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Carrog Memory, As A Ww2 Evacuee.
I first visited Carrog in 1939 as an evacuee, at the start of World War 2. I was accompanied by my two sisters, having travelled by train from Birkenhead on the Wirral. All the evacuees were escorted to the Church ...Read more
A memory of Carrog in 1940 by
Castle Hill House
This is Castle Hill House bought that year by Augustus Brandt of William Brandt's and Sons bank, my Great Grandfather. Mostly now demolished, and the rest converted into flats.
A memory of Bletchingley in 1910 by
County Oak And Tushmore Sports And Social Club
Tushmore Lane and either side of the main A23 had properties forming the catchment area for club members, also another general store and petrol station. County Oak boasted a recreation ground ...Read more
A memory of Crawley in 1953 by
Growing Up In The War Years In Prees & Whitchurch
Although I was born in Whitchurch [Bark Hill], we moved to Prees soon after. However, I was sent to stay with my grandmother most weekends and for a period I was sent to the Wesleyan school. My ...Read more
A memory of Whitchurch in 1940 by
Bombing Of Morland Avenue
Written by my mother when she was 70. She lived in Swaisland Road I think one of the things you would have noticed was the number of barrage balloons all around, high in the sky. The first sound of guns which we heard ...Read more
A memory of Dartford in 1945
Brooksby Hall Agricultural College, Leicestershire,England
Like Gwilym Evans I was enlisted into HM Forces in 1944, along with my twin brother. We were born in May 1926. Served with RASC as drivers first in Wiltshire, England, driving 3 ton ...Read more
A memory of Nantgwynant in 1949 by
National Westminster Bank
This picture looking across the roundabout to what was The National Provincial Bank directly opposite The Old Surrey Hounds Pub. On the corner where the photo was taken from was The Westminster Bank, this is where I ...Read more
A memory of Caterham in 1973 by
Odeon Pictures
After the war I used to go to the Salvation Army flicks, almost next to the Odeon. They were free on sat ams I believe. I lived at 191 Gillingham Road till 1955,then went to Canada. Memories of Kerridges, Livingstone Circus, ...Read more
A memory of Gillingham in 1950 by
My First Job
Just before I was due to leave Peel Brow I was called into Mr (Dinky) Booth's office and told that Turnbull & Stockdale were looking for an Office Boy and that he thought I would fit the bill. I attended an interview with Mr W ...Read more
A memory of Edenfield in 1945 by
Home
I was born in Mid Calder; my sister in Pumpherston; and my brother in Uphall Station. We lived at 17 Nettlehill Road until we emigrated to Canada in October 1957. We all went to the school in Uphall Station and my favourite teacher ...Read more
A memory of Uphall Station in 1957 by
Captions
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Ford, Morris, Hillman and Triumph - all the big automobile names are represented here as the town becomes accustomed to the motor age.
Cars are parked by the town hall; it was home to the Galaxy Club from 1964 to 1966, and Screaming Lord Sutch and his Raving Savages, Lulu, and John Mayall's Blues Breakers featuring Eric Clapton, Mick
During the 19th century, the well-laid-out streets to the south beyond Donegall Square were matched (at least in orderliness) by those built on the reclaimed land near York Street.
Chideock House on the left was, at this time, known as Myrtle Cottage, with a Mrs Bindloss as its inhabitant. Beyond are an obscured Bridge Cottage, By the Stream , and Apple Tree Thatch (centre).
The annual sailing regatta declined in the 1920s. New crowd-pulling ideas included carnivals and processions. In the 1960s formation sailing was performed by the light of coloured searchlights.
The Cross, the junction of the High Street, Cambridge Street, Huntingdon Street and Church Street, marks the original site of the centre of town, and was a planned medieval market place.
This view of the western end of the High Street, seen from the forecourt of the Spread Eagle, is dominated by the clock tower built by Butler and Hedge in 1847-48, which commemorates the passing of the
As with the other streets in the village, the High Street has also had more than its fair share of change. The Lincoln Co-op (left) has gone along with part of the building.
As with the other streets in the village, the High Street has also had more than its fair share of change. The Lincoln Co-op (left) has gone along with part of the building.
We are looking westwards from the Market Place. On the south side is London House, the store of house furnishers Walter Baker Northover & Son.
Exeter's canal was built at the request of the city's Tudor merchants and traders, who were exasperated by the weirs on the River Exe that obstructed the free flow of water transport into the city.
An open-topped bus trundles along the Ewell Road towards the crossroads of the village, passing the petrol pump of the small garage near the entrance to Park Lane, and with the trees on the edge of Nonsuch
Protected from overwhelming traffic by the encirclement of the Upton by-pass to the west and the M53 motorway to the east, Upton has changed little since these views were taken.
This street scene has not changed very much except for the names of the occupants.
The junction off Grange Road and Whetstone Lane (to the right) is known as Charing Cross. Grange Road was one of the main shopping streets in Birkenhead, and was very popular.
The modern architecture sits very uncomfortably with the earlier buildings – an example is the Fine Fare building, which now houses Super Drug.
Exeter's canal was built at the request of the city's Tudor merchants and traders, who were exasperated by the weirs on the River Exe that obstructed the free flow of water transport into the city.
In 1651, Sir Richard Weston of nearby Sutton Place embarked on his great enterprise to create the Wey Navigation and make the river commercially navigable from Guildford to the Thames, by straightening
Barton-upon-Humber was once a rival to the port of Kingston upon Hull on the other side of the river Humber, but it is now a much smaller settlement, and the Market Place confirms that most definitely.
Barton-upon-Humber was once a rival to the port of Kingston upon Hull on the other side of the river Humber, but it is now a much smaller settlement, and the Market Place confirms that most definitely.
in the Market Place.
Cosby presents a most unusual configuration for a Leicestershire village, which with care and attention over the years could have been described as picturesque.
In 1651, Sir Richard Weston of nearby Sutton Place embarked on his great enterprise to create the Wey Navigation and make the river commercially navigable from Guildford to the Thames, by straightening
Looking South to Marlborough Road The buildings to the left stood next to the Old Town Hall on the Market Square.
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