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Train

During the 2nd world war, probably around 1944, I was on holiday with my parents and maternal grandmother staying in a cottage opposite the green. We often saw Italian PoWs cycling by to do local farm work. One rather blustery night we ...Read more

A memory of Allendale Town by georgie134

Hampton Wick Magolia Resturant

I'm christophers sister Valerie dunn was baggott.we loved living in Hampton wick .it was fun having dinner in the restaurant -we could order anything we wanted..i nearly allways had sausage beans and chips.we use to ...Read more

A memory of Hampton Wick by valerie66

A Trip Down Memory Lane

I am very pleased to have found this site, I was on Friends Reunited but it closed. I was born in 19 Chester Street in 1947, went to Lawson infants school, Smeaton Street and Middlesbrough Tech. My sister, Pat, grew up ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet by artlynas

Northwood Road & Swalecliffe

My mother was 19 when I was born. We were living above The Wool Shop in Swalecliffe, on the corner, opposite the railway bridge I actually have an uncanny memory of that time. I must have been under 2 years old, as we ...Read more

A memory of Whitstable by daveskye1

Port Sunlight For A Raf Kid

I was born in 1958. My father was in the RAF. His mother, my grandmother lived at 6 Jubilee Crescent Port Sunlight. Whenever we moved from one RAF camp to another we would stay at my Nanas for a couple of weeks, while ...Read more

A memory of Port Sunlight by kevin.whelan

It’s Been A Long Time Away

I remember South Harrow very well my mum and I would go there every Saturday to do the shopping and we would both carry it back walking to Reading Road. I used to go to Saturday morning pictures at the Cinema in ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow by moko123

Another Great Totham Memory.

Although I only lived at Great Totham as a young boy for 7 years , 48 years after moving to the Cotswolds because of my fathers work I still have a fair few memories. We moved to Foster road in 1965 from Chelmsford ...Read more

A memory of Great Totham by Mrs M.Rignall

Waiting And Waiting. Where Was She?

There was a tremendous interest when this reservoir was officially opened by the Queen Mother. The local papers carried details of the scheduled times and events connected with this event. Not least of all, the ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley by brucehaycock

Early Days In Failsworth

I was born in 1947 in boundary park hospital, as it was then. My mum and dad lived in Holt Lane in Failsworth. I can remember the Argyll Mill as a working cotton mill which was just down the lane. My mum was a housewife and my ...Read more

A memory of Oldham by suechalmers

Happy Days

We would go over the bridge in dallam go past the old barn and get hens eggs from the next farm , then some spuds from the field. Then boil the eggs in a tin of stream water whilst baking the spuds on a fire we,d made. Then on the way home ...Read more

A memory of Dallam by eharrywm47

Captions

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Caption For Armitage, The River Trent C1960

Turning to face downstream, the Trent's washlands are seen from High Bridge.

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street 1955

Woodhouse's store has recently opened in what was previously Singleton's; the shop received a new frontage and complete refit.

Caption For Bristol, City Centre 1950

St Augustine's Bridge looks pretty much the same as it did at the beginning of the 20th century, though the trees have grown, the trams have gone, and there is neither a horse nor a pile of

Caption For Drayton Bassett, The Canal And Swing Bridge C1965

Immediately beyond is a swing bridge. The 15-acre Drayton Manor park and zoo is close by; the village of Drayton Bassett is to the southwest.

Caption For Chippenham, The Maud Heath Causeway C1955

This is the bridge over the River Avon. The limestone monument, dated 1698 (right), records Maud Heath's bequest to the local community.

Caption For Perth, Bridge And Monument 1899

Built of rose-red sandstone, Perth Bridge was completed in 1771. The city then had a population of nearly 8,000.

Caption For Wareham, The River Frome C1960

Wareham is seen here from South Bridge, looking westwards to the banks of the Anglo-Saxon Town Walls and Castle Close (centre right), built by Edward Seymer Clark on the footings of a Norman fortress

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, The Thames C1955

A Girl Guide troop is enjoying the sunshine on the riverbank upstream of the bridge.

Caption For Brewood, The Canal C1965

The builder, Thomas Telford, believed in cutting through hills and bridging valleys. The boats to the left are early examples of leisure boating.

Caption For Burnham Market, Everetts Mill Bridge C1955

The mill and bridge were built in 1790, with warehouses being added to the right of the main building in the 19th century.

Caption For Melton Mowbray, The Park C1955

The elegant, five-arched ashlar bridge of around 1830 is named after the Countess of Wilton, whose husband - a well-known figure in the hunting world - bought Egerton Lodge and entertained the rich and

Caption For Glasgow, The Broomielaw 1897

This overhead view of the Broomielaw area of the city shows the George V bridge in the foreground.

Caption For Odiham, View From Canal Bridge 1924

The winding hole (where boats are turned) lies to the east of and adjacent to the Great Wharf. Odiham Common is on the northern bank.

Caption For Chester, Old Mansions On Bridge Street 1895

Bridge Street, Eastgate Street and Watergate Street have Rows on either side. The only other place in Europe with a similar type of arrangement is Thun, in Switzerland.

Caption For Durham, Prebends Bridge 1892

Built between 1772 and 1778, the three-arched Prebend's Bridge replaced a mid 16th-century footbridge that had been washed away during the floods of 1771.

Caption For Upper Clatford, Sackville Court Farm C1955

The view here from the old railway bridge has greatly been changed from 1955. The farmyard is now expansive lawn and garden. Trees now almost entirely hide the house from view.

Caption For Goyt Valley, 1894

The gatehouse and gardeners' cottages on the approach to Errwood Hall at Goyt's Bridge in the Goyt Valley.

Caption For Leamington Spa, The Parish Church C1955

The River Leam and All Saints' Church from the suspension bridge.

Caption For Chester, Bridge Street, The Bear And Billet Inn 1888

The Bear and Billet public house in Lower Bridge Street was built in 1664. At some time during the 19th century the pub frontage has been modified so that there are continuous windows on two floors.

Caption For Wickhambreaux, The Post Office 1903

On the banks of the Little Stour, whose waters flow peacefully under the bridge on the left, the small general stores and post office on the right served this little hidden village with its 18th- and 19th-century

Caption For Glasgow, The Broomielaw 1897

This overhead view of the Broomielaw area of the city shows the George V bridge in the foreground.

Caption For Clydach, Lower Fall 1893

The Clydach River is a tributary of the Usk, and joins it between Abergavenny and Crickhowell.

Caption For Tiverton, On The Canal 1903

The Grand Western Canal was part of a grandiose scheme to link the Bristol and English Channels between Taunton and Exeter. There were to be three branches, one of which was Tiverton.

Caption For Devonport, Torpoint Ferry Bridge 1890

Torpoint is actually in Cornwall, and its ferry still makes regular journeys across the Tamar, taking workers across to Devonport Dockyard and the City of Plymouth.