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The Way We Were

In 1946 my family Mum, Dad,brother Alex and sisters Jenny and Kay moved into a requisitioned house in Hollybush Hill. The house was called Surinam and it was a beautiful old house with a sweeping staircase and cellars ...Read more

A memory of Wanstead by Lillian Bradley

Ashtead Swimming Pool

My Grandfather Henry Weller ran his rose nursery here and brought up his eight children. As a young boy in the 1940’s I used to go and fish in the lake and play in the brickworks behind the house. The path leading to the house I ...Read more

A memory of Ashtead by Christopher Weller

My Time Living In Old Langho.

I moved to Old Langho in I think in 1954, I was an orphan I went to live with Mr and Mrs Pye. We lived at number 42 Larkhill, Mr and Mrs Pye where nurses at Brockhall hospital. There is a bit of a field between the ...Read more

A memory of Old Langho by Terence Pye

Kennylands In 1959/60

My parents taught at Kennylands in 1950/3. I have photographs of their time there. My Godfather was John Delves who taught history and also there was a Mr. Dicky deWanderler who had been a ballet dancer. He chain-smoked ...Read more

A memory of Sonning Common by Adrian Wood

Visiting Salford Circa 1955 60

My Grandparents Henry and Alice Dorning lived on Brighton Street which on trying to trace the existence of has proved to be a struggle. I remember visiting them with my parents at the age of 5-9 years of and at the time ...Read more

A memory of Salford

A Very Happy Childhood At Westbury

My name is Andy Pike, getting on a bit now but lovely to read other folks memories of Westbury. Here are a few reminiscences of my childhood in Westbury on Trym in the 50's and 60's. Maybe this will ring a ...Read more

A memory of Westbury on Trym by waylandpike

Village Shop

I lived in the bungalow at the end of the spinny on West Avenue in the late 1960s and went to Highcroft School from age 4 to 5, which was an old Victorian building which always smelt of tomato soup and stood on the corner of ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1960 by Mark Waters

Town Hall, Mitcham

I remember Mitcham very well. I lived in the Town Hall where my Dad was the caretaker. My surname then was Parkings. I used to go to Leo's and George's cafe with my friend Josie where I met my husband-to-be David Rogers. We spent ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1956 by Patricia Burford

Our Street

Our Street was named Aston Street at the back of the Kings Arms pub in Rochdale Road. It was an amazing little street with a tripe shop and pies at the top of the street, a garage next door which housed Johnny Raffo's Ice Cream Vans, ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1949 by Bernice Wood

The Bus.

Can anyone remember the blue bus that used to come up New Road on to the main parade of the shops, down Bedfont Lane and into Feltham over the railway a few times a day? The driver was Keith, he wore glasses, I would like to know what his surname was.

A memory of Bedfont by Brenda Dowd

Captions

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Caption For Retford, Grove Street C1955

Grove Street runs east from the Market Square, a mix of 18th- and 19th-century buildings, and a mix of shops and houses.

Caption For Bebington, The Village C1965

These pictures highlight the benefits of a variety of small shops serving a close community.

Caption For Herstmonceux, Gardner Street C1965

Round the bend, past the old garage, the A271 continues as Gardner Street, the main shopping street of the village.

Caption For Runcorn, Market Hall C1965

When this market hall was built a number of houses, shops and even a church were demolished to make way for it.

Caption For Kingswinford, The Shopping Precinct C1965

Was the Millennium Dome at Greenwich based on Kingswinford shopping centre? Perhaps we should be told!

Caption For Cheam, Park Lane C1955

On the right are some of the small businesses, including an ice cream parlour, a radio and electrical shop, a café, and a newsagent's and confectioner's, occupying the old premises at the junction with

Caption For Foxton, The Grand Union Canal C1960

Cruising has become a significant leisure activity, and the shop on the left serves a busy passing trade, especially during the summer.

Caption For Waddington, Wheatsheaf Inn C1960

Members of the RAF and the RAAF are remembered by a memorial clock located in the shopping precinct, and dedicated to those who did not return from operations over enemy territory.

Caption For Uplyme, Church 1900

Graffiti on the bells from 1595 include an anchor and shop's mitre. The clock on the tower dates from 1846. The picture is from the south, towards the ivy-clad frontage of Court Hall Farm (right).

Caption For Dudley, Castle Street And St Edmund's Church 1968

the then new block of shops included a Fine Fare supermarket, once a prominent chain locally. Almost off camera on the right is Stantons music store - a place of wonderment for many in their youth.

Caption For Robertsbridge, High Street C1955

Bodiam is located on the River Rother and was once a port that shipped iron ingots and cannon, which were made in the area.

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road 1954

Facing Victoria Park, these 1930s shops and flats combine attempts at rendered Moderne architecture with safer Neo-Georgian sash windows and brick.

Caption For Bishopstoke, Post Office, Spring Lane C1955

Near here is a butcher's shop over which early Methodists once met. The present butcher is famous as a national prize-winner for making sausages.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Pier 1898

Below the hotel, facing the sea, are many small shops. Towards the bottom of the hill The Gaiety Bazaar may be seen, a treasure-house for holiday gifts.

Caption For Aylesbury, Bulls Head Hotel C1965

Demolished in 1969, it is now the entry to the early 1980s Hale Leys shopping centre.

Caption For Birkenhead, Woodchurch Road, Prenton 1954

Here we see the shopping area. Many old favourites on the row include Waterworths the greengrocers and Dewhursts the butchers.

Caption For Preston, Docks 1893

Before 1892, all ships delivering to Preston would use the riverside for loading and unloading. The year 1892 saw the opening of the Albert Edward Dock Basin: here we see that dock just a year later.

Caption For West Wittering, The Village Green 1953

The shop is an estate agent's, a sign of the expansion in the housing market at this quiet coastal resort.

Caption For Denbigh, Market Place 1888

Still recognisable today, this view shows on the right the well-known arcade of shops which started life as an island block between Back Row and the present Market Place; note the rabbits hanging outside

Caption For Broadstone, The Broadway C1960

The International Stores (left) are now Harris and Nash's electrical shop and Broadstone Discount Stores.

Caption For Edwinstowe, High Street C1955

The Mansfield, Sutton and District Co-operative Society shop on the corner (left) was funded by Earl Manvers in 1895.

Caption For Gloucester, Northgate Street From The Cross 1949

Samuel Long (right) was a well-established fishmonger, so the bustle of people outside the shop suggests that something tasty was on special offer - elvers or lampreys locally caught in the Severn, perhaps

Caption For West Byfleet, Rosemount Parade C1955

West Byfleet is more stylish with its architecturally-considered parade of shops and flats: this is quite a successful composition, with occasional timber-framed accents.