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Memories

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Now Home

I used to come to Rye regularly in the 1960s, as my father had been stationed in Winchelsea for part of the war. We often made the journey from Surrey on a Bank Holiday, which was always very busy. Little did I dream then that I would ...Read more

A memory of Rye by Canon David Frost

School

I went to Perry Street School when it first opened, and Town Old School, down School Road. From The Sun pub end you went down steep steps to enter the classrooms. Quilterbank was a lady teacher, she had a house on the opposite road to ...Read more

A memory of Billericay in 1920

My Early Days At Longmoor

I was born at the Louise Margaret Hospital at Aldershot while my father was RSM at Longmoor, then of course the home of the well known Longmoor Military Railway. I was christened at the St Martin's Garrison Church. ...Read more

A memory of Longmoor Camp by Richard Hodder

Remember It Well!

This is where I grew up! My dad had a shop just below the garage on the right - it was where Morrison's is now. I walked up and down here all the time and the garage owner (John Cassere) used to call out 'hello ginger' 'cos I ...Read more

A memory of Horsforth by Sue Andrew

Old Days

Ah! the old town where I was born and grew up before leaving in 1977 for Canada. My grandparents had the fruit shop on Doncaster Road and supplied the Hall at Hickelton for the Halifax family before it became the Sue Ryder Home. I ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe in 1953 by An Old Goldthorpian

My Time In Peterlee Starting In 1955

My family and I moved to Peterlee in the Autumn of 1955. We lived in Thorntree Gill. Petelee was quite new then. We could see the North Sea from my parent's bedroom window. At that time there were no ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee in 1955 by Margaret Sewell

Childhood Memories

When I was living in Wolverhampton my friend Betty's family moved to live in a caravan in Rindleford. I used to catch a bus to Bridgnorth and walk along to Rindleford taking bathing costume and swimming cap with me. It ...Read more

A memory of Rindleford in 1952 by Shirley James

Troedrhiwfuwch Village Life

There are a few more observations I wish to make about Troedy. There is a common theme running through most of the memories posted on this website and that is one of very happy times gone by. As an outsider, I ...Read more

A memory of Troedrhiwfuwch by Roy Williams

Stokesleys 2nd. Fire Station

For the information of readers, it may be of interest to note that the building just past the Town Hall Block, left side, was known as the Shambles and in the 1800s and early 1900s was open fronted and used as a ...Read more

A memory of Stokesley in 1920 by Alan Swales

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

Captions

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Caption For Aylesbury, Church Street C1960

In front of the church is the County Museum; nearer the camera, behind the 'No Waiting' sign, is one of Aylesbury's best town houses, with arched sash windows to the ground floor.

Caption For Halifax, Technical School 1896

This photograph shows looms and other equipment installed in a workshop at the technical school; it shows the importance of the cloth industry to the town.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Shell Mex Buildings And Gardens C1965

Although the bridge which spanned the entrance to Marlowes was dirty and shabby, over 500 people watched it being demolished at midnight on 6 July 1960.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Dixons, Maylands Avenue 2005

Although the bridge which spanned the entrance to Marlowes was dirty and shabby, over 500 people watched it being demolished at midnight on 6 July 1960.

Caption For Bishop's Stortford, The Maltings On The River Stort 1903

By 1940, only 6 out of the 17 maltings in the town were in operation. Barley and fuel for the furnaces were brought to Stortford by water, and latterly by rail.

Caption For East Dereham, 1893

A quiet lane on the fringes of the town. Washing dries in the breeze in the gardens of plain, mellow cottages.

Caption For Boston Spa, High Street 1893

The word Spa was added to the town's name in 1840 when the Penny Post began.

Caption For Leamington Spa, Town Hall And Parade C1955

A new town was laid out between 1810 and 1830, with the Parade as its main street.

Caption For Chipping Campden, High Street 1952

Thanks to restoration work by the Campden Trust, this honey-hued stone town has some of the finest buildings in the county.

Caption For Mold, High Street C1955

This is a splendid county town; we see awnings shooting over the shop fronts and a number of cars dotting the kerbs. Bicycles propped up against the curbs predate modern bike racks.

Caption For St Austell, View From Ring Road C1955

The bypass on the south side of town was opened in 1926; it was much needed to relieve the narrow streets of both local china clay and through traffic.

Caption For Fishguard, The Lower Town C1955

This very attractive fishing port used to be a busy port for agricultural and fish product exports.

Caption For Cleckheaton, Cheapside C1965

New streets began to be laid out as the town's population increased with the influx of new workers.

Caption For Dewsbury, Town Hall 1964

Three years in the building, the Town Hall opened on 17 April 1889, and this day was proclaimed a public holiday in the town. The Italianate style reflected the prosperity of this weaving community.

Caption For Moffat, High Street 1890

At this time Moffat was one of Scotland's chief inland resorts, boasting several hotels and private boarding houses.

Caption For Abergele, Market Street 1895

Only 5 years after photograph No 23331, D G Roberts have expanded: their shopfront is longer and fronted by a mini-arcade, and they now have a first-floor showroom with a plate-glass window.

Caption For Lancaster, The Town Hall 1912

This fine view shows Lancaster's new town hall, seen from Dalton Square.

Caption For Maldon, High Street 1921

This famous and picturesque town is situated on a hill above the River Blackwater.

Caption For South Petherton, St James' Street C1960

Turning south, the tour reaches South Petherton, a small market town in the Lias limestone foothills.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, The Marlowes C1965

The central thoroughfare of the New Town of Hemel Hempstead, in the prosperous mid-sixties when we'd reputedly 'never had it so good'.

Caption For Whitby, Baxtergate 1923

The bell tower of St Ninian's Church is just visible in the centre, and the nun on the left could well have been from either of the two convents in the town.

Caption For Strathpeffer, Highland Girls Wringing The Washing C1890

The town of Strathpeffer owes its popularity to the discovery of sulphurous springs in the 18th century.

Caption For Dunster, The Nunnery 1903

Dunster is one of the most picturesque of Somerset's small towns; its long Market Place rises from the Yarn Market, or market cross, an octagonal structure of 1589, to the castle gatehouse with the castle

Caption For Tetbury, Market House 1956

Tetbury's Town Hall, or Market House, is one of the grandest of its kind found in the Cotswolds, and for centuries has been at the hub of the town's life and business.