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For a very enjoyable year I lived at no 14 in Florence Road, a turning halfway down to the beach and off Sea Road in Boscombe (see photo). I became one of the first persons in the country to study for a Higher National Diploma in ...Read more

A memory of Boscombe in 1969

I would like to ask if anyone remembers the shop Winifred in the Morris Buildings on Watson road. As i was chatting to my mother and she could remember an aunt that had the shop in the 50s - 60s. i am hoping someone may have a photo or some more information i could surprise her with. thank you

A memory of Worksop by Stephen Davey

There is a public house on the front right of this photo. If you look closely, you will see it is named "The Rose" and the initials GWJ are above the door. My great-grandfather, George William Jones, owned this pub at the time ...Read more

A memory of Great Yarmouth in 1890 by Doreen Vreeland

I think this is a photo of the junction of the High Street (London Road) and Hanworth Road. The shop on the left later became C & A. I lived in North Drive, Hounslow with my family from 1954 to 1965.

A memory of Hounslow in 1860 by royandjennifercase

I remember the excitement of seeing the hovercraft as a child. We used to spend many days on the beach at Penarth usually at the Pier end but when the Hovercraft visited we of course congregated at what we called the 'landing stage' ...Read more

A memory of Penarth in 1963 by Michael Evans

1947 was the year that my parents, my sister and I moved to Datchet and the shops in this photo, taken 2 years before, are so familiar, even now. Not long after having moved here, the snow which had lain thickly on the ...Read more

A memory of Datchet in 1947 by Anne Diamond

My mother was born in East Crescent and she probably went to Enfield girls school. Her name was Faith Hill and her mother Ada ran a drapers. her father William Hill was ill with cancer but before that he was a monumental mason. ...Read more

A memory of Bush Hill Park in 1910 by Victoria Manning

Between two of the shops on this photo runs a small lane called Anchor Court. It is still there, but all the houses which formerly lined it have been demolished or altered beyond all recognition. In the court there was a shop selling ...Read more

A memory of Preston in 1954 by Diana Dioszeghy

I was born in oldham/chadderton but moved away at the age of ten most of my years where happy.... im beggin for help im tryin to find photo of eustace street school ... n chanery street chadderton as they where...plz help me if u can ...Read more

A memory of Chadderton in 1960 by Pauline Knowles

My family lived at number 9 Westgate street. Walter and Elizabeth White and their nine children!!! A couple of the boys apparently built church pews for St Joseph's church, Bugle Street around 1887. One of ...Read more

A memory of Southampton in 1870 by Jackie Wild