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Summers Holidays Were Invented For Fishing
I remember as a small kid growing up in England I couldn't wait for the summer holidays to arrive. As the days drew closer I could hardly sleep at night knowing that any day now we would be packing our ...Read more
A memory of Pickmere in 1972 by
Wilsons Bakery Griffith Wilson
My parents are Angela (nee Goulden) and Bryan Wilson (now sadly deceased), both from Bramhall. My paternal Grandfather owned the bakery in the village "Wilsons" which was taken over after my grandfather's retirement by ...Read more
A memory of Bramhall in 1955 by
Bradford That I Remember
I lived in Bradford from birth 1944 until 1965 when we moved to Canada. So I have lots of memories. One of them was on Saturday mornings in the 50's walking to town down Manchester Road. There were so many shops to look in ...Read more
A memory of Bradford by
Leaving A Mark On The Landscape
It was 1966 myself and 2 colleagues were bouncing across the downs in a Landrover when I first saw Imber. What a beautiful little village nestled in the bottom of the valley. It's red brick manor house next to the church ...Read more
A memory of Imber by
Post Street Photo: Ref G24036 The Black Bull
The Black Bull used to be owned by a Mrs George and was known as The Avenue Tea Rooms I vaguely remember my father Albert (Fred) Sheppard helping painting the Tea Rooms prior to becoming The Black Bull soon after the War. Paul Sheppard
A memory of Godmanchester by
Going To The Post Office, Atterburries And Salvation Army On Sunday
My memories are of going to Mr Atturberries (the spelling of name may be wrong) to buy sweets and also just next door I think was the Salvation Army Hall, which a lot of the village ...Read more
A memory of Sompting in 1961 by
Hartfield In The Late 1920s
My friend Hannah Rooth (Nee Symonds) can remember living in Hartfield in the late 1920s and 1930s. She lived at Kilnwood, in Cotchford Lane, and was married in the church in 1937. She then lived in Paddock Cottage in ...Read more
A memory of Hartfield in 1920 by
Horton Kirby In The 1960's
I was born and brought up in Dartford but my aunt, Nora Hall, was housekeeper to Sir Edward Bligh and they had moved to Horton Kirby in 1961 from Swanley Village. Sir Edward took a ten-year lease upon the house that ...Read more
A memory of Horton Kirby by
Memories Remembered
Memories Remembered After reading Brian Keighley’s story of his memories in Lifton, my memories came flooding back and has prompted me to recall a few of my own. I was born in Lifton 18 months after my sister Jean in 1927 at ...Read more
A memory of Lifton by
The Harbour Line.
Look carefully between the first two trees on the left of the photograph. In the gap with the house in the background you will see a horizontal dark line which follows to the right. This is the railway line called the Harbour Line ...Read more
A memory of Wisbech
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One of his briefs was to include the local Post Office in his photographs, so that it could then be turned into a postcard to sell in the shop.
Here we see a mixture of Georgian, Victorian, thirties' style cinema and post-war reconstruction.
Grey Abbey was once the post town on the Newtownards to Portaferry road.
Post-chaises ferried travellers between the coaches and their overnight stay – this was truly a bustling place.
In this photograph we can see the 'Bournemouth Queen' which was only at Bournemouth in the post-war years from 1947-1950.
The building on the left is the present Post Office, under the shadow of the Priory itself.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, Thirsk was one of the posting stations serving the Great North Road; The Fleece was the main coaching inn.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, Thirsk was one of the posting stations serving the Great North Road; The Fleece was the main coaching inn.
Behind the Best Kept Village sign (centre) stands Datchworth's whipping post.
Sturdy bicycles abound in this post-war view.
The cars look quaint and characterful, but these days the typical post-war architecture seems tired in style and not a lot more than simply functional.
The busy post office is also a Spar shop.
The first post office was in the Shambles in Lancaster Road – it was simply a small room connected with a dwelling house, and quickly proved inadequate.
The village grocer's and newsagent's shop is seen in the foreground here with, immediately to its left, the village post office.
Although primarily a post office and village store, the signs tell us that teas were also served here 'neath the apple trees'.
The scene reflects the austere post war years.
Holiday- related businesses include a Post Card Depot and a photographer's Kodak sign.
Over on the right is the general post office.
The sign on the lamp post indicates that the Post Office can be found in Quay Street, to where it was moved from the corner of High Street and Dark Street in 1936.
On the right is John William Hodgin's draper's shop, which was earlier the post office and run by A Blackby.
For many families in the years of post-war austerity, a caravan holiday offered the ideal solution to a holiday by the sea.
Again in the High Street we see the post office stores on the right and, on the left, 'for the handyman we stock paints, wallpapers, electrical goods and hardware'!
On the right the Old Post Office Buildings, faced in red terracotta, were a triumphant memorial to the Victorian splendour of the town, and to Gotch and Saunders, the architects.
On the right the Old Post Office Buildings, faced in red terracotta, were a triumphant memorial to the Victorian splendour of the town, and to Gotch and Saunders, the architects.
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