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Memories

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Balloon Woods Wollatton

Balloon Woods. Most people says it was a hell hole. Yes some parts of it was. But to a child it was good. There were more quite a few blocks. Some had four floors, these were called Tansley Walk, Bealey Walk, Hartington ...Read more

A memory of Wollaton in 1971 by Jean Smith

Pastures Avenue, Nottingham

I remember Clifton in a different light. We lived at 17 Pastures Avenue during 1966/7, my brother or one of them, he's the youngest, was born there. I met my half sisters and brothers there. I have always liked ...Read more

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1967 by Jean Smith

Crowther Family

Does anyone remember or have links with the Crowther family who lived in Chaddesley Corbett 1900-1910? This is relevent to me as Lewis was my father. Phillip my grandfather, who I never knew, worked in the big house as a ...Read more

A memory of Chaddesley Corbett in 1900 by Martin Howard Grenville

Ashby Aint Like It Used To Be

I was born and bred in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the eldest of three children. My memories of Ashby itself are snapshots from a time which now seems so old-fashioned that it as nostalgic as a Herriot novel. As a ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1970

Visiting Ferndown

(Not just 1955, probably most of the 1950s.) When my mother was a little girl, she was looked after by a nanny, who in her later years lived at Fairways, a bungalow at the end of Carroll Avenue.  In the 1950s when I was very ...Read more

A memory of Ferndown in 1955

Weekend Visits

I was only about 6 years old but I clearly remember visiting my grandparents' house on weekends. My grandfather was a gamekeeper on the moors until his retirement. In the early 1970s he and his wife moved to nearby Penistone. ...Read more

A memory of Upper Midhope in 1970 by David Salmon

Grandfather

It's not really memory but a request. I come from Bedlington in Northumberland and have found out my grandfather was born in Otley on 24/03/1901. He was born in 16 Burras Lane. Today I visited with only this scant information and I was ...Read more

A memory of Otley by Angela Dixon

Return Of A Native

Camberley, where it all began. Where I lived half of my life so far. In your head you never leave the place you were born and raised. On a wet un-comforting day I found myself revisiting the town of my past. I was cast into ...Read more

A memory of Camberley in 1988 by André Goddard

Landslips

I remember the houses on the right as being very crooked! Presumably the land movement had shifted the foundations and cracked the walls, but both of them survived and were inhabited - the owners had repaired the damage without ...Read more

A memory of Lyme Regis by Emmdee Shhh

Number 1 Kersemill Cottages

I started being accident prone at an early age it seems. My parents lived at the above cottages with me and my big sister. My dad was a meal miller and worked at the meal mill just up the the road to the right I think, ...Read more

A memory of Kersemill in 1956 by Val Litten

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Captions

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Caption For Great Hucklow, C1960

The main village street was deserted, apart from a small boy standing outside his house in the middle distance, when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Mochdre, C1960

New housing developments are suggestive of more to come, which they certainly did.

Caption For Chigwell, The Golf Club C1965

The club house was rebuilt shortly before this photograph was taken.

Caption For Chatham, Buckmore Park, Hq C1965

This picture shows the back of the Admin Building (C69088, pages 44-45) which housed the administration office, the shop and the hospital, and also provided some staff accommodation.

Caption For Rockbeare, Low Brook C1955

Low Brook was built in the middle of the 20th century as an overspill housing estate just to the south-east of Rockbeare village.

Caption For Blakeney, Post Office Corner C1950

The town is studded with fine brick and flint houses with steep pantiled roofs—on the right is the flamboyant brick and pebble Barclay's Bank.

Caption For Leek, St Edward Street C1955

The parish church is at the top of the street, out of camera shot.This is also an area of the town known as Petty France because, along with Ashbourne in Derbyshire, Leek was used to house French

Caption For Ramsgate, The Harbour Crosswall 1907

On the left are colliers unloading—note that the coal is being transferred to horse and cart. On the right is the famous clock house.

Caption For Somersham, Feoffees Road C1960

Named after the local charity, which has existed since medieval times, this council housing estate built in the late 1950s has remained unchanged.

Caption For Plymouth, Guildhall And Post Office 1904

Telegraphy equipment was housed on the first floor, and the top floor contained the staff rest-rooms.

Caption For Downderry, 1894

The house on the right, outside which the rather formidable-looking woman is standing, is reputed to be the oldest in Downderry.

Caption For London, Chelsea, Cheyne Walk 1890

A carriage with top-hatted coachman waits patiently outside one of Cheyne Walk’s many grand Georgian brick houses.

Caption For Nottingham, Old Market Square C1950

A busy and sunny square with vehicles parked on the road in front of the Council House, although the forecourt was for official cars only.

Caption For Chesterfield, Tapton House 1902

Built in the 18th century, Tapton House is where railway engineer and businessman George Stephenson spent the last years of his life.

Caption For Scarborough, South Bay 1891

A chance to sample its opulence would be high on the wish list of many visitors, passing en route to their boarding houses after a happy day on the beach.

Caption For March, Market Place C1955

Back in 1900, Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire said of March's Market Place:'the Fire Engine House is in the Market Place; there is one 40 horse power steam engine by Shand and Mason, with about half-a-mile

Caption For Glasgow, The Grand Hotel, Charing Cross 1897

Originally George Square had terraces of dwelling houses on all four sides, but they were demolished from 1869 onwards and their place taken by the great public buildings occupied by the Bank of

Caption For Dorking, Pixham Mill 1931

Just past the Stepping Stones public house is one of the roads leading to Polesden Lacy.

Caption For Whippingham, The Church C1955

Whippingham village lies close to Osborne House, and Victoria's consort Prince Albert had a hand in the extraor- dinary design of the church.

Caption For Cirencester, Dyer Street C1955

On the right, the building with the oriel window above the entrance is Bingham House, built in 1905 as the town library.

Caption For Carlton Husthwaite, C1955

Carlton Hall and the Tudor House both still dominate the village. The small building, centre, has been tidied up and is no longer adored with ivy.

Caption For St Margarets Bay, 1891

One could not be any nearer the sea than when you stayed at the Lanzarote Boarding House, the large building on the right of the photograph.

Caption For Daventry, The Greenway C1965

The houses in the Greenway are 1960s infill with their own service road.

Caption For Melksham, Forest Road C1950

The houses on the left are known as Woodrow Terrace, and the ones on the right Blackmore Terrace. They were built by Spencer's Engineering Works, which moved to Beanacre Road in 1903.