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The White Horse

I was born in the "White Horse" on 7th October 1937. Mrs Woolard helped in the pub and looked after me when my Mum and Dad were busy. Mrs Woolard and her husband Alf lived on the other side of the Green. There were lots of ...Read more

A memory of Potter Street in 1930 by George Nicholson

Growing Up In Purley

When I lived in Purley, there weren't many stores.  I can remember when Sainsbury's opened across from Purley Fountain.  There was a toy shop in the High Street called Morgan's.  I stole a whistle from there when I was not very ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1950 by Liz Williams

Seedhill Cottage

The house in the foreground is known as Seedhill Cottage.  My family lived there from the mid sixties to late seventies. My father was the gamekeeper for the local shoot and water baliff for Whitewell area. My mother was the ...Read more

A memory of Whitewell in 1967 by Ian Idiens

Great Place Lost.

Grange Farm was the place to go for all teens.   You could swim or just hang around with friends.  To get there we walked across the fields and over the bridge across the Roding.  Now of course this place is no more.  A great loss.

A memory of Chigwell in 1957 by Kathleen Rice

Visit To Blarney Cork 2007

My ancestors came from Cork to England. Whether this means that they sailed from Cork Harbour during the 1850's, or whether they lived in Cork, I am not sure, however my husband and I had an enjoyable few days there this ...Read more

A memory of Blarney in 2007 by Susan Winwood

Graham Clive Cale James

Between 1938-1949 I lived in Llanarth Road then at Bryn Road 1949-1959. There was no Springfield Estate (only Springfield Villas, about 6 houses). Tradespeople at that time were Davies the bakers with door to door ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith in 1940 by First Name Last Name

Seventh Of The Seventh

All the sevens - the seventh of the seventh of the seventh. 7th July 2007 was the lucky sevens date chosen by Amanda and David for their wedding. Family and friends were invited to The Two Bridges Hotel on Dartmoor for ...Read more

A memory of Two Bridges in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

Tiddler Fishing

My grandparents lived in Park Road, and as children myself and my sister used to go tiddler fishing under the suspension bridge. My sister's cat, Danny, used to follow us and join us in our endeavours. And my cat, Honey, got ...Read more

A memory of Builth Wells in 1962 by Verena Lewis

Smallbridge And All That

The place name comes from a narrow bridge over a stream that forms the boundary between Rochdale and Wardle on Halifax Road, by The Red Lion pub as it was then. Folk who lived in Smallbridge were once called ...Read more

A memory of Smallbridge in 1940 by Peter Butterworth

The Polehampton Schools

I think this picture could show Mr Farthing who was a teacher at the Boys School, near the railway bridge. When I was walking to and from the girls' school at the other end of the village I often used to meet him rolling ...Read more

A memory of Twyford in 1953 by Phoebe Newton

Captions

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Caption For Potter Heigham, The Bridge 1934

The old medieval stone bridge, with one central and two pointed side arches, carries Yarmouth-bound traffic over the Thurne. Its painted warning 'Caution, proceed slowly' must not be ignored.

Caption For Selby, Old Toll Bridge 1918

The wooden toll-bridge over the Ouse was built in the 18th century. Selby still sees small ships loading and unloading at the modest wharf.

Caption For Budleigh Salterton, The Beach 1925

This charmingly-situated little watering-place lies in a sheltered valley, and its garden-girt villas are further beautified by a sparkling brook, spanned by numerous rustic bridges.

Caption For Prestbury, The Manor House 1903

At the bottom of the street is the bridge over the River Bollin and the Manor house.

Caption For Potter Heigham, The Bridge 1934

The old medieval stone bridge, with one central and two pointed side arches, carries Yarmouth-bound traffic over the Thurne. Its painted warning 'Caution, proceed slowly' must not be ignored.

Caption For Gravesend, Clifton Marine Parade C1898

We are keeping to the Kent bank of the Thames Estuary as the river reaches Gravesend, beyond the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford.

Caption For Marlborough, College 1923

Marlborough College, the prestigious public school, was founded in 1843 close to the river Kennet and the site of the old castle. An enclosed bridge crosses the A4 Bath road.

Caption For Coulsdon, Woodcote Grove Road C1955

The gabled row of houses leads towards a railway bridge with St Andrew`s Church beyond.

Caption For Ilkley, Brook Street 1923

This view was taken from underneath the railway bridge looking down towards the Wharfe and the next village, Middleton.

Caption For Canford Magna, Canford Bridge 1899

Canford Bridge has three arches of Portland stone over a languid length of the River Stour, and carries the road from Wimborne to Poole.

Caption For Rowsley, Bridge And Peacock Inn C1870

This fine five-arched bridge over the River Derwent at Rowsley has carried traffic for nearly four hundred years.

Caption For Selby, Old Toll Bridge 1918

The wooden toll-bridge over the Ouse was built in the 18th century. Selby still sees small ships loading and unloading at the modest wharf.

Caption For Leysdown On Sea, Station Road C1960

Leysdown is a popular holiday resort on the Isle of Sheppey, reached by crossing the Kingsferry Bridge.

Caption For Teston, Orchard Stores Corner C1960

Many years before D G Sheppard opened his Orchard Stores, an entrepreneur named Alfred Reader had set up his cricket and hockey ball factory in the 1820s.

Caption For Barton Mills, The Village 1925

This group of buildings (dated 1668) flanks the bridge over the River Lark, which provided power for the water mill. John Godfrey installed a steam engine and roller milling plant in the 1880s.

Caption For Worksop, Bridge Street 1967

Now further down Bridge Street, Frith's photographer was looking south uphill past the Newcastle Street crossroads.

Caption For Upwell, Town Street 1923

There are several other early 17th-century brick buildings here, and one most interesting medieval survival near Church Bridge: now part of a workshop, it was possibly a warehouse and a lodging of one

Caption For Upwell, Town Street 1923

There are several other early 17th-century brick buildings here, and one most interesting medieval survival near Church Bridge: now part of a workshop, it was possibly a warehouse and a lodging of one

Caption For Rushden, High Street 1966

It is a workaday street - the white railway bridge in the distance has now gone, along with the railway track.

Caption For Bristol, The Docks 1953

Though it was less than one mile long, it was expensive to build, requiring three bridges, a viaduct and a 282-yard-long tunnel under a burial ground, the cutting of which entailed the digging up of numerous

Caption For Walton On Thames, Boathouse 1899

Beyond Walton Bridge is this boathouse and its harbour inlet off the river, here charmingly informal. It is now Walton Marina, with an emphasis on cabin cruisers rather than punts.

Caption For Burton On Trent, The River Trent C1960

The Trent tends to split into several channels and produce islands on its flood plain as it passes close to the town, having collected the grossly polluted River Tame five miles upstream.

Caption For Sutton On Trent, The Railway C1955

The photograph was taken from a bridge built in the 1930s to replace the delay-producing level-crossing which carried the Great North Road.

Caption For Shoreham By Sea, Norfolk Bridge 1919

Anglo-Saxon Bramber was superseded by early Norman Old Shoreham, nearer the river mouth, and then by New Shoreham, which was itself half washed away by 1400.