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Portwrinkle Beach

My parents used to take me there after school sometimes on their half day off from Menheniot C0-Op in the 1950s and early 1960s when I was a child. It was a steep climb down to the beach from the road but worth the effort. ...Read more

A memory of Portwrinkle by Noreen Keenleyside

Bon Dolphis Tea Shop

Late 1940s vague recollection. Does the name Bon Dolphi ring a bell with anyone out there, as possibly a tea/cake shop, possibly down on sea-front ? I believe it was in Eastbourne but I was only a nipper at the time so could easily be mistaken.

A memory of Eastbourne in 1948 by Chris Cowell

Summer Trips To Martin"S

My sister Pauline and I used to come here with our mother, and sometimes father, on hot summer days, around 1948 to 1952 (age 6 to 10). We commuted three stops from Reading South in electric trains. I basically learned ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham in 1950 by Peter George

Where I Was Born

My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more

A memory of Sole Street in 1946

Heswall Shore

My nanny and gampi lived on Banks Road in the 1960s. Nanny (Tilly Wilson) used to shell the shrimps in her kitchen. We would pay them a visit on our way down to Heswall shore and the shrimps would be piled high in the middle of the ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1967 by Debbie Ranson

Going To Junior School In Radcliff On Trent In 1960

My dad was in the Canadian Air Force (RCAF) stationed in Langar (born in England though) but my family lived at 16 Douglas Close just outside Radcliffe. I remember walking daily to ...Read more

A memory of Radcliffe on Trent in 1960 by John Reid Wilkinson

Oddington 1946 1959

I was born in Moreton in Marsh and lived the first 13 years of my life in Oddington. My father was a farmer and we lived at Green Farm right in the middle of the village. We used to have the village bonfire (November ...Read more

A memory of Lower Oddington by Tim Gaskell

My Place Of Birth

I was born in one of those prefabs halfway down on the righthand side, number twenty three in fact. My mum and dad must have thought they`d gone to heaven, moving from a blitzed east end tenemant with a shared outside ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by Glenn Spicer

Potts Ancestry Kibblesworth

My father Edward Potts was born in Kibblesworth in 1900 his brothers were William Potts, Noble Potts and his sister was Hilda Potts. All the brothers were miners in Kibblesworth. When dad married we moved to ...Read more

A memory of Kibblesworth in 1900 by Catherine Cowing

Raddlebarne Road

1978 was the date I left Sellyoak to live in Wales. I have a lot of fond memories. I was born at 132 Raddlebarne Road in 1965. My mother was called Sheila, she sadly passed away last year, My grandparent were Edith and Osbert ...Read more

A memory of Selly Oak in 1978 by Amanda Thewlis

Captions

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Caption For Lyme Regis, Harbour 1890

Further along Marine Parade is the coastguard station (right) opposite the Custom House, the latte replacing an earlier building in the middle of the town which burned down in 1844.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Market Street 1898

This photograph is taken from the junction of Market Street and Upper Market Street, looking down towards the High Street.

Caption For Blaenavon, Broad Street C1955

We are looking down the street in the opposite direction to photograph B672001, with the Forge Hammer now on the right.

Caption For Launceston, South Gate And Castle 1893

Race Hill was once the main road into Launceston from the south; it leads down to the South Gate, which is the last remnant of the old town walls.

Caption For Launceston, South Gate 1893

Southgate is the only surviving gate of the three that used to give access to the old walled town.

Caption For Launceston, Castle Lodge 1906

Down the lane to the left, on the other side of the castle green, is Northgate and Doomsdale, the prison which included among its inmates the Catholic martyr St Cuthbert Mayne, the Quaker George Fox, and

Caption For Launceston, South Gate 1893

Southgate is the only surviving gate of the three that used to give access to the old walled town.

Caption For Gilwern, The Main Road C1955

Further down on the left is the road junction for Llangattock and Crickhowell just before the white building, the Beaufort Arms.

Caption For Coventry, The Lady Godiva Clock C1965

When the clock strikes the hour the doors slide open and Godiva rides once again, while Peeping Tom (a mythical figure) leers down at her from a niche in the wall above.

Caption For Cadgwith, From Bathing Rock 1899

Their attention has been attracted by a fisherman handling a box on the beach, whcih could have been handed down by the person inside the boat.

Caption For Ottery St Mary, Market Place 1907

The awnings are down over the windows; it is a hot, sunny day.

Caption For Byfield, High Street C1955

On the right is Adams, the family grocer, and further down is the Rose and Crown. The village once had its own railway station and iron workings, as well as a farm with nine dairy herds.

Caption For Irchester, Knuston Hall Education Centre C1960

Between Rushden and Urchester lies Knuston Hall, situated in parkland leading down to an artificial lake.

Caption For Stanion, Shop And Cardigan Arms, Cardigan Road C1965

Now within the village, Frith's photographer looks down one of the estate roads, with their undistinguished 'Anywheresville' modern houses, towards the High Street.

Caption For Hove, The Parade 1921

Hove's genteel grandeur continued to appeal to those who found Brighton somewhat too lively, and the town expanded north into the Downs in tides of suburban housing.

Caption For Cookham, High Street 1925

This quirky artist is Cookham's famous son, being born at Fernlea further down the High Street in 1891 and buried in the churchyard.

Caption For Newport, Allt Yr Yn, Above The Lock 1893

The lock chambers on this canal had their own individual size: 64ft 9in x 9ft 2ins - a most peculiar gauge. The canal became disused in 1930.

Caption For Launceston, St Thomas' Church C1955

St Thomas's was once a chapel of ease to St Stephen's church, down in the valley next to the River Kensey and close to Launceston priory, of which some ruins remain.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1900

With the waters of Lyme Bay visible beyond the Hillcliff grocery store further down this steeply-sloping street, the pleasing 18th-century façades of the shops and buildings frame this scene of late

Caption For Walton On Thames, The Swan Hotel 1908

As Jerome K Jerome observed, 'only the tiniest corner of it (Walton on Thames) comes down to the river'.

Caption For Chesterfield, Knifesmithgate C1960

Timothy Whites down on Stephenson Place has a new frontage, and the billiards sign has been consigned to history.

Caption For Leek, Market Place 1959

The stall holders and the ice cream man must be wondering where the customers are.They must either all be at work, or down at Rudyard Lake for the day.

Caption For Blaenavon, Broad Street C1955

We are looking down the street in the opposite direction to photograph B672001, with the Forge Hammer now on the right.

Caption For Morecambe, The Central Pier 1906

They called it 'the Taj Mahal of Morecambe', and it was a wonderfully eccen- tric and ornamental building until it was burnt down in 1933.