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Memories

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Schooldays At Arley Castle

I went to Arley Castle as a boarder in 1943/44. It made a lasting impression on me. The Arboretum was my favourite place and we had names for many of the trees which we would climb from time to time. Miss Kell and ...Read more

A memory of Upper Arley in 1943 by lucyontheinternet

Ivybank Childrens Home

I thought I would leave a message here also, I was a child at Ivybank Children's Home in Nightingale Lane. Sadly though I don't think it is there any longer. We were an all-girls children's home, with a range of ages from 5 ...Read more

A memory of Farncombe in 1958 by Dorothy Laker

Growing Up In Lower Belvedere

My first real memory of Belvedere was that of starting school at St Augustines Primary around 1954. I can recall a wind up gramaphone which the teacher would frantically wind up to keep the music playing, even a ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere in 1950 by Ken Mulley

The 'valet' Shop In Brampton In The 1960s

Does anyone remember the 'Valet' shop that used to be near the High Street entrance to the Village Park? It was sort of a haberdashers but the lady also used to take in dry cleaning and shoe mending. It was ...Read more

A memory of Brampton by Susan Wade

East Ham In The 1960s

In February 1963, when I was six and a half, my parents bought their first house, in Thorpe Road, East Ham. It was and had been a very cold winter, and when we moved in we had difficulty opening the back door, as there was so ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1963 by Jackie Craig

1951 1979 Life In Aldbrough St John

Reading Carol's memories brings to mind a lot of happy times in the village, especially the bus shelter and phone box. We managed to make up a lot of our own entertainment, especially the 'village youth ...Read more

A memory of Aldbrough St John in 1972 by Jeff Auton

A Day At Alum Chine In The 1960s

It's a few minutes before 8.30am, and I've just returned with the newspaper for Dad bought from the Riviera Hotel next door. I have to rush downstairs again in time to ring the gong for breakfast - Mr ...Read more

A memory of Westbourne in 1966 by Michael Bond

Custom Cars And Mrs Beeton!

I lived in Chelsea when Mr. Beeton was still alive and running his bakery on the King's Road. I worked there for a while after leaving college and I feel very privileged to have done so. He dressed like a Victorian ...Read more

A memory of Chelsea in 1975 by Janette Murphy

Pwll Y Crochan Woods

My late father was born in Colwyn Bay and his father and some of his relatives resided in Grove Park.  Every year my parents and my siblings had to visit the relatives, especially one we called Aunty Polly who I think was ...Read more

A memory of Colwyn Bay in 1947 by Susan Jones

Any Memories Of Bill Black

There was music shop on the Thornton Road in the mid 1950s, run by a Ada Lilian Rose who lived there with her three children. It's a bit of a long shot but I'm actually trying to trace someone called William or ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath in 1956 by Annie Barber

Captions

1,152 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For Eastleigh, High Street C1960

This photograph shows the shops on the other side of the street from E167019. On the comer (right) we have Delbridges. The nearest building on the right was originally Lloyds Bank.

Caption For Chelmondiston, The Red Lion C1955

The Red Lion changed its name to The Venture (a ship) in 1997. The 1880s red brick house beyond with veranda under the gable was part of the Berners' estate at Woolverton Hall.

Caption For Halesworth, The Thoroughfare C1955

Before the by-pass this was the main road through the town; it is now pedestrianised.

Caption For Brecon, Ship Street 1910

This street is a short one, running up into the town after crossing the Usk. The motor car is not yet a common sight, hence the horse-drawn carts going about their business.

Caption For Abingdon, Wesleyan Church And Schools 1893

Conduit Road runs north from Ock Street on the east side of the Albert Park estate, and the earliest buildings on it are this church group.

Caption For Ambleside, Bridge House 1912

Straddling Stock Ghyll, which runs by the side of the main road, this curious little structure is probably the best-known feature of Ambleside.

Caption For Mildenhall, Market Place C1955

Lying in the north west of the county, Mildenhall boasts one of the most magnificent churches in the region.

Caption For Walkern, Church End C1960

Beecroft Lane runs opposite the lane that leads to the church at Church End.

Caption For Downham, The Village 1894

Children pose near the small bridge over Downham Beck, a brook which runs through the heart of the village.

Caption For Brotton, The Avenue C1955

Brotton is another settlement with an ancient history; it was also seriously influenced by the ironstone industry at a later date.

Caption For Malham, Malham Cove C1881

Once water cascaded over this 240ft-high limestone cliff, but now it runs underground from the Tarn before it reaches this point.

Caption For Southborough, London Road 1900

This is the same scene as photograph No 37890 in the opposite direction, four years later, revealing the rich assortment of buildings and businesses which had developed along this stretch of the main

Caption For Redditch, Evesham Street C1955

Earlier pictures of Evesham Street show Cranmore Simmons on the corner, a family-run furniture business established by Alfred Simmons in the 1920s.

Caption For Radcliffe On Trent, The Weir C1955

East of the village, the Shelford Road climbs on to the red sandstone hills, which are undercut by the River Trent to form river cliffs.

Caption For Helston, Penrose From The Park 1890

Helston Penrose Walk 1913 Penrose Walk runs from the bottom end of Coronation Park down to the Loe and follows its shore to Penrose.

Caption For Falmouth, Market Strand 1890

As well as excursions up the Fal, ferries operated to Flushing and St Mawes Castle. Larger excursion steamers were employed on runs to the Lizard and Penzance.

Caption For Kings Lynn, South Gates 1891

Lynn (the King's was added by Charles I in recognition of this town's loyalty to the Royalist cause) lies about 1.5 miles inland, where Lynn Cut meets the Great Ouse.

Caption For Patricroft, Liverpool Road C1955

This is a wonderful piece of social history from the 1950s caught on film. Liverpool Road was a long road running from Church Street, Eccles to the airport out at Barton.

Caption For Ecclesfield, General View 1902

Situated five miles north of Sheffield, the large parish of Ecclesfield was semi-industri- alised by the late 18th century.

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street C1950

Henry Milling & Co's family grocers with its familiar Ovaltine sign soon disappeared; Gaskell's Farm Shop stopped selling bacon, and time was running out for John Manners' 'Gents & Boys' clothes shop.

Caption For Whitehead, The Bay 1897

This shows the town, the railway and the headland. The first station had been provided only 20 years before.

Caption For Croston, The Rectory Ruins C1950

The name 'Croston' means 'town with a cross'.

Caption For Cheam, High Street 1927

Two cars enter the Ewell Road from the main village crossroads watched by a policeman on point duty at the foot of Station Road (later renamed Station Way).

Caption For Shipley, The Glen 1921

This stream, the Lode Pit Beck, flows off the moor into the Aire at Shipley. A former drovers' track took trade over the hills to Ilkley and Otley.