Maps

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Memories

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The Bakery

In the 1940s my mother Olive Greaves remembers visiting her aunt and uncle Lack who ran a bakery in west street. Uncle Tom used to walk across the road to the bowls club. She has such fond memories of her visits and the country escape from her town of Leamington Spa.

A memory of Banwell by Sarah Mossop

Going To School

I started Bank Street school in 1955 ,my name was Angela Seale then.My teacher was Mrs Cooper ( she had been my mothers teacher as well ! ).The class room was right at the top of the building at the front,our delight was if the fire ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge by Angela Burwood

Anyone Remember Newton Street?

My friend used to live in Newton Street, her mum was Mrs Brooks I just sent my friend the Gorton book, I don’t think Newton Street is there any more but someone might remember it. She went to Yew Tree school mid 1940s, ...Read more

A memory of Gorton by Dave James

The Fountain Pub

I remember going back to visit New Malden at about 9 years old and eating in the wimpey . We went to revisit as I’d lived in the fountain pub as a baby in 1967 with my mum , who worked there . Details are so vague . The high ...Read more

A memory of New Malden by Amanda Gough

Queen Street Newton Heath

i was born on queen st newton heath 1962,went to briscolane scool for a sort while,lots of family lived in newton heath,would love to see pics of queen st,was pulled down years ago dont remember alot only brookdale park at the end of our st ,would love to see pics

A memory of Newton

Memories Of Plymouth Were I Was Born.

I was born at number 8 Castle Street, the Barbican Plymouth 1942 my mum was a daughter of the Higgins family. G G Grandad use to run his boat from the Barbican across to Jenny cliff / Cawsands / Kingsands ...Read more

A memory of Plymouth by William R Dudley

Visiting Salford Circa 1955 60

My Grandparents Henry and Alice Dorning lived on Brighton Street which on trying to trace the existence of has proved to be a struggle. I remember visiting them with my parents at the age of 5-9 years of and at the time ...Read more

A memory of Salford

A Very Happy Childhood At Westbury

My name is Andy Pike, getting on a bit now but lovely to read other folks memories of Westbury. Here are a few reminiscences of my childhood in Westbury on Trym in the 50's and 60's. Maybe this will ring a ...Read more

A memory of Westbury on Trym by waylandpike

1950s Memories Of Hosforth

Does anyone remember the gown shop Anne Forsyths” on the high street in the 50,s ? I used to work there. There was an opticians on the opposite of the road and also Swinton Woods the photographers. Loved going to the Toddle Inn.

A memory of Gosforth by Dawn Austin

New Pharmacy On High Street (1964/5)

My dad (Brian Gray) moved us down form Manchester in Feb. 1964 to open a new pharmacy on the 'new' High Street. We lived upstairs in flat 111 (I think!) and while mum (Margaret Gray) helped dad start the shop, my ...Read more

A memory of Westbury by Martin Gray

Captions

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Caption For Reading, Broad Street 1913

Beyond the bank with its pyramid-roofed tower are the elegant terra cotta and brick buildings flanking the entrance to Queen Victoria Street.

Caption For Reading, Friar Street 1924

Across the cobbled street only the building for the then Reading Gas Company survives, central Reading's only World War II bomb having hit the area beyond.

Caption For Colchester, West Stockwell Street 1904

Situated in the Dutch Quarter, where Flemings settled, Stockwell Street still has some good medieval houses.The gabled Stockwell Arms seen opposite still exists—in 1866 the bellringers of St Peter's

Caption For Saffron Walden, High Street 1919

A car passes up the High Street, while a horse-drawn conveyance comes down the hill.Wright's Garage, on the right, emphasises that shortly after the First World War the internal combustion engine had

Caption For Old Swinford, Hagley Road C1960

The three ugly new traffic signs and modern street lights are also a sign of the times.

Caption For Stourbridge, High Street C1950

This picture gives some idea of the quality and variety of the buildings which lined the High Street in the 1950s.

Caption For Edenbridge, High Street 1906

This main street was once part of the Roman road which ran from London to Lewes in West Sussex. The legionaries paved it with ragstone eighteen feet wide and seven inches thick.

Caption For Wendover, Aylesbury Road C1955

Aylesbury Road has probably the best run of historic buildings in any of Wendover's streets. Some good Georgian fronts hide timber-framed earlier buildings.

Caption For Harpenden, Village Pond 1897

Sad to relate, this restful scene of the village pond in the High Street with its magnificent trees, thatched cottages and elegant pair of swans fell victim to the sweeping expansionism and development

Caption For Looe, Guildhall 1906

A lady in traditional dress poses with her pannier donkey in Higher Market Street, East Looe, outside the old 16th-century guildhall.

Caption For Worcester, St Dunstan's Crescent 1907

This Battenhall street is typical of late Victorian/Edwardian housing intended for the 'lower middle classes'.

Caption For London, Bootblack 1895

Sporting their red uniforms, the bootblack boys were a familiar sight on the streets of London. The Ragged Schools, Saffron Hill, set up the first society, and nine others followed.

Caption For Ashby De La Zouch, View From St Helen's Church C1965

This view looks from St Helen's Church, west across the rooftops, to Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church and Holy Trinity Church in Kilwardby Street.

Caption For Hungerford, High Street 1903

Famous for its many antique shops, which line the broad High Street, Hungerford was given a fishing charter and a brass drinking-horn by John of Gaunt (the Duke of Lancaster), who granted fishing

Caption For Edinburgh, John Knox's House 1897

This view shows the lower reach of the High Street looking towards Canongate. The building immediately behind the lamp standard is known as John Knox's house.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, King Street 1896

This notable shopping street leads out of the market place towards the river. The awnings are up so it must be a sweltering summer's day.

Caption For Cromer, The Sands 1899

Hotels and lodging houses sprang up in the narrow streets radiating out from the church square.

Caption For Bradford, Forster Square 1897

The statue of Richard Oastler and two children was unveiled in May 1869 at what was then the end of Market Street - Forster Square had yet to be laid out.

Caption For Brackley, Town Hall C1950

Once an important wool centre, Brackley is a pleasant country town; its wide main street is more than a mile long.

Caption For Yardley Gobion, High Street C1965

Not long before this photograph was taken, the place consisted of the High Street and just a couple of other roads.

Caption For Blackpool, Church Street 1901

James Duckworth Ltd, the grocery and provision chain, had a branch in this street, and others in Waterloo Road and Whitegate Drive.

Caption For Isham, South Street C1955

Here we look along Middle Street with Little Thatches on the left, its windows now painted white.

Caption For Towcester, The Pickwick Restaurant C1960

Watling Street has a good range of buildings, mostly dated 18th and 19th century, built in a mix of materials - stone, brick and render.

Caption For Market Deeping, High Street C1955

Market Deeping has been fortunate in that it has kept most of its attractive stone buildings, and this street is still much the same today.