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Maps

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1898, Broad Town Ref. RNE650829
1947, Broad Town Ref. NPO650829
1899, Broad Town Ref. HOSM39002
1919, Broad Town Ref. POP650829
1898-1899, Broad Town Ref. RNC650829

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Memories

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Living In Queens Avenue And Going To School

I was three when we moved to Muswell Hill in 1951. My parents had both been in the forces and it was difficult to find accommodation for a family. My grandmother knew a Mr. Wood, he was a judge. His ...Read more

A memory of Muswell Hill in 1953 by Susan Morley

Ashby's

I remember there being an Ashby's in Tonbridge Road down the road from the old trolley bus depot. My grandfather worked there as a cashier.

A memory of Maidstone in 1965 by Kim Hatton

Wonderful Bucks!

My mum first came across Bucks Mills when we went for a bodyboarding holiday in Westward Ho! before the march of the mobile homes..! Next year we stayed in Driftwood in Bucks itself and did so for the next 7/8 years until my ...Read more

A memory of Buck's Mills in 1965 by Nick Neter

Growing Up At Coombe Place

My family and I moved to a bungalow at Coombe Place in 1960. My father, Walter Motley, took up the post of farm manager on this 100 acre dairy farm with a herd of Jersey cattle. Coombe Place is set on the side of the South ...Read more

A memory of Offham in 1960 by Susan Walton

My Memories Of Salford

I was born in the upstairs back room of my maternal Gran's house at 20 John Street, Pendleton. I was told there was an air raid going on at the time. My first school was John Street where there was a play ground on the roof, ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Mal Woods

An Unappreciated History

When you grow up in an ancient city such as Hereford and have really no other frame of reference you don't fully grasp the enormity of the depth of history that buildings such as Hereford Cathedral embodied. The Romans ...Read more

A memory of Hereford in 1957 by Dylan Rivis

Cheadle In The Second World War

I think that we must have moved to Cheadle around 1938, because I was born in Newcastle under Lyme, but my younger sister was born in Cheadle in 1939. At that time we lived on Leek Road. We had various ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle in 1930 by Terry Brooks

18castle Street

I was living in Castle Street at number 18 when this photo was taken. I remember the hunt gathering in the car park opposite on Boxing Day and the bakers on the road down to Tungstate where mum would get me and my sister an iced bun, and playing in the castle grounds on my scooter.

A memory of Guildford in 1965 by Bob Whitehead

Ode To Wallsend

ODE TO WALLSEND I was born at Wallsend Village green in the heart of Wallsend Town, I spent my childhood in an era great to be around, We all grew up together and played in our back lanes, My cousins and my neighbours in the ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend in 1976 by James Bridgewood

Broad Street School

I too, went to the Nursery School on Broad Street. I remember Miss Massey who slammed the desk down on my fingers squashing my signet ring, which resulted in my finger swelling and the ring having to be cut off! Such a nice lady ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1956 by Lynn Bryan

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Captions

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Caption For Sidmouth, Milford Road 1918

The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.

Caption For Sidmouth, Fore Street 1918

The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.

Caption For Ipswich, On The River Orwell 1909

A sailing barge makes its way along the Orwell, with lush wooded hillsides coming down to meet the broad tidal mudflats at the water's edge.

Caption For Ryde, Union Street 1913

A fine view down the length of Union Street in the last peaceful days before the First World War.

Caption For Broad Hinton, The White Horse C1955

The Broad Hinton (or Hackpen) white horse is on Hackpen Down between Avebury and Swindon on the Marlborough Downs. It is amateurish in design, and the least impressive of all the Wiltshire horses.

Caption For Broad Hinton, The White Horse C1955

The Broad Hinton (or Hackpen) white horse is on Hackpen Down between Avebury and Swindon on the Marlborough Downs. It is amateurish in design, and the least impressive of all the Wiltshire horses.

Caption For Sidmouth, Sid Vale Dairy 1906

Sidmouth nestles in a broad valley where the pastoral countryside of East Devon sweeps down to the sea. It was a centre for fishing and farming long before it became popular with tourists.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street C1905

Broad Street is the town's most fashionable shopping street, though the busy traffic of today prevents dogs lying down in the road!

Caption For Somerton, Broad Street C1960

Somerton was once a thriving medieval town with fairs, markets, trade and inns.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Smithy 1909

Broad Street is the town's most fashionable shopping street, though the busy traffic of today prevents dogs lying down in the road!

Caption For Wroxham, The Broads 1902

This broad is almost a mile long, and at this part of it the dinghy passengers and the cattle are enjoying a quiet moment.

Caption For Bude, The Town 1929

With its shallow sandy bays, broad grassy downs, civic gardens, and terraces of unpretentious lodging houses, Bude is almost completely an Edwardian construction.

Caption For Westbourne, The Beach 1918

Spacious houses and hotels are situated around a dramatic woodland chine leading down to the sea.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Square C1955

We are looking down on The Square from Middle Row at the bottom of Broad Street. The shot is north-eastwards, along Bridge Street (centre) to the roofs of Coombe Street.

Caption For Wimborne, West Borough 1936

Here we have a long view down a broad Wimborne street, with the towers of the Minster in the distance.

Caption For Westbourne, Herbert Home 1892

Westbourne, on the west side of Bournemouth, retains a village atmosphere even today, with spacious houses and hotels situated around an attractive woodland chine leading down to the sea.

Caption For Truro, Victoria Place 1897

This bustling scene reveals the pressures for change that beset the Victorian provincial town in the 1890s. This street of small shops is showing signs of commercialism.

Caption For Gorleston, The Sands 1894

A young man enjoys the broad prospect of Gorleston sands from the worn and pocked cliff. The ports of East Anglia have suffered continual erosion down the centuries.

Caption For Penzance, Market Jew Street 1920

This, the most westerly town in England, has been raided down the centuries by Spanish ships and by pirates.

Caption For Bingley, Boating On The Aire 1923

The River Aire cuts a winding course through broad pastures, stony valleys and bustling industrial areas on its way to join the Ouse and the open sea at Asselby Island.

Caption For Low Row, General View C1960

We are looking east down the broad, U-shaped valley of Swaledale from the oddly-named village of Low Row.

Caption For Filey, North Beach C1960

Filey is a popular coastal resort, and its broad bay runs down from the prominent coastal feature of Filey Brig jutting out into the North Sea.

Caption For Horning, The Queen Of The Broads 1934

A pleasure steamer, the 'Queen of the Broads', crowded with tourists and well equipped with life belts, ploughs her way round the wide bend of the river Bure and down towards the sea.

Caption For Ludham, A Spring Morning At The Staithe C1931

The crews of the three motor launches are preparing their vessels, and in the background a sailing cruiser has already departed down river. The entrance to the Broad is on the right.