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The Memories Are Endless

Good morning from Waterloo, Canada. I was absolutely thrilled with your site and stumbled on it quite by chance. I was born in 1943 at my grandparents house at Yew Tree Terrace just off Station Rd. I grew up in Shepley, ...Read more

A memory of Shepley in 1957 by Marilyn Haywood

Those Were The Days

I remember Rye Lane in Peckham as a very busy shopping centre. I was born in the area and lived in Mcdermott Road in the prefabs (it is now a Charlie Dimock Garden) until I married  in Blenheim Grove Church (behind the ...Read more

A memory of Peckham by Maureen Roose

The Cottage

My father was an Officer in the USAF. In 1954 he was transferred to Fairford RAF Station, and we came to live in The Cottage, Sherborne. I was 9 years old and I loved every minute of living in Sherborne. Mr. Hooper ...Read more

A memory of Sherborne in 1954 by Barbara Farmer

Further To Cinemas In Croydon

I grew up in Galpins Road, Thornton Heath and as a youngster joined the ABC Minors at the Rex Cinema, Norbury sadly now demolished and replaced by an office block. I saw many of the MGM Musicals at the Rex, including ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1958 by John Wimpenny

My Schooldays 1952 54 Near Skipton

My Grandparents lived at 26 Otley Street in Skipton from the 1940 ( or earlier ) and I had first visited them in 1945 after VE day, They were Thomas Henry Jackson, my Grandmother Charlotte Jackson and their ...Read more

A memory of Skipton in 1952 by Trevor Jackson

My Mum's Hairdressing Salon

Right on the end of this barn, hidden from view was a small irregular building with it's own door. It had been a small butchers shop some time before my Mum and Dad bought it as a hairdressing salon for my mum ...Read more

A memory of Bolton-by-Bowland in 1977 by Gail Armstrong

Station Road Meopham

My parents moved into Station Rd in 1963, as a newly married couple. There was a terrace of new houses built in Station Rd in 1962/63 & theirs was the furthest house down the road, the end of the terrace, I think No.28? I ...Read more

A memory of Meopham in 1963 by Tracey Acton

The Old Cinema

We moved to Egham in about 1955.  My father had been born in Medlake Road in 1920.  We lived in Oak Avenue, Egham Hythe in a house built in the 1930s.  I attended Egham Hythe Infants and Primary and later Magna Carta (on both its sites ...Read more

A memory of Egham in 1960 by Crispin Lancaster

Saturday Morning Pictures Etc

I lived on the border of Belvedere and Erith, just off Parsonage Manor Way and used to travel to Erith by bus.  I remember as a child of about 8-10 taking the 122a into Erith to go to the Odeon, Saturday Morning ...Read more

A memory of Erith by Alan Roberton

The Bag Wash In Wednesfield Wton

There was an old bag wash where people could bring their dirty washing to be cleaned around New Street/North Street not far from the police station that was on the main Wolverhampton road.  The police station ...Read more

A memory of Wednesfield in 1959 by David Aulton

Captions

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Caption For Marton In Cleveland, Stokesley Road C1965

The Mobil petrol station is just off to the left - they were evidently offering Green Shield Stamps in return for purchases at that time.

Caption For Seaton, The Town From Car Park C1950

At this time it belonged to E H Rodger, and traded as a stationer's, confectioner's and lending library. It is now a newsagent.

Caption For Upper Arley, Victoria Bridge And River Severn C1939

Far left of the bridge is Trimperley, with the Severn Trent reservoir and pumping station.

Caption For Cark In Cartmel, Post Office 1897

The building, now a private residence, is on the road to Cartmel, and is nearly opposite the former Constabulary Station.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place C1965

The amount of change since 1929 is surprisingly small, although Cookes the stationer's has become Austin's.

Caption For Polurrian Cliffs, Polurrian Hotel 1903

This was the wireless station where Guglielmo Marconi first transmitted signals to Newfoundland in December 1901.

Caption For Sheffield, The Winter Garden 2005

and central government; Weston Park Museum and the Mappin Art Gallery are undergoing a Heritage Lottery facelift of nearly £20- million, the entry into Sheffield outside the Sheffield railway station

Caption For Freshfield, Victoria Buildings C1965

Freshfield station is still open, though it lost its goods traffic in 1968.

Caption For Swansea, High Street 1893

The High Street, leading to the railway station (which opened in 1850, providing access to London and other parts of the country), was thriving in the decades before the First World War.

Caption For Road Weedon, Globe Hotel C1955

You can also see the National Benzole filling station in the hotel car park. The first garage in Weedon was opposite the Globe Hotel in the Wheatsheaf car park.

Caption For Chipstead, Station Parade C1955

The off-licence on the corner of Lackford Road and Station Parade no longer sells Watney`s ales, and currently remains empty with a chartered architect`s name by the door.

Caption For Fleetwood, The Beach 1918

By the end of the Great War the town had lost many of its young men—they had marched away past the Steamer Hotel along Dock Street to the railway station.

Caption For Singleton, Post Office C1960

Singleton was one of the model villages built up and down the country in the 19th century: Squire Miller provided St Anne's Church, picturesque cottages for the workers, and the much photographed little fire station

Caption For Southwold, North Cliff And Coastguards 1896

The white building was the Coastguard Station, built in 1884-1904 here on the corner of South Parade to replace the Watch House, which was on the beach. Next to the flagpole is a signalling device.

Caption For Eastleigh, Leigh Road C1960

This photograph was taken at the front of Eastleigh railway station. The front of the National Provincial Bank, now the National Westminster, has barely changed since 1960.

Caption For West Dereham, The Chequers & Post Office C1955

The isolation of this area of Norfolk is shown by the fact that the local railway station was closed to passenger traffic as early as 1930.

Caption For Hartlepool, Park Road And Gardens C1965

A Shell petrol station can be seen on the left. Two of the older properties here - Lloyds Bank and the building beyond it (centre right) - still stand.

Caption For Seaton Carew, The Bus Station C1955

Very much an architectural relic of a former age, including its clock tower, the bus station looks very similar today, except that the high-level balcony on the left has gone.

Caption For Stokes Bay, C1955

There is a railway station nearby.

Caption For Wellingborough, Market Street C1955

Today, this is an office stationers. Modern shops and banks now line both sides of the street. The building with the distinctive dome can still be seen.

Caption For Lavernock, St Mary's Well Bay C1955

During the 18th and 19th centuries many buildings (including the old railway station) were constructed with rock quarried from the beach.

Caption For Andover, Bridge Street And The Post Office C1950

In 1950 people going to or from the station would also be shopping. Built in the 1920s, the Co-op had its own cafe. Across the road were two others. The Bedford bus would leave from here for Amport.

Caption For Manorbier, Castle C1955

When the castle was under siege, one might have expected many men to be stationed here, yet there are no hearths or latrines.

Caption For Bidston, The Observatory C1950

The observatory on Bidston Hill is a recognised weather observation station.