955

Roman remains are extant at Caldecott, but it is the later thatched and slated farmhouses, and rows of cottages (some with date panels) fronting onto the High Street which present a unified entity

Caption For Rothley, Woodgate C1965

The shop fronts in the left-hand row have retained much of their original quality, but Flair, the ladies' hairstylist (right), has made the alterations which were regrettably to become

Caption For Woodhouse Eaves, Main Street C1955

The building was restored in 1877 by the architect J Reynolds Rowe.

Caption For Kettering, The Market 1922

Until the 1930s the south side of the market, facing the camera, was bordered by a row of buildings which would be later demolished.

Caption For Sudbury, King Street And County Cinema 1934

The cinema and the row of shops were built in the 1930s on the site of the Rose and Crown Hotel, which was destroyed by fire in 1922.

Caption For Crickhowell, High Street 1898

Now the Dragon Hotel, the Dragon Inn (left) first opened in 1740. Its licensee in 1898 was Elizabeth Davies.

Caption For Chigwell Row, The Maypole And Gravel Lane C1965

Chigwell Row's most famous former resident was Shillibeer, the man who brought the idea of the omnibus, a carriage with a fixed fare running a fixed route, from Parish to London in 1829.

Caption For Wyddial, Village 1923

Sad to say, the fine thatched house and barn have not survived; only the row of Rose Cottages stand today as a reminder of the tiny village of Wyddial.

Caption For Broxbourne, The Parish Church C1955

Today, the upstart Hoddesdon is a large and successful market town, whilst Broxbourne boasts only a short row of shops in its High Street.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Square C1955

We are looking down on The Square from Middle Row at the bottom of Broad Street. The shot is north-eastwards, along Bridge Street (centre) to the roofs of Coombe Street.

Caption For Belfast, Queen's Square 1897

The square had reached what was to be the height of its dignity, though the row of buildings on the left was modest enough. Some of its very old houses survived until recently.

Caption For Shanklin, From Lift Steps 1892

The man in the rowing boat appears to be getting ready to pull the yacht off.

Caption For St Neots, Brearley's Landing Stage C1955

Brierley`s hired out rowing boats, canoes and punts from their landing stage at the corner of the Ouse and Hen Brook.