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Wonderful Memories Growing Up In Bassaleg

I lived in Bassaleg from the age of 3, (1955), when Church Crescent and surrounding area was being developed. I lived in Church Crescent with my family until I left for Manchester in 1976. I went to the ...Read more

A memory of Bassaleg in 1966 by Linda Sullivan

Researching Ancestors

On Sunday 21st Feb 2010 my mother, family and I visited Hinton Charterhouse to look for information on the Wiltshire family who lived in the High Street. We found the bow window house that was a butchers shop and ...Read more

A memory of Hinton Charterhouse in 2010 by Nic Hall

Little Pond House At Tilford

My wife's health was not that good, and, in 1961, she was sent for a recuperative fortnight at the Little Pond House. It was a convalescent home for children used by the NHS and had also been home to children from ...Read more

A memory of Frensham by Mark Hough

Collyhurst

I was born at 528 Collyhurst Road, in 1961. I remember there was a shop at the end of the road and a croft facing our house. My dad worked on the railway and my mum stayed home to look after us. I went to Albert Memorial Nursery ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1860 by Jo Dykes

Jack Garside And Mucky Minnie

Does anyone remember 'Spring-heeled Jack' and 'Mucky Minnie', the local tramp and his partner from the market place? Well, we do, and we also bought his house to sell on. My husband still has the scars from the flea bites to prove it.

A memory of Birstall by Carole Firth

Finding My Roots

I was born in 1952 in Church Lane in my granddad's house which we all lived in, it had no electric or gas, only oil lamps as I know, I have still got one that my dad got new the day I was born, a bialladin table model, ...Read more

A memory of Carlton in Lindrick in 1952 by Alec Padley

Buying Sixpence Worth Of Stale Buns

I remember as a wee girl going with my brother Donald to buy sixpence worth of stale buns. I don't remember the bakers but it was behind Boots the Chemist. It was always a treat if your mum had a spare sixpence and ...Read more

A memory of Ayr in 1967 by Laura Wilson

Grandfathers Memories

My grandfather was born in Cobham on Painshill. My memory is that it was on a slight hill with a slight bend, the Greenline bus used to stop near the old home, it was a cottage with a porch and had a very thick door with big ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1946 by Alan Rosher

The 1950s

Though I have some recall of the 1940s - eg starting school in 1948 at the age of three and a half and being reluctant to get off a rocking horse on the first day, it was the 1950s that really kicked in - to the accompaniment of songs ...Read more

A memory of Corwen in 1950 by Gareth Hughes

My Parents And I Lived In Ashby Close Burton On The Wolds 1940 To1942

My father, Emilio de Althaus, and my mother Blanca spent weekends in Ashby Close, property of the Lembke family. My father was a Peruvian diplomat in London and came ...Read more

A memory of Burton on the Wolds in 1940 by Miguel De Althaus

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Captions

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Caption For Grange Over Sands, From The Sands 1906

The tearooms are to the left of the picture, with the bandstand to their right and Clare House Pier in the centre.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow C1955

The mock timber-framing of Woolworths, built in 1923, replaced some good Georgian town houses, and has now gone in its turn.

Caption For Egham, Bell Weir Lock 1907

Sir Edmund Wright, sometime Lord Mayor of London, built this lovely Jacobean house.

Caption For Buriton, 1898

Edward Gibbon, the historian who wrote 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', lived at the Manor House as a child.

Caption For Odiham, Canal Wharf 1906

Cemetery Hill 1910 Odiham's houses are a mixture of Georgian and Tudor; some are timber- framed, which was common before local bricks came into general use in the 18th century.

Caption For Bakewell, Bridge House 1923

Once part of the council offices, today it houses Paxtons Restaurant downstairs and a bed and breakfast above. The gardens are open at all times, and can be accessed from the riverside walk.

Caption For Exminster, Turf Lock 1906

This popular public house can be reached only by boat, bicycle or on foot - cars are not allowed on the narrow track across Exminster marshes.

Caption For Kettering, Northampton Road 1922

This rural lane leading to Kettering was to change dramatically in the 1930s, when it would be bordered by large detached houses with elaborate gardens.

Caption For Reigate, Wray Common, Windmill 1893

The mill has been converted into to a private house.

Caption For Hawkley, Village And Church Of St Peter And St Paul 1901

The green and the surrounding roads and houses may look a little different today, one hundred years after this photograph was taken, but one landmark remains reassuringly constant and permanent: Hawkley's

Caption For New Brighton, General View 1892

Cheap and tatty eating houses dominated Aquarium Parade to such an extent that it was known better as Ham and Eggs Parade.

Caption For Hawkshead, Flag Street 1892

The overhanging first-floor jetties of the whitewashed houses add to the medieval charm of the village, which is a favourite of the many visitors to the Lake District.

Caption For Old Basing, 1898

The village has long been famous for Basing House, a ruined building reduced to rubble by Cromwell and his army during the Civil War.

Caption For Selling, Oast Houses C1955

Selling is a pretty village of orchards, oasts and timbered houses set amongst hills. It summons up the essence of the old county of Kent with its hop gardens and orchards.

Caption For Dartmouth, Warfleet Road 1934

Gunfield House, now a hotel, took its name from One Gun Fort, where gunnery officers trained by shelling the opposite bank.

Caption For York, The Hospitium C1885

Near the River Ouse, situated in what is now the Museum Gardens, this building was the guest house for St Mary's Abbey.The ground floor was built in the early 14th century, while the timber-framed

Caption For Rochdale, Falinge Park 1906

To people living in cramped terraced houses with small back yards, these parks offered a breath of fresh air and the prospect of relaxation with the family.

Caption For Calne, Wood Street C1950

The White Horse public house (centre) at the corner of Zion Lane has been replaced by the new building at the entrance to the new shopping precinct, Phelps Parade.

Caption For Calne, St Mary's School C1970

This boarding house, built in 1967, was named after Miss Betty Gibbins, headmistress from 1946 to 1972.

Caption For East Harting, The Village 1906

A random collection of cottages around a pair of lanes forms an oval.The thatch-roofed house has a well-clipped hedge and a Chilean pine—or monkey-puzzle tree—grows in a garden further down the hill

Caption For London, Trafalgar Square C1900

The site is now occupied by South Africa House.

Caption For Bridgwater, Blake Memorial C1950

This memorial to Admiral Blake stands in front of the Regency Market House. Erected in 1900, it reads: 'Robert Blake, born in this town 1598, died at sea 1657'.

Caption For Stroud, King Street 1925

The entrance to The Picture House, one of Stroud's early cinemas, adjoins Hepworth's.

Caption For Poole, The Harbour Offices 1904

Near the quays is the 18th-century harbour office, once the Old Town House, a club for the sailing ships which docked nearby.