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Maps

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Memories

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London Road School Burgess Hill

I attended London Road school from 1956-1962. I can remember Mr Smith and the after school stamp club, also Miss Brown, Miss Holloway, Miss Oakley, and Mrs Parrot . When I was in Miss Browns class, some of the ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by annettelat1972

1970s Calverley

My name is Lindsey Lewis (nee Overend). I was born in Horsforth 1971 and my parents,along with my two sisters, moved to Clarke Street in Calverley from Bramley when I was two weeks old. We were the first occupants of number 21 on the ...Read more

A memory of Calverley by Lindsey Lewis

My Memories Of Heythrop College, Enstone, Oxfordhire.

The medical welfare of the Jesuit students of Heythrop was the concern of Brother Edward Toon S.J., (1901-1979). He entered the Society of Jesus in 1922 and took his final vows in 1932. He was the ...Read more

A memory of Enstone by michaelpeterpeyton

Some Memories Of My Dad Who Worked For Boots The Chemist In Chipping Norton Circa 1950 1960

My dad worked for Boots the Chemist in Chipping Norton. He was not concerned just with providing medicines for the human population of the area. Being ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Norton by michaelpeterpeyton

Police

My father was a police constable in Camberwell from 1945-1960s. I used to be very worried when I saw him in the centre of this huge crossroads, with doubledecker buses and belching great lorries streaming past him on all sides, this was ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell in 1955

I Was Married Here

I was married there in 1964, long before it was swamped by the town centre. My daughter was christened there. I then went to work at Van Moppes, can anyone remember it? I was living at Viables Farm, a working farm then, I believe it's a craft centre now. They were good days.

A memory of Basingstoke in 1964

The Horsefair, Broadmead, Bristol Bs1.

This 1953 photo shows Bristol's Horsefair in Broadmead not long before the rebuilding of Broadmead after the blitz of theSecond World War. Broadmead runs between Union Street and Penn Street, and was a part of ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1953 by Paul Townsend

St James Barton Bristol Bs1 The History

The old St James Barton area of the city was demolished in the late 1950s to make way for Bond Street and the bus station. The rebuilding of the city started almost as soon as the Second World War had ended. ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

The Llandoger Trow History

Bristol's historic King Street. The Llandoger Trow inn on right of photograph.King Street is a 17th-century street in the historic city centre of Bristol. The street lies just south of the old town wall and was laid out ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Greenford 1954 1974

I lived in Locarno Road from 1954-1974. I remember clearly going to Saturday morning pictures at the Granada (later known as Tescos) and getting an ice cream from Creamery Fare afterwards. We used to go to Greenford community ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Angela Bush

Captions

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Caption For Launceston, Castle Lodge 1906

The lodge was built in the 19th century to house the gardener, and is now the English Heritage information centre.

Caption For Wakefield, The Bull Ring C1955

The statue of Queen Victoria had been in the centre and was unveiled in 1905; she was later removed, but she was not amused to be banished and returned to take her rightful place here in 1986.

Caption For Overstone, Lake Side C1955

The Victorian Gothic pile of a country house is now Overstone Park School, situated in the centre of the vast park.

Caption For Spilsby, The Terrace C1955

The barber's pole (centre right) has also gone.

Caption For Bedale, From The Tower Of St Gregory's Church 1896

In the centre is the old cross: the blur to the left is a pony and trap moving too quickly for the photographer's camera.

Caption For Crickhowell, The Bridge 1893

In the centre the long white building is the 16th-century Bridge End Inn, at the junction of New Road and Bridge Street.

Caption For Sudbury, The Croft Bridge 1900

Ahead, just left of centre, is the bathing place, and straight ahead are the houses in Melford Road.

Caption For Sudbury, The Park C1965

This is the south side of the house, which is now the Sudbury Learning Centre.

Caption For Widnes, Swimming Pool C1965

It has since been replaced by a new Kingsway Leisure Centre which has, besides a swimming pool, a large sports hall where world championship boxing and premier league snooker matches

Caption For Great Bentley, The Red Lion Inn 1902

Grassington was once a centre for lead-mining, but by 1900 relied on agriculture and quarrying.

Caption For Brockham, Green And Church 1900

Christ Church, Brockham was built in 1846 and sits proudly in the centre of the village.

Caption For Basildon, Market Place 1961

Everything bears the hallmarks of the late 1950s and early 60s—from the contours of the ice-cream van (right) to the Guinness advertisement (with the shoe-soles) on the hoarding (centre left).

Caption For Wallasey, The Village C1965

Tesco (centre) is now an interior design shop.

Caption For Barnt Green, Hewell Road C1965

Houses were built near the station, and a recognisable village centre began to form, with a range of amenities.

Caption For Romiley, Sandy Lane C1955

This quiet residential road is very close to the centre of the town, yet even that fact has not saved the cinema on the left from demolition.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Silver Street 1900

At the centre of the photograph is E Hunt the draper's; still with the railings, it is now CR Timber Associates.

Caption For Melksham, St Michael's Church C1955

The tower was originally in the centre, but it was moved to the west end in 1845 by T H Wyatt.

Caption For Warminster, St Boniface College C1950

The Bristol architect Joseph Glascodine built the original house, the centre part, in 1796.

Caption For Soham, Churchgate Street C1955

Of the two public houses shown here on the wide main street leading up to St Andrew's church, only the Fountain (centre right), originally known as the Crown and rebuilt after a fire in 1900, is still

Caption For Teesside International Airport, C1965

Originally built as a Second World War base for heavy bombers flying to Europe, the airport has gradually developed into a busy centre for UK domestic routes, holiday flights and scheduled flights into

Caption For Debenham, Market Square C1955

The Victorian brick building (centre) was Carter's cycles and Wells's electrical shop.

Caption For Ashburton, North Street 1936

The Town Hall (centre left, with the bell tower) was built by Lord Clinton in 1850 to replace the wooden 16th-century structure which stood at the Bull Ring.

Caption For Petersfield, The Square C1965

At the top centre of this view is No.1 the Square, the oldest building in the town.