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Photos

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Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Thanks For The Memories

My goodness this brings back memories! I grew up in Irby and we lived in Oaklea Road from the late 40’s to the late 60’s – I’m now a true blue Aussie having lived in Queensland since the mid 70’s but about to revisit Irby in ...Read more

A memory of Irby by Daphne Titus Rees

Family Evenings Out.

I cannot remember the exact years, about 1950, when my Mother and Father used to take me and my cousin for a walk from our house at Lensbrook Cottage through six fields (which is a public footpath), and arrive ...Read more

A memory of Blakeney in 1950

Yr Gof Cynwyl Around 1960

Yr Gof Cynwyl. (I’m no verra guid at the Welsh I doubt) It would be around 1960 that I used to get jobs done at the Cynwyl blacksmith shop. Mr Jones was a good man although crabby at haymaking time. I went there ...Read more

A memory of Cynwyl Elfed in 1960 by Alun Bush

The Stone Family Of Margate

What wonderful memories I have of my childhood holidays in Margate. Reading others memories bring them all racing back. The children born just after the war were so lucky. Although we really had nothing as regards money ...Read more

A memory of Margate in 1880 by Pauline Stone

Bramley In The Years 1935 To 1941

Now 80 years of age I used to live with my Mum and Dad and brother Michael in Lincroft Crescent just above the Sandford estate. The houses were new and rather small though we were so happy ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1930 by Lynden Flint

Childhood Days

I was evacuated to Reepham from London, when the war was going on. I lived in the high street with a Mrs Tonn, and a Mr & Mrs Mason on their farm. The days of freshly made butter and milk! Farm animals as pets! I ...Read more

A memory of Reepham in 1940 by Shirley Ring

My Grandad Humphreys Thomas John1875 1965

Grandad Humphreys, he was a carpenter making and restoring the Lockgates on the Montgomery Canal. Born in Welshpool 1875-1965. I remember the little trains running across Church Street as a boy of 8 ...Read more

A memory of Welshpool in 1954 by Keith Bedford

I Lived In Midford

The family moved to Midford when I was 15 (1966)... We lived in The Laurels, as you go down Midford hill heading away from Bath our house was to your right over the valley.... I used to work in Bath (David Gregs) and rode a ...Read more

A memory of Midford by Keith Jarvis

Synagogue

Brynmawr, my home town, although I haven't lived there for nigh on 40 years, it's still home. I have good and bad memories of Brynmawr. I was always regarded as a blacksheep, rebel, so the bad memories are of my own making. But ...Read more

A memory of Brynmawr by Colin Bennett

Barking Road, C1965

The photograph on Barking Road c1965 brought back some childhood memories. I was born in Dukes Court in 1955. I can remember the shops in the photo, the Fish & Chip shop, Johns the Greengrocer's, Walkers, Aflecks, the Dry ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1965 by Valerie Bethell

Captions

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Caption For Lytham, Lowther Gardens 1895

As far back as 1861, when sheep were grazing on Hungry Moor, it was laid down that the moor was to be kept open and never built upon.

Caption For Chieveley, The Manor And Church C1965

The church is unbuttressed, with a west tower and Perpendicular bell-stage and a very fine chancel all dating back to the 13th century.

Caption For Heswall, Telegraph Road C1960

Possibly the most obvious are the loss of the cinema on the opposite side of the road from Lloyd's Bank (H276053, in the mid distance, right) and the rebuilding of the church (H276132, right)

Caption For Churchtown, St Cuthbert's Church C1965

St Cuthbert's, Churchtown is reputed to date back to pre-Conquest times, but there is no evidence to support this.

Caption For Ware, Amwell End 1925

Even the visit of Cliff Richard and his original backing group, the Drifters, in the 1960s could not save the Astoria, and it became one of the first victims of the surge towards bingo.

Caption For Binfield, All Saint's Church C1955

An angel has appeared from a former house in the south chapel; the pulpit is dated 1628, and has blank arches and arabesque decoration; the back panel upper half has caryatids and the tester has strapwork

Caption For Hitchin, High Street 1903

Next to the Cock is Barclays Bank, built by Sharples, Exton and Lucas in 1841. Next-door-but-one to Barclays is the establishment of William Payne, an agricultural, veterinary and dispensing chemist.

Caption For Paull, The Waterfront C1955

Seven miles to the east of Hull but totally isolated from urban ways, Paull has a history stretching back to the days of Charles I.

Caption For Chelmsford, The Stone Bridge 1919

There was no unbroken link back to the earlier settlers who had been drawn here by the fertile gravel farmland. Nevertheless, it is with those primordial settlers that we shall begin.

Caption For Liverpool, The Royal Liver Building C1955

They were made by a man named George Cowper, who was backed by the Bromsgrove Guild; once they were satisfied with their work, they dismantled the statues and rebuilt them on top of the Liver Building,

Caption For Manchester, The Cathedral Choir C1885

The rebuilding took nearly twenty years, and the craftsmen tried to put only the best and finest materials back into Manchester's chief house of God. 192 new traceried panels were fitted to

Caption For Epsom, B Division, Woodcote Park 1917

Soon after that the prisoners were released, and the soldiers marched back to camp. Sergeant Green was taken to the infirmary where he died the next day.

Caption For Stafford, Law Courts, Victoria Square 2005

Certainly people as different as George Borrow and Lee Chapman have looked back on their days in the town with affection. The general verdict on Stafford seems reasonably favourable.

Caption For Carlisle, The Lake District Mountains 2005

Carlisle marks the place where three of these rivers meet - the Peveril, the Caldew and, most importantly, the Eden; a point that is also marked by a striking natural feature, a sandstone bluff

Caption For Dolphinholme, Corless Cottage C1950

This 19th-century terrace is typical of Lancashire villages in this region backed by long ridges of Pennine hills.

Caption For Richmond, The Park C1955

The royal connections with this park probably go back further that with other parks, beginning with Edward I (1272-1307), when the area was part of the Manor of Shene; the name was changed to Richmond

Caption For Preston, Horrockses, Crewdson & Co Ltd 1913

At the back of this picture are the old works, which date from 1791. John Horrocks was a Preston success, and was always held up as a shining example of man's ingenuity.

Caption For Wells, Sadler Street C1960

The east side of the street was developed after 1340, but some deeds for the west side date back as far as 1301.

Caption For Mull, Duart Castle C1890

It was eventually bought back by the Macleans and has been restored.

Caption For Box Hill, Hotel And Garden 1931

Part of it dates back to the 16th century, when it was known as The Fox & Hounds, and incorporates wooden beams taken from the ships of the Spanish Armada.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Church And Town 1890

The original church, dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, was cruciform in plan.

Caption For New Brighton, The Beach 1887

After the fort was completed, local fishermen found that they could earn themselves a few pounds by recovering cannon balls fired during gunnery drill and then selling them back to the Army.

Caption For Shefford, High Street C1950

Shefford is a small market town with Royal Charters dating back to the 13th century.

Caption For Loughborough, Market Place C1965

Loughborough University is at the cutting edge of science and technology yet, at the same time, it has a high reputation in sports that themselves stretch back to the ancient world of the original