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The Smallfield Brickyard

I was born at 1 Kings Cottages in April 1931. I have two brothers, and as young boys we were close friends of the late Gerald Mitchel. Gerald's mum, nee Doris King, lived with her husband (Syd, who served with the RAF) ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Tony Harper

Memories Of Growing Up In 1940s Tideswell

Memories of visiting Uncle Bernard at his cobbler's shop, and smelling the leather and sweaty feet. Uncle Bernard makes crisps, peeling potatoes so thin with the knife he uses to cut leather, and the ...Read more

A memory of Tideswell in 1940 by Elsie Hollis

Pinehurst Childrens Home Park Rd Camberley

Memories of Camberley come from my childhood days as an orphan residing at 'Pinehurst', a Surrey County Child Welfare Home 1949-1953. I was put there as a 9-year-old and recall spending a very happy ...Read more

A memory of Pinehurst in 1949 by David Share

Collecting Soft Fruit In The Retreat House Garden

As a child I remember collecting loganberries, raspberries, strawberries and gooseberries in the garden at the back of the house. My mother used to make them into jam which would last ...Read more

A memory of West Lulworth in 1940 by Albert Spavins

Hare Park Terrace

My uncle and aunt, Frank and Lilian Simpson (nee Wilson)used to live over looking the Spen Valley in a terraced house on a hill at the bottom of which was Rawfolds Mill. Is the photo H199022 this road and is the wall on left ...Read more

A memory of Rawfolds in 1920 by Eunice Wilson

Smithy House

1969, I visited my great aunt Vi and great uncle Frank at the Smithy House. His anvil is in the center of town. Frank Topley, the last village blacksmith.

A memory of Rolleston on Dove in 1969 by G Ribbeck

Lymington In The 1940s

My maternal grandmother and mother were both born in Lymington, my mother attending the grammar school in Brockenhurst (I remember as a small boy her pointing it out to me from the train) In 1944, when the V1 'doodlebugs' ...Read more

A memory of Lymington in 1944 by Brian Veall

Bryn Gearge

I well remember Bryn Gearge ,when we were younger he lived across the back lane from our house. He raced pigeons and often we had to go and look for my father at dinner time as he would be talking to Bryn about pigeon racing.

A memory of Caerau in 1966 by Brenda Smith

Growing Up In A Small Village

My parents moved to Twycross from London in the early 1960s. We lived on Sheepy Road next door to Mr Charlie Brooks and Louie Jones. On the opposite side were Stan and Ilma Jones and Len Gibbs and his daughter Joan. ...Read more

A memory of Twycross by Tracy Wright

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Captions

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Caption For Devizes, On The Canal 1898

The cottage now houses a tea room.

Caption For Lechlade, High Street C1960

Situated near where Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire meet is the pretty village of Lechlade, with its fine array of Georgian houses.

Caption For Kirkstall Abbey, From The Weir 1891

Even so the chapter house, cloisters and abbot's lodging are still impressive.

Caption For Helston, The Moors 1890

The big house set back from the road left of centre is Weeth, and past it the road continues down into the valley of the Cober.

Caption For York, Bishopthorpe Palace From River 1893

This tranquil scene shows the many different styles of building that took place over more than six centuries to give this magnificent house its unique character.

Caption For Wheaton Aston, The Lock 1952

The lock keepers cottage (left) is now a private house, and the large building behind has gone.

Caption For Westgate On Sea, Hotels And Beach 1890

Two of Westgate's leading hotels were the Beach House Hotel on the left, and the large St Mildred's Hotel and Bathing Establishment (centre).

Caption For Horsforth, Hall Park 1901

Even so the chapter house, cloisters and abbot's lodging are still impressive.

Caption For Ironbridge, High Street And Church Street 1925

The town also has a Market House, which like many others, was originally open on the ground floor.

Caption For Norwich, Ber Street 1891

Only St John the Baptist's church and a couple of houses nearby escaped from the bombs intended for the port and the railway station.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, River Avon 1914

The round house on the north bank of the river was a popular bathing spot.

Caption For Powerstock, The Village C1960

Brookview is the house with Powerstock Primary School behind it (left of centre) and Sunnyside is further up the hill.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Myddleton Place C1965

Hollyhocks grow against the building, and Myddylton House (left) has lost its Virginia creeper - instead, wisteria is in bloom.

Caption For Bletchley, St Mary's Church C1965

The Victorian railway houses of New Bradwell are in the background.

Caption For Chigwell, The Hall C1965

It was built in 1876 to designs by Norman Shaw, his only house in the area. It is now a Grade II listed building.

Caption For Portland, Chesil Beach From Fortuneswell 2003

Urban Fortuneswell has spread upwards from Portland Harbour to the houses beside New Road.

Caption For Swavesey, High Street C1965

Coming off the old A604, now the A14, the High Street meanders through Swavesey village for over a mile passing chapels, farm houses, cottages and 19th-century terraces - very little has changed here for

Caption For Sonning, Village 1904

Sonning includes many Georgian houses and timber-framed cottages.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Shakespeare's Garden 1922

The restoration was directed at putting the house into a representation of what it might have looked like in 1564.

Caption For High Wycombe, Wycombe Abbey School Grounds C1965

Wycombe Abbey School's first architect, was commissioned by the school to build boarding houses, classroom blocks and dormitories, which were mostly built between 1898 and 1902, with the chapel following

Caption For Norwich, St Helen's Square, Great Hospital 1921

Originally intended for housing poor clergy, and other poor people, the hospital was founded by Bishop Walter de Suffield in 1249. Masses were to be said here for his soul in perpetuity.

Caption For Dublin, Albert Statue 1897

It stands on Leinster Lawn beside Leinster House, home of the Irish Parliament.

Caption For Blackburn, Public Hall & Sessions House 1923

Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.The Sessions House is just beyond it on the right. Now called King George's Hall, it is still one of the centres of entertainment in Blackburn.

Caption For Farington, Stanifield Lane C1955

The pre-war houses stand neat and square on the lane. Farington is a parish in South Ribble Borough.