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Working In Dartmouth Road

I worked at the gas board showroom on Dartmouth Road. It was next door to the bank on the corner of London Road. As well as selling gas appliances and receiving payment on gas bills we used to sell bags of "shillingsis!" ...Read more

A memory of Purley by Raymond Day

International Stores

A previous shared memory recalling International Stores reminds me that my father worked there, as a roundsman. He would cycle every day from Leiston,  then do the equivalent all over again in Saxmundham, several times a day ...Read more

A memory of Saxmundham in 1930 by John Fisher

Childhood In Addlestone

I have many memories of Addlestone having lived there from 1940 to 1964. My family lived in Bourneside Road, at the far end was Coxes Lock Mill and the mill pond. We knew almost everybody that lived on Bois Hall estate. I ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone by Jacqueline Parsons

Croxley Station 1940 1945

Hi, my name is Brian Nicoll. My mother, father and I lived in 10 Frankland Rd from 25/9/35 when I was born until 1956 when I got married. As a small boy I used to have a friend called Roger Gosney who lived over the ...Read more

A memory of Croxley Green in 1940 by Brian Nicoll

Post Office

I was born in Hereford in 1952 to Roland S G Hodges and Doreen his wife. I have fond memories of Kings Caple and Fawley. My grandmother ran the village post office for nearly 40 years right up to decimalization. She ran her Post ...Read more

A memory of King's Caple in 1960 by Andrew Hodges

Visiting The Isle Of Man Railway

Two of my friends i(Bob and Tony) n our Manchester University Hall of Residence were both train buffs and motorcyclists so one early summer weekend in 1967 we rode our bikes on a Friday evening down the "East Lancs ...Read more

A memory of Douglas in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk

School And Station

This was my first school after I was fostered out at Cil Llwyn Farm in the 50s. Also the old station is in the photo, from where we caught the steam train to the secondary school in Denbigh, "Caledfryn yn rhos". I have lived in ...Read more

A memory of Bodfari by Anthony Roberts

Hillingdon In The 1940s And 1950s

My family lived in Hillingdon from the beginning of ww2 until 1953 when we moved from Biggin Hill. Our first home was a top floor flat in Pinewood Ave which was not ideal for a family with 4 children and then ...Read more

A memory of Hillingdon by Mary Gower

Question Actually

Did Ledsham actually have a station? I've seen photos of what is titled Ledsham Station, but I've also seen a photo titled, 'Little Sutton, c. 1906' with a lovely sign above the building in the photo saying '1909', which has ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Leigh Kirkham

Cove Farnborough Hants

I was born in Farnborough and lived in Pinehurst Cottages until the age of six. My father, Charles Dunbar was an engineer at The Royal Aircraft Establishment. Later we moved to 166 Keith Lucas Road and later to 16 Fowler Road in ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1950 by Vyvyan Dunbar Campbell

Captions

1,403 captions found. Showing results 865 to 888.

Caption For Dartmouth, Quay 1899

The elegant brick railway station is at the far end, and the Grand Hotel is on the left. On the right is the Taliesin Hotel.

Caption For Digswell, Cowper Arms C1960

The Cowper Arms lies at the corner of Colyer Close and Station Road.

Caption For Pegwell, Bay 1907

The wooden steps give access to the ground below and also serve as a lookout tower for the coastguard station, and pictured below is a coastguard cutter on davits ready for any emergencies

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Caption For Tredegar, C1955

The roof of the fire station can be seen in the foreground.

Caption For North Warnborough, The Jolly Miller C1955

Nearby railway stations are Hook and Winchfield.

Caption For Stowmarket, Tavern Street C1950

We are looking west towards Station Road and the church - the delicate spire was added to the tower in 1712.

Caption For Chesterfield, Hotel Portland 1902

The Portland was considered to be equal to, if not better than, the Station Hotel: a rare accolade indeed when Britain's railway-owned hotels were amongst the best in the country.

Caption For Marnham, The Hall 1913

In the shadow of Europe's first million kilowatt power station, opened in 1962, lies this Georgian house.

Caption For Watchfield, Naafi Corner C1955

A small electricity sub-station now stands on the site occupied by W H Smith & Son.

Caption For Three Cocks, Mill Stores Café C1965

The filling station is to the extreme left, and then a café and a bed-and-breakfast complete the facilities.

Caption For Corringham, Lampits Hill C1950

Corringham was a small, remote village before the coming of the oil-refineries: the petrol-station sign in the distance says it all. This parade was built in 1929.

Caption For Alton, High Street 1898

He was a bookseller and stationer, and in 1904 he advertised his subscription library and souvenirs of Alton.

Caption For Stourbridge, The Broadway Stores C1965

The stores is Broadway Service Station now, with a modern forecourt. Just across the road is the Gigmill pub, a reminder of Stourbridge's days as a wool town in the 17th century.

Caption For Wroxham, Station Road 1921

In Station Road you can book a motorboat or cruiser, and if you are a land-lubber or onlooker you could enjoy a meal in one of the many restaurants.

Caption For Caister On Sea, Pleasure Flights Over Great Yarmouth C1955

The air age came to Yarmouth as early as 1913, when an Air Station was established on the South Denes.

Caption For Wembley, Park Drive C1960

the stadium complex, and the numerous large office blocks that have materialised over the past twenty years, particularly along Empire Way, the road swings to rise up to the Wembley Park Underground Station

Caption For Toddington, The Green C1965

The proximity of a motorway junction, and a service station close to that, has removed any residual tranquillity in recent years. For the nostalgic, however, this image is one to treasure.

Caption For Barnstaple, 1929

Taken close to Junction station, this photograph shows the North Devon Infirmary, the white building below the church tower.

Caption For Newark, The Boathouse 1909

For many years it was the boating station of H Jobson & Sons who built, repaired and hired out both rowing boats and motor boats as well as offering public river trips.

Caption For Horton In Ribblesdale, The Village From Station Hill C1955

Ribblesdale village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale is dominated by the stepped profile of Pen-y-Ghent, 2,277 feet high and one of Yorkshire's famous Three Peaks, seen here in the background of this view from Station

Caption For Combe Down, Church Road C1965

The Little Shop was formerly a stationer's, and Sanders, to its right, was the post office.

Caption For Alsager, Sandbach Road C1960

Alsager's station is just where the road bends, and there is a level crossing at this point, just beyond the cyclists.

Caption For Porthcawl, Coastguard Station And Pilot Lookout Tower 1938

The building on the right was the original Coastguard Station, which was built in 1834.

Caption For Tettenhall, Post Office And Upper Green C1965

The station closed in 1932, but trolley buses ran instead until 1963. Today, several buses an hour still provide a link with Wolverhampton.