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Memories

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Boyhood Memory

I was 12 years old when this photograph was taken. I lived in a public house, just out of camera shot, called The Castle Inn. The only building left today is the Institute Clock Tower. Looking at this site today, you would see The ...Read more

A memory of Wisbech by Dave Garford

The Lammes

I lived in Church Street, Staines, which ran down to the river. I was there from 1965 till 1986. I used to swim in the river up to Staines Bridge and back. Some days would go for a drink in the Bells. You would meet your local vicar ...Read more

A memory of Staines by George King

Pearce Bros Fishmongers

Wow, a lot of water under the bridge since I worked there. I worked there from about 1962 for about 12-14mths ,before embarking into the motor trade. Dees of Sidcup and they are no longer there also, great memories & ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup

My Wichenford Childhood

I was born at Voyce Farm near Wichenford in 1937. I started school at Wichenford in 1942. My first teacher was miss Connie Alcott who was loved by every kid and adult in the area. I remember fondly Arthur Palmers bakery ...Read more

A memory of Wichenford in 1940 by Robin Monk

Matthew Hopkins Witchfinder General

Essex has the unhappy distinction of having executed more witches than any other county in England’s history, and the first major trial for witchcraft itself, as the main indictment, took place in Chelmsford ...Read more

A memory of Manningtree by Julia Skinner

Cannot Remember Much

I believe I was in LMTH from 1953 until 1962 with breaks in between. This was due to polio which meant many operations on my right leg. I can recall a Sister Smith. I do recall going outside with our beds, and shunting the ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 1955 by Terry Bartlam

My Childhood Memories Of Caswell Bay

I apparently spent my early years during WW1 in the Mumbles where my mother came from. She had moved to London before the war to find work and married a Londoner. Our holidays when I was a child (in the ...Read more

A memory of Caswell Bay in 1950 by Roger Newman

The Village Gave Me A Great Wife Now Of 60 Years.

Early 50's. My wife is Audrey a member of the Upton family who lived at 101 Wallasey Village over Sayers cake shop. Her sister, Doreen, worked across the road in Strongs Dairy. Happy memories ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey in 1950 by John Davies

Fleet Street

I was born in the flat above the shop to the left of this picture in 1953. This shop named A & L Hoyal was run by my grandfather, Albert Hoyal, and his brother Les Hoyal. Though the photo was taken in Faringdon Road, most of ...Read more

A memory of Swindon in 1953 by Peter Jenvey

What A Size

Summer time, I had gone fishing on Royston Canal. The local fishing club had replenished the canal with fresh water trout for the anglers. These fish were so tame that all you need do was to hold out your hand with a few ...Read more

A memory of Royston in 1969 by Roland Mitchell

Captions

5,111 captions found. Showing results 3,049 to 3,072.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Riverside Scene C1955

A River and Rowing Museum opened in the town in 1998.

Caption For Stroud, Bank Gardens C1960

The gardens behind Bank House, situated in the lower High Street, were given to the town of Stroud in 1930 by Mr Ernest Winterbotham, and were intended as a quiet corner where shop workers could enjoy

Caption For Market Deeping, Stamford Road C1955

This is the A16 coming in from Stamford towards the town centre. Mill Cottage is on the right, and the River Welland is at the other side of the house.

Caption For Southampton, Tudor House 1908

Westgate, dating back to the 14th century, provides access to the south-west corner of the old walled town.

Caption For Spalding, Market Place C1960

Reaching Spalding we are in the heart of the bulb-growing country; the surrounding countryside is a glorious carpet of daffodils, tulips and other flowers at different times of the year.

Caption For Knowle, High Street C1965

Though perilously close to being engulfed by Solihull, Knowle manages to hang on to its own distinct character.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Boating Lake And Pier Hill C1950

At the top of Pier Hill is Royal Terrace, so named because it was here that the Princesses Caroline and Charlotte stayed when visiting the town early in the 19th century.

Caption For Tenby, Cemetery 1890

When in 1853 the population of Tenby had reached 3000, it was decided that a new cemetery and chapel should be constructed on the outskirts of the town on the Lower Windmill Field.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Church Street C1945

The iron horse trough was erected in 1919 as a memorial to Lieutenant Howard H Dainton and friends of the 4th Gloucesters, who died in the Great War.

Caption For Bishop's Stortford, Castle Gardens And War Memorial 1922

By-laws forbade the beating of carpets and driving of cattle through the gardens. The glass-houses on the right produced flowers for town events.

Caption For Middlesbrough, Albert Park Fountain C1955

This ornamental fountain was provided in 1896 by Joseph Pease, one of the Owners of the Middlesbrough Estate, and it was traditionally surrounded by beautiful flower beds.

Caption For Leominster, Corn Square C1965

It looks quiet here now, but once the market at Leominster was so successful that the cities of Hereford and Worcester were jealous of its success.

Caption For Haworth, Main Street 1958

The Bronte industry, founded in this pretty, cobble-streeted West Yorkshire town after the famous literary family made the Parsonage their home in 1820, was already well under way, if this 1950s photograph

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, The Harbour C1955

Wells was a port long before it became a tourist town, as the functional harbour and large warehouses make clear.

Caption For Christchurch, The River 1918

Christchurch (or Christchurch Twyneham, to give the town its old name) is one of the oldest settlements on the south coast, probably being in existence even before the Romans settled in the shelter

Caption For Holywell, High Street 1959

Much of the prosperity of the town derived from the nearby Greenfield Valley.

Caption For Ulverston, King Street 1950

In 1890, the town was the birthplace of Arthur Stanley Jefferson, better known as Stan Laurel, and a museum in Upper Brook Street, off to the right, celebrates his partnership with Oliver

Caption For Sudbury, The Park C1965

This was demolished in 1871 and replaced by this house, which was built for Edmund Stedman, the Town Clerk The building became the Borough Offices from c1918 until 1974.

Caption For Ashburton, North Street 1936

The building on the right with the granite arch is now A R Church, an ironmonger's, but was once the Mermaid Inn and played host to the Parliamentarian General Fairfax during the Civil War.

Caption For Colchester, High Street 1902

A year after photograph 47650, the photographers returned to take another view looking west towards the New Town Hall.

Caption For Castle Hedingham, The Village C1955

This lovely little town was granted its Charter in the 13th century.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham Road C1965

Sutton has one great asset which makes it a cut above other Birmingham suburbs - Sutton Park, which was given to the town by Henry VIII at the behest of local benefactor Bishop John Vesey.

Caption For Willenhall, Ye Olde Toll House C1965

One of Willenhall's more eccentric buildings, this mock-Tudor, mock- Gothic, former toll house became a restaurant in 1929 and has also been known as the Round House, though it is not really

Caption For Chagford, Market Place 1906

Chagford is a tiny market town on the eastern slopes of Dartmoor, close to the upper reaches of the river Teign.