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Growing Up In Aberkenfig

Growing up and the family - Part 1 My grandfather William Morgan Cockram (son of Lewis Cockram) and grandmother (Mary Cockram) (granny and grandpa Cockram) took over the ironmongers after the death of John Richards. ...Read more

A memory of Aberkenfig by Catherine Delahay

Beck Road South Now Waterside Road

I lived with my family, the Widdowsons, at 6 Beck Road South from 1938 to the late 50s. Dad, Douglas, was the Branch Manager at the Co-op at Register Square in town. I remember playing cricket on Crane Hill ...Read more

A memory of Beverley in 1940 by Joan Roseveare

Romance On Broadway

I met my wife Lorna on Broadway while she was shopping there with a couple of friends in January 1950. Seeing the picture of Broadway brought back many memories. Our first date we went to the cinema near the Clock Tower ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by Ramon Lane

Clara Vale

My family lived in Stanner House, a lovely old house in Clara Vale from 1952 until 1964 - my parents moved there shortly after they got married in 1951. I was born in 1958 and can remember the house as if it was yesterday. In the 1800's ...Read more

A memory of Ryton in 1963 by Helen Mc Guinness

Home Wentworth School Wath

To get to school I had to get a bus from Wentworth to Parkgates, then one to Swinton and then another to Wath. Coming originally from East Yorkshire, Wath Grammar school opened my eyes to the different towns in the ...Read more

A memory of Wentworth in 1953

The Market And Caddys

My memories of Dewsbury as a girl in the late 1960s, early 1970s. The market. The butcher my mum used (who flirted outrageously with her, and most likely every housewife in town, which she loved and I'm sure always made her ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury by Jo Anne Smith

Stanwell Road Baptist Church

I have put 1950 because I don't know when the flats were built by the Baptist church. The house that was pulled down for the flats I am told my great grandfather Joshua Morris built. He also is supposed to have built ...Read more

A memory of Penarth in 1950 by Christine Davies

Coffin Ancestry

My great-grandmother was Ellen Amanda Coffin, she was a direct descendent of Richard Coffin who was granted the parish of Alwington and the surrounding area by William the Conqueror for his services during the Norman Conquest ...Read more

A memory of Alwington in 2011 by John Tibbetts

My Memories Of The Top End Of Rayleigh High Street

I lived on the Lower Road between Hockley and Hullbridge between 1950 and 1967. Rayleigh was our local town. Before Woolworths was built, there was a garage on the site. I think it was called ...Read more

A memory of Rayleigh in 1950 by Keith Donetta

Sugden Avenue To Broadway

I remember walking through here many times as child and adult. We used to walk from Sugden Avenue where I grew up and where my parents had bought a small bungalow in 1957, down to the town in bare feet! It used to take ...Read more

A memory of Wickford by Tracy Hanna

Captions

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Caption For Dartford, Crown And Anchor Inn C1955

This view of the Crown & Anchor shows Dartford's narrow streets. The Crown is paying homage to the town's celebrated rebel, Wat Tyler, who was born here in the 14th century.

Caption For Ivybridge, General View 1890

Ivybridge was a modest town when this view was taken. Now it is a dormitory for Plymouth, and has grown dramatically in recent years.

Caption For St Albans, St Peter's Street 1921

George Smith's Town Hall of 1830, which with its Ionic columns and Tuscan pillars bears a remarkable resemblance to the Corn Exchange at Bishop's Stortford and dominates St Peter's Street and its avenue

Caption For Burton On Trent, The Town Hall C1965

The Town Hall was given to Burton by Michael Bass, who also financed the building of St Paul's and St Margaret's churches.

Caption For Burton On Trent, Station Street 1961

The Town Hall was given to Burton by Michael Bass, who also financed the building of St Paul's and St Margaret's churches.

Caption For Burton On Trent, The Town Hall C1965

The Town Hall was given to Burton by Michael Bass, who also financed the building of St Paul's and St Margaret's churches.

Caption For Chester, Foregate Street C1950

The heart of the present- day city of Chester sits right on top of the old Roman town of Deva.

Caption For Fleetwood, The Beach 1902

To the left, overlooking the beach, stands the lifeboat station and, on the right, one of the town's two lighthouses.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Crown And Cushion Hotel C1960

As the highest town in Oxfordshire, Chipping Norton must have been reached only after a struggle in the days of horse-drawn travel.

Caption For Lechlade, The Mill And Lock Gates C1955

Water and water power have had a strong influence on the development of the town, which is hardly surprising, as it stands at the confluence of three rivers, the Thames, the Coln and the Leach.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Square 1900

Bournemouth's Square stands at the very heart of the town astride the River Bourne.

Caption For Southampton, Old Town Walls 1892

Extensive stretches of the old medieval town walls survive today, and many of the towers and gates are still standing.

Caption For Worthing, East Parade 1919

During the first two decades of the 19th century, the more affluent of Worthing's Georgian visitors often took over entire houses on a long lease, so that they could cater for themselves and also entertain

Caption For Sidmouth, Fore Street 1904

The town's busy shopping street brims with traditional small shops with multi-paned frontages and painted signboards.

Caption For Chelmsford, The Stone Bridge 1919

And the architecture? It is very varied.

Caption For Gravesend, Clifton Marine Parade C1898

The town is now greatly expanded inland, but the core of this ancient port is still recognisable around the two piers and the Georgian parish church.

Caption For Halifax, General View C1955

The railway cuts a swathe through Halifax, yet given the town's importance, there was a sense of outrage when the Manchester & Leeds Railway bypassed the town with no connecting branch line built.

Caption For Wetherby, North Street 1909

Once an important coaching town on the Great North Road, Wetherby went into decline for a number of years as long-distance stagecoach travel lost out to the railways.

Caption For Burnley, Manchester Road 1895

On the right is the United Free Methodist Church, which opened in 1869, and facing it on the left is Burnley Town Hall.

Caption For Halifax, General View C1955

The railway cuts a swathe through Halifax, yet given the town's importance, there was a sense of outrage when the Manchester & Leeds Railway bypassed the town with no connecting branch line built.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street C1960

Laid out as an extravagant boulevard in the 1820s, Lord Street's many elegant buildings reflect the town's ambitions as a high-class residence and resort.

Caption For Penarth, The Pier 1896

The Victorian penchant for building piers in seaside resort towns is on show here. This example dates from 1894 and was 658 feet in length.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1935

It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.

Caption For Swindon, Regents Circus 1902

This photograph reflects the prosperity and commerce which the Great Western Railway yards brought to the town.