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Like It Was Yesterday.

Street still looks much the same today. Photo is from early 60's though. Ford Anglia (centre left) didn't come out 'til Sept 59. 63 - 65 I'd say. "Charlie Hills" bus in the Circle is also 60's as is, I believe, The "Red and White" Bus pulling out of the Circle

A memory of Tredegar by I An P Enny

Garretts Of Leiston

Aerial photo AFA77116TR: "Leiston from the Air 1959" Is a view taken looking toward the East and clearly showing the Garrett's "Bottom Works", which formed a large part of the town centre at that time. This very old facility, ...Read more

A memory of Leiston in 1959 by Derek Stanbridge

My First Job

Working for Thomas Wallis seen here on the left, it was a large department store selling all household goods, from tea towels to carpets and furniture. Oh how I loved my job.  In those days the shops used to shut Wednesday afternoons ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1964 by Mrs Christine A Fellows

Village Centre

I moved to this village in 1967 aged 14. The main building in the centre of the picture is a bank, I think it was the National which later became the National and Westminster Bank. Beyond the bank and to the right on the corner ...Read more

A memory of Freckleton in 1967 by David Moore

Swimming Lessons

As a pupil at Launde School it was compulsory that we were taught to swim at Oadby Swimming baths, for those of you who know Oadby today it wasn't the newly built baths on Brabazon Road, the baths were in the centre of the village, ...Read more

A memory of Oadby in 1968 by Karen Miller

Nineteen Years Pleasurable Living In Great Amell

My family of four childen, my husband and I, moved into part of a large country house known as 'Ravenscourt', standing in 3 acres of land: we named our semi "Little Ravenscourt'. Within our ...Read more

A memory of Great Amwell in 1964 by Edith Wood Smith

Miniature Train Rides In The Park

Close to the Grand Union Canal which runs through Cassiobury Park is a splendid miniature railway. It loops through woodland, has level crossings over footpaths and criss-crosses several lines before returning to ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 2002 by John Howard Norfolk

The Old Market Wandsworth

I remember the old market place, where the Arndale centre now stands and the bakers near the old swimming baths - 6pence to go in !!.. Bread pudding 1p a peice after the swimming...lovely memories and no photos of this lovely part of Wandsworth ?? Does anyone have any??         

A memory of Wandsworth in 1964 by Bonnie Burns

Happy Days

I grew up in West Ham from my birth until 1960, living at Stephens Road, Stratford. I remember going shopping with Mum to Stratford High Road, we would go to the market for all Mum's shopping. We would buy fish from Angel Lane and ...Read more

A memory of West Ham in 1958 by Joan Doble

Oh To Be A Bishops Daughter

In 1971 my father The Right Reverend Kenneth John Woollcombe became the youngest Bishop Of Oxford at the age of 47 and we came to live at Bishop's House, Cuddesdon, opposite the Theological College, next to Bishop's ...Read more

A memory of Cuddesdon in 1971 by Philippa Morrison

Captions

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Caption For Allithwaite, Boarbank Hall, The Lounge C1960

Lane End is the crossroads in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Calne, Wood Street C1950

The White Horse public house (centre) at the corner of Zion Lane has been replaced by the new building at the entrance to the new shopping precinct, Phelps Parade.

Caption For Coniston, The Village 1929

A pair of ramblers (right) heading for the hills stride out purposefully past the Rayburne Hotel and cafe in the centre of Coniston village.The lack of traffic in the main street is in sharp contrast

Caption For Broadstone, Dunyeats Road C1960

With the spread of suburbs around the larger settlements, functional but small shopping centres were established to cater for a growing population, with handy parking for the increasing number of car owners

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Barton Bridge 1914

Its landmark features are the ancient Barton Bridge in the centre, also known as Packhorse Bridge, and the spire of the parish church of Holy Trinity to the left.

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 Newick, The Green C1955

Newick is situated halfway between two great Christian centres of worship—Canterbury and Winchester—so the village was used as a resting-place for pilgrims.

Caption For Charmouth, The Beach 1922

Cain's Folly (centre) and Golden Cap overlook Lyme Bay.

Caption For Osmotherley, High Street C1955

This view shows W and V Soppet's village stores (centre).

Caption For Dulverton, Carnarvon Arms Hotel C1960

This hotel was built in 1873 for the 4th Earl of Carnarvon, who lived at nearby Pixton Park, and it became a centre for hunting and fishing.

Caption For North Curry, Jubilee Square C1960

The centre of the village is used to hold the annual May Fair.

Caption For Nottingham, The Queen Victoria Statue, Market Square 1906

The statue had been unveiled the previous year amid general acclamation, but 50 years later the statue, the only one in the city centre, was removed to the Victoria Embankment.

Caption For Bridgnorth, The Lift 1898

The town is also a centre for another type of railway - the restored Severn Valley Railway with its steam engines.

Caption For Chideock, The Village 1922

Another view of Chideock Post Office (right), looking eastwards to Mervyn House, Staddlestones, and Rose Cottage (centre).

Caption For Ainderby Steeple, Main Road C1955

At the centre is the Wellington Heifer Inn, and to the left is the old school.

Caption For Wickford, High Street C1950

It was demolished in the late 1960s, and the site is now occupied by the Ladygate Shopping Centre.

Caption For Hemsworth, The Parish Church C1955

The parish church of St Helen stands on a slight rise above the centre of the former coal mining town of Hemsworth, near Wakefield.

Caption For Penzance, On The Rocks 1906

In the centre is the Mounts Bay Hotel (right) and the Queen's Hotel (left, with turret).

Caption For Worstead, The Weaver's Cottage C1955

As the name of this cottage suggests, Worstead was one of the main centres of the weaving industry, which made Norfolk one of the wealthiest regions of medieval England.

Caption For Litton Cheney, The Village C1955

Litton Cheney is a good centre for ramblers wishing to explore the old ridgeways of western Dorset.

Caption For Reeth, The Village C1960

Another view of Reeth, looking down across the gritstone-slabbed roofs of the cottages of the village, which was another important lead mining centre during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Caption For Woodhouse, The Cross And Old Cross Daggers C1960

The restored cross in the centre of Woodhouse, a South Yorkshire village east of Sheffield, stands on an ancient stepped base and now features a sundial and a weathervane.

Caption For Taunton, East Street C1950

A stroll along present day East Street from the town centre to East Reach is a fascinating experience for any would-be town historian.

Caption For Guildford, Friary Street 1904

A scene that has been swallowed up in the creation of the new road system and the Friary Shopping Centre on the site of the Dominican Friary.