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Combe Florey Primary School
The village school in Combe Florey closed in about 1958 I believe, it exists as a private house now, but I can still remember the mile long walk to and from it, through the lanes every morning and afternoon. Mum ...Read more
A memory of Combe Florey in 1958 by
Kingussie Holidays
Kingussie always was one of my favourite places as a young boy. My aunt and uncle lived in King Street, near the sawmill and I can still remember the smell of the wood shavings burning. I loved going down to the station and ...Read more
A memory of Kingussie by
Stanley Road, South Harrow
I lived with my foster family in Stanley Road South Harrow, during the war. Our house backed on to the gas works and I always wanted to climb the gasometer which I did eventually with a friend from across the road. At ...Read more
A memory of South Harrow in 1940 by
Chippenham Swimming Pool
I was about 12 when the pool opened and what excitement it brought to us kids of Chippenham. I learnt to swim their with my friends (Margaret Ritchie, Jean West etc. and many more). I remember the bank being covered in ...Read more
A memory of Chippenham in 1961 by
Hilly Fields
Situated at the top of our road, as young children Hilly Fields was something quite magical. During winter time we would trek our home made sledges over to toboggan hill and hurtle down to the brook at the bottom of the hill at ...Read more
A memory of Enfield in 1950 by
Windsor Road
We moved to Bromley Cross about 1947 just before my sister Virginia was born, it was a lovely new prefab, but I don't remember much about the inside of it apart from the wood-burning stove, that sticks in my mind for some ...Read more
A memory of Bromley Cross in 1947 by
The Majestic Cinema
Between the tree and the cinema you can see the roof and top floor of one of the blocks of flats in Armfield Crescent so we did not live far from the cinema. When we were small we were given a shilling to go to the Saturday ...Read more
A memory of Mitcham in 1963 by
My Schooldays 1952 54 Near Skipton
My Grandparents lived at 26 Otley Street in Skipton from the 1940 ( or earlier ) and I had first visited them in 1945 after VE day, They were Thomas Henry Jackson, my Grandmother Charlotte Jackson and their ...Read more
A memory of Skipton in 1952 by
Holidays
My brother and I had holidays in the chalets on the top of the cliffs along with my parents and maternal grandmother. It always seemed hot and sunny and the whole two weeks was spent climbing along the cliffs, digging in the sand and ...Read more
A memory of Scratby in 1960 by
The Second World War
There was an air raid shelter under the green opposite the Three Jolly Wheelers pub. It comprised a number of concrete passageways. My mother my sister and I would use it on occasions when there was a particularly bad ...Read more
A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1945 by
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Notice the woman, right, with the umbrella near the bollard at the top of Saunder Bank. In the middle of the road two young men, one with a bike, chat together.
Gatward's is still there, but John Jackson's business has gone: replaced by the Midland Bank.
An open-topped bus trundles along the Ewell Road towards the crossroads of the village, passing the petrol pump of the small garage near the entrance to Park Lane, and with the trees on the edge of Nonsuch
This view looks from the top of King Street down towards Cross Street. We can see that the street narrows towards the bottom.
From the bridge it was once possible to see a windmill built on a high bluff of rock above the river.
Both Back Lane and the High Street were well supplied with inns: the Blue Bell, the White Hart, the Talbot, the Three Arrows, the Dolphin, the Rose.
The borough is next to the M6, allegedly Europe's busiest motorway, and it has used its location to attract famous store chains and commuting customers.
During the 19th century the town centre had shifted westwards to the Bridge and Park Street.
Back at the river, this view shows the crowds watching the Procession of College Boats, held every year on 4 June to commemorate George III's birthday.
In 1757 a weir and a lock were built to accommodate the river traffic.
It is said that this point on the River Bure has seen various means of crossing from one bank to the other for the last thousand years.
This view looks north-westwards from the south bank to the 1927-built South Bridge (left) which replaced a graceful five- arch Norman bridge.
Back on the river, this view looks north-east from the Crowmarsh Gifford bank to Bridge House, with the remarkable spire of St Peter's Church beyond.
We can see the Midland (HSBC) Bank to the front right and the National Provincial (NatWest) to the far left.
In this view the photographer is looking north from the 'mainland' bank to the bridge, Boatslide Weir Bridge, which links Mill Meadows Island with Longholme.
Frith's photographer has moved beyond Boatslide Weir Bridge to the bank to look at the weir itself. The chains on posts are still here to protect rowers from the hazards of the weir.
Pownall Bridge over the River Bollin carries the public footpath that runs from Wilmslow along the river bank to Styal.
Frith's photographer swivelled his camera, while crossing the little River Pang which reaches the Thames here, and walked a few yards along the bank to capture this view back upstream towards the recently
The bank to the right, where the car is parked, now houses a boat hire firm, Castle Narrowboats.
The bank to the right, where the car is parked, now houses a boat hire firm, Castle Narrowboats.
We can see the Midland (HSBC) Bank to the front right and the National Provincial (NatWest) to the far left.
On the far bank, to the left, lie Fleetwood's docks. The large building is the North Euston Hotel, and to its right is the lower of Fleetwood's two lighthouses.
In the 1960s this New Forest village was home to a white witch who roamed around with a crow. A man is hunched over his parked car (right), no doubt tinkering with the engine.
On the left is the corner of Lloyds Bank; then comes Siddal and Kirby's shoe shop, the Wool Shop, now Nationwide with a new shop front, and the Midland Bank. To
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