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Mill Road

Well, I guess I don't really have a date to start from, I lived in Aveley Severn Road (Kenningtons). I was born 1964. I've been trying to find Tracey Fenwick, she lived in Ravel Road, but most of all I'm trying to trace Mr and Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1980 by Jan Laverick

New Lanark Mills

New Lanark World Heritage Centre, the Mills and Robert Owen's and David Dale's houses belonged to my grandfather the late Jack Williamson, his company was Metal Extractions. It is a travesty and a tragedy that his property was ...Read more

A memory of Lanark in 1973 by Catherine Ratter Scott

Loveday's And Blewers

My mum is a Loveday and her mum and dad, Sid and Amy, ran Kaysland caravan park. Mum married my dad George Blewer, and they had us three kids. Grandad Blewer had the timber yard and then my Uncle Johnny took it over. ...Read more

A memory of West Kingsdown by Jane Fornero

Memories Of War Years 1939 45 Newport

Memories of War years 1939 -1945. By John Beal. Little did I realise that I would be involved in the army when war broke out in 1939. I was attending Hatherleigh Central School in Newport at the time and as ...Read more

A memory of Newport in 1940 by John Beal

Boyhood Memories

As a child I lived in a lovely house called Glanafon next to the old County Stores bakery in St Clears with my mother Anglea and step-dad Malcolm, and my 2 sisters, Rosemarie and Teresa. Unfortunately Teresa passed away over 20 ...Read more

A memory of St Clears in 1976 by Christopher Scargill

Ancestors In Assington

I am researching my wife's family history and on one side of her family is Charles Freeman Parson. She is his 2nd Great Garandaughter. We know that he lived and farmed at Assington House which I am told that he also ...Read more

A memory of Assington in 1860 by Robin Carsberg

94 Years Living In Tilty

Me and my family moved into 1 Pumpkin Hall, Grange Green, Tilty in July 1993 and live there until November 2002 in a rented cottage owned by Mick Waring. We all had 9.4 years of happy and a peaceful life, living in a ...Read more

A memory of Tilty in 1993 by Ricky Layzell

Church Gate (60s 70s)

My grandparents (Mousleys) lived in 38 Church Street and that was the house where my mother was brought up during the Second World War and onwards. I remember staying there as a small boy: no inside toilet, an old hand ...Read more

A memory of Lutterworth

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

Childhood In Wreckenton

I started school at St Oswald's RC in 1944. We lived on Tanfield Road. I remember the head teacher was called Miss Wilfred, and later we had a headmaster called Mr Clancy. I remember when the war finished and we had to ...Read more

A memory of Wrekenton in 1940 by Erni Middleton

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Caption For Aylesford, The Almshouses C1960

These houses, also known as the Hospital of the Holy Trinity, were founded in the 17th century. Built in ragstone, these pleasant cottages with dormers were restored in about 1842.

Caption For Bagshot, Viaduct 1901

On the extreme left is Peel House, built in 1851 and once the police station.

Caption For Mousehole, Harbour 1893

Although some houses have been altered, this view is recognisable today.

Caption For Newquay, Fern Pit And West Pentire 1904

This uninterrupted view out over the lower Gannel estuary and the golden sands and dunes of Crantock confirms why Pentire became popular in the early days of housing development on the western outskirts

Caption For Wilmslow, Grove Street 1897

When this picture was taken much of the town was fairly new, having been built over the previous thirty years or so to meet the demand for housing from Stockport and Manchester-based business people wishing

Caption For Repton, The Hall C1955

Here we see the headmaster's house at Repton, which is known as the Hall. It incorporates part of the 15th-century Prior Overton's Tower.

Caption For Compton Wynyates, The Courtyard 1922

The house consists of four ranges built round a courtyard. On the right here is the south range, which includes the parlour and great chamber.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Square C1955

In high summer it became difficult to find an available bed in the resort's many hotels and guest houses.

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, New Road C1955

We can see the steepness of the streets by comparing the level of the Laurel Inn with the houses rising up behind.

Caption For Botley, High Street C1955

Standing out in the distant centre is an attractive house where beer was once sold. It is situated at a crossroads, with Winchester Road on the left and Church Lane on the right.

Caption For Liphook, New Town 1911

Liphook had begun to expand by the time this photograph was taken; its streets were characterised by neat rows of Victorian and Edwardian houses.

Caption For Wilton, West Street C1950

By 1955 the horse and cart have made way for the car, the street lamps have appeared, but the shops and everything else have changed very little in West Street.

Caption For Salisbury, New Canal C1950

The Wheatsheaf Public House on the left is now a jewellers shop, and Matthews, the Gillingham brewery, closed down soon after this picture was taken.

Caption For Broadstairs, Viking Bay 1951

On the left is Bleak House, now castellated, and on the right the pier and little harbour. Broadstairs retains its Dickens association with its annual Dickens Festival.

Caption For Pevensey, Royal Oak Hotel 1890

It stands across the road from the old Mint House, now an antique shop, seen here when it was three cottages.

Caption For Winchelsea, The Town 1894

Winchelsea, despite its status, is really little more than a village; it feels like a prosperous garden suburb with its grass verges and widely-spaced houses.

Caption For Fernhurst, 1908

George Bernard Shaw used to attend meetings of the Fabian Society at a house in the village. Fernhurst is closely associated with the Sussex ironworks industry.

Caption For Stoney Middleton, C1960

This view shows Curbar and Baslow Edges in the background, with the houses of the village filling the dale in the foreground.

Caption For Bluntisham, Colne Road C1955

Two new housing developments have appeared further down the road.

Caption For Hemingford Grey, The Village C1955

Further down on the left is the Society of the Resurrection's retreat, St Francis House.

Caption For Leverington, Gorefield Road C1960

The tree-lined road still runs straight past the refurbished village hall in the distance, whilst the building hidden behind the trees on the left was demolished and the site redeveloped as a small housing

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, View From The Common C1955

Many of the townís older houses in London Road can be seen in this view from Mount Ephraim.

Caption For Mithian, The Village C1950

Here at the top end of the hamlet, the nearest end of the thatched house is the post office, with a telephone kiosk outside. The very small village hall is on the left.

Caption For Trenarren, The Vale C1884

Trenarren hamlet is in the far distance, and the mill house at Hallane is on the extreme left.