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Memories

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Pilgrims Hatch/Childhood.

I was born in London in 1937 and moved to Days Lane, Pilgrims Hatch in that year,so all my childhood years were spent around the Pilgrims Hatch area. Dad was always sharp of the mark and a couple of steps ahead so ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood in 1940 by Brian Taylor

Greenford Sixties And Seventies

I was born in 1958 in the Perivale Maternity hospital off the Western Avenue. I lived for my first few years in Goring Way and then Queens Avenue until leaving the area in 1973. Memories etched on my mind: ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Ian Buck

The War Years

I was born in Hawthorn Street, Millfield in 1930. Went to Diamond Hall School. I remember the day war was declared, my mother said the Germans would bomb us because of all the industry around us. My father was in the Territorial ...Read more

A memory of Sunderland in 1943 by Jim Stephenson

Rws

Hi, I went to RWS in 1957 but` was only there for two or three terms because I hated the place. My salvation was the friends I made there and the music teacher who was very kind, with whom I had piano lessons. Miss Edmed was the head ...Read more

A memory of Sawbridgeworth by susan.rouse1

Orchard Road

Moved to Orchard Road South Ockendon from the east End (Canning Town) in 69 went to Mardyke school, still remember good memories about that school, can remember going down to the Mardyke river, there was a very shallow part near ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by ipatterson701

Growing Up In Mount

We moved to Mount 1962, I started school at Darran Las Infant School. Then moved on to the Comprehensive. How big it looked and the kids where so grown up. The grounds where just beautiful and the old house was incredible. The ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash by uksteveandsue

Echoes Of Forgotten Laughter

Stourbridge was my stamping ground as a young girl. I was born 1944 and I remember shopping there with my mother and then going to one of the many cinemas to watch a film, (remember when we had two films in one ...Read more

A memory of Stourbridge by Constance Phillips

Discovering Amble

It is only in the past two years that I have discovered Amble. My daughter and son in law have made this little town their home and I was able to visit from Australia twice in two years. I really love the place. Many of my ancestors ...Read more

A memory of Amble by Margaret O'mahony

Padgate January 1944 Ac2. Wilf Wallace.

At the age of 17 (now aged 90 ) I entered Padgate as a young lad for my basic training. The barrack room was long and cold with only two coal fire stoves in the room. We were a mixed bunch of young lads from ...Read more

A memory of Padgate by Wilf Wallace

Ashgrove, 40, St Anns Road, Great Malvern

See Ashgrove, on part of the hill known as the Hilly Piece, with commanding views over the town, to the left of the Priory in the 1871 picture. The house was built in 1809 for the Revd Stillingfleet, ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern by David Wood

Captions

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Caption For Odiham, High Street 1903

Go there today and you will find a delightful little town with handsome buildings, lines of busy shops and pubs and many cars parked at the roadside - all of it creating a colourful, bustling community

Caption For Eye, Town Hall C1960

The Town Hall is in the middle of the ancient market place.

Caption For Stocksbridge, The Clock Tower C1960

The industrialisation of the Don Valley begins here at Stocksbridge, a town dominated by steel, chemicals and former coal and clay workings.

Caption For Richmond, View From Castle Walk 1913

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

Caption For Farnham, Old Hop Kilns C1955

During the 18th century hops were of prime importance to Farnham, which had five breweries and had more inns than any other town in Surrey.

Caption For Lostwithiel, The Parade 1906

At one time vessels could thread their way right up to the town quay, and Lostwithiel grew to be second only to Southampton as a port along the southern seabord.

Caption For Manningtree, South Street C1955

At 22 acres, Manningtree is the smallest parish in Essex; it is also the smallest town in England.

Caption For Exeter, High Street 1900

They halted on the banks of the Exe in about 50AD and founded the town of Isca.

Caption For Lee On The Solent, Lee Tower From The West C1955

Its railway and pier, both now gone, prompted ambitious plans to transform the town into a major seaside resort similar in size to Brighton or Bournemouth, but the scheme failed to make the grade.

Caption For Porthpean, 1890

Perhaps originally a retreat for the locals, being only a couple of miles from the town of St Austell, Porthpean had become a 'charming seaside resort, much frequented in the summer months as a boating

Caption For Corby, Elizabeth Street C1960

At the top of the hill behind the trees stands the Territorial Army building and the town centre.

Caption For Accrington, Town Hall C1965

An elegant lamp standard adorns the zebra crossing in front of the Town Hall, and hanging baskets brighten the stonework.

Caption For Eastchurch, High Street C1960

These buses going to and from Sheerness provided many villagers with their only transport to the main town on the island.

Caption For Beoley, Main Road C1965

Beoley predates Redditch, but it remains a small village on the northern edge of the present New Town.

Caption For Chaddesley Corbett, Yha And Swan Hotel C1965

This one-street town is one of the most delightful in England; it is a special place to visit and an even better one to stay in, to use as a base for the exploration of Worcestershire.

Caption For Bideford, The Quay 1890

Once the town manufactured and exported cloth and built ships; it imported tobacco and salted cod, and wool from the Continent for the Devon weaving industry.

Caption For South Wigston, Gloucester Crescent C1965

The mid 20th century saw the housing boom: around the towns and cities, large and small estates were built on agricultural land.

Caption For Harlow, Swimming Pool C1965

Harlow swimming pool is in the Town Park.

Caption For Rhymney, Park, The Bowling Green C1955

The park, correctly known as the Rhymney Memorial Park, was founded and opened in 1925 by the Rhymney Town Council.

Caption For Kendal, Stricklandgate 1888

The Town of Kendal Kendal—the 'Auld Grey Town' on the River Kent— was founded on the wealth won from the wool of Lakeland sheep.

Caption For Chesham, Missenden Road 1921

Leaving the town centre we move along Church Street to the Missenden Road, just past the junction with Pednor Road and Wey Lane.

Caption For Romford, Raphael Park 1908

Raphael Park`s peace and quiet is ideal for taking baby for a promenade in a beautiful perambulator.

Caption For Chesterfield, Queen's Park 1902

Had the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway had its way, their main line would have run from Warrington to Sutton-on-Sea.

Caption For Stevenage, High Street And Green 1899

A picturesque collection of cottages and shops line the spacious main street of this Georgian coaching town, as we look towards the triangular Bowling Green, while the photographer's activities attract