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Memories

1,250 memories found. Showing results 741 to 750.

The People Of Mirkirk

I lived in Muirkirk for a few short years and did not want to leave. The people of Muirkirk are fantastic, I moved there about 1978 when I left Edinburgh. My dad got a job in the area, he was not long out of the forces and ...Read more

A memory of Muirkirk in 1978 by Linda Wright

Grant Brothers Stuart Hunt Ellis Kensington

Oh how wonderful to come across this site. I was born in Beckenham but worked in Croydon. My first job was receptionist at a solicitors office - Stuart Hunt & Co. - I met my first boyfriend there and ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Diane Gibbons (Luker)

First Love Thornton Heath 1963 69

My memories of Thornton Heath are not as a local resident, but as the girlfriend of someone who lived in the area and with whom I went out for 6 years from the age of 15 to 21, eventually becoming engaged ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath by Marion Coward

Born And Bred

My parents were one of the first to move to New Addington onto the Boots estate from Peckham before I was born. I have very fond memories of growing up there attending Wolsey infants and junior schools, moving onto Fairchildes ...Read more

A memory of New Addington in 1960 by Gillian Potter

Fullers Garden Centre

Every Sunday the car park of Fullers and all the way down Bell Lane would be overflowing with cars parked where ever they could. My mum would give us enough money to buy a block of vanilla icecream and if she could ...Read more

A memory of Barton Mills in 1968 by Caroline Culverhouse

My Fathers Connection As A Photographer In Margate

I came down to Margate to live in Westbrook with my family when I was about 18 months old, probably around mid 1943. My dad was a local photographer then. He had a photographic studio in New ...Read more

A memory of Margate in 1940 by Vivienne Wimhurst

Remembering Mr. And Mrs. Simmons' Shop

First class clothing was always available at Simmons - my parents and I moved to Halstead in Oct-Nov 1939 as my dad, Stan Page, was evacuated with the London staff of Courtaulds to their Braintree/Bocking ...Read more

A memory of Halstead in 1940 by Rita Page Pope

Peterlee The Place To Be.

My mother had a few problems back in 1979 in a small village called Glossop in Greater Manchester, so she placed an ad in our local paper asking for an exchange of houses. We never knew that we would get a response from ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee in 1979

Construction Of Civic Centre

I worked as a carpenter on the construction of the Civic Centre for Allen Fairhead &Sons whose H.Q. was in Enfield Town just down the road from Lyons Corner House opposite the gas company. I got married during this ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by Derek P Arker

Bristol's Tramway Centre

I wonder just how many romances started after meeting under Bristol's old Tramways Clock, the time-piece once at the heart of George White's electric transport system? The mock Tudor facade to which it clings officially ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1890 by Paul Townsend

Captions

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Caption For Queniborough, The Village C1955

Two inns, the Britannia (left) and the Horse and Groom, still occupy the centre of this extended but fine country village that retains its atmosphere.

Caption For Biddenden, The Village 1901

houses along this main street, some half-timbered, others of brick, or board or tile fronted, were mostly constructed during the 15th century when the village prospered in the profitable cloth trade centred

Caption For Stourbridge, Hagley Road C1950

Two car dealerships feature in this scene - Stour Valley Motors selling Austins (centre right), and just beyond it, a Ford dealer.

Caption For Fairhaven, The Lake 1923

The bowling green and tennis courts are beyond the café building (centre).

Caption For Hovingham, The Village C1965

A pleasing mixture of architectural styles is seen in this photograph of the centre of the village.

Caption For Congresbury, The Village C1965

This 15th-century market cross stands in the centre of the village.

Caption For Frome, Vallis Way 1952

The historic Swan Inn, left of centre, was mentioned in the Frome Rate Book of 1663.

Caption For Portsmouth, The Hard 1890

This photograph of The Hard, overlooking Portsmouth Harbour, shows at least three pubs - including The Victoria and Albert in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Newark, Trent Bridge 1900

The spire of St Mary Magdalene (centre) is 240 ft tall.

Caption For St Ives, The Quay C1955

This allowed everyone in the centre cockpit maximum exposure to the East Anglian weather.

Caption For Bainbridge, The Village From Roman Fort C1960

The pretty village of Bainbridge, centred on its extensive green, stands on the banks of the River Ure (foreground).

Caption For Cross Hills, Main Street C1965

The Crosshills Co-operative shop is prominent in the centre of the photograph, alongside the Crosshills Pharmacy and Sheila Davey's florist and fruiterer's in the basement of the building on the right.

Caption For Radstock, Main Road C1965

In the 19th century this area was the centre of a busy coal mining industry.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Beach C1880

In the centre of this photograph is the rail terminus of the line from Faversham.

Caption For Staithes, Seaton Garth 1927

To the centre of the image, a cat scrounges, perhaps for left-over fish.

Caption For Bedruthan Steps, 1887

A difficult descent can be made to the golden sand (see the footprints, centre), but this is a very easy place to get cut off by the tide.

Caption For Oxford, Broad Street 1897

Note the ornately designed street lamp in the centre.

Caption For Market Bosworth, The Village C1955

Since the 13th century there has been a market here, and the buildings in the town centre reflect a gentle change rather than a dramatic fluctuation of fortune at any one time.

Caption For Portsmouth, The Hard 1890

This photograph of The Hard, overlooking Portsmouth Harbour, shows at least three pubs - including The Victoria and Albert in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Sambourne, The Green Dragon C1965

Sambourne was one of the earliest centres of the needle industry, but it never grew to any great size.

Caption For Longridge, Berry Lane C1955

Running from the Market Place to the station and level crossing at the bottom of the hill, Berry Lane leads to today's town centre.

Caption For Sketty, St Paul's Church 1910

Between the wars, the urban sprawl of Swansea engulfed the village, and developments pushed west and north from the city centre.

Caption For West Chiltington, Crossroads C1955

This mid-1950s photograph shows the centre of West Chiltington, with the village grocer and the Queen's Head pub seen on the right.

Caption For Blawith, Composite C1955

The pictures show (top left) Bouthrey Bridge spanning the River Crake at Water Yeat; (top right) Blawith; (centre) High Nibthwaite; (bottom left) Blawith; and (bottom right) the bottom end of Coniston