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Memories

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First Impressions

A wet and cold rainy winter day - Deiniolen looked very bleak - I was later to meet some wonderful people who changed my early impressions. One person in particular Myfanwy Crane, living with her grandparents in Pentre Helen and ...Read more

A memory of Deiniolen by Gordon Blain

A Child As An Inpatient In Penyfai & Glanrhyd

Hello I was a patient at Penyfai back in 1973 and I was only twelve years of age. I regularly went over to Glanrhyd as that is where the social centre was, and would sometimes take the back exit ...Read more

A memory of Bridgend in 1973

The Lakes Coffee Shop Deri Bargoed

Friday the 8th of April, 1984. The day I met the actor Jon Pertwee when he opened the visiting centre in Deri. I arrived around 10.30 am, the weather was dreadfull, raining, typical,..and Jon Pertwee was 90 ...Read more

A memory of Bargoed in 1994 by Andrew Dexter

Billingham Town Centre In The 1970s

I often sit now in the town centre and ponder on the days gone by .. not that I'm that old but Billingham has sadly aged quicker than a tired old dog. The Forum Theatre, and the big name stars that visited it ...Read more

A memory of Billingham by George (Podge) Bell

1956 Onwards

Jennifer and I started our married life in South Wales in a little village called Caio, at that time all Welsh speaking. You may have gathered from my writings I was recalled back into the army for the campaign that was called The Suez ...Read more

A memory of Caio in 1956 by George Larbey

William Hopwood Street

Me and my mates had so much freedom to "play out". We all lived around William Hopwood Street in them days. I'd just left Audley Secondary Modern School, to begin an apprenticeship at Foster Yates & Thom, (Dad & ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn in 1960 by Dennis Godfrey

Up The Hammers

My grandfather, John Williams, lived in a victorian terraced house in Seymour Road with his parents and four brothers. The house was knocked down and replaced with the large block of flats you can see in the distance to the centre of ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1940 by Julian Hight

Rehab Centre Farnham Park

This is the occupational therapy workshop of the Rehabilitation Centre in Farnham Park. It was operated by the Slough Estates Medical facility.

A memory of Farnham Royal in 1962 by Patrick Butterly

Alcester Street

I was 11 years old in 1957 and during that year I transferred from St Stephen's Junior Mixed School to Lodge Farm County Secondary. I lived at number 12 Wellington Street, which has been virtually destroyed by the new town ...Read more

A memory of Redditch in 1957 by Wayne Harris

Park Lane School 1943 50

I attended Park Lane School having been transferred from Barham School in 1948. My class mates included Christine Lemendin (she was a brilliant scholar and always came top of her class), Ann Field who was great friends with ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1950 by John Rooke

Captions

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Caption For Grasmere, The Church Of St Oswald 1926

Now the centre of a hectic one-way traffic system, Grasmere's parish church of St Oswald is perhaps best known for being the last resting place of the poet William Wordsworth, who is buried there alongside

Caption For Stonehouse, High Street C1955

It has a thriving local economy, and the modern Elgin Mall shopping centre and new housing estates have grown up in recent decades.

Caption For Barford St John, The Village C1965

The church of St John, centre left, is Norman in origin, but has a later octagonal tower and pyramidal roof.

Caption For Bristol, The Centre 1953

The centre was heavily bombed during World War II, and a new shopping area was built at Broadmead, beyond the tower.

Caption For Pin Mill, The Boatyard 1921

The maltings (centre) are a reminder of the days when grain was unloaded into the barges here en route for Ipswich.

Caption For Bidston, The Windmill C1955

After a period of disuse and neglect it was given new sails in 1994, and now provides an interesting centre for the area's many visitors.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

Brooke House, the town centre's only housing unit, opened on 7 July 1962.

Caption For Devizes, Maryport Street C1965

These buildings were demolished as part of road and pedestrian way development, and a post office and job centre were built in their place.

Caption For Brighton, The Palace Pier 1902

A pavilion and winter garden was added to the pier's centre in 1910.

Caption For Porthleven, The Harbour 1904

This working port is at the centre of the sweep of Mount's Bay.

Caption For Oundle, Market Place C1950

The Victorian Town Hall in the centre of the Market Place was built by the Watts-Russell family; today it is occupied by local businesses.

Caption For Newark, Kirkgate 1900

Beyond is the totally out-of-scale Kirkgate Centre, in a florid Victorian style of 1887, but the spire is the real focus of this fine street.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, The Bridge 1914

In the centre we can see the chimney-stack of Spencers Brewery, which was later taken over by Ushers.

Caption For Southampton, The Civic Centre C1955

At the heart of Southampton lies the Civic Centre, with its council offices, law courts and art gallery.The building dates back to the 1930s; soaring above it is the distinctive 182-ft high tower

Caption For Snodland, Mulberry Cottage C1965

Named for the mulberry tree that grew in the garden, this 18th-century Kentish hall house in the High Street was once at the centre of Snodland, where the market cross stood outside The Red Lion inn opposite

Caption For Upchurch, The Village C1955

The infants' school, built in 1881, forms a village centre with the church and The Crown Inn.

Caption For Monsal Dale, On The River Wye C1864

A fascinating early photograph which shows the crags below Hay Top in Monsal Dale, and beyond them the freshly-excavated limestone scree (centre) of the embankment which was to take the Midland line

Caption For Bildeston, The Clock Tower C1960

The house on the corner of Chapel Street (centre) now has a porch in the second bay.

Caption For Ipswich, The Ancient House C1955

The arms of Charles II are in the centre of four elaborate oriel windows, with pargetting representing four continents.

Caption For Kidderminster, Broadwaters C1960

What was Broadwaters Lane led from the town centre as a continuation of the Horse Fair to meet the main road, where it became Chester Road.

Caption For London, Piccadilly Circus C1895

The building in the centre, on the far corner of Haymarket, still stands.

Caption For London, Westminster, Crimean Monument C1880

The monument stands in the centre of an area known as the Sanctuary by the west door of the abbey and on the site of the abbey gateway.

Caption For Scarborough, South Bay 1897

On the right the bay is dominated by the Grand Hotel (1867), designed by Cuthbert Brodrick from Leeds, and in the centre is Sir Joseph Paxton's splendid Spa Hall and Theatre (1880).

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1902

Trading directly opposite the Town Hall was ironmonger Charles Edward Bazley (centre).