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Memories

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Carol Singing

I too rememeber Rev Milner and his wife also going carol singing down Knatts valley before the war. Does anyone remember Mr Rudd who looked after the greens at Woodlands golf course, a little short chap he was? Also any ...Read more

A memory of Knatts Valley in 1930 by Ronald Meddick

Caerau Square

Looking at this photo of the Square at Caerau brings back some happy memories of when the steam train would pass over the bridge in all its glory with the steam coming out of its funnel. The big billboard before the bridge was the ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1955 by Colin Evans

Ice Cream

Reading your comments about Salford Gone and the ice cream man brought back similar memories to me. I was born at 34 Nora Street, Salford 7 in 1950. Albeit Lower Broughton. However, we used to have an Ice Cream seller who came EVERY ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1950 by Stephen Winder

Cock Tavern East Ham High Street

I used to go out with the daughter of the landlord of the Cock Tavern in the High Street, we would spend hours looking over the back yard from her bedroom. I wonder what ever happened to her?

A memory of East Ham in 1973 by Mark Wells

Cargo Fleet

When I look back, they were probably the best years of my life though I didn't think so at the time, my mam had parted from my dad, I was 12, had never heard of Cargo Fleet, had lost my dad and was taken to this place Id never ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet in 1968 by Alison Jones

Lingfield

Jean Chambers mentioned the bomb dropping on the school in 1943 - my parents shop (John Banks Outfitters) was almost opposite the school and I was born at the end of 1943 being given my second name of "Heather" after Heather Lumsden ...Read more

A memory of Lingfield by Susan Banks

Hove Town Hall Fire

I think it was 1964 that the Town Hall burnt down. I remember it well. I was about 11 at the time. I do remember that at the back of the TH, was the Police Station. My brother and I got in some "trouble" and the two of us ...Read more

A memory of Hove in 1964 by Alan Ogilvie

Those Were The Days 6

Continuing up the street on the right was a long parade of various shops and we come to Salisbury Ave on the corner was a large modernistic furniture shop later the shop nest door became a KFC and across the street next to ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1950 by Chrs

Those Were The Days 2

It didn't change until the sixties when the station was rebuilt and opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11 in 1961. I watched the whole building project from start to finish from the comfort of my bedroom window. When it ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1950 by Chrs

Post War Memory

My Nan and Grandad lived near the corner of Chamberlayne Road and Bleinham Road - 108 Chamberlayne Road - Mr and Mrs Ayley. Grandad kept ferrets and racing pigeons in the back garden.

A memory of Eastleigh in 1950 by Valerie Davidge

Captions

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Caption For Walton On Thames, Boathouse 1899

The building survives, clad in plastic weatherboarding, but the banks have been sheet-piled and denuded of trees.

Caption For Staines, The Bridge 1907

This view looks downstream from the Egham bank.

Caption For Addlestone, Pyle's Farm 1904

It was originally called Bunn's Farm, after the ironmaster who worked at the nearby 18th-century Coxe's Lock Mill on the banks of the Wey Navigation.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1965

This picture clearly shows Lloyds Bank as the neighbour of the TSB.

Caption For Upwell, Town Street 1923

The photograph is taken from the Norfolk bank of the Wellstream that flows into Wisbech. A later brick front was added to the 17th-century White Lion.

Caption For Penarth, The Pier C1955

During a dance on the August Bank Holiday of 1931 the old wooden Bijou Pavilion at the pier's seaward end was completely destroyed by fire.

Caption For London, St Paul's From Cannon Street 1905

Only by staying with the same employer was there any hope of security and a modest pension.The best positions were with banks and insurance offices.

Caption For Tadcaster, Market Place And Kirkgate 1907

Just getting into the picture on the right is the recently completed Becketts Bank.

Caption For Glasgow, The Broomielaw 1897

On the far bank are some of the warehouses along Bridge Wharf.

Caption For Horstead, The Mill 1902

Note the single high-peaked mainsail, the considerable height allowing the craft to collect every last puff of wind that passed over the thick canopy of trees fringing the banks.

Caption For Rushden, High Street 1966

Banks, such as Lloyds in this view, are the only buildings of any quality. It is a workaday street - the white railway bridge in the distance has now gone, along with the railway track.

Caption For London, Queen Victoria Street 1897

Only by staying with the same employer was there any hope of security and a modest pension.The best positions were with banks and insurance offices.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, Bethcar Street C1950

The White House Cinema is situated near the Midland Bank.

Caption For Eardisland, The Ford C1960

The River Arrow meanders over a wide flood plain and most villages in the area sit well above its banks. However Eardisland, for some reason, is situated right beside the river.

Caption For Upwell, Town Street 1923

The photograph is taken from the Norfolk bank of the Wellstream that flows into Wisbech. A later brick front was added to the 17th-century White Lion.

Caption For Broxbourne, The River C1960

Pleasure boats could be hired for trips and picnics on the river bank, and further north, Rye House was a popular weekend venue for east Londoners seeking respite from the smoky capital.

Caption For Wilmslow, Bank Square Gardens C1955

The bank (centre) that presumably gave the Square its name still survives, although most of the building has been converted into a pub.

Caption For Penrith, Devonshire Street C1955

The baronial revivalist Gothic building on the left afforded smart premises for the Liverpool Bank.

Caption For Bridport, East Mill 1904

East Mill and its mill pool, looking eastwards from the north bank of the River Asker towards houses beside East Road (centre).

Caption For Brigg, Market Place 1954

We can see the Midland (HSBC) Bank to the front right and the National Provincial (NatWest) to the far left.

Caption For Helston, Coinagehall Street 1913

The Cornish Bank is beyond, and beside it an omnibus has begun to ascend Wendron Street.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, Bournemouth Road C1965

This view shows the same buildings as C490092 from the other end, showing clearly the Westminster Bank before its amalgamation with the National Provincial to become NatWest.

Caption For Coningsby, The Mill C1955

Coningsby, on the south bank, has lost much of its historic character: in this view of Silver Street the house in front of the mill survives, but not the mill; all to the left has gone, and the road at

Caption For Stamford, High Street C1960

The Halifax Bank reconstructed the historic building next door to Parrish in 1982 and did a good job.