Maps

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Memories

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Mr Atlee Garfield Road

Mr Atlee, or as he was when I knew him, Old Mr Atlee, lived on the corner of Cowper and Garfield Roads. Garfield Road was a long road starting at the balloon factory, passing the primary school and the Rec and ending at ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1953 by David Aubrey

Lime Street Station

In 1964 I started teaching at Brookfield School, Kirkby. and stayed "in digs"in Aigburth, Liverpool. For several years Lime Street Station was my arrival and departure point as I travelled between Liverpool and Swansea. Lime ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1965 by David Lougher

Women At Work

On the right, between the first and second trees there was AJC Motors, apart from Cornwall Garage, the local garage and filling station. The premises comprised an office on the street with an arch at the side leading to the ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1956 by John Price

Regent Cinema

My family were Skinners of Deal.  My mum Sheila used to work at the Regent cinema on the sea-front.  I used to love being able to go & see films over & over when she as working there, (I remember seeing "The Music Man" 7 times!). ...Read more

A memory of Deal by Margaret Geoge

The Fox And Hounds

I remember when my first racing bike was bought for me. I bought a survey map of north west Kent and decided that I would go to Eynsford as I had been there many times by bus and now I had independant means and no limit as ...Read more

A memory of Romney Street in 1956 by Peter Collihole

Uley, The Street

When I spent my holidays in Uley during the mid 1950s, open drains ran at the edge of the street, for dirty water (not sewage) draining from the houses adjoining the road! I recall the Post Office, Mr Phillp's grocery store (by the bus ...Read more

A memory of Uley by Ken Cook

The Castle Lawn

I have a clearer copy of this photo in the book on Sevenoaks and Tonbridge and have studied it with a magnifying glass. I was one year old in 1951 (and according to my parents, already walking at 9 months). The posture of the ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge by Rodney Warrener

Living In Binfield 1946 1971

I moved to Binfield with my parents Rose and Cyril Richardson and my brother Brian in 1946. We lived in Rose Hill at a house called “Athlone”.  It isn’t there any more, it was demolished and six houses built on the ...Read more

A memory of Binfield by Terry Richardson

400 Green Lane

It is with found memories of growing up in the war years that I look back on my time in Palmers Green.   We had moved from Tottenham in 1940 when I was 6 years old into the shop and house opposite the Fox Lane Almshouses. My ...Read more

A memory of Palmers Green in 1941

Happy Memories

The High Street is where I was born in 1955.  In the street was the Working Mans Club, the Cinema and 'Jeffrey's' (the sweet shop where my brother and I used to go and spend out pocket money on a Saturday).  Once a year all the ...Read more

A memory of Llanbradach in 1961 by Julia Nation

Captions

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Caption For South Luffenham, St Mary's Church C1955

G E Street restored the church 1852-61. The building on the right may have been a tithe barn. Note that the village is well above flood level.

Caption For Corby, Church Of The Epiphany C1960

The Church of the Epiphany and St John in Elizabeth Street stands 105ft high; its design is superb, with a star-shaped roof and an aluminium-coated steel- framed spire surmounted with a combined

Caption For Colchester, North Hill 1891

North Hill descends from the High Street. The church on the right is St Peter's - the town church.The tower was completed in 1758.

Caption For Cardiff, The Hayes Looking Towards Working Street 2004

The dated 1960s architecture of Oxford House opposite faces demolition - clearance of the Hayes/Bridge Street site is scheduled to make way for a vast new retail complex.

Caption For Axminster, Castle Hill 1902

Castle Hill was one of Axminster's earliest residential streets, though always mixed with trade. The cottages on the right have survived, although they are much altered.

Caption For Harlech, High Street C1960

There are quite a number of cars parked in the narrow street in front of Harry and Alfred Kilminsters automobile engineering works (right), which specialized in car electrical repairs.

Caption For Botley, All Saints Church C1960

The clock on Botley's Market Hall is still a familiar landmark in the High Street. Just this side of it can be seen the premises of Botley Garages, now a sports shop and a hairdresser's.

Caption For Marchwood, Magazine Lane C1965

Even the street lamp is still there. The cottages may look the same, but the surrounding landscape has changed virtually beyond recognition.

Caption For Wilburton, High Street C1955

The medieval route from the Aldreth crossing to Ely went along the High Street. The view from the church tower is of brick farmhouses and brick cottages with picket fences.

Caption For Melksham, Church Walk C1955

This fine street is part of a local conservation area. It used to be called Canhold Lane. On the left, No 5, the house with the centre gable and timber frame, is 16th-century.

Caption For Melton Mowbray, Nottingham Street C1960

At the time of this photograph, traffic was not excluded from this street. A delivery van stands beside the Olde Pork Pie Shoppe of Dickinson and Morris.

Caption For Blackpool, From North Pier 1906

In 1910, the section from North Pier round the Metropole to Cocker Street was widened; the work was completed in time for Easter 1911.

Caption For Oundle, School Science Block C1950

This building, the School Science Block, however, is on the Glapthorn Road beyond New Street and dates from 1914. It is a distinguished Jacobean styled structure complete with an onion domed cupola.

Caption For Alford, The Church C1950

Alford is a most attractive small market town on the eastern edge of The Wolds, noted for its thatched Manor House in West Street, a 16th-century hall house with crosswings, all encased in brick in 1661

Caption For Colsterworth, The Village C1960

This view on the Stainby Road, with the houses on the left fronting onto the High Street, which runs left from the signpost, hardly does justice to this large and attractive village in whose part-Norman

Caption For Market Deeping, Market Place C1955

The 17th-century Bull pub (centre left) is still there, as is the Town Hall, but two banks now stand along that side of the street.

Caption For Newmarket, High Street 1929

Here we see unsaddled horses being led down the street. Could they be going to a Tattersalls sale?

Caption For Staithes, Church Street 1925

Though the old man could be delivering milk, yokes were also used for carrying all manner of things up the steep streets.

Caption For Hitchin, Bucklersbury 1908

On the other side of the street is the Hitchin Dairy, and the draper nearest the camera is Hawkins.

Caption For Bearsted, The Green 1898

It has quaint streets, a promenade, cliffs and a harbour, together with a fine old church.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Promenade C1955

By the 1950s cars were already a problem on the streets of Lyme, because of the lack of parking spaces. Present-day Lyme bans traffic from the sea front.

Caption For Bath, Water Fountain 1909

The colonnaded street behind, part of the 1789 Bath Improvement Act scheme, is an elegant piece of Georgian town planning.

Caption For Grantham, Grammar School 1890

Facing the churchyard on the north side of Church Street is the oldest building in the King's School, built just before 1528 as a chantry school.

Caption For Colsterworth, The Village C1960

This view on the Stainby Road, with the houses on the left fronting onto the High Street, which runs left from the signpost, hardly does justice to this large and attractive village in whose part-Norman