Maps

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Memories

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Early Mobile Days In Welling

Light-years before the introduction of the mobile phone, Welling in the 1950's had mobile networks of its own. These were weekly delivery services to households in and around local streets. As a young child I was always ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Bernard Schofield

Another Slice Of Life In Burghfield And Sulhampstead

My Grandfather George Thomas Cooper 1880 to 1957 lived at Hebron a Detached Victorian House ( which is opposite what today is Coopers Place, named after my late Father Phillip George ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield Common by Andrew Cooper

Little Sutton In The 1950/60's

I lived in Kronsbec Ave and started school at Berwivk Road in 1955 just before my 5th birthday. I recall my first teacher was Miss Anscombe and then Mrs McClaren. Then Mr Foxall and finaly a female whose name I ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Jim Smitheman

Covered Bus Stop On Sale Canal Bridge.

Born, bred, lived and worked in Sale. 50 years b4 I moved to Scotland. I seemed to be the only one, amongst my peers, to recall a scaffold-pole framed, covered bus stop situated on the wide pavement between the old ...Read more

A memory of Sale by Rob Menzies

Marks & Spencer

I remember M & S very well in West Ealing. Around the fifties they had St Michael toys. One I remember was a milk float, it had little crates with bottles in them. It was made of polythene as a lot of toys were then. Also they ...Read more

A memory of West Ealing by Nick Beard

60s /Irby

Born 1959 & lived down the bottom of Coombe Road. Looking at the pics of the village I can remember the daily uphill trudge with mum to the shops. Ok I was in a pushchair on the way up but that became a shopping trolley on the way ...Read more

A memory of Irby by Dave Roberts

Born In 1942 Lived In Westbrook Road

Born in 1942, Lived in Westbrook Road. Attended Heston Infants School, Heston Junior School and Spring Grove Central School. I have lots of memories, but reading other people’s entries has reminded me of names of ...Read more

A memory of Heston by Carol Gaches

Blagdon Road And The Fountain Pub.

My family lived in Blagdon Road back in the early 50s , and I was born there. I believe my grandmother stayed living there for a good few years until she moved to Nelson Road where she died in the 60s. My estranged ...Read more

A memory of New Malden by Lyn Mclachlan

Wartime Memories Of Romiley

My memory of Romiley was around the Summer of 1940. My family stayed in a stone cottage, there were about 10 of them. They were on the road up to Greave which was about half a mile away. Going in the opposite direction down ...Read more

A memory of Romiley

Growing Up In Mitcham

I was born Leslie Dennis Crutch in Grove Road 1948. My brother Ken was born 9 months after dad (Ronald Kenneth) had gone to Normandy as part of the landings - I was born 9 months after he was demobbed (funny that) to mum Winifred ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Les Saunders

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Captions

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Caption For Freshfield, The Grapes Hotel And Ryeground Lane C1965

It all looks very quiet along Rye Ground Lane, quiet enough for a group of locals to stand chatting in the middle of the road.

Caption For Camberley, The Entrance To Sandhurst Military College 1906

The Neo-Doric lodges on the Basingstoke Road were built by Wyatt in 1807-12.

Caption For Congresbury, The Waterfall C1965

This view looks west along Main Road. In the distance a lorry is being loaded with milk churns from Old Post Office Farm. In 1900 there were twelve farms in the village, all with dairy herds.

Caption For Hutton, C1945

This view looks west along Main Road. In the distance a lorry is being loaded with milk churns from Old Post Office Farm. In 1900 there were twelve farms in the village, all with dairy herds.

Caption For Wingham, High Street, South C1955

We have our backs to the Red Lion, and are looking down the A257 Sandwich and Deal road, with Lloyds Bank clearly visible on the right.

Caption For Beer, Beach 1898

There were plenty of fishing boats in what used to be known as Beer Roads. The rocky promontory, East Ebb, divided Seaton from Beer and kept the two places apart.

Caption For Truro, King Harry Passage 1890

The River Fal is one of the glories of Cornwall, and winds a serpentine course towards Falmouth and the Carrick Roads.

Caption For Kings Lynn, South Gates 1925

The East Gate to the town was demolished in 1800, but the old South Gate on the road from London still stands.

Caption For Ranworth, The Staithe C1945

The Maltsters Inn can be seen across the road. The flint walled boatshed on the left is now obscured by a gift shop/information centre.

Caption For Stow On The Wold, The Market Cross 1961

Stow-on-the-Wold is the junction of eight major roads, including the Roman Fosse Way, and has always attracted travellers from far and wide.

Caption For Lytham, Market Square 1907

Through-services to Blackpool began in 1897, and the route was via St Anne's, then along through the sand dunes of Clifton Drive, then to Squires Gate, and on to Station Road.

Caption For Cambridge, The Cam, Trinity Bridge 1914

It just goes to show it is not only the roads which suffer from traffic jams.

Caption For Pontymister, Ty Isaf C1955

The road in front of the houses if Channel View, and beneath if we can see the railway lines, now only a single main line used primarily to transport coils from the Llanwerm steelworks to the Ebbw Vale

Caption For Bradford On Avon, From Grip Wood 1900

They were built by Spencer's Engineering Works, which moved to Beanacre Road in 1903.

Caption For Coombe Bissett, The Village C1955

This picture shows the River Ebble and the A354 Blandford Road running side- by-side through the village of Coombe Bissett, a couple of miles south of Salisbury.

Caption For Hathersage, The Village 1902

A small boy watches the antics of the Frith cameraman as he positions his camera for this picture of the main road to Sheffield.

Caption For Bishop Auckland, Cockton Hill Road 1914

As numerous pictures in our archive show, traffic was light enough for our cameraman to stand in the road in order to take this image.

Caption For Penny Bridge, The Village 1921

Yates's map of 1786 shows that there was a toll booth between the road junctions.

Caption For Herne Bay, The Beach C1955

In February 1953 the Promenade was buried under thousands of tons of shingle, and the roads blocked by smashed boats.

Caption For Liss, Memorial Corner 2004

There have been recent alterations to this junction between Rake and Station Roads.

Caption For Yateley, Village Post Office C1950

The main road towards Reading is to the right.

Caption For Bladon, The Village Pump C1960

The village pump, situated at the junction of Park Street and Grove Road, is over 300 years old and a listed structure.

Caption For Kingswinford, Parish Church Of St Mary C1965

This pub, just across the road from the church, was once the town's courthouse.

Caption For Bracknell, Church Road 1901

This photograph shows the shingled spire of Holy Trinity Church peeping above the rooftops in Church Road.