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Radio Cycle Tvshops

My distant relatives owned radio, cycle & TV shops in Gateshead under the name JFH HAUGH, I believe they were in the Sunderland Road area, and next to the Odeon cinema in the town. I would like to learn more about them if anyone can help.

A memory of Gateshead by Alan Smith

Church Cottage Brantingham East Yorkshire

My twin sister and I were born at Church Cottage in 1939. I am the youngest of 9 children born to the Medforth family, 6 of whom are still living. My mum and dad were the caretakers of Brantingham ...Read more

A memory of Brantingham in 1940 by Jean Carr

Born And Bred

I was born in Maidenhead in 1939 and as soon as I could read I pestered my mum to take me to the library. I can't imagine how many books I would have read from the shelves of this lovely old building. At first I was not impressed ...Read more

A memory of Maidenhead in 1940 by Marigold Badcock Nee Perkins

Nursery School 1943 50

I spent some classic country living in Ansley Common during the later war years. Walking home from nursery school I would often be ducking for cover under hedges as low flying fighter planes would scream overhead. The ...Read more

A memory of Ansley Common by Brian Riggs

Early Days

I was born at home in Coleford Bridge Road in 1935 and grew up there, went to school in Frimley and lived in Mytchett until emigrating to Australia in 1964. In those early days life seemed very simple, only a handful of cars, making ...Read more

A memory of Mytchett in 1940 by David Greenland

Childhood In The 1950s

Life for a child in the village of Worle in the 1950s was exciting, parochial and safe. Our parents did not lose sleep over thoughts of us being molested. Children were more likely to be in danger from their own recklessness ...Read more

A memory of Worle in 1956 by Raye Green

Characters Of Kingswood

As a young child growing up up in Kingswood in the 1960's I would like to see if anyone remembers Dennis the paper seller on the corner of Downend Road? He used to sell the evening post and the ...Read more

A memory of Kingswood by Kim Roberts

Bungalow Farm Hull Road North Newbald

My husband, Bill Carr & I moved to Bungalow Farm with two of our sons, Michael & James, in August 1984 from Market place South Cave. Denis, our eldest son had bought a cottage in Broomfleet with ...Read more

A memory of North Newbald in 1984 by Jean Carr

Dancing

I so remember the Town Hall dances that used to be held on Saturday nights. Being able to go to a dance at age 14 was so grown up. Sometimes if we were feeling a bit naughty we would make our way to the Ben Riley dance hall which was ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury in 1965 by Gillian Frazer

The Undershaw Hotel

I remember having a very nice meal in the Undershaw sometime in the 1990's - it's a shame that it closed down around 2004. The house was built for Conan Doyle in 1897 and this is where he wrote "The Hound of the Baskervilles" ...Read more

A memory of Hindhead by A Barbar

Captions

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Caption For Wisbech, Market Place C1955

The north side of the Market Place was the drinking heart of Wisbech, whose taste for alcohol saw one hundred inns, taverns and pubs recorded around the town.

Caption For Storrington, West Street C1960

Storrington never appears to have been very large, and far from being a centre of wealth, was probably no more prosperous than its neighbouring downland villages.

Caption For Hambledon, The Village And The Church C1955

The Bishop of Winchester granted a weekly market here in the 13th century, and looking at this photograph of one of the village streets, little has changed since the mid 1950s.

Caption For Burton In Lonsdale, General View C1960

This little town, on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border, has been famed for its potteries since Roman times. Coal mining and quarrying also sustained the population.

Caption For Chipping Campden, St James' Church C1960

'Chipping' means 'market' in Old English, and it was as a market centre for the woollen industry that Chipping Campden rose to affluence.

Caption For Hartley Wintney, High Street C1965

It retains a distinctly rural character, yet also has the attributes of a small town with shops on either sideof the road.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, Britannia Pier 1894

The town rose swiftly to the challenge of the new tourism in the Victorian era. Piers were constructed and seaside attractions of all kinds soon sprang up.

Caption For Salisbury, Old House In High Street 1928

The largest of the waterways was known as Town Ditch and was filled in 1875. At the time of this photograph, the traffic is still horse- drawn and trees still grow in the street.

Caption For Crediton, High Street 1904

Like nearby Tiverton, Crediton did well out of the cloth trade, but when that declined the town stagnated.

Caption For Moulton, West Street C1950

Moulton is only a stone's throw from the centre of Northampton; when the town thrived on shoe manufacture, many men and women walked from this village to work in the shoe factories.

Caption For Brynmawr, The Bus Station C1965

Brynmawr was once the largest town in the rural county of Breconshire, but in 1974 it became part of industrial Gwent. The Red and White bus is probably a Bristol make.

Caption For Hickling, The Pleasure Boat Inn C1955

At Hickling, where the Broadland waters fan into expansive shallows, there is a pleasing jumble of red tiled and thatched buildings clustering around the old Pleasure Boat Inn.

Caption For Linlithgow, The Cross Well 1897

All is peace and quiet in this scene, but things were livelier on 23 January 1570. Lord James Stewart, Earl of Moray and Regent, was shot by James Hamilton as he rode through the town.

Caption For Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922

This passageway, which now runs from St Mary's Street down into the car park beside the meadows, formed one of a tight network of passages and closes which provided cramped tenement accommodation in this

Caption For Chichester, The Market Cross 1890

With a plan based on its Roman predecessor, Noviomagus, this fine walled city is divided into quarters by North, South, East and West Streets, which all meet at the splendid Market Cross in the centre

Caption For Abingdon, The War Memorial C1950

The war memorial with its bronze relief panels by Griffin was formally dedicated in September 1921 and unveiled by the Earl of Abingdon.

Caption For Newent, Broad Street C1965

With such an assortment of architectural styles in the town centre, there is always a building or detail to please the eye. This photograph looks towards Church Street.

Caption For Ingleton, Thornton Foss 1929

The village nestles at the foot of Ingleborough, one of the famous Three Peaks, but it was the waterfalls walk that brought town dwellers to the area.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Secondary School 1925

Its cabins were in keeping with the basic military hut- like look of so many institutions built during the First World War and afterwards.

Caption For Crawley, The George Hotel 1903

The medieval settlement of Crawley, situated half way along the London to Brighton Road, was ideally located to become an 18th-century coaching town.

Caption For Crayford, Riverside C1965

The town was a regular target for bombing raids during the Second World War because of its close proximity to the Woolwich Arsenal.

Caption For Winchcombe, Abbey Terrace C1955

A Benedictine abbey stood just off the town square, a vast church that dated from Saxon days.

Caption For Wrexham, Regent Street C1965

Marks & Spencer's (left) has been a constant presence in Wrexham at a time when town centres generally have been under perpetual threat of change.

Caption For Garboldisham, Church Road C1955

Garboldisham is steeped in ancient history: there is a defensive earth work here known as the Devil's Dyke, and a mound traditionally supposed to be the grave of Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni.