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1976 Campaign To Keep The Royal Marines In Deal

This is a treasured memory, and a plea for help. I need to trace a recording of a Southern Television documentary called "Marching Orders", a film which preserves the memories and could share them with ...Read more

A memory of Deal by David Pick

They Emigrated To Australia From Allerton

Pollard and Nancy Smith and their three sons emigrated to Australia in 1884. Their oldest son James went first and Robert (14) and Sidney (0-1) travelled separately with Nancy and Pollard. They went to Liverpool, ...Read more

A memory of Allerton by Lesley Muller

A Privilege To Grow Up Here!

I was born in 1961 in Thorpe Combe hospital in Walthamstow and brought up by my parents in Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill. I consider myself very privileged to have lived there for the first 26 years of my life and have ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Andrew Evans

Mixed Emotions

I lived in Gerrards Cross in the late 1950s when I attended Thorpe House Preparatory School. I was a shy child and the school was hell on earth with me getting caned regularly for what seemed to be minor and arbitrary ...Read more

A memory of Gerrards Cross by Max Overton

School Opening

I was a pupil when the school first opened and at that time it was known as Baildon County Secondary School West Lane. Three of my happiest years were spent at this school where the staff dedicated much of their time to extra ...Read more

A memory of Baildon in 1961 by Andrew Jowett

Dysert Quarry 1972 Blow Out!

I was probably in my last year in 1972 sitting in a class room at Ysgol Hirraddug when the rocks rained down. The explosion, at the time, did not seem that dissimilar to a normal explosion but within seconds everything ...Read more

A memory of Dyserth in 1972

High Days And Holidays

We were taken from Leicester on a Sunday School Outing to the Zoo Park. I have very little recollection of the place as I was quite little at the time! I do remember that we were given 'high tea' for which we were ...Read more

A memory of Wellingborough in 1965 by Olwen Guildford

Heckmondwike Itself

In winter time the fog and smog could last several days, and never clear. Coming from a seaside town, I found the first winter very depressing, but after 3 years I did not want to leave. The mills were very impressive, as ...Read more

A memory of Heckmondwike in 1961

Terrett Taylor, Ironmongers

This photograph brings back many memories of the Coleford of my childhood. The area round the Town Clock has changed a few times over the years mainly to accomodate the increase in traffic. The building on the far side ...Read more

A memory of Coleford in 1955

Captions

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Caption For Bromyard, The Falcon C1965

The Falcon was once an important coaching inn linking the town with Hereford, Leominster and Worcester.

Caption For Castletown, Castle Rushen 1893

Robert the Bruce seized the advantage, despatching his brother Edward and James Douglas into northern England where they sacked a number of towns.

Caption For Chester, Lower Bridge Street 1903

The Falcon Inn at the corner of Grosvenor Street was once the town house of the Grosvenor family.

Caption For Sheffield, Endcliffe Woods 1893

Endcliffe Woods were bought by the Council in 1885, and public access extended in 1887, when an additional nine acres were purchased through public subscription and presented to the town in celebration

Caption For Rochdale, Broadway 1906

The Roach was covered here in 1904 and the shelter appears to be the one that formerly overhung the river. It was soon to be replaced. The Manor House can be seen to the right.

Caption For Burton Latimer, High Street C1955

Part of Kettering Borough, Burton Latimer has grown from a farming community into a small town over the years.

Caption For Corby, Market Square C1965

Corby was originally a village, but by 1950 its population had increased enormously; during that year it was given New Town status.

Caption For Desborough, High Street C1965

On the road to Market Harborough, Desborough is a small town with various ironstone cottages and inns.

Caption For Sheffield, The Sculptured Crucible Teemer Outside The Town Hall 2005

, or cast steel, as it was sometimes known, particularly the final part of the process which was pure theatre, has taken on an almost mythical quality, celebrated in drawing, engraving, painting, and

Caption For Tavistock, Duke Street 1910

The Churchwardens' Accounts date back to 1385, and are amongst the earliest in England. On the left is the classic small town grocer's, its windows heaving with tins, jars and bottles.

Caption For Barnstaple, Butchers Row 1919

Market Days are Tuesday and Friday. Friday is also Cattle Market day, and the town heaves with people, augmented in summer by visitors.

Caption For Tonbridge, High Street 1890

But in 1606 a chalybeate spring was discovered, and Tunbridge Wells grew into a handsome spa town.

Caption For Hunstanton, The Pier C1959

With the town so resolutely proper, the pier was the mecca for the feckless pleasure-seeker. Noisy and colourful, it offered a myriad pleasures.

Caption For Lymington, The High Street From The Church 1958

An important sailing centre, Lymington was originally a Saxon port with shipbuilding in operation between the Norman era and the 18th century.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle 1914

Two of the girls have come down from the bridge and are inspecting the ruined south-west towers.

Caption For Wem, High Street C1955

Wem is typical of many small country towns serving agricultural communities.

Caption For Weston Rhyn, The County School C1950

The village has recently grown enormously following the building of a dual carriageway linking the area with Wrexham and Chester, and many people from here now commute to those towns.

Caption For Llandudno, The Hotel, Great Orme Summit C1960

The tram arrives from the town below; a modern Triumph Herald estate has joined the older cars here; and refreshment is available at the hotel.

Caption For Leicester, Clock Tower And Belgrave Gate C1955

Tram wires and tracks are evident in this view of the county town. With five important roads making this junction, it proved to be one of the most complicated tramway configurations in the world.

Caption For Chipping Norton, Middle Row C1960

Situated at a height of 650ft above sea level, Chipping Norton is Oxfordshire's highest town.

Caption For Arkengarthdale, The Red Lion, Longthwaite C1960

It was formed by the Arkle Beck, which rises high on Sleightholme Moor and passes through some lovely hamlets such as Arkle Town, Whaw and Langthwaite, where The Red Lion (centre) is a welcome hostelry

Caption For Alnmouth, Northumberland Street C1950

Northumberland Street runs along the spine of the spur on which the town is built. After the harbour had become unusable, a number of warehouses and granaries were redeveloped.

Caption For Harleston, The Thoroughfare C1955

This small market town was named after a Danish leader called Herolveston. Harleston has retained its character, and has a good number of varied old buildings.

Caption For Abergele, Market Street 1890

By the date of this photograph, much of the town's main streets were established, and they display the characteristic detail of the period: projecting shop fronts proudly display their goods (including