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Memories

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The Seagull

Back in the seventies I drove to Staines to visit my long lost Uncle Basil who I hadn’t seen since I was eight. I drove into Staines from London and asked a newsagent how to find his address. Upon arrival, I parked and knocked on the ...Read more

A memory of Staines by John Hardie

The Oriel, Racecourse And The Later 60 S

The racecourse was pretty much my home all my life, Kempton Avenue. Sorry, a bit of a personal ramble here mixed with my remeniscing about me to put into context; I was born in Ealing in 53 of Welsh family (5 older ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Nick Parr,

Rosary Priory 1958 Ish To 1961ish

I was at Rosary Priory in the late 50 from age 5 until I was 9, I think. We lived in Elstree and were picked up in a double-decker each day. I remember Sr Dympna in the ‘kindergarten’ class and the boxes of grey ...Read more

A memory of Bushey Heath by Clare North

Newbury Way And Rayners Gardens

I'm Steve and the earliest memories are of Newbury Way, a lower half of a 2 bedroom maisonette with an open coal fire and larder including a concrete slab to keep stuff cold. I recall riding my three wheeled bike ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Steve White

Enormous Nostalgia

I lived in Wath until I enlisted in the RAF at the age of 19. The photographs of Wath on Dearne create a sense of enormous nostalgia and I vividly recall my childhood and teenage years. I attended the Grammar School ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne by paulineandellis

Was The Semaphore Inn, Llysfaen, Previously Called The Bull?

As a little girl in late 1950’s /60’s I used to visit my grandparents caravan on the site by the Semaphore pub. It hasn’t changed a bit apart from big, new caravans replacing the little old ...Read more

A memory of Llysfaen by Elizabeth Thomas

Halcyon Days In The 1950s

What fantastic days they were, despite the hardship. We were a family of 9 Seven children Allan Joy,twins Michael and David, myself Sam and a second set of twins Kathryn and Brian I too remember Mrs Greys shop, ...Read more

A memory of Wrottesley Park in 1955 by Sam Woolley

Holidays

My mother was born in Fleetwood and lived in Pharos Street, just below the lighthouse. I was born in Lancaster but I remember having holidays at Fleetwood when I was a child, just after the end of the war. I particularly remember being ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood by Maureen Bezzant

Mersea Island Primary School 1950s

Born on Mersea island- what a haven we school children had to live and grow in. Endless poppy fields and bluebell woods, golden beaches and primrose banks flanked the leafy lanes. Greedy land grabbers have ...Read more

A memory of West Mersea in 1956 by Kay Quigley

Hawkinge, My Birthplace

I was born at Corner House, at the bottom of Aerodrome Rd, Hawkinge on 31st August 1936. My parents were the local newsagents in Canterbury Rd, backing onto the famous airfield.  I have vivid childhood memories of the war ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1940 by David Pepin

Captions

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Caption For Launceston, Square And War Memorial C1922

Its foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales in May 1921, and the memorial was unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall before a huge crowd on 30 October 1921.

Caption For Chilham, Post Office 1903

Its pretty houses grouped around a square by the castle gates lend it a timeless air.

Caption For Shrewsbury, The Castle C1960

The town of Shrewsbury is almost completely encircled by the River Severn.

Caption For Torquay, The Harbour 1890

Its west window was designed by the pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones.

Caption For London, Piccadilly Circus C1895

The city's horse-drawn omnibuses wre operated by the London General Company. This Brixton Church to Charing Cross service was identified by its green coachwork.

Caption For Benenden, Village 1901

A pony and trap stand on the main road which passes by the foot of the green on the left, around which are the tile- hung yeomens' cottages and the village pub.

Caption For Caton, Brookhouse C1960

Rebuilt by the Tudors and again by the Victorians, it contains interesting relics of its history.

Caption For Cardiff, The War Memorial C1950

After years of fundraising initiated by the 'Western Mail' newspaper a war memorial was finally constructed in Cathays Park's Queen Alexandra Gardens.

Caption For Aylsham, Market Place And Hotel C1965

Aylsham Market Place is part of the estate of Blickling Hall, two miles to the west, which was at one time owned by the Boleyn family.

Caption For Romford, Laurie Square C1965

The flower beds and war memorial have now been replaced by the roundabout and pedestrian subway and the first houses in Park End Road have been replaced by the extension to the Town Hall.

Caption For Bocking, Church Street 1902

Built in 1580 by the Nottage family, this was originally a fulling mill, though it was being used for corn by the 19th century.

Caption For Rochester, View From The Castle 1889

Founded by the Romans, where Watling Street bridged the Medway, Rochester has been important for nearly 2,000 years. The cathedral, founded in AD 604, is second only to Canterbury in age.

Caption For Buttermere, The Hotel C1873

hotel at Buttermere, formerly known as the Fish Hotel, was the scene in 1802 of a great scandal: the landlord's daughter, Mary Robinson or 'the Maid of Buttermere', was seduced and bigamously married by the

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Beach 1896

Behind it is Clare House Pier, with the end of the Congregational church visible by the trees. At the extreme right of the picture we can just see Bayley Lane Pier.

Caption For Abingdon, The Market Place C1955

Abingdon's Market Place is an ancient space, probably established at the gates of Abingdon Abbey by the year 1000, some years after AD954 when the Anglo-Saxon abbey had been re-founded by St Ethelwold

Caption For Worthing, Bandstand And Pier 1919

By the end of the Victorian period, band concerts were a popular form of entertainment at most resorts.

Caption For Dorking, The Reigate Road 1927

In photograph 79501, right, we can see the white scar of the Brockham limeworks, worked at first by the Brockham Brick Company Ltd, and later by the Brockham Limes & Hearthstone Company Ltd.

Caption For Potter Street, Perry Spring C1960

The centre was to be managed by the Potter Street Residents and Community Association. Landlord and tenant matters were to be dealt with by the residents' committee.

Caption For Lancing, South Street C1955

The ancient village of Lancing, now by-passed by the A27, is swallowed up by suburban sprawl which is continuous south to the sea.

Caption For Beeston, Castle Entrance C1955

Although it had fallen into disrepair by the time of the Civil War, the castle was then refortified; it changed hands a couple of times during the war, and was finally slighted in 1645.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, St George's Church 1895

It was largely financed by the Duke of Buccleuch and the Duke of Devonshire. In 1866 the churchwardens, headed by James Ramsden, organised the town's voluntary fire brigade.

Caption For Cardiff, Maindy Stadium C1960

By the early 1960s memories of Maindy Stadium's relatively inauspicious opening in 1951 and, in particular, its poor running track surface were all but banished.

Caption For Cartmel, From Hag Lane 1897

St Peter's was originally a chapel of ease to Cartmel Priory, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 30 June 1745.

Caption For Otford, Morris Dancing On The Green C1955

Led by the fiddle-player on the right, and probably lubricated by the pub behind him, Morris dancers perform on the village green in the year that ended post-war rationing.