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Memories

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From1947

My surname was Lesley Hulland, it would be nice to remember if anyone remembers me, I lived at Rabbit Burrow Farm until I was 15. I was baptised at St George's church and married there but am divorced now. I went to school at Poynton ...Read more

A memory of Poynton in 1947 by Lesley Hulland

Childhood

Hi, My family the Burgins lived in Thornley when I was younger and a lot of them still live there now. We lived in Hartlepool Street in an old public house. We used to go down to Fleming's shop for the penny lollies. Our house backed ...Read more

A memory of Thornley in 1967 by Suzanne Thubron

Memories From An Evacuee

I was a World War II evacuee, and after a short "phony war" trip to Northampton, when the Blitz began I was sent to Llantrisant. I have nothing but warm memories of the town. I was thee years old and billeted with an ...Read more

A memory of Llantrisant in 1940 by Roy Barnacle

St Johns School

I went to the school between 1965 -1968, the family then moved to Coventry. My name was Angela Holley and I would love to see any interior photos of the school. I do visit Farncombe a couple of times a year and take a walk down ...Read more

A memory of Farncombe in 1968

Gathering The Harvest And Catching Rabbits In The Corn

I sometimes stayed with my Uncle Frank and Auntie Florrie Allen in Stoford in the 1940s and 1950s. He was a signalman for the Southern Railway at Yeovil Pen Mill Station and would ...Read more

A memory of Stoford in 1954 by John Howard Norfolk

Early Years

I was born at 23 Fotheringay Road in March 1959, across from the Spar Shops, where at one time my uncle Bert ran an Askit van. On my way to Woodnewton School, he always gave me a Kitkat. He stayed on Argyle Street, behind the town ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Thomson Kerr

I Was Here In 1973 & 1974

Like the other contributors I was a patient at this fabulous rehab centre, in my case it was twice (1973 and 1974) in restoring a mangled left leg following a motorcycle accident (yet another "sorry mate, didn't see ...Read more

A memory of Farnham Royal by Bob Unsworth

The Barber Shop

This photo was taken around 1960 as my father (who can be seen in the photo, cleaning the bedroom window) bought number 11, St Paul's Street in 1958 and did not open the barber shop for over a year. I was 5 years old when we moved ...Read more

A memory of Stamford in 1960 by Suzanna Sawyer

Playing On The Lake

This is a memory I have of when I was seven or eight in Frimley Green, Surrey. We had a lake calle Bransen (or Bransted), off of Wharf Road. I used to go there a lot, especially after I heard voices behind the ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green by The Frith Memory Archivist

Born In The 60s In Whetstone

I was born in Oakleigh Road North in 1965. I went to school at Sacred Heart Primary which was just up the road but felt like it was miles away while I was hanging onto my brother's hand and he walked with long ...Read more

A memory of North Finchley by Victoria Mabbott

Captions

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Caption For Wilton, The Square C1965

In this view of the Market Place, the vehicles in the car park are typical of the period, and the van in the centre probably came from nearby RAF Chilmark.

Caption For Richmond, Trinity Church And Castle 1913

Outside King & Son (centre right) can be seen their saddle-horse, and beyond is the barber's pole of W Myers, who succeeded hairdresser Charles Todd, visible in 32280 (page 18).

Caption For Richmond, Trinity Church And Castle 1913

Outside King & Son (centre right) can be seen their saddle-horse, and beyond is the barber's pole of W Myers, who succeeded hairdresser Charles Todd, visible in 32280 (page 18).

Caption For Daventry, London Road C1955

This main thoroughfare was by- passed in the 1930s, bringing a little calm to this approach to the town centre.

Caption For Bicester, Market Square C1965

The chimneys of the building just left of centre have gone, and it now has a more standard roof.

Caption For Henley On Thames, The River C1955

Above the centre arches are the carved heads of Father Thames, looking downstream, and Isis, looking upstream.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Square C1955

By the 1950s motor traffic was beginning to dominate the centre of Bournemouth, though it was still possible for drivers to easily pull in at the side of the road.

Caption For Hull, Market Place 1903

The statue of William III, originally erected in 1734, stands proudly in the centre, bisected by the tramlines.

Caption For Nottingham, Old Market Square C1950

In the centre background, the traditional building of Lloyds Bank can be seen, and on the extreme left is a branch of Fifty Shilling Tailors.

Caption For Egham, Procession C1901

The building on the right was a garden centre.

Caption For Witney, The Market Square C1955

The market was held around the 17th-century Buttercross in the centre of the town.

Caption For Cilcain, Village C1955

All the cottages in this terrace used to be the same design as the centre example with its distinctive chequered brickwork and curious extended porch.

Caption For Draughton, The Village C1955

On the far left is the old School House (1851), and to the left of Fern Cottage, centre, is St Augustine's Church, built in 1857.

Caption For North Walsham, 1921

In the centre of the town is the 1728 brick-built Old Town Hall, with an open arcaded ground floor.

Caption For Paisley, Dunn Square 1901

Dunn Square is a haven of tranquil peace amidst the bustle of a busy town centre.

Caption For Grasmere, Red Lion Square 1926

The Red Lion Hotel, on the right of the picture, gives its name to the square in the centre of the village, now dominated by traffic in a one-way system.

Caption For Ranworth, Broad 1934

In the centre of the picture is a sailing wherry, the shallow, wide bottomed boat with its characteristic square sail, an adaptation of the traditional trading wherry.

Caption For Runcorn, Weston Point C1955

Since the 1820s Runcorn has been a centre for the chemical industry, with factories producing a wide range of products.

Caption For Grasmere, Red Lion Square 1926

The Red Lion Hotel, on the right of the picture, gives its name to the square in the centre of the village, now dominated by traffic in a one-way system.

Caption For Wallingford, Market Place 1893

In Wallingford's town centre is a fine Market Place.

Caption For Emery Down, 1904

This settlement was once a centre for smuggling, a flourishing local industry that continued until the turn of the century, just before this photograph was taken.

Caption For Seatown, Village And Beach 1922

The River Winniford (right), trickling down the valley from Chideock village, seeps into Lyme Bay through a bank of pebbles below the Anchor Inn (centre).

Caption For Finchingfield, Vicarage Lane C1960

The house in the centre, Cabbaches, proclaims the date 1390 on a plaque near its front door.

Caption For Bala, High Street 1936

Bala was also a centre for the manfactur of Welsh flannel and tanning.