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Elmsleigh School St Polycarp School

Born in Aldershot in 1939 my father worked for a builder in Farnborough, Chuter, and eventually moved to a rented house on Folly Hill. I initially went to St Polycarp but moved to Elmsleigh where both myself and ...Read more

A memory of Farnham in 1945 by Mike Archdeacon

My Fading Memories

I was but a lad of 8 when my folks bundled us all off to a wide land downunder. Since 1968, Australia has been my home. I often speak of my fading memories of Queensbury, my walks through the village, living on 'The ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury in 1968 by Stephen Mckinley

Sundays

Sundays were memorable, after a proper Sunday roast we would walk from our house at Chingford Hatch, up to the Royal Forest Hotel, then through the woods to the Owl pub, we would sit in the gardens with a drink and a bag of crisps, they ...Read more

A memory of Chingford in 1956 by Christine Jeffrey

Stocks Hill

Hi, we have bought a property 75 yards from Ali Dent's the butcher, a little red-brick house in 'The Yard' belonging to a Mr Howlett. I wonder if you remember the cottage? If you're interested I can send you some pictures of the cottage ...Read more

A memory of Hilgay in 2007

In The House Of The Laird

My parents were 'in service' to the local 'laird' who was Lord Doune, traditionally the eldest son of the Earl of Moray and owner of lands around Doune. Lord Doune owned the beautiful old mansion on the hill 1.5 miles north ...Read more

A memory of Doune in 1948 by Alastair Macdonald

Wickham Bishops Born And Bred

In 1950 I was born on a cold winter's night to my mother Rosemary Jesse, at 'The Black Houses', Kelvedon Road, Wickham Bishops, built by architect, designer and socio-economic theorist Arthur Heygate Macmurdo. ...Read more

A memory of Wickham Bishops by Marilyn Jesse

Blacksmith's Yard

My paternal grandmother Annie Cowell came from Stanford and I have always been led to believe that the space on the left of the house in the foreground, where the trees are, was the site of her father's blacksmith's ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1940 by Gordon Mead

Wallingford During The Second World War

I arrived in Wallingford as a 10 year old boy with my sister and mother on a cold winter February night. We had been bombed out from our house in Dagenham just a few days before and my brother, who was ...Read more

A memory of Wallingford in 1943 by Leslie Nash

Redhill 1961

I remember the Teddy Boys and 'winkle pickers'. Our baby-sitter used to rock and roll in the living room, and us kids used to laugh because we could see her underwear when her flared skirt twirled! She used to paint our nails for us ...Read more

A memory of Redhill in 1961 by Susan Francis

Tommy Wiggins

Tommy Wiggins was a small-built man, he had round John Lennon NHS glasses, and had the Corner Farm in Fencott. He was a great friend of my grandfather, Charlie Hayes, and once every 2 weeks my grandfather peddled all the way from ...Read more

A memory of Fencott in 1966 by Rosemary Hopkins

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Caption For Sewerby, The Park Gateway C1955

The house contains beautiful period rooms and the Museum of East Yorkshire.

Caption For Devizes, Estcourt Street C1955

The British Lion public house next to the Estcourt Dairy is early 18th-century.

Caption For Southborough, Holden Corner 1896

On the extreme left, in Holden Road, is the substantial two-and-a-half storied Holder House, built of red brick around 1800 with a Doric-columned porch.

Caption For Netherbury, The Village C1955

Looking north-westwards from Lower Yonderover Farm, with hay-bales in Mill House paddock (foreground) and the sign for the Star Inn (centre), the River Brit skirts the edge of the meadow

Caption For Coverack, From The South West 1938

These houses have a view out to the English Channel. Across the bay is Lowland Point.

Caption For Hirwaun, The Cenotaph, High Street C1960

Behind the solid First World War Memorial is the Cardiff Arms, a public house often used for wedding reception that is still a popular watering hole today.

Caption For Petersfield, High Street 2004

Cubitt & West have changed their house style and it certainly is an improvement. The old Forrest Stores building frontage gives the north side of the Square a comfortable enduring appearance.

Caption For Broadstairs, Promenade 1902

Bleak House stands on the right, while on the left is the prominent tower of Holy Trinity church, built in 1862. Note the canopied deckchairs on the right.

Caption For Northfield, The Black Horse 1949

The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield's older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.

Caption For Sheffield, Crookes Valley Park C1955

The large building on the left is the reservoir house, part of which was converted for use as a café.

Caption For Bridport, East Bridge 1897

A thousand years ago in the reign of Edward the Confessor this important town comprised a mint, a priory and a hundred and twenty houses.

Caption For Barnstaple, Bridge And Terrace 1890

This is Taw Vale Parade, a new road cut through what were the riverside gardens of the houses to the right.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Bandstand C1950

Note the array of chimney pots on the houses behind the shelters. Southend Westcliff Parade Band

Caption For Scawby, Church Street C1960

More accurately, this is the rear of Church Street; modern detached houses have been developed in the allotment-style gardens.

Caption For Castle Combe, West Street 1906

The village's favourable microclimate encourages the profusion of climbing plants up the walls of the houses, which have the steep pitched stone roofs typical of Cotswold villages.

Caption For Winchester, Cathedral West Front 1909

Buried in the Cathedral is Izaak Walton, author of 'The Compleat Angler', who died at his son-in-law's house in the Cathedral Close in 1683.

Caption For Cark In Cartmel, Station Road 1912

The third house from the right, slightly lower than its neighbours, is now the post office. Otherwise, the scene is little changed today.

Caption For Chalford, The Golden Valley 1910

Many of the wealthy clothiers' houses were built on terraces cut into the hillside.

Caption For Douglas, From Near Derby Castle 1894

Below that, however, is the imposing bulk of the Palace and New Opera House which opened in 1889 and featured what was then the largest ballroom in Europe.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, Christ Church 1887

Unusually, the church was built before the houses. The Parish of Christ Church stretches down to Baker Street and Alfred Street, where the school and church hall were built.

Caption For North Curry, Jubilee Square C1960

This is really a church without a village, for only a few scattered houses and farms are nearby.

Caption For Dublin, Natural History Museum 1897

The museum has changed little today and houses a notable collection of stuffed animals, including the skeletons of two whales washed up on the Irish coast in Victorian times.

Caption For Tongham, Village 1906

Now being gradually subsumed into Aldershot's 21st-century sprawl, Tongham was once an important part of the brewing business in the Blackwater Valley, as the chimney of the oast house at this crossroads

Caption For Terrington, The Village C1955

School House on the left looks out over the village green in this charming scene. Terrington Hall, set amongst the trees, is now a preparatory school.