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Maps

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Memories

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Ashford Cottage Hospital

RE Photo 60335 - Sorry, but this photo is of the building that replaced the original Hospital built (circa 1890) in Station Road (formerly Marsh Street) a few doors from the Baptist Church and next to the town's Gas ...Read more

A memory of Ashford in 1940 by Peter Oliver

Camping At Broadstone Warren With The 3rd Sevenoaks

I was a Cub and Scout Leader with the 3rd Sevenoaks Scout Group in the 1970's and remember a hot summer camp in 1975 at Broadstone Warren. It was at the end of July and we took the ...Read more

A memory of Ashdown Forest in 1975 by John Howard Norfolk

Easebourne St. Easebourne, W Sussex

We lived in Wisteria Cottage - my married name was Bowers then - which adjoined The White Horse Inn, which you can just see on the left towards the end of the picture. There seems to be another building in ...Read more

A memory of Easebourne in 1997 by Lynn Ede

Those Were The Days My Friend

My Mum and Dad owned the Orange Cafe on the Staines Road West but when I came along, they moved to Green Lane. My brother and I had many happy days down on the Island in Lower Sunbury, both using the pool or swimming ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury in 1956 by John Rogers

Exciting And Interesting Times

Not sure if anyone reads their comments later in life, but in response to one, it was Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers. Cliff lived in Long Lane, next door to where I lived when I was 3 or 4. We lived in the ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1968 by Nick Brown

Victoria Terrace

I was born in Victoria Terrace in Cleckheaton, which I think is near the old railway station. This was in the 1940's and although my family moved away from Cleck in 1950, I still visit my roots every few years. Does anyone ...Read more

A memory of Cleckheaton by Pauline Parkman

My Early Days At Longmoor

I was born at the Louise Margaret Hospital at Aldershot while my father was RSM at Longmoor, then of course the home of the well known Longmoor Military Railway. I was christened at the St Martin's Garrison Church. ...Read more

A memory of Longmoor Camp by Richard Hodder

Broadway Coaches

I was raised in Broadway from a baby until I married in 1970. My parents, Gordon and Joan Harrison owned and ran the Broadway Coaches Ltd at Yew Tree House, just above this photo. Behind the house we kept many coaches which took ...Read more

A memory of Broadway in 1960

The People Of Kilfinan

The year my mum and dad got married in Kilfinan Church. My mum was born and brought up in Kilfinan Post Office where my granny, Mrs Maclachlan was the post mistress for many of my childhood years. I don't actually remember ...Read more

A memory of Kilfinan in 1951 by David Goodman

Growing Up In Wandsworth

As a young schoolboy I lived in Wandle House off Garrett Lane which was owned by Peabody estates at that time. So, taking a walk from there, I can remember the rag and bone carts passing on their way home to the other ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1960 by Brian Parkinson

Captions

3,594 captions found. Showing results 721 to 744.

Caption For Knaresborough, View From The Castle C1955

Not much has changed today; the railway bridge still soars above the river in the middle distance, and the tower of the parish church of St John the Baptist (centre) still watches over the scene.

Caption For Ranworth, The Staithe C1945

The flint-walled boatshed on the left is now obscured by a gift shop/information centre.

Caption For Gloucester, Cathedral North East 1891

This photograph shows sheep grazing in what is now almost the city centre.

Caption For Market Harborough, 1922

A deserted street funnels into the town centre: Sunday morning perhaps?

Caption For Andover, St Mary's Parish Church 1899

Where the tree is seen on the left, St Mary's Church Centre now stands, sharing a forecourt with the modern flats of Gale Court.

Caption For Mells, Woodlands End C1950

The road ahead leads to the centre of Mells.

Caption For Plymouth, Cobourg Street C1940

It stood where the southern end of Drake's Circus shopping centre now stands.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Main Street And The Institute 1894

Note the awnings over the shops (centre) to protect goods in the window from the sun.

Caption For Poulton Le Fylde, The Square C1955

Lining the centre of the street are the town's stocks, market cross, fish slab and whipping post; the lamp behind was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

Caption For North Walsham, Paston Grammar School C1955

South of the market-place, the old grammar school is centred around a wide, seven-bay red-brick building of 1765.

Caption For Chatham, Town Hall Gardens C1960

The gardens are laid out on a site that slopes gently down towards Rope Walk and The Brook, offering a pleasant place in the centre of town in which to stroll or sit, and perhaps recover

Caption For North Walsham, Paston Grammar School C1955

South of the market-place, the old grammar school is centred around a wide, seven-bay red-brick building of 1765.

Caption For Harrogate, Parliament Square C1965

This photograph was taken in the opposite direction to H26124 (page 69), and shows the Cenotaph-style war memorial in the centre of Parliament Square.

Caption For Oxford, From Carfax Tower Looking South 1922

Oxford's superb Town Hall building dominates this picture of the city centre.

Caption For Abbots Ripton, The Flower Gardens C1955

The Hall is the centre of the Abbots Ripton Estate; many of its timber-framed and thatched cottages and farmhouses date from the 16th century.

Caption For Shepshed, Bullring C1960

Note the fully-laden coal lorry (centre).

Caption For Peterborough, River Nene 1952

Over the Town Bridge, which forms the old county boundary, the power station has been replaced with a shopping centre.

Caption For Pangbourne, Village 1910

This photograph shows W H Smith & Son on the left of the picture, a few yards from the road bridge crossing the River Pang in the centre of the village.

Caption For Winchester, Buttercross 1899

This must have been in recognition of Winchester's growing role as a tourist centre.

Caption For Pewsey, Southcott Road 1929

It is a sad fact that most have now disappeared, but some survive on the edge of the town centre.

Caption For Grays, The War Memorial And Police Station C1945

The Magistrates' Court (centre left) was built in 1930 as a police station.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1900

No 12 was another tailor, Sidney Wellman (centre left).

Ref. H22109
Caption For Harlow, C1965

This aerial view of the Town Centre shows the wide roads threading through the landscape wedges.