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Memories

1,253 memories found. Showing results 591 to 600.

Queen Alexandra

I joined the Queen Alexandra Nursing Corps in 1958 and came down from Scotland to QA depot at Hindhead. After training at the Dental College, Aldershot was posted to the Dental Centre, Connaught Hospital. My name was then Smith. ...Read more

A memory of Hindhead in 1959 by Jean Barnard

Small Boy Memories.

I lived as a child in Down Road, Alveston (at Barton Cottage - now demolished) from 1959 to 1964 and have great memories of Thornbury. Having no car in those days the family would march down the hill into Thornbury to Mass on ...Read more

A memory of Thornbury in 1959 by Paul Martin

Holidays In Allendale Northumberland

It brought it all back to me after reading comments by Jeff Garry. The lady he refers to as his 'Nan' was my great aunt Jean. I vividly recollect spending 2 weeks with Aunt Jeannie and Uncle Bob when ...Read more

A memory of Allendale Town in 1948 by James Banks

Working In Warsash In The 1960s

My earliest memories of Warsash was when I was 15 years old and being driven from Southampton, by my father, to look at a factory he had recently bought on Warsash Road. The 'factory' turned out to be an old ...Read more

A memory of Warsash in 1960 by Richard Barron

Meonstoke And Droxford

Terrific memories by both Harriott and Skipwith families. Thank you! Mine centre first on Midlington Cottage (rented from the Horsmans, he a magnificent model-train builder, the house out of Droxford a bit on A32, where ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1944 by David Cobb

School Cross Country

This was a right pain, going from Barossa County Secondary School along to the TV mast, sorry, monster thing, and getting lost (conveniently) to be late to avoid the cold showers,. We used to have some good bonfire nights ...Read more

A memory of Camberley in 1968 by Stephen Bunce

Winter Of 63!

I was 9, my brother about 12, and my sister was 6, and we lived with our parents in a huge maisonette in Hamlet Court Road. That winter ('63) it snowed and snowed and was freezing for weeks. Our dad and his friend, who lived ...Read more

A memory of Westcliff-on-Sea in 1963 by Sharon Hunter

Grant Brothers Stuart Hunt Ellis Kensington

Oh how wonderful to come across this site. I was born in Beckenham but worked in Croydon. My first job was receptionist at a solicitors office - Stuart Hunt & Co. - I met my first boyfriend there and ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Diane Gibbons (Luker)

First Love Thornton Heath 1963 69

My memories of Thornton Heath are not as a local resident, but as the girlfriend of someone who lived in the area and with whom I went out for 6 years from the age of 15 to 21, eventually becoming engaged ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath by Marion Coward

Born And Bred

My parents were one of the first to move to New Addington onto the Boots estate from Peckham before I was born. I have very fond memories of growing up there attending Wolsey infants and junior schools, moving onto Fairchildes ...Read more

A memory of New Addington in 1960 by Gillian Potter

Captions

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Caption For Lincoln, Castle Hill 1906

The three-gabled and jettied timber-framed building of 1543 on the right was restored in 1929 and is now a tourist information centre.

Caption For Lytham, Central Beach 1924

Why has the drophead with artillery wheels in the centre of the photograph got one tyre with white sidewalls?

Caption For Exmouth, Pavilion Gardens C1955

Long before the sea front Pavilion Theatre was built, a small playhouse existed in the Parade in the centre of the town at the very beginning of the 19th century.

Caption For Ivy Hatch, The Village 1901

Dunk's Green 1901 Some fine stone and brick cottages and an oast house stand along the road leading towards Mereworth Woods near the village centre of Plaxtol, on the edge of the Ragstone Ridge

Caption For Lincoln, High Street C1965

Woolworths and the 1907 Perpendicular Gothic-style Mac Fisheries (a chain long departed from our high streets) were recently demolished to make way for the High Street facade to the Waterside shopping centre

Caption For Hawkshead, The Square 1896

This picturesque cobbled square is in the centre of Hawkshead. An upended cart awaits its horse, while a little girl gazes across the empty square in anticipation.

Caption For Corfe Castle, And The Village 1890

He is commemorated by the parish church of St Edward the Martyr (centre right). Oliver Vye's Lane (lower right) runs below the ruined mediaeval towers of the Outer Bailey.

Caption For Lulworth Cove, The Village C1960

West Lulworth village and Holy Trinity Church (centre) lie behind the sweep of Main Road.

Caption For Preston, The Market C1960

It stands at the centre of the town beside the Town Hall, which, although only completed in 1933, embodies the grand architectural style of its neighbouring buildings.

Caption For Sabden, Old Bull Bridge C1955

Many inns, like the White Hart (centre), originated to serve the passing trade.

Caption For Hamble, The Quay C1955

Famous as a yachting centre, Hamble has long thrived on its close proximity to the river of the same name, with its shipbuilding associations, yacht clubs and marinas.

Caption For Beer, Fishing Boats 1918

It was also a noted centre for lace-making.

Caption For Broadstairs, The Beach From The Cliffs 1897

The main steps to the promenade and Victoria Parade are in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Margate, The Jetty 1918

The small kiosk in the centre of the picture housed the camera obscura, which reflected a view of the surrounding area into a large white dish.

Caption For Alton, Church Street 1898

The pale-coloured cottages, where a man is standing in a doorway (centre right), were pulled down to make way for the Foresters' Hall, the home of the Electric Picture Theatre and other events.

Caption For Camberley, High Street 1901

This led to School Lane, the home of the Camberley Infants and Primary Schools, which disappeared when the new town centre was constructed.

Caption For Calne, Sandy Lane, Thatched Cottages 2003

Copse Cottage (centre) is one of the Grade II listed cottages which form part of what is described as 'an outstanding example of an estate village in the picturesque manner' (Department of Heritage

Caption For Osmington, Post Office Stores C1955

The surrounding area, close to the sea, was a centre for smuggling during the 18th century. Especially remembered as a smuggler is Pierre Latour, or French Pete, as he was known.

Caption For Wells, Market Place C1950

The sign in the centre, pointing against the flow of traffic today, indicates the A369 to Bath and Bristol - the High Street used to have two-way traffic.

Caption For Stafford, Library Gardens C1955

In the centre we can see the Grapes public house, and to the right is the sign for the Sun Inn, behind which was a smithfield, or cattle market.

Caption For Warminster, High Street From St Lawrence's C1965

Warminster, on the A36 at the head of the Wylye valley, was an important market town and communication centre.

Caption For Romford, The Drill 1908

Where Heath Park Road (on the right) meets Brentwood Road and Slewins Lane (in the centre), meets Manor Avenue and Balgores Lane (on the left), is the Drill public house.

Caption For Dagenham, Civic Centre, Becontree Heath C1950

Situated on an open site between Rainham Road North and Rush Green Road, the Dagenham Civic Centre is a superb example of late-1930s civic architecture.

Caption For Whitchurch, Royal Oak 1899

Further uphill is the village centre. The only casualty since 1899 is the wall on the right, sacrificed for road widening at the junction with Hardwick Road.