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5 Jubilee Cottages

Born here 1942 - mother a member of the Wicks family based at Holly House (hurdle makers) father an airman stationed at RAF Hullavington. I recall land girls, the drone of planes. I was too young for school & roamed ...Read more

A memory of Hullavington in 1942 by Tony Dighton

Kingsbury Green

Hi, I served my apprenticeship at L.E. Westwood (now Kingsbury Printers) at Kingsbury Green, behind the garage and car sales yard, 1949-1955. Prior to that, as a boy, I worked at United Dairies, helping the milkman (Mrs Eaton). ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1952 by Tony Day

Im An Essex Girl And Proud Of It

I was born in late August 1949 in Joan Gardens..a banjo off of Joan Road. Yes we lived on the big council estate but we didn't know. All I remember is the wonderful tmes we had playing in the banjo and the streets ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1949 by Patricia Arnold Nee Treadway

Family Connections

I understand my great grandfather worked in this forge. He was born Charles Holness around 1830 and married Ann Marsh in the 1850s. My father's mother Agnes Annie Holness was one of their children. She had an older sister ...Read more

A memory of Wickhambreaux by Claire Allen

Caravan Holidays

Ahhh, glorious Penmaenmawr where I have spent some lovely holidays.  The sunsets over the bay to Puffin are really something to see, the Fairy Glen and Dwygyfylchi pubs to stay awhile and drink in the atmosphere.  The walks ...Read more

A memory of Penmaenmawr by Susan Jones

The River

My family moved to Brampford Speke in 1972 when I was two and we moved away in the summer of 1977 to Bristol. We lived in the bungalow opposite the village pub. I went to the village school and spent most of the time down by the ...Read more

A memory of Brampford Speke in 1972 by Alison Flannery

The Lodge Mayfields Farm

Does anyone know of Mayfields Farm, Lowfield Heath, Charlwood Road, in 1935? I have found out that my Dad's sister {Joan Addy, 18 months old} drowned in the fishpond, around the day of the King's silver jubilee.

A memory of Charlwood in 1930 by Stephen Addy

Windborough Road Carshalton

I LIVED IN WINDBOROUGH ROAD FROM 1956-1961. WE LIVED AT NUMBER 68 WITH MY PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS. MY DAD TOLD ME HE TOOK CLIFF RICHARD TO SCHOOL ON THE BACK OF HIS BIKE! MY MEMORIES ARE THE "GEM SHOP" WHERE WE WOULD ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton in 1956 by Kay Grimwood

The Clarks Shoe Shop

i can remember the kind manager of this shoe shop, i was only 7 and i was impressed with the wooden foot measurer, i also wemt to the coop with my mother, i wonder if the shops are still there, in 1977 was the queens ...Read more

A memory of Tattenham Corner in 1977 by Ivans Place

Shop And Post Office

My parents, Fred and Marjorie Reeks bought the shop and Post Office from Mrs Britton in 1947 and they owned the business till about 1985. In the mid sixties Fred got about 100,000 daffodil bulbs from a market garden in ...Read more

A memory of Eppleby by Alison Glass

Captions

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Caption For Eaton, The Village C1955

Today there is a new cross here, erected in 1977 to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee.

Caption For Clevedon, The Triangle C1955

The clock tower was built by the potter Sir Edmund Elton for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, by which time the shops were spreading towards the sea front with tourist development.

Caption For Winsham, Church Street C1955

The post office/shop by the Morris is still there, along with the Jubilee Hall, opposite, which was built for meetings.

Caption For Cleveleys, Jubilee Gardens C1950

This bird's eye view shows Jubilee Gardens, opened by Lord Stanley in 1937.

Caption For Freckleton, Preston Old Road C1965

Straight ahead is the Primitive Methodist Jubilee Chapel built in 1861.

Caption For Botley, The Square C1960

The turret and clock above were erected by local parishioners to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

Caption For Warrington, Queen's Gardens 1901

The former private gardens of the residents of Palmyra Square were purchased in 1897 as a park to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and were opened to the public on the 17th of October 1898.

Caption For Worcester, Shire Hall And Queen Victoria's Statue 1896

The statue is by Sir Thomas Brock and was commissioned to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee of 1887. It was unveiled in 1890.

Caption For Manchester, The Royal Jubilee Exhibition, The Royal Entrance 1887

The idea that the celebration of Queen Victoria's jubilee should include an exhibition featuring Manchester's business, commerce, and industry was first discussed in 1886.

Caption For Cricklade, High Street C1950

The 1897 Diamond Jubilee clock tower survives outside The Vale pub.

Caption For London, Trafalgar Square 1897

This view, taken from the square of the National Gallery, was blocked by temporary wooden tiered seating erected for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession to St Paul's Cathedral.

Caption For Clee Hill, C1960

The high, windswept Clee Hills would have been an excellent place to light a beacon celebrating Victoria's jubilee, the occasion described in this poem.

Caption For Castleford, Queens Park C1965

Overlooking Ferrybridge Road, Victoria Park was opened in time for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

Caption For Skegness, South Parade 1899

This view looks towards the Jubilee Clock Tower, with Lumley Road to its left.

Caption For Stroud, Cainscross Looking Towards Ebley 1925

large, distinctive shop premises on the left contain the headquarters of the Cainscross and Ebley Co-operative Society; when this picture was taken, it had recently celebrated its Diamond Jubilee

Caption For Otterton, The Village Green 1914

To mark George III's jubilee in 1809, a couple danced a hornpipe there - their joint ages totalled 180 years!

Caption For London, Diamond Jubilee 1897

After 60 years on the throne, Queen Victoria did not have the strength to climb the steps of St Paul's Cathedral for her Jubilee thanksgiving service, so it was held outside.

Caption For Newbury, Clock Tower C1955

There was an earlier clock tower on this site, known as the 'Jubilee Clock', erected in 1889 to commemorate 50 years of Queen Victoria's reign.

Caption For Skegness, South Parade 1899

This view looks towards the Jubilee Clock Tower, with Lumley Road to its left.

Caption For Reading, Town Hall C1955

The statue of Queen Victoria was erected to commemorate her Golden Jubilee in 1887.

Caption For Weymouth, Town Centre C1955

Weymouth residents tend either to love or to hate the statue of George III, erected by grateful townsfolk to mark his golden jubilee, and seen in the middle distance of this photograph.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Main Street 1912

The hall itself was opened in 1901, as part of the town's commemoration of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.

Caption For Crewe, Queen's Park C1960

Queen's Park was presented to the town by the London North Western Railway Company (LNWR) in 1887, and marked not only the Queen's Jubilee (hence the park's name), but also the 50th anniversary

Caption For Skeeby, Village 1913

The building on the left became the village's Jubilee Hall in 1978. The boy is carrying oars – most intriguing! Behind him is the small church of St Agatha.