Photos

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Maps

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Memories

1,250 memories found. Showing results 581 to 590.

The 1960s

I lived my early years here, until the 1970's, having been born in Wells and brought home to Cheddar as a baby. I have many family ancestral links to Cheddar via my father's parents. In the late 1800's-early 1900's my great-grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Cheddar by Christine Derrick

Changing Peterlee

The Photogragh of the town centre has changed a lot since it was build. This row of building is still there. They have just built around it making it into a masive complex. I often do my shopping in the town centre. We have an ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee by Karen Surtees

The Odeon Cinema

I started working at the Odeon in 1967 as a projectionist, and the first film I showed there was the original Casino Royale. The screen curtains were made of a heavy velvet with weights at the bottom, but with the lilac coloured ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1967 by Julia Clarke

Memories Of My Home

Hi.  I moved into the Gamecock in 1963 with my parents Norman and Jean Bennett and my brother Bryan, I was only two years old. My parents were landlord and land lady. Bartons grocers was next door, there was no Gamecock Field ...Read more

A memory of Harworth in 1963 by Eleanor Hipwell

Alamein Barracks At Huyton

I had never even heard of Huyton, much less been there until I joined the Territorial Army in 1967. I had enlisted at a recruiting office in Manchester and attended the Alamein Barracks for my basic training in 1967. In ...Read more

A memory of Huyton in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk

Springhead Terrace

I was born at number 11, and was told I did not open my eyes, so Mrs Tyreman baptized me. She had changed from Methodist to Catholic when she married her husband who was a tailor. When the priest came the next morning and blessed ...Read more

A memory of Loftus in 1930 by Joseph Lavelle

Edmunds Tower

This photo and the one next to it showing St Pauls must have been taken from the top of Edmunds Tower. I lived there from 1970 - 1974, the views from the roof were wonderful. It was then a walk away from the town centre over the big ...Read more

A memory of Harlow by Sue Spiller

An Industrial Village

Having grown up in Birstall I have a fondness for this little market town in West Yorkshire, situated approximately 8 miles from Leeds and centrally placed for easy access to other major towns Bradford, Huddersfield and ...Read more

A memory of Birstall by Jennifer Ineson

All Saints Church, Perry Street

So many memories of attending church here throughout my childhood, of shopping in all the little shops and of cycling to and from school in my Secondary years. Youth Clubs. Meeting old friends and making new ones. For a while it was the centre of my world!

A memory of Northfleet in 1955 by Wendy Larmour

Living There

I was born in Rettendon  in 1938.  My father (Ernest James Hazell) and mother ( Ellen Wiseman)  were both born in the village as were my maternal grandmother and great grandmother. As a child I remember watching aircraft flying home ...Read more

A memory of Rettendon by Keith Hazell

Captions

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Caption For Eastleigh, The Airport C1960

The air traffic control centre is housed in a building which rather resembles an old war-time nissen hut; to the right of it is the quaintly-named emergency services rendezvous point.

Caption For Plymouth, The Pier 1898

The City's holiday value is as a touring centre.

Caption For York, Low Petergate C1960

Low Petergate is one of the many narrow side-streets which lead up towards the towers of York Minster, seen in the centre background.

Caption For Symondsbury, Village 1899

It is a quiet little place, and a good centre for exploring the far western edge of Dorset.

Caption For Clifton, Suspension Bridge C1950

Even the most hurried of visitors to Clifton was recommended to spend a few coppers and walk to the centre of the bridge and admire the view.

Caption For Castor, Allotment Lane C1955

The terrace of cottages in Allotment Lane has ragstone walls and a brick main façade; there is a low pediment at the centre with an arched window.

Caption For Accrington, Town Hall 2004

Its stonework now clean and smart, the Town Hall in 2004 still holds the Council Chamber, and also houses the Tourist Information Centre.

Caption For Ilfracombe, Harbour 1911

The two-masted vessel in the centre of the harbour is typical of the many ketches that worked the coast - sturdy, no- nonsense boats which carried everything from cooking pots to coal

Caption For Pontefract, Town End C1965

Forty years ago it was possible to relax over a pint at the Robin Hood and the New Inn (centre and right).

Caption For Sheffield, The Victoria Hall C1955

Pinstone Street was laid out in the mid-1870s as part of a major development of Sheffield town centre that saw wide well-planned streets replace a hotch-potch of alleyways, small work- shops, stables

Caption For Broadway, The Village C1965

Some were used for the cottage industry of glove making, but most were farmhouses, and the village is still an agricultural settlement with a working farm at its centre.

Caption For Uppingham, High Street C1965

We are looking towards the centre of this pleasant market town.

Caption For Kendal, Grammar School 1891

Kendal has always been an important service centre for the southern Lake District, and today is the headquarters of both the South Lakeland District Council and the Lake District National Park Authority

Caption For Chipping Campden, High Street C1955

Chipping Campden is a centre of fine craftsmanship to this day; this is a legacy of the architect Charles Ashbee, who in 1902 brought 100 silversmiths, furniture makers and other craftsmen

Caption For Yardley, The Underpass C1965

Situated to the east of Acock’s Green, and four miles from the city centre,Yardley is one of the parishes absorbed by Birmingham in 1911.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow C1955

The Saracens Head Hotel has gone the way of many smaller town centre hotels; it is now converted to shops and offices, including the bookshop Ottakar’s.

Caption For Whitby, The Sands 1927

The lifeguard keeps a careful eye on the party of swimmers, whilst another crowd gathers around the Punch and Judy show (centre left).

Caption For Hawkhurst, The Village And Moor Hill 1902

It is an old centre with a 15th- century church, which has many fine treasures.

Caption For Maltby, Crossroads C1965

Also featured is Blackham's supermarket; after all, this was in the days when there was no such thing as out-of-town retail centres, and the only connection the word 'convenience' had with shopping was

Caption For Eastleigh, The Airport C1960

Southampton Airport lies to the south of Eastleigh town centre and it was from here that the first Spitfire began her maiden flight in 1936.

Caption For Emsworth, The Old Mill C1955

The old tide mill overlooking the quay at Emsworth, once Chichester Harbour's main port and an important centre for the oyster trade.

Caption For Maltby, Crossroads C1965

Also featured is Blackham's supermarket; after all, this was in the days when there was no such thing as out-of-town retail centres, and the only connection the word 'convenience' had with shopping

Caption For Wickersley, St Albans Church C1955

Also featured is Blackham's supermarket; after all, this was in the days when there was no such thing as out-of-town retail centres, and the only connection the word 'convenience' had with shopping