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Maps

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Memories

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The Lynemouth Inn

We used to call it the hotel, it was the hub of the village, there was a bottle and jug at the side door and me dad would send me down to get a bottle of double maxim and let me have a little taste when I was just a bairn. We ...Read more

A memory of Lynemouth in 1967 by Ruth Purvis

G Grandmother

My mother used to speak of Tarryblake as her grandmother, Helen Riddoch was born there. I think Mum used to visit an aunt at Tarryblake when she was little. I'd love to have a photo of the house. The Riddoch family were involved in the timber trade way back then too.

A memory of Tarryblake Ho by Katrine M Lean

School Days

I remember waiting for the bus here to take us back to Beccles after a day at school, St Mary's School to be exact! A lovely market town, what memories! Did anyone else attend St Mary's School around this time, or knew of anyone that did?

A memory of Bungay in 1957 by Jenny Leighton

Cafe In Market Square

I remember the cafe in the market square, my mum use to work in the open top part in the summer and my brother and I used to go and help her clear the tables when we were on school holidays. I remember the shops that ran ...Read more

A memory of Harlow in 1960 by Pauline Wallis

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

Ty Gynn Caravan Site

Hi, My family used to holiday in a caravan on Ty-gynn (sorry unsure of the spelling) camp site, we holidayed there from the late 1960's to about 1974. The caravan belonged to the mother of a work mate of my late father, the ...Read more

A memory of Towyn in 1968 by Rosemary Sleigh

A Very Unusual Bank Building In Style

The bank's origins relate to Blackburn, Lancashire, then moved to Manchester where a later generation of the Cunliffe Brooks became a very wealthy local landowner. Opened an Altrincham branch on 7th April ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1870 by Trevor Jones

2,Almshouses. Kington.St.Michael

Ggg.grandad Worthy Tanner lived here in 1881 with his wife, Elizabeth and grandson Alfred Tanner. Worthy was born at Langley Burrell in 1804 and was an agricultural labourer all his working life. It seems that the Tanner name originated from this area back to 1566.

A memory of Kington St Michael in 1880 by Susan Bryant

Captions

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Caption For Camberley, High Street 1927

The High Street, with many cars, and a tarmacadam road, is much changed from earlier pictures. Simonds Bank is now Barclays, and Armstrongs has become Eighteens.

Caption For London, St Paul's 1890

This panoramic vista of the City and St Paul's was probably taken from the southern tip of Southwark Bridge.

Caption For London, St Paul's 1890

This panoramic vista of the City and St Paul’s was probably taken from the southern tip of Southwark Bridge.

Caption For West Kirby, Banks Road C1965

This scene, looking north along Banks Road from the corner of Eaton Road, has changed very little in recent years. There is still a newsagents on the corner with Alexandra Road on the left.

Caption For Brockham, Green And Church 1900

Christ Church, Brockham was built in 1846 and sits proudly in the centre of the village.

Caption For Abbotsbury, Chesil Bank And St Catherine's Chapel C1955

Behind is the wooded western spur of Conegar on the side of Chapel Hill, and medieval St Catherine's Chapel (left) with Portland projecting beyond.

Caption For Bosham, The Harbour 1903

By a boat jib, our eye is led across Bosham creek, within Chichester harbour, towards the moored boats and the buildings on the far bank.

Caption For Walton On The Hill, Post Office 1931

The estate agent's office (right) was subsequently a bank branch and is now a florist's shop, while the post office, outside which stand three self-conscious young girls, has been transformed into a private

Caption For Bourton On The Water, Feeding The Ducks C1950

A settlement since the Iron Age, with the Romans and Anglo-Saxons leaving artefacts as evidence of their time at Bourton, the village uses its river as a focal point for such activities as setting the

Caption For Sudbury, Market 1904

We are looking from the west end of Market Hill into Friars Street.

Caption For Spilsby, The Terrace C1955

Hilton's shop is still a boot and shoe shop, but Mr O'Connor is the owner.

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street 1901

This is the old heart of the village. The old King's Arms opened in 1749, and opposite is the Black Bull, dating back to 1758.

Caption For Wetherby, Market Place 1909

This scene is a contrast with the one seven years earlier, when the town packed into the Market Place to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII.

Caption For Rhymney, High Street 1967

On the left, the library has become the health centre, and the ex-servicemen`s club is closed, but Lloyds Bank is still open.

Caption For Windsor, The River C1960

One of Windsor's most famous view shows the town's bridge in the distance, which was erected in 1822.

Caption For Mildenhall, Mill Street 1925

On the left are Harry Webber, hairdresser, in the former Oakes Bank of 1885, the International Stores (Frederick Riches was manager), who traded here from 1909 to 1976, and Eccleston's, draper and grocers

Caption For Aberdare, Victoria Square C1960

The flower gardens have been replaced by a one-way system. The Castle Hotel once stood on the left-hand side, but today there is a National Westminster Bank on this corner.

Caption For Kew, Kew Gardens 1899

Between Richmond and Kew, on the Surrey bank, are the three hundred acres of the Royal Botanical Gardens, opened to the public in 1841.

Caption For Kingsdown, The Bungalows 1918

Kingsdown stands on the coast where the white cliffs of Dover give way to the extensive shingle beach that runs eastwards to Walmer & Deal. Caesar is said to have landed in this vicinity in 55BC.

Caption For Letchworth Garden City, Leys Avenue 1955

Named after the field on which it was built, Leys Avenue was, even in 1960, a busy shopping thoroughfare.

Caption For Paignton, Palace Avenue 1896

Opposite Foale's butchery was the Naval Bank, which eventually became Maypole Corner with its glitzy gilt and glass signboard.

Caption For Wrexham, High Street C1955

This marvellous scene shows a Wrexham that has since lost some of its unified Victorian and Edwardian streetscapes with its banks and traditional shop fronts.

Caption For Marlow, Mills 1890

The popular Complete Angler Hotel lies on the Berkshire bank and looks out across the Thames to Marlow.

Caption For Maidenhead, Queen Street 1911

Further development southwards was held up and the architectural variety shows this.