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The Beatty And Us

Like alot of young Kiwis, my wife and I started our OE (Overseas experience) in 1986, and in January 1987 found ourselves in Motspur Park as a result of applying and getting bar jobs at the Earl Beatty pub. Graeme and Marie ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1987 by Peter Van Vroonhoven

Childhood Adventure

I'm not prepared to reveal my real name online, however I was a child during the 70's the duration of which was spent in Warnham. This house belonged to some old dear I met only a couple of times, she was housebound ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1977 by Canis Fortunatus

Bridgewater Canal

My younger brother Russell and I grew up on Coniston Road in Stretford and one of my earliest memories was of going down to the canal armed with pickle jars that had breathing holes stabbed into the lid (a fork from mums kitchen ...Read more

A memory of Stretford in 1971 by Darren Crumbleholme

Coronation

A party was held on Riverhall street to celebrate the Queens Coronation. It poured down with rain and the girls went somewhere under cover, I think the boys stayed in the rain. Played many games and took part in races.  My sister was a ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1953 by Shelagh Ann Collins

Waterloo In The 1940s To 1950s

My early memories are of Waterloo where I used to live at Winchester Avenue until 1958. My father died there in 1989. On College Road there were air raid shelters which me and other kids played in after the ...Read more

A memory of Waterloo by Graham White

Im From Auld Millfield

This memory is from the year of the Coronation (1953), I was 10 then and the street parties were on, we had ours in Spencers Steel Works canteen and we got a Coronation mug. We went to sleep by the sound of the steam hammer ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1953 by Jimmy Burrows

The Wheatsheaf Pub At Little Burstead

It seems this is the first memory to be posted. My grandparents (Florence and Max Vetterlein) had the Wheatsheaf pub for about six years to 1957. They were tenants of the brewers Charringtons. There ...Read more

A memory of Little Burstead in 1953 by Bruce Bagley

Living And Working In Great Yarmouth

Back in 1976 I moved away from home to work as a photographic salesman at Debenhams in Great Yarmouth. I also helped out at the Norwich branch. I found a 'home from home' at Pavilion Road in Gorleston ...Read more

A memory of Great Yarmouth in 1976 by Stephen Smith

Queens Road

We lived in Chigwell during the 1960s before moving to Hertfordshire in 1969, which seemed like a foreign country then, strange accents etc. How times change! My father, John, was organist at St John's Church, Buckhurst Hill and ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1966 by Tim Sizer

The Dutchmen

This is only an approximate year of 1954. There was the old hospital at Newburn by the Stanners and it was occupied by these Dutchmen who had came to dredge the Tyne. We would spend many an evening sitting chatting to them as they sat ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1954 by Jimmy Burrows

Captions

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Caption For Colchester, River Colne 1904

Well before the Roman conquest, it had defended the north and east flanks of the capital of Cymbeline's kingdom, while the west flank was protected by a series of dykes and ramparts, some of which

Caption For Merthyr Tydfil, High Street C1965

By 1860 it was the principal town of Wales, and the iron-making capital of the world. The vehicle on the right-hand side is a dark blue Merthyr Tydfil Corporation ambulance.

Caption For Sutton, Church Road 1904

The road is now called St Nicholas Way, and forms part of the town's inner ring road or gyratory.

Caption For Holyport, Main Road 1909

Holyport, two miles south of Maidenhead was originally 'Horipod' or dirty market town.

Caption For Boston, The Docks 1893

Built south of the town, the new docks were 825 feet long by 450 feet wide and are still busy.

Caption For Rickmansworth, The Splash, Bury Road C1955

One of the best-recognised beauty spots in Rickmansworth, the Splash (the town ditch), which is being crossed by the Austin A40, had originally been part of the drive to Bury Manor House, whose gates can

Caption For Hitchin, The Priory 1901

The Priory stands on the banks of the River Hiz (from which the town of Hitchin gets its name), and dates back to the time of King Edward II.

Caption For Darwen, Bold Venture Park 1895

Sunnyhurst Wood is a Nature Reserve; Sunnyhurst Brook runs through it to join the River Darwen that gave the town its name.

Caption For Shipley, Crowghyll Park 1903

The land was formerly a quarry, and was given to the town by church administrators in lieu of common rights. The charming bandstand was illuminated by gas light at this time.

Caption For Leeds, The Headrow C1965

This street scene is dominated by the façade of Lewis's store, with its broad plate glass windows and imitation rusticated pillars. It must have appeared very modern when it opened in September 1932.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1908

By 1440 the town was trading in dairy produce, wine, fish, garlic, silk, iron, coal, copper and lead.

Caption For Bognor Regis, From The Pier 1890

Bognor was described thus in a Victorian tourist 1895 guidebook: 'This town is Worthing's twin sister – a quiet, mild, healthy watering-place, situate on a level in the face of the ever-restless Channel

Caption For Keighley, Quebec Street C1890

This was once part of a quiet residential area, with orchards and gardens.

Caption For Whitby, 'gemini' 1891

These two children have provoked much speculation in the town today. Girls or boys? East side or west side? Twins or not?

Caption For Horsforth, Mechanics Institute 1901

This building is still standing in Town Street, and was built in the early 1880s in local stone quarried at Golden Bank.

Caption For Launceston, The Chain Bridge 1906

'Chain Bridge was a great attraction for me and my friends. We always built a hut in the woods — and would like to have slept there, but weren't allowed to. We

Caption For Ambleside, Stepping Stones 1888

A short distance to the west of the town centre, the stepping stones have long provided a foot crossing of the River Rothay, at least for those with good balance; they link Ambleside with properties

Caption For Biggleswade, Market Square C1955

At the right is John Wing's Town Hall, which cost £80; it was in public use until 1922.

Caption For Hinckley, Castle Street C1965

A collection of almost classic cars parked on both sides of the street issues a warning of things to come in the small towns around Leicestershire.

Caption For Bognor Regis, From Pier 1903

Looking eastward, this view shows one of the town's saddest architectural losses: Colebrooke Terrace, a shallow crescent of four pairs of Regency stucco villas.

Caption For Rochford, Market Place C1965

The town gave its name to the Rochford Hundred, an administrative area in Saxon times. This is recalled in the name of The Hundred Stationers.

Caption For Portskewett, The Stocks C1930

It is thought that the name derives from the Welsh `porth coed`, or `the harbour below the wood`, and indeed it may well have been the port for the nearby Roman town of Caerwent.

Caption For Osmotherley, High Street C1960

On the western edge of the North York Moors, Osmotherly was a centre for milling, weaving and clog making, and it grew considerably in the hundred years from 1750.

Caption For Leigh On Sea, High Street C1950

This is part of Old Leigh, with the railway on the right and the sea behind the buildings on the left.