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Chelmsford, Tindal Street, 1919

This shows the view looking up Tindal Street from the London Road end. In the centre of the photo you can see a sign sticking out. This you can just make out is the Spotted Dog public house which was there until ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

1950 1967

I was a 5 year old when we moved into the new housing estate in Northolt, we lived at 31 Rushdene Crescent. Then always it seamed that we had long hot summer holidays, playing in the woods, or in the sand pit (ex army firing range) or ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1950 by Paul Lamb

Lindsey Cottage And The White House

In 1949 my mother and I moved to Bentworth when my mother became the Health Visitor for Alton. We first stayed at rooms in the White House which was diagonally across from the Dugdales in the Big house at ...Read more

A memory of Bentworth in 1949 by morrowmm

The Windsor Crescent Guest House

I have happy memories of family holidays in Jersey staying at the Windsor Crescent Guest House in the early 1980s. Does anyone know if this hotel was the first building, middle or end? And when it ceased trading? Many thanks Andrew

A memory of Jersey in 1983

An American In Barassie

I lived at 51 Becah Road, Barassie, Troon. My step-father was in the U.S. Air Force and stationed at Prestwiick. I remember the gentleman who lived on the ground floor of our house. His name I think was George ...Read more

A memory of Troon in 1956 by Cheri Gardiner

Chelmsford, Shops In The High Streeet, 1919.

This view is taken from outside the island where the current Lloyds Bank stands, and shows the view down the High Street. In the background can be seen the spire, which was the Wesleyan Church, and ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

My First School

My dad was from yr Aber. We lived in Pandy Square until my dad died in Feb 1952, he was the fireman on the little train from Towyn to Abergynolwyn, he was also, I believe, a local football referee. He was an ex soldier in the ...Read more

A memory of Abergynolwyn in 1950 by Michael Jones

Petty France Cottages

I was born in the middle cottage out of three which the Duke of Beaufort owned back those days, now they have been modernised to a high standard and are privately owned. I used to spend a lot of my time in the Seven Mile ...Read more

A memory of Petty France in 1970 by Terry Hewer

Whitfield During World Wat Ii

My father was the Head Gardener and also commander of the local Home Guard. We lived in the servants quarters of the Manor House which was otherwise unoccupied at the time. Later ...Read more

A memory of Whitfield in 1940 by David Hill

Ward End Park

I can remember the boat shed in the park and where the swings used to be. There was a cafe-cum-ice cream seller in the white house and the most beautiful greenhouse full of strange plants that to a child looked very scary. ...Read more

A memory of Washwood Heath

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Captions

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Caption For Leicester, Charles Street And Belgrave Gate C1965

Here it is at the northern end of Charles Street, the architects' and planners' vision of utopia a la 1950s and 60s; dominat- ing the photograph to the left, in a Midlands-Miesian style, is Epic House

Caption For Burnley, Barcroft Hall 1895

This is a typical E-shaped house. Some have claimed that the design was a tribute to Elizabeth I.

Caption For Port Isaac, Temple Bar 1906

Closely-packed village houses built almost entirely of slate enclose a small cobbled courtyard. The youngest to oldest inhabitants are represented here.

Caption For Burnley, Hurstwood (Poet Spenser's House) 1895

This picture shows the rear of the property, a very fine example of an East Lancashire house of the later 16th century.

Caption For Shrewsbury, The Boat House Inn And The Ferry 1911

The Boat House Inn ferry offered a more sedate way of crossing the Severn than by the nearby Kingsland Bridge.

Caption For Gloucester, Cathedral The Deanery 1891

The Deanery is now known as Church House, and since 1940 has been the offices of the diocese of Gloucester.

Caption For Basildon, Development Corporation C1960

Gifford House, used as its offices by the BDC, was built in 1924 for the rector of Bowers Gifford, who used it as a college for coaching students for the universities.

Caption For Whitby, East Cliff 1932

The donkeys have a long walk every day from their field just below the Abbey House, down the donkey path, along Church Street, over the bridge and down Pier Road to the sands.

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Caption For Castor, C1955

Both villages feature many delightful stone and timber houses.

Caption For Berriew, The Village C1950

A narrow bridge crosses the River Rhiw and leads the eye to a group of genuine black and white Tudor houses.

Caption For Paddock Wood, Unloading The Pokes C1950

Pokes are being unloaded into the oast house from a truck; the hops will be given some ten hours drying over the furnace.

Caption For Paignton, From Pier 1925

Opposite is Redcliffe Lodge, and between the trees is Dendy's Parkfield House.

Caption For Cottingham, King Street C1955

Seven miles from the Humber and to the west of Hull, Cottingham was another desirable place to live for prosperous merchants; in the 18th century there were five magnificent houses here, which were all

Caption For Walsingham, Sheep Going To Market 1929

Walsingham is built around the ruins of a monastic house, celebrated for its shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham. It is an important place of pilgrimage, second only to Becket's tomb at Canterbury.

Caption For Skegness, The Clock Tower C1955

Butlin House (left) has been replaced by a functional modern building. Most of the rest of those buildings are in the main still there, but they do not look as impressive as they did in 1955.

Caption For Stamford, Barn Hill 1922

The gates on the right lead to Barn Hill House, which was fitted out at a cost of more than £3,000 as lodgings for Sir Robert Peel and other ministers during Queen Victoria's visit to Burghley House in

Caption For Belfast, Queen's Square 1897

Some of its very old houses survived until recently. Air raids in 1941 destroyed the fine Georgian buildings opposite the Customs House.

Caption For Kettering, Station Road 1922

Large late Victorian houses lined Station Road, the adjacent Queensberry Road and the Headlands, built for businessmen who 'commuted' to London.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Rifts Wood Mill 1891

Another view of the mill, showing the attractive double fronted mill manager's house. Note the large haystack in the centre foreground.

Caption For Kettering, Station Road 1922

Large late Victorian houses lined Station Road, the adjacent Queensberry Road and the Headlands, built for businessmen who 'commuted' to London.

Caption For Epsom, War Memorial 1924

A first venture into council housing supplied 180 houses on the Ebbisham Road estate at the edge of the Common.

Caption For Gloucester, Southgate Street, Raikes House 1891

This is Robert Raikes' house, his birthplace. The civilising influence of his Sunday schools on the people of Gloucester was very stabilising.

Caption For Ilkley, Ardenlea, The Railwaymen's Convalescent Home 1925

The house, which has splendid views over the town and valley towards Middleton, was built as a family home in 1881 for Mr and Mrs George Thorpe.

Caption For Avebury, St James' Church C1955

Fragments of it were used in the construction of the house, which was built in 1557 and enlarged in 1600.