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Memories

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Family

My great grandmother, Mrs Burbidge lived in the house on Charwelton Hill, three fields away from the main road. Mother said a tin box was left by the road where post, bread and groceries were left. Later, in 1941 my grandfather, gran and ...Read more

A memory of Charwelton in 1940 by Terence Wilcox

Follets

As one who was born in Kingston Hospital before WWII, I grew up not far away in Long Ditton. My job in the late 1940s was to go to Kingston Market on Christmas Eve and buy a goose for our Christmas dinner from Follets, when ...Read more

A memory of Kingston Upon Thames in 1948 by Derrick Mallett

Falmouth Fishstrand Quay C1960s

Ah yes, I remember going with my mother to Fishstrand Quay ice house to buy mackeral and crab. It was like a huge walk-in freezer with lots of large fridge doors and had massive latches on them with lots of ice ...Read more

A memory of Falmouth in 1960 by Derek Asquith

Years Gone By From 1944 To Present Time

Hi, my name is Dot Dunn (nee Harmer). I've lived in Station Town and Wingate all my life and wouldn't want to live anywhere else and am still in contact with a lot of my school friends. I can still name ...Read more

A memory of Wingate in 1950 by Dorothy Dunn

Dulcie Ann Haines Born Dagnall Street 8/11/1948

I was born in Dagnall Street but my nan and grandad owned the house and, as most of the children got married, [there were 9 of them] most were allocated a room of their own. I was born there, the ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1950 by Dulcie Loftus

Perivale, 1964 1994

I was born at 194 Bilton Road in June 1964 and my name was Jackie Wall. I attended Perivale Nursery School, then the infant school and followed by the middle school. I was terrified of the headmistress Mrs Charlton, but ...Read more

A memory of Perivale by Jackie Gindrat

Jenny Brough

Harry and Margaret Coupland (my Aunt) 1949/50s they had a market stall in Hull market. I remember visiting them, Harry had a large greenhouse in the garden full of tomatoes. Son, Peter and wife moved from a nissen hut into ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1940 by Margaret Allen

Always A Colliery Lass

I was born late 1959 at Little Thorpe Maternity Hospital. I lived in Arthur Street with my parents Alan and Ada Robson and my newly widowed grandfather Bob Mckee. My grandmother, Lizzie, sadly passed away a year ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1964 by Gail Hann

Lost Village Of East Holywell

I was born in East Holywell in 1946 and lived at 24 North Row. By then there were only 2 rows of houses left. We lived with my grandmother, Eva Barnfather, who had been there since the turn of the century. Like ...Read more

A memory of East Holywell in 1950 by Maureen Thurlow

Growing Up In Wandsworth

As a young schoolboy I lived in Wandle House off Garrett Lane which was owned by Peabody estates at that time. So, taking a walk from there, I can remember the rag and bone carts passing on their way home to the other ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1960 by Brian Parkinson

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Captions

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Caption For Wareham, St Martin's C1950

The view is northwards from North Street, down to the sign of the former Lord Nelson public house (centre). The garage of Northover and Company, coach-builders, is at No.75 (left).

Caption For Alderley Edge, St Hilary's Park 2005

With the rise in house prices and the sale of council houses in the late 20th century, working people and young couples looking for a place to start a family can find it very difficult to get

Caption For Uttoxeter, High Street C1955

Thomas Hart established the first bank in Uttoxeter in the 18th century at the Bank House; the original safe can still be seen in situ today.

Caption For Worthing, East Parade 1919

During the first two decades of the 19th century, the more affluent of Worthing's Georgian visitors often took over entire houses on a long lease, so that they could cater for themselves and also entertain

Caption For Rothwell, Church Walk C1955

Built around its fine market place, it found new life in the 19th century when it joined Northamptonshire's boot and shoe industry with several factories and terraces of hard red Midland brick houses.

Caption For Woolsthorpe, The Village By Belvoir C1955

Many of the village houses are built of the local ironstone; this gives them a rusty red colour, the same as the houses in Denton.

Caption For Boxford, Swan Street C1955

The Victorian stepped gables, porch and Tudor-style windows of Old Castle House beyond mask a timber building of c1600. The adjoining Victoria Cottage with round-topped windows is dated 1839.

Caption For Castle Bromwich, Chester Road C1965

The development of Castle Bromwich really got under way in the 1930s with the Hodgehill Common housing estate.After the second world war, in which Castle Bromwich played a major part with its Spitfire

Caption For Worth, St Nicholas's Church And The Lychgate C1960

The fine Anglo-Saxon church of St Nicholas was a principal church in pre-Conquest times.The 18th-century Worth Abbey is on the site of a town house called Paddockhurst.

Caption For Abingdon, The Boat House 1890

The house between the trees is Cosener's House, built on the site where the cosener or kitcheners lived – he was the medieval official who ran the Abingdon Abbey's kitchens.

Caption For Bruton, Patwell Street C1955

This was a notoriously dangerous river; many houses well uphill from it have flood markers, particularly from the 1917 flood.

Caption For Sutton, Albion Road 1904

There are substantial houses with large dormers on the right, some of which still remain.

Caption For Rosedale Abbey, The Green C1960

The small Cistercian abbey housing 10 nuns was formed in 1158. A tower is the only remaining part of the abbey itself.

Caption For Epsom, High Street C1955

New town planners distrusted the earlier, casual dispersal of houses and manufacturers along the same street, deciding that in future there would be zoning, with different areas of the town set

Caption For Barcombe, The Village Sign C1955

We are on the navigable River Ouse and an old Roman road. The flint-built church of St Mary is over-restored, with little of the original remaining. Court House is an altered 15th-century hall-house.

Caption For Tetbury, The Green C1965

Once the centre of the Anglo-Saxon village, the Green is overlooked by houses mostly dating from the 16th and 17th centuries.

Caption For Camberley, Congregational Church, Southwell Park Road 1931

The road was named after Viscountess Southwell, who used to live at France Hill House in France Hill Drive; the house is now used for adult education.

Caption For Sherington, Crofts End C1960

The car is parked outside the former Congregational chapel, dated 1822, and converted to housing.

Caption For Newark, The Old Governor's House, Stodman Street C1955

Its most famous building is the Governor's House, a 16th-century timber-framed house with three storeys of coved jetties.

Caption For Retford, Grove Street C1955

Grove Street runs east from the Market Square, a mix of 18th- and 19th-century buildings, and a mix of shops and houses.

Caption For Melton, Station Road C1965

The dark façade hides an 18th-century timber-framed house. Set back behind the railings beyond is The Rosery, a red brick house of c1750, which stands opposite the parish church.

Caption For Glentham, Main Street 1953

The house is now known as Glendower House and is a guesthouse.

Caption For Lytham, The Main Gates 1914

Although designated as the main entrance to the parkland surrounding Lytham Hall, these impressive gates do not represent the most direct route to the house.

Caption For Swanbridge, The Spinney C1955

Situated to the right, beyond the low white building (later to become the Captain's Wife public house) is Sully Island.