Maps

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Memories

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Treorchy

I was born on High Street in Treorchy in 1959 in the house that belonged to my grandparents and that my mother still lives in today! We moved to Stafford in 1962 for work for my Dad but came to visit Treorchy a few times a year. I ...Read more

A memory of Treorchy in 1969 by Ellen Lockley

My Home Town

I'm a Pinehurst boy infants' juniors and seniors before moving on to Headlands as the first of the Comprehensive pupils. But firstly I'm from Pinehurst and proud of it. I lived with my Mum and Gran in Hawthorne Avenue until my dad ...Read more

A memory of Swindon in 1965 by Kevin Brigginshaw

The Good Old Days Continued

I also recall the days when the old tramp used to go around the bins in the old market hall looking for food, and old Les the deaf mute who used to hang around the taxi rank on Market Hill, he used to go to Warwicks fish ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Michael Bream

Family Connections To Steep Going Back To 1708

Having researched my family history I was expecting that most of my family were from Bepton and Midhurst, however whilst several family members were laid to rest in Bepton churchyard, I have found that ...Read more

A memory of Steep by Wayne Russell

Surrey St.

I have only just discovered this website and felt compelled to respond. I was born in Heathfield Gardens, South Croydon in 1948 and my maiden name was Murphy. We moved to Wyche Grove near the Purley Arms, South Croydon when I was about 5 ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Kate Sims

Sunday Football

Although l tended to spend most of my free days playing at near by Hilly Fields, it being nearer to my home, l do have a few memories of playing at the Wreak, that's the name, we as kids knew it by. As a pupil at Lewisham Bridge ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham by Brian Travers Spencer

Top Of The High Street

The account by Anne Broomehead is partly correct but jumbled, having lived in Bovingdon since 1960 and worked for Mr Grainger as a paperboy, and knew Ted Gadd like an old "uncle", this is the correct version. The paper ...Read more

A memory of Bovingdon in 1965 by Lennie Smith

Stewed Apple And Custard

I was born in Bersteds hospital although I'm not jewish, St Anne's was full in 1964. My mum was daughter to George Wilcox, the builders of Seven Sisters Road, then married Fred Taylor. They had 7 children.He sadly passed ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by Sharon Turner Nee Saunders

Saturday Afternoon Shopping

I remember Dewsbury on Saturday afternoons when everyone was shopping for bargains in the market and shops. You couldn't move for people and trying to go round Woolworths was a nightmare! Everywhere was heaving with ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury by Betty Sanders

Way Back Before My Time

I've suddenly come across some vague details about my great great grandparents who were called Thomas and Sarah Davies, who lived in Cilrhedyn. They actually lived on a farm called Crug Evan (or Crig Evan). I've done a ...Read more

A memory of Cilrhedyn in 1880 by Vanetta Harries

Captions

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Caption For Gillingham, High Street C1960

The station is behind the camera in this alternative view of the High Street.

Caption For Empingham, Post Office Corner C1955

This is Loves Lane leading off the Main Street and heading for Horn Mill. There is a mixture of housing from thatched and tiled to prefabricated postwar styles.

Caption For Uppingham, High Street C1955

The street lamp is of the older variety. It had been replaced by the 1960s.

Caption For Bath, Cheap Street From Orange Grove 1895

The shaped gables to the building on the corner of Cheap Street have been replaced by a more correct 'Georgian' parapet.

Caption For Wellow, Manor House And High Street C1955

This view looks west along the High Street past the Manor House on the right, a good 17th-century house with a tall gabled three-storey chamber wing.

Caption For Herne Hill, Railton Road C1951

Railton Road runs from Brixton and today, at its south end, it continues to be a one-way street. It is unusual that many of the shops have not changed.

Caption For Bury, Technical School 1895

Designed by Maxwell & Tuke and completed in 1894, the Technical School, Broad Street, was built to fulfil the requirements of the Technical Instruction Act (1890).

Caption For Manchester, Victoria Building And Gateway C1890

Through the centre of the complex ran the Victoria Arcade, whilst at the Victoria Street/Deansgate end was the 100-room Victoria Hotel. The building was destroyed during an air raid in December 1940.

Caption For Dinnington, Lordens Hill C1965

There are few cars parked along the street, but in those days private car ownership amid working families was still something of a novelty.

Caption For Larne, Glynn Village C1890

He saw what he wanted in this winding street of thatched cottages, and just needed the helpfulness of the driver to bring the thing off.

Caption For Chelmsford, Tindal Street 1906

Ask a Chelmsfordian to name the biggest planning crime in the town's history, and the chances are that they will mention the demolition of Tindal Street in 1969- 71.

Caption For Frome, Cork Street 1957

This street was named in honour of the 8th Earl of Cork and Orrery.

Caption For Minehead, The Parade 1903

A track running beside the stream was one of Minehead's original medieval streets. Originally called La Lane, it became known as Water Lane.

Caption For Sissinghurst, Village 1903

Here we see a fine display of weatherboarding along the empty and dusty main street. The faded pub sign is for the Bull Inn.

Caption For Barmouth, High Street 1908

Holiday makers walk the high street, and a coach and four is about to pull up outside the Cors-y-Cedol Hotel, one of the resort's many hotels.

Caption For Tywyn, High Street 1908

This photograph shows the deserted High Street on a day of bright sunlight, with the summit of Pen Trum-gwr looming ahead, and the modest Edwards Commercial Hotel and Boarding House on the left.

Caption For Bradford, Mechanics' Institute, Market Street 1897

The elongated Venetian window added a continental look to the street. The building is now demolished.

Caption For Bradford, Tyrrell Street 1903

The aroma of freshly-ground coffee used to drift down this street in the heart of the city. Collinson's Café, above John Smith's on the left, also offered a three-piece orchestra.

Caption For Dunwich, The Village 1909

Not much more than St James's Street is left of Dunwich, once the seat of the Saxon king of East Anglia, and once one of the greatest and most prosperous ports in the country.

Caption For Wendover, Coldharbour Cottages, Tring Road 1899

At the opposite end of the High Street, the Tring Road climbs out of Wendover past this delightful range of early 17th-century timber-framed and thatched cottages.

Caption For Sawbridgeworth, Knight Street 1903

An inquisitive dog with a docked tail keeps an attentive eye on proceedings further down the street.

Caption For Honiton, West End 1904

Many a traveller must have prayed for a street this clear when they were sitting in one of the notorious traffic jams from which Honiton suffered before the bypass was opened in 1966.

Caption For Sheffield, Fitzalan Square 1902

Electric street tramcars had been introduced in 1899; in this picture we have a selection of single-deckers and open-top double-deckers.

Caption For Tadcaster, Market Place And Kirkgate 1907

This picture was taken from the junction with Bridge Street. Just getting into the picture on the right is the recently completed Becketts Bank.