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Old Manor Cafe

My memory of Blackwater started when I was 14, for those of you who don't know what the Old Manor was, it was a transport cafe, which stood on what is now a supermarket site, on the right, at the junction with Rosemary Lane. In ...Read more

A memory of Blackwater in 1960 by Graham Davis

Things I Remember

Greenford market, that's where the buses terminated. If you were quick you could jump off the back of a bus at the corner when it turned into Windmill Lane, that way if the bus was going further than the market it saved you ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1975 by Terry Tomlinson

46 Bridge Road, Cove

46 Bridge Road at Cove is very significant to me because I was born in Bridge Road, no 46, on 29th June 1943, in the photo of Bridge Road it is the second house on the left, opposite Cove Supply Stores, so I'm sure my mother would ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1943 by Graham Davis

Cooksons Leadworks Part 2

1965. During my time working here I carried out a number of different jobs, one was to make Zinc ingots, my shift would start with my furnace fired up and there next to it would be my "charge" this would be a pile of old ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1965 by Jimmy Burrows

Higher Bebington Road

I grew up in Higher Bebington Road, my mum lived there from 1957 up until she died in 2008. I have seen so many changes. When we were kids we would pond-dip in the ponds on the fields at the back of the Oval now football ...Read more

A memory of Bebington by Sue Fowler

Huntly

I went to the Gordon Schools until I moved to England in 1972, they were the best days of my life. My uncle George Robertson owned the painting and decorating shop in Castle Street. I remember the picnics down by the Deveron in the summer. ...Read more

A memory of Keith by Christine Bremner

Etchingham Banks

I lived on Wedds Farm from around 1948 to 1963. My father, George Couzens, a wartime Battle of Britain fighter pilot, was manager of the farm which was owned by Mr A. Howeson. They had met in the RAF during the war. I believe ...Read more

A memory of Ticehurst in 1957 by John Couzens

Doseley

When my dad Derick John Jones was born in 1944 he lived in a row of houses called Dill Doll Row or Dill Da Row as some people called them, they were situated at Sandy Bank, Doseley, just behind the Cheshire Cheese pub at Doseley. My dad ...Read more

A memory of Doseley in 1944 by Angela Mathison

Childhood In Moodiesburn

I remember staying in Beechgrove just at the begining of the electric scheme, we had some very happy memories of the glen, Bedlay Castle, and going for walks down the luggie for a swim. Mr and Mrs Brown stayed in ...Read more

A memory of Moodiesburn by William Rafferty

Grandmother Born1876

My grandmother used to tell me stories of Gateshead days when I was a kid, for example Tommy-on-the Bridge, area Bottle Bank, apparently was a permanent fixture in those days, he stood on the Swing Bridge, might have been ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1890 by Derek Bell

Captions

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Caption For Bourne, Edenham Village C1955

Heading south towards Bourne, the route diverts north-east of the town to Edenham, a delightful village on the east bank of the winding East Glen River, whose church has many remarkable monuments to the

Caption For Rayleigh, The Village 1951

The bank, with its solid door, is half hidden by a large tree. In the next building the International Store can be seen. This was a flourishing grocery chain at the time.

Caption For Rickmansworth, The Grand Junction Canal 1921

The two central barges have been lashed together in order to bypass those moored alongside the canal bank.

Caption For Hitchin, Priory Park 1901

Bounded by Gosmoor and Charlton Roads, Priory Park was a favourite spot for picnics and Sunday afternoon strolls down to the banks of the River Hiz close to Brick Kiln Lane, Charlton, which runs behind

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1965

Barclays Bank (next to Trott's) arrived in Daventry in the 1960s to replace Wood Bros, wine and spirit merchants.

Caption For Coverack, 1911

Gently winds the lane down between stone banks towards this picturesque fishing village of whitewashed cottages and bright spring flowers.

Caption For Kettering, Market Place C1950

Pooles, the tobacconist and newsagent with its Swan Vestas advertisement, occupied the site of the original Gotch Bank.

Caption For Barrow Upon Soar, The River C1955

For many years the river at Barrow has possessed a watery magnetism which has drawn people from the city to its banks on warm summer days, either to enjoy a picnic, or to venture onto the

Caption For Aylesford, The River Medway 1898

A view from the west bank of the River Medway, looking to the medieval bridge and Aylesford. It is superbly proportioned, with one wide central span and three smaller arches on the approach.

Caption For Littlehampton, High Street 1892

A port at the mouth of the Arun, and once a Tudor royal shipyard, the old town runs east from the river bank.

Caption For Windsor, The Castle From Brocas 1890

The Brocas is the name given to Eton's riverside meadows on the former Buckinghamshire bank.

Caption For Barry, Thompson Street 1925

Lloyds Bank (left) was one of the most impressive of a number of buildings in the area, which was subjected to clearance and demolition in 1972.

Caption For Warlingham, Limpsfield Road C1955

Beyond the contemporary Warlingham Church Hall are 1920s shops and a bank, which is dated 1927.

Caption For Morecambe, Central Pier And Esplanade 1899

This lovely view of the Promenade looks north towards Hest Bank, with the Central Pier in the background.

Caption For Andover, High Street C1965

Tea could be had next door to Barclay's Bank or in the Copper Kettle across the road, by Holmes & Sons, printers of the Andover Advertiser.

Caption For Hale, Victoria Street 1907

Next door at number 26 is a sub-branch of the Union Bank of Manchester, whilst further along is Ward's greengrocers and Rogers' chemist and druggist store.

Caption For Stockport, Little Under Bank 1968

Jacob Winter moved his shop to Little Under Bank in about 1880. The three figures on the outside of the building strike bells every 15 minutes.

Caption For Kettering, Market 1922

The view towards the Royal Hotel and Lloyds Bank is almost unchanged. On the right the Victorian Corn Exchange has become the Variety cinema.

Caption For Bedford, High Street 1921

The bank on the left has its long frontage to St Paul's Square, and is now a Ladbroke's betting shop.

Caption For Redditch, Evesham Street C1955

Today it houses the Yorkshire Bank and Provident Personal Credit.

Caption For Corfe Castle, From The Church 1897

The view was taken from the tower in the time of Rev Eldon Surtees Bankes, the rector since 1854.

Caption For Byfleet, High Road 1951

Back in the village centre, things are less coherent. The Lloyds TSB bank (right) in Bedford Park style of 1879 promised greater things than its dismal surroundings in the High Road.

Caption For Walton On Thames, The Riverside C1955

At weekends the banks are lively with visitors, strollers and walkers, rowing club members, and people visiting the café.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Church Street C1960

The banks of the nearby river were strengthened, so that today it is safe to drink in the Feathers without wearing waders.