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Memories

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Childhood Memory

During WW2 my uncle Bob was billited in the area, and my mother took me up to visit him. I was only a child, but I have a memory of being allowed to stand on this bridge while it was being turned. Was this possible? I also have a ...Read more

A memory of Selby by derekjay

Endless Summers.

i remember in the mid 60s my friends and i jumping off the farleigh bridge, how on earth we didn't break our necks i will never know, we stayed almost every summer week-end in the hopping huts, and had to come back to london late ...Read more

A memory of East Farleigh by flamefix

Open Spaces Bottom Of Mill Road

I moved to Three Bridges when I was 4 years old, in 1958, with my parents and twin brother Andrew. We lived in Mill Road. Heavens how it’s all changed. Gone are the open spaces at the bottom of the road, where we ...Read more

A memory of Three Bridges by kfosdike2

Alan Avenue

I live in Australia now . I grew up on Alan Avenue [off Lord Lane] . I was the eldest of 5 children [the Martins] . We had a great life there. I have countless memories of those days in the early 1960s. Walking to Stansfield Road ...Read more

A memory of Failsworth by andy9martin

Childhood Memories

I was born in Morpeth, lived there until I was 14 When my family moved to New Zealand. I have never forgotten my childhood days, I have so many fond memories. Our family moved into a house in West Park in the early 50’s, we had ...Read more

A memory of Morpeth by Susan Law

The Haunted Hoose

Does anyone remember the the big empty house over the plannie ?that we called the haunted hoose ,in the 1950,60 ,also the huge big rock we all used to sit on when we were youngsters,i think that it is a residential care home for the ...Read more

A memory of Carntyne

I Might Have Been An Undertaker

Throughout the first half of the 1950's I would spend every school holiday at Linton, with my maternal grandparents. Initially my mum would accompany me from our home in Trumpington to Drummer Street bus station, ...Read more

A memory of Linton in 1952 by Brian Goodliffe

1956 1960

My dad bought a brand new house on Craigwell Avenue in 1956. Builder was William Old. I was 4. The house was blue and yellow, 4 houses up on the left from Newberries Avenue. The construction went on for at least two years after moving ...Read more

A memory of Radlett in 1956 by Robin Thompson

Bridge Street, Coggeshall

I remember Bridge Street as I grew up in Coggeshall and was 8 when this photo was taken. The pub sign on the right is for the Portobella pub, which was on the left. In the distance is the bridge over the River ...Read more

A memory of Coggeshall in 1955 by David Clark

Langers Saddlery

As a child growing up in Bath, I remember walking across this bridge with my parents and being taken into the shop to meet my uncle Harry Langer who made us very welcome. I remember the smell of leather and the ...Read more

A memory of Wimborne Minster in 1957 by Richard Rees

Captions

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Caption For Runcorn, Swing Bridge And Canal 1900

The Old Quay Swing Bridge opens by pivoting on the pier on the left hand side of the canal.

Caption For Eling, St Mary's Church C1955

A short stroll from the toll bridge brings you to the little church of St Mary's.

Caption For Inveraray, Loch Awe And Kilchurn Castle C1955

The castle was damaged during the same storm in 1879 that destroyed the Tay Bridge.

Caption For Maidenhead, Bridge Street 1890

The building on the left with the urns along its parapet (which do not survive) is part of High Street Colonnade, a 1930 development in Adam style built along the north side of the Chapel Arches bridge

Caption For Cookham, The River 1901

The bridge dates from 1867. The church's west tower is 15th- century.

Caption For Wickham Market, The Mill 1929

The bridge over the tailrace, partly built in hachestone, has rails and posts inscribed 'A Barnes Woodbridge 1901'.

Caption For Colchester, Old Houses

The timber-framed building close to the bridge is known as the Old Siege House.

Caption For Sleaford, West Banks C1955

This view looks east along West Banks, with its numerous small bridges, to the mainly late Victorian artisan cottages (some are dated 1901).

Caption For Leeds Castle, 1892

This view shows the magnificent main building and the Gloirette, a D-shaped 'annex' linked to the main building by a double-story bridge.

Caption For Cambridge, River Cam C1965

We are standing on Magdalene Bridge looking at the Cam.

Caption For Abingdon, St Nicholas's Church C1960

We are looking north from Bridge Street.

Caption For Three Bridges, Post Office 1906

The village was named after the bridges crossing the River Mole. The picture shows a well-stocked corner shop dealing in general and fancy drapery, and acting also as a Postal Telegraph office.

Caption For Barton Upon Irwell, Barton Bridge Road C1955

Barton Bridge closed in favour of road traffic.

Caption For Golant, The Village 1891

Also known as St Sampson's, Golant on the west bank of the Fowey was cut off from the main estuary, save for a bridge, by the embankment of the Lostwithiel to Fowey railway in 1869.

Caption For Chippenham, New Road From The Viaduct C1960

This view was taken from the top of Brunel's railway viaduct and looks down New Road to the bridge and the beginning of the High Street.

Caption For York, The River C1950

By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge.

Caption For London, Chelsea Embankment 1890

Yet upriver, above London Bridge, were the more modest colliers, whose simple barges, loaded by man-power, carried consignments on to Thameside towns, for shipment to the Midlands and the north through

Caption For Tadcaster, The Mill 1906

The breweries used the Wharfe to bring in raw materials and transport finished products.

Caption For Leeds, Briggate 1951

The heart of the city for 800 years, Briggate leads directly off the Leeds Bridge. A major redevelopment in 1870 brought many new shops and arcades to the thoroughfare.

Caption For Bedford, The Bridge 1921

To the left, behind the bridge are the chimneys of Alfred Waterhouse's fiery red brick and terra cotta former Shire Hall, dated 1881, with its main front to St Paul's Square.

Caption For Three Bridges, Post Office 1906

The village was named after the bridges crossing the River Mole.The picture shows a well-stocked corner shop dealing in general and fancy drapery, and acting also as a Postal Telegraph office.

Caption For Runcorn, Widnes Bridge C1965

Linking Runcorn with Widnes, this bridge just gleams whenever the sun shines.

Caption For Salisbury, De Vaux Place 1928

On the Salisbury side of Harnham Bridge, De Vaux Place leads to The Close—the Harnham Gate is at the far end of the wall.

Caption For Shrewsbury, Nag's Head, Wyle Cop 1891

The steep Wyle Cop links the English Bridge with the High Street. In this splendid picture we can see a number of half-timbered buildings, including Wyle Cop Store, Dale & Sons, and the Nag's Head.