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Memories

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Happy Memories

I joined the WRAC and was posted to JSSC in the beautiful village of Latimer in 1953, what a wonderful time that was. There were two of us arriving at JSSC on that April day and the first place we went to was the NAAFI. Up on the ...Read more

A memory of Latimer in 1953 by Eva Hamilton

Vintage

These memories really are 1944 to about 1953. The corner shop by the church was a favourite as they used to sell home made toffee when sweets were on ration. One character I can still see was Mr White the baker being taken ...Read more

A memory of Minster in 1944 by Michael Heyes

Whythenshawe House

My grandmother was in service in a house in Saltwood. I have been trying for years to locate it but to no avail. All I know is the address is: Whythenshaw, Saltwood, Kent. I am assuming it was a house but it may not have been. If anyone can help solve the puzzle it would be very much appreciated.

A memory of Saltwood by Susan Wall

Percy Linden Lyden Fulwood Road Area Little Sutton

Hi, I am wondering if anyone would possibly have a picture of this house, in World War Two, I don't even know the name of the house, but Percy Linden/Lynden lived in this during the war. His ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Valerie Waring

Countryside Memories Holidays In The 1950s

The journey from our home in North Essex to my grandparents’ home in North Derbyshire took almost a full day back in the 1950s, allowing of course for periodic stops along the way. The first, usually at ...Read more

A memory of Glossop in 1955 by Mrs H. L Sharpe

Growing Up In Post War Harrow Weald

I lived at 20 Silver Close, Harrow Weald from 6 weeks old in 1941 until I left for Australia in 1961. I atended Harrow Weald Infants School from 1946, the old building was opposite the bus garage in the ...Read more

A memory of Harrow Weald in 1941 by Colin Lane

Crescent Way & Beyond

My parents, sister Barbara and me, Brian, moved into 14 Oakleigh Gardens in 1938. Shortly afterwards Barbara and me enrolled at Warren Road School (the year it opened). Everything was perfect until 1939 when the Second World ...Read more

A memory of Orpington in 1930 by Brian Lipscomb

Living On The Coastguard Station

The year England won the World Cup (1966) I was 8 years old and living on the coastguard station at Newhaven with my younger brother, you could hear my late father yell as England lifted the World Cup, we beat ...Read more

A memory of Newhaven in 1966

Growing Up In The Old Marchwood

I moved to Marchwood in the mid 1960s, I was not very old. We lived in an old house on the edge of the village, called Glengarriff. The old house was pulled down many years ago. I attended Marchwood Primary ...Read more

A memory of Marchwood

Miracle On Hope Street

Many years ago I was a window cleaner and would often do my rounds on many of the small estates in Monk Bretton, many of my customers would bring me cups of tea and sandwiches out and in one case an Italian lady invited ...Read more

A memory of Monk Bretton in 1978 by Roland Mitchell

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Captions

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Caption For Crowland, North Street C1955

Notice the superb thatching on the house on the left. Further down, near all the cars, is Frydays, a good fish and chip shop and restaurant.

Caption For Mildenhall, Market Place C1955

The gabled house was built in 1912, but it lost its circular window when the shop front was extended in the 1960s.

Caption For Northampton, Thomas A Becket Well 1922

The well, marked on the 1610 John Speed map, had its well-house rebuilt by the corporation in 1843 in Gothic style.

Caption For Ramsgate, Granville Hotel, Victoria Parade 1901

Ramsgate is the third in the trinity of Thanet holiday resorts; its attractions would have been familiar to the young Princess Victoria, who as a small girl stayed in a house near the bandstand on the

Caption For Royston, St Benedict's Priory And Melbourn Street 1929

This patterned red-brick Victorian building was occupied from 1916 onwards by the Benedictine nuns of the Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, of Montmartre, OSB and used as a novitiate house, before

Caption For Bodmin, St Petroc's Church 1931

A little stone roofed house close to the west door is St Guron's Well.

Caption For Cheam, High Street 1925

The house on the right was Vine Cottage, where Mr Dealy, the butler at Cheam School, lived with his family.

Caption For Cheam, Cheam Park House 1928

It is reputed that Mr Palmer rode on horseback from here to his offices in London every day, taking about an hour for the journey.

Caption For Malham, Malham Cove C1881

At the top is the isolated Tarn House, now an outdoor centre, but once the Victorian meeting place for gentlemen of stature.

Caption For Sudbury, Gainsborough House 1932

Adjacent to it are pairs of Victorian houses. Beyond is the Tudor-style Drill Hall of 1881, designed by Arthur Grimwood for D Company 2nd Volunteer Battalion Suffolk Regiment.

Caption For Windmill Hill, Posey Green C1955

The village hall on the right has given way to houses, but the cottages on the left remain.

Caption For Chiddingfold, The Pond And Village C1955

The house on the left with its whitewashed tile-hangings is Old Forge Cottage, which apparently dates from 1321 - it was for sale at the time of the photograph.

Caption For Aylesbury, County Asylum, Stone 1897

Later renamed rather more tactfully St John's Hospital, it was completely demolished in the 1990s and replaced by housing estates, leaving only the Gothic chapel of 1869, currently boarded up and awaiting

Caption For Aylesbury, The Milk Factory 1897

Here the photographer looks across the canal from the meadow (now occupied by housing) to the factory, nowadays somewhat changed; it had great dignity with its range of gables and sash windows.

Caption For Redditch, Evesham Street C1955

Today it houses the Yorkshire Bank and Provident Personal Credit.

Caption For Havering Atte Bower, The Orange Tree 1908

great attraction, and the use of such curiosities to attract people to inns were common from the 17th to the beginning of the 20th century, it is not likely that this was the origins of this house

Caption For Preston, Rock Gardens And Lawns, Avenham Park C1955

The land for the park was given by Lt Col Cross, who lived in a large and impressive house at the Red Scar.

Caption For Luton, Vauxhall Motors C1955

H Block, housing the press shop, is the nearer building. Note how wartime camouflage paint is still visible; it remained so until at least the late 1970s.

Caption For Kibworth Harcourt, The Old Mill C1955

The last post-mill in the county, dated 1711, it blends with the owner/managers house and the store shed to provide a self-contained industrial group.

Caption For Greatham, High Street C1955

As well as the Smiths Arms again visible in the centre distance, we can also see two more public houses here - the Hope and Anchor, the long white building on the right, and the Bull and Dog immediately

Caption For Aberystwyth, The College 1899

The magnificent neo-Gothic building on the prom began life as a triangular house designed by John Nash in about 1795.

Caption For Hoddesdon, High Street C1955

Standing in the High Street at Hoddesdon must be one of the last horse-drawn milk delivery floats in the district (centre right).

Caption For Walkern, Church End C1960

Note the Wealden-style house next to the lane, and the interesting country petrol station preparing to serve the visiting Austin.

Caption For Andover, London Street C1950

Next door was William Hawkins Heath's house, which would be demolished in 1928 to make way for the Savoy cinema designed by Freddie Henshaw.