Maps

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Memories

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Blackfriars

I too had an aunt who lived there.  In its time, it has had a house on top of the tower and a house on the wall attached to the left.  The house on top by then had disappeared. Through the archway was a line of small cottages ...Read more

A memory of Great Yarmouth in 1930 by William Nicholls

Lee Tower

The Tower also had a bowling alley and the restaurant was a Chinese.  As a teenager I worked up enough courage to ask a girl for my first dance at the Tower's ballroom.  We used to park our motorbikes outside the "Bluebird Cafe" ...Read more

A memory of Lee in 1965 by Gordon Brown

Schooldays In Bexleyheath

I went to school in Bexleyheath between 1950 and 1954. I believe the school was in Pelham Road but I can't be sure. Maybe there was a separate infants school in North Street? I remember the excitement of the ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by John Howard Norfolk

Growing Up In Grappenhall 1980s And 1990s

Having grown up in Grappenhall I've seen it develop with time, but its managed to keep its identity, even though there's been a growing demand for redevelopment in the area.   Within the space of a few ...Read more

A memory of Grappenhall in 1990 by Pete Chorley

High Street Ruislip

On the left is the Swan pub, on the right Barbara's Pantry. My grandmother Hilda Carter used to come up to Ruislip, to Bishop Winnington's on Saturdays from East Dean (near Eastbourne) to teach elocution to my sister and me and ...Read more

A memory of Ruislip in 1950 by Anna Wynne

Mr And Mrs A Garland

I remember spending many happy times in Shipley, staying with my grandparents, Mr and Mrs A Garland, or Arthur and Edith (Arlie) Garland, at 16, Church Close, Shipley, Sussex. I used to walk the dog with my grandad ...Read more

A memory of Shipley by Jane Vertntenten

Happy Childhood

We moved from Balham to Burgess Hill in 1956. My parents had bought 267 Junction Road and then proceeded to renovate the house as it was in a shocking condition. Both my parents worked in London so I walked to my grandparents' ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill in 1959 by Fran White

Golders Green

I lived in Temple Fortune about a mile north of Golders Green up the Finchley Road, along which passed buses and trolleybuses going up to Finchley and Barnet, and south to Baker Street, Trafalgar Square and London. In the 1940s ...Read more

A memory of Golders Green in 1953 by R Stonhold

Childhood In Affetside

Born at Baxterhead Farm in 1938, later lived at Butcherhead Farm. Attended village school, teacher Miss Davies, at playtime end she would blow a cuckoo whistle. Had to go to Sunday school but had to walk to Hawkshaw with ...Read more

A memory of Affetside in 1940 by Frank Ryle

Woolies

In 1958 I was a pupil at Blackpool Grammar School for boys. It was in Raikes Parade. At lunchtime, some of us would sneak out of school and go down Church St and end up in Woolworths which was housed in that beautiful Art Deco building near ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool by Martin Stewart

Captions

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Caption For Southend On Sea, On The Cliffs 1891

Now the name is used by a new tower block which stands on the site.A horse-drawn carriage can be seen close to the shelter, the only form of transport in sight.

Caption For Conwy, Castle And The Tubular Steel Railway Bridge 1898

The relatively more recent tubular steel railway bridge, built by Robert Stephenson in 1850, with stone towers sympathetic to the castle's appearance, is a modern reminder of the continuing

Caption For Eaton Socon, Church Of St Mary The Virgin 1897

Unfortunately, in February 1930 the church was destroyed by fire, and only the west tower and the vestry survived.

Caption For Crewe, Bus Station C1960

Situated just behind the clock tower, the bus station was opened in 1960 on a site that had previously been occupied by houses for railway workers.

Caption For West Witton, The Village C1960

In the distance on the extreme right we can just see the 16th-century tower of the parish church of St Bartholomew.

Caption For East Hagbourne, Upper Cross C1955

Perched on the tower parapet of the church is a bell-cote, which houses its Sanctus bell. The timber-framed, part jettied house on the right is one of a row of three.

Caption For Penally, Looking Towards Tenby 1890

The 16th-century tower of the church of St Nicholas and St Teilo rises above the rooftops of leafy Penally. The tree line follows the line of the Tenby Pembroke railway track.

Caption For Colne, Albert Road C1955

The large cupola adorns the Co-operative building and beyond, the clock tower identifies the Town Hall.

Caption For Higher Walton, Walton Hall C1960

It was largely demolished in the late 1970s apart from the clock tower.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Angel Hill C1955

To the left are Abbey House, the Cathedral, the Norman tower and St Mary's.

Caption For Maidstone, River Medway And Church C1955

The lofty tower of the 14th-century All Saints church rises behind the Archbishop's Manor House and grounds.

Caption For Sittingbourne, High Street 1961

The 15th-century flint tower of the parish church still dominates the long street, which retains vestiges of a Georgian heritage in some of its buildings, although the Victorians were responsible for desecrating

Caption For Brancaster, St Mary's Church C1965

The parish church is of flint, with a large west tower. A

Caption For Edinburgh, Black Watch On The Castle Esplanade 1897

The small tower on the right with the angled roof is the Portcullis Gate; its upper part was added in the 1880s.

Caption For Durham, The Cathedral From The River 1921

It was built at various periods between the 11th and 13th centuries, and its great central tower was rebuilt between 1465 and 1495 after lightning and fire had destroyed its predecessor.

Caption For Lincoln, High Street C1950

The elaborate baroque-style tower on the left belongs to the Central Methodist Church of 1905.

Caption For Tintinhull, The Stocks C1955

19th-century cockfights in the churchyard of St Mary Major were a source of complaint for the head- mistress of Ilchester's 'little' school, established in the building that obscures the church tower

Caption For Edinburgh, Heriot's Hospital 1897

Designed on the courtyard plan with a turreted tower house at each corner, this building echoes Wallace's work at Pinkie (1613), the King's Lodging, Edinburgh Castle (1615), and the north range at Linlithgow

Caption For Stirling, Castle From Ladies Tower 1899

To the left of the gatehouse can be seen the royal palace of James V, which abuts James IV's Prince's Tower.

Caption For Old Hunstanton, The Church C1955

The tower is 15th-century, but most of the remainder of the building was rebuilt in the 1850s. The interior has many interesting monuments to the L'Estrange family, who owned nearby Hunstanton Hall.

Caption For Bath, Municipal Buildings And Abbey 1896

Brydon certainly caught the spirit of Baldwin's Adam-esque masterpiece, only departing from it in the Baroque towers at each end.

Caption For Kilkhampton, Village 1910

In the background is the tower of the celebrated church of St James. Rich in historic detail, it features a Norman doorway and some fine old bench-ends embellished with carved symbols of the Passion.

Caption For Launceston, Church Porch C1875

The body of the church used to stand separate from the older tower, and the space between was occupied by cottages until a council chamber was built in 1851. This is now the choir vestry.

Caption For Launceston, Church Porch C1875

The body of the church used to stand separate from the older tower, and the space between was occupied by cottages until a council chamber was built in 1851. This is now the choir vestry.