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Cobblers Shop

My father Richard Bradbury owned the shoe repair shops in swallownest. In 1946 with is war service savings he opened his shop on high street Sheffield . Which when he moved became the Halifax agency. In 1957 he opened his new ...Read more

A memory of Swallownest by abradbury41

Happy Times

I went to live in Llanthony village around 1970 with my husband who was brought up at The Daren Farm, and our children Lynda and Andrew. We lived in The Cornmill which is directly opposite the old post office, it was called Mill Cottage ...Read more

A memory of Llanthony

Childhood Memories.

I grew up in the house at the end of the street which was called Cherry Cottage.I would be about 3 or 4 when the picture was taken. My mum had the large Yew tree on the right of the house front sawn down as it made the house dark. My ...Read more

A memory of Naburn by wgeastwood

Dunmurry In The 60s & 70s

I lived in dunmurry for 16 years from 1960 until 1976 the things that i remember in the village were the two barber shops the first one was beside jack norths sweet shop on the bridge where as a young boy i remember being left ...Read more

A memory of Dunmurry by carole.chambers19

Post Office Sports Field

When I was a child in the 1940s, this sports field belonged to the Post Office. Occasionally there would be a horse in residence and this is where I had my first and only ride on such an animal. The stadium on the left ...Read more

A memory of Beddington by Norman Langridge

Charnwood Forest Children's Convalescent Home, Summer 1950

It was July/August of 1950 when I was sent here from my home town of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent at the age of eight, to convalesce after a serious post-operative infection. My first ...Read more

A memory of Woodhouse Eaves by Eric Brass

Wokingham Shops

Anyone remember the petrol station ,next to saint Crispins school called Bourne and Thomas,a real traditional garage ,the thames trader tipper trucks moving the soil from the A329m ,green in colour ,think the company name was harry ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham by chrisnash

Priestwood Square 1960s And 70s

I can remember the square not only for its shops but also as a meeting place . Most of our games back then involved huge amounts of our friends either playing war games or football matches over on the field opposite ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell by Lance Belsham

Wexham Rd Post Office

Hi Kevin, I think a Mr P.R.Poter ran the Upton Lea post office he wasthere in 1950s

A memory of Slough by Paul Wallis

Cyril Henry Heath And The Heath Family.

I have been told of old troedy many times and been driven through it to Bargoed, not much there now just a post office. My step father Cyril Heath was born there in September 1934, quite a large family so ...Read more

A memory of Troedrhiwfuwch by Andrew Dexter

Captions

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Caption For Birmingham, New Street 1890

It cost one penny to travel the length of New Street by horse-drawn omnibus, while a Hansom cab cost somewhat more.

Caption For Bridgnorth, The Cable Lift C1965

It was opened in 1892, when a ticket up or down cost 1d (one old penny). Today only return tickets are available, and these now cost 70 pence.

Caption For Codicote, The George And Dragon C1960

In 1967, 'Trencherman', writing for 'Hertfordshire 'Countryside magazine, reported that the bill for a three-course meal for two cost £3 2s 8d (£3.18), and that the main course of two(!)

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, The Shakespeare Hotel 1892

It cost 4s 6d a night to stay here, with dinner costing between 4-5s. The Red Horse and the Golden Lion were slightly cheaper.

Caption For Bishop Auckland, Newgate Street 1923

In 1914 a pound of butter at the Meadow Dairy Co would have cost 1s 3d; by 1920 the war had pushed the price up to 2s 11d.

Caption For Harrogate, Parliament Street 1923

On the right are the Royal Baths, which cost nearly £100,000 to build; even the Kursaal, which opened in 1903, cost over £70,000.

Caption For Harrogate, Parliament Street 1923

On the right are the Royal Baths, which cost nearly £100,000 to build; Harrogate was never parsimonious in its development plans - the Kursaal, which opened in 1903, cost over £70,000.

Caption For Sheffield, The Winter Garden 2005

The City Hall is being re-furbished at a cost of over £12-million, the money coming mainly from the European Union and central government; Weston Park Museum and the Mappin Art Gallery are undergoing

Caption For Bristol, The Harbour C1935

In the 1770s the cost of bringing even a small vessel up the river from Pill could cost in the region of £10.

Caption For Shrewsbury, High Street 1931

Between 1914 and 1920 there had been huge increases in the prices of even the most basic of foodstuffs.

Caption For Clifton, The Suspension Bridge 1887

Brunel estimated that the bridge would cost £52,966 to construct.

Caption For Bingley, Old Market House 1894

Completed in 1753 at a cost of £12, the Market Hall, Butter Cross and the stocks were removed at a cost of £16 6s from Main Street to the Prince of Wales park in 1888, which is where we see them in this

Caption For Ramsgate, Madeira Walk, Waterfall 1901

Madeira Walk cost nearly £60,000 to build, and because of the cost, the waterfall was dubbed 'the rate-payers' tears'.

Caption For Eastnor, The Castle C1950

The whole castle cost £85,923 13s 11d, or nearly £9 million in today's money.

Caption For Eastnor, The Castle C1950

The whole castle cost £85,923 13s 11d, or nearly £9 million in today's money.

Caption For Bradford, Town Hall Square 1903

On the right is the Town Hall in all its Gothic splendour, which was completed in 1873 at a cost of £100,000.

Caption For Edinburgh, Infirmary 1897

Built in the Scottish Baronial style, at a cost of £400,000, the infirmary was dealing with 8,000 patients a year by 1900.

Caption For Warboys, The Jubilee Clock And The Square C1955

It cost the parishioners of Warboys £200.

Caption For Dromore, Market Day 1904

A poster on the left advertises a Thanksgiving service.

Caption For New Brighton, The Lighthouse 1887

It was built at a cost of £27,000.

Caption For Ludlow, Castle Entrance 1910

The sign on the door announces that admission will cost 6d (or 2½ new pence!).

Caption For Shoeburyness, The Childrens Boating Pool C1955

Miniature golf was another attraction, with a round of eighteen holes costing the princely sum of 9d.

Caption For Leamington Spa, The Parade 1892

Each article of luggage carried on the outside cost 2d.

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, The Motor Lifeboat & Tractor 1939

These worked on the ', she cost £2,919, and served Wells between 1936 and 1945.