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Shop Names And Trades.

The buildings from left to right are an antique shop, then a sweet shop that was full of the most delightful assortment of sweets all in glass jars and weighed out on brass scales into white paper bags. Then Dudeney and Johnston ...Read more

A memory of Woburn by Claire Allen

Family Connections.

This is my grandfather standing in his whelk house looking at the boats as they unload. He died after a motor car accident on Beach Road in 1934.

A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea by Claire Allen

An Old Mans Memories

I was born in 1922 in the village of Mundford.  My Father was the village policeman. The village was then a self-contained society and provided all the necessities of life, including a doctor, blacksmith, carpenter and general ...Read more

A memory of Mundford in 1920 by Ralph Woodgate

Family Recollections Of Kirby Muxloe 1913 To 1969

My memories of Kirby Muxloe date back to 1949, when I was a bridesmaid at my father’s cousin Anne’s wedding at St Bartholomew’s Church. However it is the castle that I remember most, since we ...Read more

A memory of Kirby Muxloe in 1949 by Jane Sealy

Our Old Home

I lived in this house from 1951 to 1961 with my Parents and Brother mum did Bed and Breakfast and Dad was market gardener the photo you have was taken by my father who did all the renovations on the property my Dad maid the gates and ...Read more

A memory of Maidencombe by Diana Jackson

We Emigrated To Australia In 1963 From Sandiacre

I was about 5 when my mum and dad moved us to Sandiacre from Nth Wingfield around 1955, we Loved our new council house in Coronation Avenue, my grandma and grandad lived in the first house on the ...Read more

A memory of Sandiacre by Jean Mc Donald Née Hammond

Growing Up In Fareham

I was born in Brighton Sussex. After travelling from station to station, as my father was in the RAF (I'll miss out that part of the story), My mother Eileen,sister Shirley & I moved to Fareham after the 2nd WW, I was 9 ...Read more

A memory of Fareham by Alan Kitchin

Miner

My uncle Des emigrated from Dublin to Coronation Drive, Bolton On Dearne in 1950, he became a miner. In the course of writing letters home he told my mam that the streets of Bolton on Dearne were paved with gold, he had actually ...Read more

A memory of Bolton Upon Dearne by Liam Doyle

Lennard's

I went t to Lennard's school from 1960-1965'and was in Upper A classes. I was house captain of Williams in my last year and a prefect It seems to have changed house name as well school name after 1971. Head master was Mr Wilkins,( ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by Peter Mcguire

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Captions

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Caption For Tattershall, The Bedehouses C1955

These old houses are to be found in the shadow of Tattershall Castle and next to the collegiate church of the Holy Trinity.

Caption For Bakewell, Chatsworth House C1955

By the time this photograph was taken, the cost of running these great houses was such that they had to be opened to visitors. Chatsworth House dates from 1687.

Caption For Harrold, The Green And Butter Market C1960

Generally known as 'The Market House', the building is 18th-century in origin and formed a covered area wherein farmers' wives and younger members of their families could display dairy products and similar

Caption For East Dean, Village Green C1955

A view taken from the war memorial pictured in No 71402, showing the subtle changes wrought in some thirty five years - a flint-built house with brick decoration now stands on the left, creeper

Caption For Rockingham, Post Office C1965

The post office with shop is the former school house (1858). The village school was on the right through the little gate.

Caption For South Wigston, Gloucester Crescent C1965

The mid 20th century saw the housing boom: around the towns and cities, large and small estates were built on agricultural land.

Caption For Kimbolton, High Street C1955

The Reverend Lancaster, famous for his firework displays, now occupies the end cottage, and Kimbolton House on the right, the site of the school before it moved to the castle, now houses a playgroup.

Caption For Lamberhurst, Hastings Road C1955

Note the oast houses on the right, and four more behind the weatherboarded white building, all links with a time when hop fields were all around, and oast houses were needed to dry the

Caption For Dartmouth, The Royal Naval Hospital 1906

Today it houses the college's Royal Marine Band, and the Surgeon in Command's house is home to the commander of the college.

Caption For Loddon, High Street And Town Sign C1955

The petrol station, with pumps delivering fuel from different suppliers, has been replaced by houses, but the Pedlar still surveys the rows of Georgian houses and shops from the town sign.

Caption For Sheet, Post Office 1898

The post office on the right superseded the toll house on the turnpike (1711). Note the semicircular door made to reflect the similar shape of the toll keeper's office.

Caption For Salisbury, South Corner Of The Close C1955

This autumn picture of Harnham Gate and the southern corner of the Close reflects then, as now, a secluded and quiet area of the Close.The house to the left of the Gate is an integral part of the wall.The

Caption For Par, The Mount C1960

It was the former counting house or offices of Par Consols, a rich copper and tin mine in the mid-19th century.

Caption For Romford, St Edward's, Church House And Wykeham Hall 1910

Church House, on the right, also dates back to the 1400s; it has been a private residence, a priest's house and an inn. Behind is the Wykeham Hall built in 1909.

Caption For Stanion, Home Farm Estate C1960

The farmhouse, now a private house, still stands at the junction of the High Street and Cardigan Road in the centre of the village.

Caption For Great Shelford, High Street C1955

In the late 1980s the Black Swan public house (left) was demolished; the land became a used car lot, attached to a garage (just out of the picture on the left).

Caption For Ilminster, The Crown Hotel And Triangle C1950

The shop and garage on the left are now houses, and new houses stand high on Strawberry Bank beyond. To the right, there is still a fish and chip shop by West Street, which runs down to the Minster.

Caption For Newtown Linford, Bradgate Park C1965

Started around 1490 by Thomas Grey. 1st Marquis of Dorset, and built using bricks produced on the site, the house was the county's first true country house.

Caption For Scalby, The Village C1965

It is now a private house. Scalby Stores beyond remains, and next door is Holt House.

Caption For Baldock, High Street C1955

Between the houses in the distance was the site of the Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St Augustine of Canterbury in 1926; it was never completed, and the remains were demolished

Caption For Abergavenny, 1898

The house has now gone, and the bridge has been replaced by another. This photograph was taken in Lower Monk Street near the weir in Swan Meadows.

Caption For Sully, Station Road C1955

Each of the houses shows a differing style, with dormers, gables and bow windows. Beyond the third house is a sign bearing the word 'Teas' - an indication that this is a seaside spot.

Caption For Devizes, The View From The Castle C1955

Slightly to the left is Brownston House, one of only two Grade I listed buildings in town. It was originally built in 1700, but was rebuilt later in 1720.

Caption For Wisbech, Leach's Mill 1929

This is a tall brick tower mill with a large extension grafted onto it to house a steam-driven mill. It had eight sails, as we can see from the eight-armed cross on the windshaft.