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Memories

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Shotley Bridge Hospital

My father was deputy head porter at the hospital, he worked there for 40 years. When I came out of the Royal Air Force in 1959 I did not work for a few months until early 1960 when my father gave me a job as a porter ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Bridge in 1960 by Alan Sanderson

Grandmother And Grandfather, Also Aunts & Uncles Lived In The Village

My grandmother and grandfather had the general store and post office. Their name was Cridland. One of my aunties and uncle Charles had a house down by the church, their name was ...Read more

A memory of Old Cleeve in 1930 by Mr R. J. Long

My Time With The Army At Honiton 1968 1969

From 1968-1969 I was posted to Honiton with the Royal Welch Fusiliers. I was an army cook aged just 19 at the time. I thought that it was a lovely place,  posted to Hong Kong. I also remember an old ...Read more

A memory of Honiton in 1968 by Robert Fuller

Shopping After 1956

We moved to Loughton from Preston, Lancashire in Easter 1956, and during the summer holidays that year I got to know the town. On the left can be seen the Century Cinema, where I often went to films and which was demolished at ...Read more

A memory of Loughton in 1956 by Diana Dioszeghy

My Roots From Birth To 50years

2008 and this shop is still here. It has changed very little in looks. It was owned by the same family Bonner from my early memory of about 1950 for many years. Today it remains a post office/shop

A memory of Stoke Hammond in 1944 by Stephanie Mcpherson

I Am A Beach Boy

I was born in July 1942 at 2 Church Road ,the youngest of eight children,the time I remember best is around 1952,being a kid in the Beach then was brilliant,so many things to do, Boating Lake,Minature Railway,Swimming ...Read more

A memory of Severn Beach in 1952 by Robin Stockham

Arthog

From early 1960s onwards:  At school in London we had 2 summer holidays at Min-y-Don. The first time we travelled by coach, we got lost and arrived in the dark.  The following year we came by train from Paddington.  We had to change at ...Read more

A memory of Arthog by Alan Spillett

The Two Bob Gun

At the top of Queens Road in Buckhurst Hill is a small newsagents shop. It was owned by the Mr & Mrs. Silk.  The shop sold papers magazines cigarettes, sweets and a few toys. Situated right across the road from where ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Denman Lalonde

Great Dane

I remember the Great Dane in the picture. My Grandma had a Yorkshire/Manchester Terrier cross, and the two animals looked so incongruous when they met. My aunt Doris Greenslade lived in a tiny cottage owned by Walter Little Senior situated 100 yards to the left of the post office in the picture.

A memory of Medstead by Vernon Maldoom

Stratfield Mortimer, C1955

The entrance on the left is to Mortimer Station and the house (red brick) just right of centre is the Old Post Office. The white house just left of centre is Street House. The building to  the right (and slightly closer to the foreground) is the old water pumping station.

A memory of Stratfield Mortimer in 2008 by Paul Johnson

Captions

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Caption For Rickmansworth, High Street 1897

In this photograph the High Street has an almost deserted aspect, apart from two stationary carts; the Post Office is on the left and the Swan Hotel further along on the right.

Caption For Thetford, St Cuthbert's Church 1921

On the right is the 1884 post office, with its decorative detailing, recalling the ancient East Anglian tradition of pargetting.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, The Parade C1960

The hexagonal building at the bottom was a provision store plus post office, then a gas company showroom for a short time, and finally Martin's Central Heating, before it was demolished for road widening

Caption For East Grinstead, High Street 1890

On the left is the post office, run by Fred Maplesden, who was also printer and publisher of the East Grinstead Household Almanack.

Caption For Formby, Post Office And Village C1955

The main Post Office was on Brows Lane.

Caption For Garboldisham, The Post Office C1955

Mr Burden's shop and Post Office is the centre of village life.

Caption For Willaston, The Green C1950

The posts have now gone, but there is still a bench; and the copper beech tree, just visible on the left, is now a fine, mature specimen that shades much of the Green.

Caption For Cockerham, Main Street And Post Office C1960

On Main Street were the blacksmith, the wheelwright, the fishmonger, the butcher and the post office, which was run by Mr R Ireland in his general stores (right).

Caption For St Albans, Market Place 1921

A closer view of Market Place, minus its Saturday morning stalls and with only the refreshment stand by the lamp- post facing onto the 17th- and 19th-century shops and offices.

Caption For Woking, The Old Bank And Chertsey Road 1898

The Old Bank building, which stood at the junction of Chertsey Road, High Street and Broadway, failed to survive the post Second World War swathe of redevelopment which saw many of the town's Victorian

Caption For Westcott, The Village 1922

On the extreme left is the post office, with The Bricklayer's Arms across the way.

Caption For Knighton, High Street C1955

A small girl prefers her umbrella to the shade under the shop blinds on this warm-looking day in post-war Wales.

Caption For Helperby, Main Street C1955

The village post office, near the bus (right), remains.

Caption For Salthouse, The Post Office C1960

They not only provided the post office, but also newspapers and the posters outside kept the locals abreast of events both national and local; sweets, chocolates, tinned foods, candles and basic

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Street C1965

The Post Office and Stores closed in March 2003.

Caption For Braunston, High Street C1955

Next door was the post office, recently demolished to allow restoration of the garden to a charming Georgian gentleman's house.

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street 1901

Also on Town Streeet was the Salvation Army, tithe cottages for the local clergy, and, grouped around the old Arcade, the post office, bank, bakers, florists and cobblers.

Caption For Exmouth, The Esplanade C1955

There is the more familiar red telephone box on the traffic island, a modern post box, and Belisha beacons to aid pedestrians wishing to cross the road.

Caption For Glasgow, Municipal Buildings 1897

Here were the magnificent municipal buildings, completed in 1888 at a cost of £540,000, including the post office, the Bank of Scotland, the Merchant's House and several hotels.

Caption For Cromer, From The West 1906

It was delivered by the afternoon post the same day!

Caption For Lilbourne, Main Road C1955

This view, looking west from the green, has lost its two community facilities: The Bell is now a house, while the shop on the right is now a house called The Old Post Office.

Caption For Ferring, The Village C1960

Ferring is a residential village near the sea.The Norman church keeps the registers of Kingston, a village long lost due to coastal erosion.

Caption For Gunnerside, 1923

Village life is captured in the streets of the village - the Literary Institute (1877) still stands, now the post office and village hall.

Caption For Chesham, The Broadway 1897

Beyond, the building with the four-shaft 17th-century chimney stack was used as the Post Office until recently and is now a clothing shop.