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My Early Childhood Years

My grandfather worked at Murex down by the river and I loved being able to pick him up from work on the odd occassion with my late Mum, Dad and younger sister as we would be allowed to see any boats passing. I still love ...Read more

A memory of Rainham in 1964 by Rosemary Singleton

Staying At The Bullers Arms

When i was 11 I started school at Tavistock, and met a lovely girl called Helen Desmond who became my best friend. Helen's family (sister Sandra and brother Jonathan) lived at the Bullers Arms and I used to stay there ...Read more

A memory of Mary Tavy in 1971 by Lesley Favliones Nee Bishop

Boyhood Memories From 1952

It was around this time that the tram lines were taken up from Sunderland Road in Gateshead. The men stored the old lines in Somerset Street and Devonshire Street. As boys we would dig up the tar from around the ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1952 by Dave Southern

Childhood Memories From 1949

I was born in Hubert Terrace which ran off Bank Street and along to Cuthbert Street. Further down was School Street and Marian Street which ran along to Derwentwater Road, and on Derwentwater Road was Lady Vernon ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by Betty Harris

Swimming Above Stepping Stones Weir At Bothal

Our Mam being an Ashington lassie, we returned to her birthplace when Mam divorced my father who she met before the Second World War - that was when Mam was in London and working in 'service'. We were ...Read more

A memory of Bothal in 1949 by Wullie Harries

A Quiet Haven Of Peace.

I lived next door to Davenham Church, and one summer's day, when I was about 7, I went for a walk around the churchyard. Hearing a rustling noise on the ground, I crouched down, parted some long grass, and found a baby ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1959 by Lynn Quigley

Mountpumps Farm Flimwell

I would love to hear from anyone who remembers my parents Les and Sheila Pickering who farmed Mountpumps Farm in Flimwell from about 1944 to 1951. Mrs Everett owned the farm and rented it to my parents. I know they were ...Read more

A memory of Flimwell in 1944 by Ann Brunger

Croydon Thornton Heath And Norbury

I was born and brought up in Croydon and although I now live in the Channel Islands I still regard it as my home. I remember living in Northborough Road, Norbury and attending Norbury Manor Infants School only ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1963 by Annie Deuchar

The Smallfield Brickyard

I was born at 1 Kings Cottages in April 1931. I have two brothers, and as young boys we were close friends of the late Gerald Mitchel. Gerald's mum, nee Doris King, lived with her husband (Syd, who served with the RAF) ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Tony Harper

My Second Home

Right from a small child i have grown up loving Wells-next-the-Sea, my dad used to take us on holidays there and we stayed in a little cottage which was a short walk to the quay where my brother and I would wander down to ...Read more

A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea in 1969

Captions

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Caption For Witham, St Nicolas' Church 1900

As the town grew, its businesses drifted off to the main London-Colchester road. St Nicholas' was built c1330.

Caption For York, The Castle Gate C1885

These awe-inspiring and formidable walls and gates were knocked down in 1934. At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.

Caption For Menai Bridge, Suspension Bridge 1890

Rip tides up and down the strait made the ferry a dangerous option, and earned the Menai the nickname 'the British Bosphorus'.

Caption For Harlech, High Street 1930

The narrow ancient streets of Harlech, a town that sprang up to serve the stronghold, have changed little over the years, as is shown by this picture of the High Street.

Caption For Barnstaple, The Crooked Spire, Parish Church 1936

Its survival is due to Sir Gilbert Scott's putting his foot down most firmly. When a complete rebuild was proposed, he threatened to withdraw if the spire was removed.

Caption For Skegness, Lumley Avenue 1904

Lumley Avenue, with its chestnut trees and wide verges and roadway, is typical of the streets comprising the original grid layout of the Earl of Scarbrough's 1870s town plan.

Caption For Scarborough, The Spa And Sands 1890

Ladies wishing to bathe would enter the machines from the landward side and horses would haul the contraptions down into the water.

Caption For Scarborough, The Spa And Sands 1890

Ladies wishing to bathe would enter the machines from the landward side and horses would haul the contraptions down into the water.

Caption For Davenham, The Village C1965

The sign is in the shop window with the blind drawn down, and can be deciphered when the photograph is considerably enlarged.

Caption For Brecon, Lower Ffrwdgrech Waterfalls 1910

This is limestone country: the soft rock, assisted by the streams, forms magical shapes and contours as the water tumbles down.

Caption For Barnoldswick, Church Street 1952

Church Street leads down to St. Mary-le-Gill Church.

Caption For London, The Tower Of London C1955

Down by the river bank, the paviours follow the line of the medieval wharf. Behind the moat are the medieval outer defences, the inner one overlooking the outer - the battlements are 19th-century.

Caption For Herne Bay, From The Pier 1897

Boats travelling down the Thames estuary from London were met by stagecoaches here, and their passengers were transported onward by road to Dover.

Caption For Thebes, The Broken Obelisk C1857

The Late 19th to the Early 20th Century Forget six counties overhung with smoke Forget the snorting steam and piston stroke, Forget the spreading of the hideous town; Think rather of the pack-horse

Caption For Launceston, Market Clock 1906

In 1905 it became the duty of the hotel boots boy to pull and tie down a cord which silenced the quarterjacks during the hours of darkness.

Caption For Bingley, From Ferncliff 1894

A century after his visit, the town had been transformed from a quiet village to a vibrant centre for the textile industry.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street 1900

Other systems that closed down in 1934 were Colne, Derby, Middlesborough, Nelson, Northampton, Guernsey, Rhondda and Torquay.

Caption For Exeter, Fore Street 1896

The High Street becomes Fore Street as it heads down towards the river Exe. The street today is a mass of shops and attractive buildings, none more so than Tuckers Hall.

Caption For East Harting, The Village 1906

The thatch-roofed house has a well-clipped hedge and a Chilean pine - or monkey-puzzle tree - grows in a garden further down the hill. The roadway is of stone; motor transport has not yet arrived.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Main Street C1955

To the right of the bend in the road there is a drop down to what was the Commercial Hotel, sited near what was the port in times past.

Caption For York, The Castle Gate C1885

These awe-inspiring and formidable walls and gates were knocked down in the 1920s. At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.

Caption For Storrington, High Street C1955

Situated at the foot of the South Downs, where the River Stor flows north-west to its confluence with the Arun, Storrington is the only downland settlement that became a small market town.

Caption For Totton, By Pass C1965

South of the bypass are late 19th- and 20th-century housing and a large industrial area leading down to Eling creek. Nearby is the brick church of St Winifred, built in 1937.

Caption For Waldringfield, The Yacht Club C1955

The two ladies in the distance have just come down from the May Bush Inn.