Maps

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Books

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Memories

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School Days

I was born at 20 Hutton Street, my dad had died 6 weeks before I was born. My grandparents, Isobel & Bob Delap, lived at 1 Downs Lane. I went to Eppleton School, I remember them days well. My friends; Norma Simpson, Florence ...Read more

A memory of Hetton-Le-Hole in 1940 by Ann Elliott

Father In Law Fireman On Trains In Barrow

My late Father in Law Joeseph Edgar was a Fireman on the trains but moved away to Manchester around 1954. He lived in School Street Barrow when married around the period of 1946. Would anyone know of him or his family please..!

A memory of Barrow in 1946 by Alvan Burns

Orme Family

My grandad Bernard started his life at 54 Colville Street. He was a child of 8 to Elizabeth & Joseph Orme. I've found some Ormes living in Australia, but I'm sure there are still some Ormes in the Derby area.

A memory of Mackworth in 1900 by Karen Villadsen

Beautiful In All Seasons

This road, as the word Brook Street most clearly implies, leads down from the Cross in the distance at the top of the hill down through this avenue of trees to the Lynch. On the left are some beautiful houses with lawns and ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by Michael Mitchell

Boy Days In Compton

As boys of the village along with a good few footballers at the rec, sitting on the swings was a must. I sang in the church choir and also delivered the milk around the village with a Jack Windebank from the dairy. I ...Read more

A memory of Compton in 1945 by Roy Beasley

Growing Up In Handley

My family moved to Handley in 1947 and I spent the rest of my childhood there. Our family name is Harris and my parents were Drs Paul and Zoe , they had five children. We lived off the road to Deanland. I never could ...Read more

A memory of Sixpenny Handley in 1950 by Nicola Campbell

Radio.

I can remember walking to a garage down (or up) the street with an accumulator, to get it filled. I knew a girl who lived just passed the garage, and she had a collection of birds eggs. She kept them in the oven of an old unused ...Read more

A memory of Three Bridges by Al (Alfred) Manzoli

Born And Bred

Born in Meeting House Lane in 1931 Brant Broughton; we soon moved into the big old house that used to be the old Hall House. This house is in Main Street and it was opposite my uncle's fish and chip shop. My dad, was George ...Read more

A memory of Brant Broughton in 1930 by Derrick Pailing

Ditto

I have just got to say, although I am possibly a bit older than you I loved reading your memories as I can recall almost everything you have written. I dont know if Lena was at the shop opposite where Old Tom moved to, but when you went into ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Maureen Salle

St James School

Does anyone remember Lizzie Tinker who lived in Nicolson Street, and Annie Reid? Lizzie's children; Mary, John, Fred, Madge and Ethel. Annie's children; Billy and Sylvia. Mary's children are; Gloria, Jimmy, Anne, David and ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by Shirley Casson

Captions

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Caption For Barrow Upon Soar, High Street C1965

The camera looks north-south along the High Street as it crosses the Leicester to Nottingham railway, and at a not unattractive group of houses and shops ranging in date from the 18th

Caption For Stamford, St Paul's Street C1960

Many of the delightful houses in this photograph of the north side of St Paul's Street originated in the 13th century, but their fronts were rebuilt later.

Caption For Cambridge, Green Dragon Ferry 1909

But as these boaters opposite the Green Dragon pub in Water Street in Chesterton demonstrate, it does take some practice, which is why a paddle can come in handy for the less experienced.

Caption For East Blatchington, The Village 1906

The field in the foreground, with its flint wall, lies to the south of East Blatchington Farm; the view looks south down Blatchington Hill, the village main street, with Belgrave Road passing in front

Caption For Rusper, The Village 1909

Set in remote and well-wooded rolling countryside west of and utterly remote from Crawley, Rusper has a gently curving main street with many good houses and cottages.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1897

On the north side of the street the confident commercial frontage is that of the Wilts and Dorset Bank, which was absorbed into Lloyds (right).

Caption For Chalfont St Peter, High Street C1950

A Georgian tower and church of the 1710s, heavily remodelled in the 1850s and recast in Gothic style in polychrome brick by G E Street: he had described the Georgian church as 'a very ugly brick

Caption For Luton, C1950

Partially hidden by street furniture and a Green Line bus, the imposing building to the left is Luton Technical College, opened in 1906 as Luton Secondary School and now the site of Luton University.

Caption For Bletchingley, The Church And Post Office C1955

Off the north side of the High Street, the buildings are encroachments on the market place; Bletchingley had been a borough by the 13th century.

Caption For Egham, High Street C1950

This view is at the east end of the High Street at the roundabout where it joins the A30, in effect the northern by-pass.

Caption For Abingdon, Wesleyan Church And Schools 1893

Conduit Road runs north from Ock Street on the east side of the Albert Park estate, and the earliest buildings on it are this church group.

Caption For St Neots, River Terrace C1955

During the 1990s, River Terrace was demolished, and a new complex of houses and flats fills the area between the River and Brook Street.

Caption For Sudbury, War Memorial 1923

This is the north end of North Street with the Masonic Lodge off to the left. The war memorial was dedicated in October 1921.

Caption For Haywards Heath, The Boadway C1960

New street lighting has been installed, and although Caffyns are still here, there is a new Seeboard (electricity) showroom next door. Both businesses have now moved.

Caption For Bridport, West Allington 1899

Further along the south side of the street (left of centre) is the Old Inn. West Court is behind the hand-cart.

Caption For Welton, The Cross Roads C1955

This view looks east along Ashby Road to the small green at its junction with Station Road and High Street (to the right).

Caption For Glentham, Moncks Arms Hotel, Caenby Corner 1953

The A15 is in fact a Roman road – Ermine Street.

Caption For Hunstanton, Green And Pier 1907

In this High Street view there is a dairy, Preston's Library (where you could borrow a novel to enjoy whilst lounging in your deckchair), and a branch of International Stores, which quickly saw off old-style

Caption For Carshalton, Pond From The Bridge 1896

In this view looking southwest from Honeywood Walk to Pound Street, the Greyhound pub is part 18th-century and part 19th-century Jacobean.

Caption For Leeds, The Town Hall 1894

architect of the Town Hall, Cuthbert Brodrick, was also responsible for other buildings, including the Corn Exchange (1860), the Mechanics' Institute (1860), the Oriental Baths (1866) and shops on Cookridge Street

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road 1904

The building on the right, just before the King Street junction, was the Jubilee Institute.

Caption For Broughton Astley, The Stream C1967

The village has been given a sweeping bypass, Broughton Way, on its north side, reducing the volume of traffic negotiating Main Street and the area around St Mary's Church and Old Mill

Caption For South Luffenham, St Mary's Church C1955

The great Gothic Revival architect George Edmund Street (1824-81) restored the building in 1852 and 1861.

Caption For Wallasey, The Village C1965

Also, the High Streets have the quaint name 'the Village', so we have a road named Liskard Village, Upton Village etc.