Maps

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Memories

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The Patch

I remember playing on 'The Patch' at the top end of Filey Road. It was mostly long grass in those days, except where the lads had trod it down in the middle playing footie. Every year all us kids would collect wood for a huge fire on ...Read more

A memory of Fordhouses in 1965 by Julie Rowley

Eddy Shreeve

Eddie Shreeve was my grandad. He was posted to Walton on Naze Coast guard. It was here that his daughter met her future husband, who was also living in the coast guard houses in Walton. My mum and dad, still live there. I ...Read more

A memory of Winterton-on-Sea in 1975 by Jo Verberne

Small Boystoys And Other Pastimes 1930s

bill.haylor@btinternet.com  Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs A large number of our toys were made from wood, dependant on what tools were available in fathers shed, if it was unlocked! The ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Bill Haylor

History Of Netherthong

I am currently researching and writing a history of Netherthong and I have well over 200 photos and other ephemera. I have started numerous chapters relating to such subjects as schools, parish council, churches, sport, ...Read more

A memory of Netherthong in 2010 by Michael Meitiner

Days Out In Christchurch

It made me sad seeing this photo, as my mum is buried at Hinton park. How I smiled when we left the park, and turned onto the main road. What faced me was the Cat and Fiddle. When I was a child, we would call there ...Read more

A memory of Hinton by Susan Allinson

Grove Farm

in the late 1960s we moved to 32 Yarnton Road. My dad and grandad worked the land of Grove Farm before the housing development took place. During 1970s an archaeological excavation took place in the area surrounding Moat Cottage. I ...Read more

A memory of Kidlington by Jane Eldridge

Sunny 1950''s Sunday Mornings

I have many memories about the old St Mary's Church. Until I started thinking of them I realised that I have not got one involving a rainy day apart from when my Grandad was buried in the churchyard. He was ...Read more

A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1954 by Ann Arthur

I Used To Come To Comerfords!

I bought my first motorbike from Comerfords in Thames Ditton (would have been at top right of this picture) in October 1973 - a Yamaha FS1e moped in 'Blackcurrant' metallic. But for up to two years earlier I would ...Read more

A memory of Long Ditton in 1972 by Mark Gardiner

Evacuation

I was evacuated about 1943. I can remember a field, I think of cauliflowers, opposite, and a bluebell wood somewhere at the bottom of the road. The people next door were called Ackridge(I don't know if that's spelt right), they had ...Read more

A memory of Cudworth in 1943 by Jean Nicholson

Rose Cottage Help!

Does anyone have any info or know any history surrounding 'Rose Cottage' on Stambridge Road, next to the Cherry Tree pub? I am unsure how long it has been called Rose Cottage and am having difficulty finding out any history. All ...Read more

A memory of Rochford

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Captions

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Caption For Stourpaine, Manor Road C1955

The cottage on the right houses the Manor Road Stores.

Caption For Charlcombe, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin 1907

A total contrast is Charlcombe, a tiny hamlet on a minor road a mere half mile north of the Bath suburb of Fairfield Park.

Caption For Cambridge, Pembroke College C1955

Even now, you cannot help noticing the particularly deep gutters lining the road. They were installed in the 17th century, in an attempt to improve the city's water supply.

Caption For Formby, Post Office And Village C1955

They were set back from the road, and the existing pavement and shops gave way to a pull-in for about a dozen cars; several of the mature trees were also felled.

Caption For Grantham, The Barracks 1893

Across the Witham, Avenue Road becomes Beacon Lane and passes the old barracks of 1858 and 1872 of the Royal South Lincolnshire Militia, now occupied by an auctioneers and valuers.

Caption For Market Deeping, Church Street C1955

Church Street is much quieter, away from the A16 Stamford to Spalding road.

Caption For Bramber, Village C1950

Initially the village developed along a road constructed on a causeway across the marshes between the castle and a possible wharf near Bramber Bridge.

Caption For Skeeby, Village 1913

This amazingly small- scale country lane is now not only surfaced and widened but installed with traffic-calming cushions to curb speed on the main Richmond-Darlington road.

Caption For Coxhoe, The Cross Roads 1951

Coxhoe straddles the A177 road between Durham and Sedgefield.

Caption For Barnstaple, Rock Park C1950

Taw Vale Road has changed somewhat since this picture was taken. The Ford garage, Taw Vale Motors, occupies what was Hopgood Haulage Contractors. This view was taken from the raised South Walk.

Caption For Sherborne, Newell C1955

The Crown has changed little since this photograph was taken although the parking facilities have increased on the road at the front of the building.

Caption For Chelmsford, Shire Hall C1965

Further attempts were being made to ease the road-congestion: a cluster of traffic lights, individual lanes, and 'Keep Left' signs.

Caption For Nunney, The Village And Castle 1907

The George Inn sign spans the entire road, clearly indicating its position.

Caption For Andover, Round House 1898

The road divides at this toll house, heading to Salisbury to the left and Ludgershall to the right.

Caption For Andover, Beech Avenue, Harewood Forest 1899

During World War II the forest was laid with temporary roads and was used as a bomb dump and collection point for tanks and other equipment in preparation for the D-day invasion of Europe.

Caption For St Margarets At Cliffe, The Village 1898

A little back from the shore in the older part of the village, we see a rural-looking scene along a dusty, unmetalled road.

Caption For Ickleford, The Village 1903

The centre of this straggling village on the outskirts of Hitchin boasted two public houses beside the Green and across the road from the cedars and prominent yew tree in St Katherine's chuchyard.

Caption For Torcross, The Sands 1896

Easterly storms can push the seas right up the shingle bank, eroding the road and threatening the village. During a storm in the winter of 1978-9, waves were breaking over the tops of the houses.

Caption For Caldbeck, The Old Smithy C1960

The village is on the Scandale Beck near Ravenstonedale on the northern flanks of the Howgill Fells, in an area rich in prehistory and mercifully bypassed by the A685 road to Kirkby Stephen

Caption For Christchurch, The Church C1955

Occupying its peaceful spot on Ross Road, overlooking a broad green with trees, Christchurch is a modest example of the Victorian Gothic style.

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, Red Lion Yard 1950

This yard is typical of the long rows of houses and narrow roads built on the declivity towards the harbour in the town; many of the houses typically feature dormer windows in their roofs.

Caption For Cropredy, Station Road C1955

We can almost feel the peace and tranquillity typified by a road deserted apart from a solitary horse-drawn delivery cart, standing near an attractive row of brick-built thatched cottages.

Caption For Liphook, Village C1955

Today all roads seem to lead into Liphook, and it is a busy, noisy place. The author Flora Thompson lived here for a time just before the 1930s because her husband worked at the local post office.

Caption For Stourbridge, The Mitre Inn 1968

One of the signs in the shop window of Alcock's, just across the road, reads 'Beat Rising Prices - No Tax Increase'.