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Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

Cock Tavern East Ham High Street

I used to go out with the daughter of the landlord of the Cock Tavern in the High Street, we would spend hours looking over the back yard from her bedroom. I wonder what ever happened to her?

A memory of East Ham in 1973 by Mark Wells

Growing Up In Greenford 1957 1970s

Wow! Thanks for those memories. A million miles away in rural East Anglia, remembering growing up in Greenford. Stanhope Infants and Juniors, Mr Bishop, Mrs Avery, anybody went there remember them? ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Gill Hewlett

Chisholm Cottage

My great-great-great grandparents lived opposite Wesley Chapel in the late 1800s, behind the trees on the right-hand-side of the 1901 Wesley Chapel photo. During the 1830s, Richard JACK (b1813) and some of his brothers moved to ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1880 by Vivienne Hooper

193940 School Days

I remember the Town Hall at Cowbridge.  In those days there was no one way system around it like today.  The school boy interest was the Merryweather Fire Engine that was kept in a garage at the side of the Town Hall. Great fun ...Read more

A memory of Cowbridge in 1940 by Roy Newton

Buses

I had forgotten that the buses used to use the area in front of the abbey as a terminus. I lived in Selby from my birth in 1954 until 1972. I frequently caught a bus from the corner of Buller Street & Flaxley Road to school on Abbotts Road. ...Read more

A memory of Selby by Pete Jones

Re Tony Bros Ice Cream

I remember Tony Bros ice cream parlour off Acton High Street. On some Sundays my father would take me for a treat for a cornet or wafer scooped out of the big drum on the counter, it was always after giving our dog ...Read more

A memory of South Harefield by Frank Morrison

The Dumps

My mum and dad owned the Lonsdale off-licence during the 1960s and 1970s. I went to Brampton Manor, a few teachers stick in my memory but Dr Groom has to be the world's best physics teacher. I remember bunking off, walking over the dumps ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by Brett Jolly

Barking

If I remember rightly, coming round the corner from Ripple Road into East Street, there was a hole in the ground courtesy of the German bombers. Later, Timothy Whites was built there. Anyway, as youngsters, we used to head for the Capitol ...Read more

A memory of Barking by John Willats

Elmsleigh School St Polycarp School

Born in Aldershot in 1939 my father worked for a builder in Farnborough, Chuter, and eventually moved to a rented house on Folly Hill. I initially went to St Polycarp but moved to Elmsleigh where both myself and ...Read more

A memory of Farnham in 1945 by Mike Archdeacon

Captions

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Caption For Dublin, Grafton Street 1897

Looking north along Grafton Street towards Trinity College and the east portico of the Bank of Ireland. Grafton Street is Dublin's most elegant shopping street.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, View From Adeyfield Road C1960

During the 18th century, the roads Cherry Bounce, Chapel Street, Bell Road (now St Mary's Road), and George Street were all developing on the east side of the of the High Street and were in

Caption For Cambridge, Petty Cury 1931

The narrow street of Petty Cury runs between Market Hill and Sidney Street.

Caption For Cambridge, Petty Cury 1931

The narrow street of Petty Cury runs between Market Hill and Sidney Street.

Caption For Appleton Le Street, The Village C1960

The quiet village street at Appleton-le-Street, west of Malton, shows little passing traffic outside the village pub.

Caption For Ottery St Mary, Broad Street 1938

Broad Street hints at Ottery's original Saxon street layout.

Caption For Sonning, Village 1904

Fortunately, south of Thames Street you can escape the modern traffic. This view looks east down Pearson Street, with the High Street off to the left just past the cart..

Caption For Wareham, West Street 1949

The Romans originally laid out the streets of Wareham to match the four points of the compass. The street names of today, North, South, East and West, match this design.

Caption For Stamford, Market Place 1922

North from St Mary's Street, St John's Street leads past St John's Church into Red Lion Square, the market place.

Caption For Epsom, High Street C1955

New town planners distrusted the earlier, casual dispersal of houses and manufacturers along the same street, deciding that in future there would be zoning, with different areas of the town set

Caption For Swindon, Fleet Street C1955

We are looking north-east from Fleet Street towards Milford Street, with the junction of Bridge Street to the right.

Caption For Sutton, The Quarry 1890

To the east of the High Street there were several chalk pits: this was the biggest. It lies to the south of Carshalton Road, and east of the Congregational Church.

Caption For Whitchurch, Oving Road C1955

Moving east, the route passes through Whitchurch on its way back to Aylesbury.

Caption For Bishop's Waltham, High Street C1955

Houchin Street and Basingwell Street to the east of the High Street were cleared in the 1960s for car parks.H W Veck & Sons, a carpet retailer, has been trading here since 1928.

Caption For Ware, High Street 1925

We are looking north down the High Street towards its division into East and West streets.

Caption For Godalming, Bridge Street C1955

East along the High Street with its many good buildings, including ones with ornate 17th-century brickwork or Georgian facades, Bridge Street bears left to descend towards the bridge of 1783 over the

Caption For Epsom, B Division, Woodcote Park 1917

Rifleman in East Street, a Canadian soldier was arrested and taken to the police station in Ashley Road, despite the complaints of his friends.

Caption For Machynlleth, Maengwyn Street 1899

It is hard to imagine a town with a population of 2,000 being short-listed for the Welsh capital when it consists essentially of two intersecting streets.

Caption For East Budleigh, The Village C1955

It is still not unusual to see a scene such as this in East Budleigh, for the farms in the vicinity are very active.

Caption For Northleach, High Street C1965

The High Street runs along the east side of the market place.

Caption For Northleach, High Street C1965

The High Street runs along the east side of the market place.

Caption For Oxford, Carfax C1950

Carfax stands at the crossing point where the original north to south and east to west routes ran through Oxford.

Caption For Twickenham, King Street 1909

This view of King Street looks east towards the grand Portland stone bank at its end.

Caption For Worcester, Foregate Street 1936

The two buildings dominating this view of the east side of Foregate Street have both been converted to other purposes.