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Non Noblis Domine Old School Motto

In 1953 class 1 O Miss Andrew class with Gillian Sweet and Maureen Vass and myself Ann Twidale the only three from Farnborough North infant/junior school to pass the scholarship met Ann & Susan Stubbs twins ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1953 by Ann Park

Mitcham Common Fair Uncle Mick

My earliest memory of Mitcham was when the fair came to Mitcham Common. The noise, shouting, music and smells were so exciting to a nine year old. The whole world seemed to be happy then...we had a new Queen on ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1953 by Jacqueline Lamberton

Purston Featherstone

I can hardly believe this; I've just looked at this website for the first time, and see a comment from someone who lived at the police station from 1953. Would you believe, so did I! My father was based there and we lived ...Read more

A memory of Featherstone in 1953

South Park High School For Girls

I lived in Monks Rd, opposite the arboretum and near to the Church until 1955. I have very happy memories of Lincoln; the Cathedral where I was confirmed along with three other friends from Guides, the Monks Rd ...Read more

A memory of Lincoln in 1953 by Carole Robertson

High Road Shops

I lived in No 2 Shabden Cottages with my mother and grandfather. Our name then was Wood. I was 6 years old in 1952 and this is my memory. The shops on the left of the road were: the newsagent/sweet shop run by Mr & Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Chipstead in 1952 by Robin Whiting

Memories Of Ottershaw

My family came to live in Ottershaw in 1952 when I was 5 years old. My father, Charles Coulson, had moved us from the North of England owing to lack of work since his de-mob from the RAF. He was employed as a ...Read more

A memory of Ottershaw in 1952 by Denis Coulson

Broad Oak Street

I was born in 1949 and then spent the next 15 years living there or visiting my grandparents in Broad Oak Street. The house in Broad Oak Street forms a part of my identity. I remember every nook and cranny - the coal cellar ...Read more

A memory of Nottingham in 1952 by Kate Melia Hooton

What Went On

This is from about the 1950s. Along Grange Road was a huge piggery and it was owned by the Liddle family, by, did it pong. Further along you came to the railway crossing with the sign STOP, LOOK, LISTEN in red, this was where the ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1952 by Jimmy Burrows

Carlyle Ave & Lady Margaret Road

I was born at Lady Margaret road and Carlyle ave in 1952. We shared the home with my grandad Fred Puddy who was well known in the area. He was the southall cricket coach and a long distance runner. Also shared the ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1952 by Jacqueline Vesterinen

So Different Now

I used to live at 22 Clifton Road. Tin baths, outside loos, newspaper on a nail in toilet, all of that. I went to Clifton Road School so I only had to skip a few yards to get there. I remember a teacher called Mrs De Orfe and ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1952 by Sheila Haynes (Was Hayes)

Captions

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Caption For London, Bank Of England And Royal Exchange 1886

Thousands of tons of masonry fell and the old Royal Exhange was destroyed.

Caption For Southwold, From The Pier 1906

With its broad greens, its sandy beach, the lighthouse on North Green, and its picturesque buildings, Southwold has long been popular.

Caption For Llanfairfechan, Main Street 1908

It is now bypassed by the A55, and looks across the broad eastern approaches of the Menai Strait to Anglesey.

Caption For Leeds, The Headrow C1965

This street scene is dominated by the façade of Lewis's store, with its broad plate glass windows and imitation rusticated pillars.

Caption For Leeds, The Headrow C1965

This street scene is dominated by the façade of Lewis's store, with its broad plate glass windows and imitation rusticated pillars.

Caption For Wootton Bassett, The Market, High Street 1906

At the time when this photograph was taken, it was possible to hold a cattle market in the broad street of this sizeable village.

Caption For Dover, Beach 1908

During the summer months there is a good service of steamboats between this interesting watering-place and London.

Caption For Cheam, Upper Mulgrave Road C1950

The parade of shops which lined this section of Upper Mulgrave Road on the approach to the entrance to Cheam Station, which is behind the trees on the left, includes on the extreme right a branch of the

Caption For Bourton On The Water, By The Windrush 1956

The River Windrush threads through Bourton, carpeted on either bank by broad greens.

Caption For Kidlington, Cross Roads C1955

Corn Market 1951 This classic market town is famous for its broad streets and many inns - The Black Horse can be seen on the left in the picture.

Caption For Teddington, Broad Street C1955

New housing and shopping facilities near the station were soon erected.

Caption For Tenterden, High Street 1900

It grew fat in the Middle Ages on sheep, wool and weaving, and later became a market town.

Caption For Chipping Campden, High Street 1952

Presiding over the town's broad High Street is the 120 feet high, pinnacle-topped tower of St James', which dates from the 15th century.

Caption For Weymouth, Beach 1923

The heart of Georgian Weymouth overlooks the sands from the Gloucester Hotel (top left) and the Royal Hotel (centre left), in a broad sweep around to the Victorian spire of St John's Church and Brunswick

Caption For Buxton, The Pavilion Gardens 1886

These women players are at a considerable disadvantage with their long, billowing dresses and broad-brimmed headgear.

Caption For Horning, A Wherry On The Broads 1902

Wherries carried both passengers and freight all around the rivers and broads of Norfolk.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Ferry Boat 1896

The Bowness ferry carries a coach and four across Lake Windermere.

Caption For Leeds, The Headrow C1965

This street scene is dominated by the façade of Lewis's store, with its broad plate glass windows and imitation rusticated pillars.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Smithy 1909

Amid displaced stairs and other paraphernalia, Samuel Govier (1855-1934) shoes a horse at the forge in Broad Street, where in 1895 he had been immortalised by the American artist James

Caption For Acle, Oby Drainage Windmill C1929

The Broads have been called the pleasure grounds of Norfolk; they are the remains of a huge estuary that once spread over much of the eastern part of the county.

Caption For Horning, The Old Wind Pump 1902

A small hollow post wind pump for land drainage, the mill had shuttered sails and was turned to the wind by twin tail vanes.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Old Sea Walls C1960

This is a historic lost view of Lyme's eastern cliffs before they were entombed and extended in 1984, by sea defence works which incorporated and hid sewage disposal facilities.

Caption For Westgate On Sea, Hotels And Beach 1890

While the neighbouring resort of Margate had been attracting hordes of trippers from London from 1753 onwards, Westgate remained a more sedate and favoured place for families throughout the late

Caption For Newnham, High Street C1955

The broad verges and continuous avenue of trees bring green, open space to the High Street and make it an attractive place to explore.