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Times Past

I was born in 1951 and lived for the first 2 years of my life at 241 the Blocks with my parents and Grandparents. This was a 2 up 2 down + attic house in a block of 3 situated on the bottom row of the blocks, now ...Read more

A memory of Barrow Hill in 1951 by Paul Gibbons

Gaslight 1954

In the early 50's many streets in Uxbridge were still lit by gas. So "lighting up time" had a whole different meaning. The iron lampposts were much lower than the lighting masts of today and were more widely placed along the ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1954 by Philip Cousins

Flixton Road

This picture shows the Post Office - the nearest of the row of shops. Note the old-fashioned police telephone just outside the Post Office. The next shop is the barbers where I used to get the haircut! The son of this barber had a ...Read more

A memory of Flixton in 1965 by Roger Hare

The Providence Congregational Church 1956

"The Providence", as it was commonly known, stood at the corner of Laundry Yard and The Lynch. Built in 1795 with a later facade it was a gem of late georgian "chapel" architecture. You entered through a ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1955 by Philip Cousins

Seaton, Cornwall (Keveral Lane)

It was nice to read of some familiar names that lived in Seaton at the same time as me, Jon Sandy for one. I often think of Jane Sandy and where she is now. I came to live in Seaton when I was 2 years old in ...Read more

A memory of Seaton in 1958 by Lynda Collins

Wimbledon

I was born in - 1940 All Saints Road, opposite the church. We moved to Pitt Cresent in 1941 with my gran, in 1942 we moved into South Wimbledon to Balfour Road and use to sleep on the underground station due to the war. In 1944 we ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon by John Siggery

Wannock Gardens Tea Rooms

I have very fond memories of the Wannock Gardens Tea Rooms in the 1950s (and maybe into the 1960s). My dad was a Brighton coach driver who took trips of old ladies out for afternoon excursions and tea there. My sister ...Read more

A memory of Wannock in 1959 by Mary Funnell

Newby Bridge Hospital, Cumbria

My mother, born in Carlisle 1920, has a memory of one of her brothers going to Newby Bridge Hospital. I have asked around but nobody seems to know if there was a hospital at Newby Bridge. It is such a strong memory ...Read more

A memory of Lakeside by Valerie Kay

Recollections Of Childhood..Post War 50's

Born at Station Rd, close to Bridge School, a small sweet shop called Ecclestones was at the foot of the bridge. We would walk over the bridge, mum to shop in the Popular Stores (Coop I think), I recall ...Read more

A memory of Wealdstone

Clyde Street, Salford

I remember living at no 6 Clyde Street and at the end of the street was Mrs Grant's shop. I was the eldest of four (me) Mandy Derbyshire, my brothers Jason and Paul, and my sister Kelly. I remember being part of the filming ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1970 by Amanda Hobbs

Captions

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Caption For Blanchland, The Village C1935

It is unusual in that it is an L-plan building incorporating the Abbey chancel, crossing and north transept with its 13th-century tower and 14th-century belfry.

Caption For Maidenhead, Cliveden Woods 1925

The Astor family once lived there, and it is now owned by the National Trust and let as an hotel.

Caption For Bristol, A View From The Centre Towards St Augustine's Reach C1950

The Reach dates from the 13th century and used to extend further into the town.

Caption For Clydebank, Kilbowie Road 1900

Situated on the Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart, Clydebank was little more than farmland until 1871–72, when J & G Thomson began the construction of a shipyard.

Caption For Bedford, The River C1965

The river basks in afternoon sunshine, with swans and a hired rowing boat on the water.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Bridge Street C1955

Haverfordwest first developed when the Flemings established a town here and built the castle. Henry Tudor also passed this way with his army on the way to Bosworth to defeat Richard III.

Caption For Great Sampford, View From The Bridge C1955

Behind us is the bridge across the young River Pant. As recently as the early 1900s, it could still only carry horses - not carts.

Caption For Warrington, Buttermarket Street C1950

Like much of Bridge Street and the Circus (shown here in the foreground) this street, too, is now a smart pedestrian area.

Caption For Chelford, Village C1955

Once a common sight throughout the country, roadside petrol pumps such as those shown here are a severe fire risk, and are now placed well away from the kerb.

Caption For Barton Seagrave, Old Cottages C1955

Only a couple of miles from Kettering, the village of Barton Seagrave retains plenty of charm and character.

Caption For Eccleston, The Ferry 1895

These were the days when blazers and boaters were de rigeur for a trip down the river to Eccleston.

Caption For Pilling, The Old Mill C1960

The mill is situated on the Broadfleet river near Broadfleet Bridge, where tradition has it that the devil, angered at being outwitted by the Cockerham schoolmaster, left the mark of his cloven hoof.

Caption For Glasson Dock, The Docks C1950

Our photographer is standing on the bridge over the lock which separates the dock from the Lancaster Canal basin.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Riverside C1955

The 1870 view of the bridge is particularly interesting, for it shows the Berkshire bank before the spread of late Victorian developments that brought large houses and villas to the Berkshire hillside

Caption For Bedford, Suspension Bridge And Embankment Gardens C1960

The inclined floral bed in the foreground survives, and is planted each year with a different theme. The concrete block walls replaced railings lost during the Second World War.

Caption For Upton Upon Severn, 1931

Apart from vinegar-making, the site of several skirmishes for control of the bridge during the Civil War, and an old church with an oddly-shaped tower, Upton's other claim to fame is that Henry Fielding

Caption For Langdale Pikes, The Valley 1892

The Langdale Pikes are among the Lake District's most popular and recognisable hills.

Caption For Grays, Dartford Tunnel 1963

Since then and the completion of the M25, the twin tunnels are one way; vehicles crossing from the Essex side use the graceful Queen Elizabeth II suspension bridge which soars above the river.

Caption For Chesham, Waterside, From Lord's Mill 1906

Lord's Mill was one of the main watermills along the Chess south-east of Chesham and is behind the photographer who is looking over the Moor Lane bridge parapet.

Caption For Wickhambreaux, The Forge 1903

From the Bridge 1899 A town when the Domesday Book was compiled, and a settled place as far back as the 7th century, Fordwich was a flourishing port on the River Stour for Canterbury when the river was

Caption For Newbury, View From Victoria Park Bridge C1950

The view from this bridge has changed significantly in the last 50 years.

Caption For Runcorn, All Saints Church 1900

Just to the left of All Saints' Church the Railway Bridge can be clearly seen standing where Queen Ethelfleda's castle was built to control and watch the Runcorn Gap and protect her kingdom

Caption For Congleton, The Canal C1965

The Macclesfield Canal passes through the outskirts of Congleton, complete with an elegant iron aqueduct where it crosses Canal Street, and several attractive bridges.

Caption For London, Tower Of London C1950

As we look from Tower Bridge, the dominance of William the Conqueror's White Tower keep, dating from the late 11th century and still the focus of the castle, is now somewhat reduced by office blocks, including