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Hardy Street Crook

Does anyone have any information about the Laverick family from Hardy street Crook,my grandfather Alfred lived there with his mother Rachel,father Christopher and brothers Fred and Norman.Alfred was married at st Catherine’s church.We would love to try and trace our family history.

A memory of Crook by Linda Syson

Hatch End 1960 1978

I lived in Derwent Ave and went Grimsdyke School .I remember Mrs Swan im sure she was a Dinner lady had a son called Nigel .Im trying to remember the head teacher she was a lady was in Miss Forsyth??I should remember i was ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End by Janice Haslett

Huntingdon Street

Me and my family lived here, my parents ran the local taxi service, called Jackson's Taxis, 23 Huntingdon St,nearby was Bartletts the butcher, and Miss Skipper had a real old fashioned sweet shop in East St, I have plenty of happy ...Read more

A memory of St Neots by Eileen Sheppard

Post War Harlesden.

I was born in Tredegar, South Wales in April 1941. My mother had been evacuated to that small welsh town when she fell pregnant with me in 1940. We lived with her parents. My dad was away doing War things. We moved back to London ...Read more

A memory of Harlesden by John Howley

Huntingdon Street

Does anyone remember Harold Wyatt and his son young Harold with the scrap yard behind rycroft builders yard.

A memory of St Neots by Eileen Sheppard

Grindrod Family

My Great Grandparents, Jim and Elizabeth Grindrod, lived at 10 Sydney Street, along with my Grandfather, Brian Grindrod, and my Great Great Grandparents, Michael York and Lily York. From the 1930s- late 1940s, Jim was a Grocer's ...Read more

A memory of Failsworth by Bradley Walker

Growing Up

First real memories of Leighton Buzzard was being ‘put down’ for my afternoon nap as a child of about 5, and listening to the Church bells just the over the road. Another memory must be an early one as I remember the Stock market ...Read more

A memory of Leighton Buzzard by Amanda Pike

Barbers

I had many a dodgy haircut, and a few good ones, at De Sallas (?) In Darkes Lane. And my father and mother used to love the Embassy Club. My father used to take me wrestling at the Ritz. I saw Mick McManus, Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, ...Read more

A memory of Potters Bar by Stephen Walker

Winter Wonderland And The Two Santas

Christmas as a young child at home in Welling during the Fifties was the happiest time of the year. When looking back to that magical winter wonderland where it was often snowing on Christmas Day, I can still ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Bernard Schofield

Nursing In Angus 1923 1958

This is what I know about my late aunt, Miss Margaret J.A. Urquhart,( 1898 -1977). Miss Urquhart spent 39 years nursing. When she retired, Miss Urquhart was Superintendent in the Domiciliary Service of the National ...Read more

A memory of Carnoustie by R Urquhart

Captions

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Caption For Salisbury, New Canal C1950

This view is looking back towards the High Street. The Southern Daily Echo (now the Southern Evening Echo) still exists, but not its Salisbury office.

Caption For Hitchin, Tilehouse Street 1901

Tilehouse Street, which was named in 1460, incorporates a string of houses dating from the Tudor to the Georgian periods, with many of the earlier buildings refronted with brick and remodelled during

Caption For Waltham Cross, Foure Swannes Hotel 1921

Today, only the gallows pole across the street remains of its distinctive sign, while the building itself, along with Kemp's the bootmaker's, has been replaced by a massive new shopping centre.

Caption For Hertford, Fore Street 1933

The photograph was taken from the centre of the street, showing a banner promoting Hertford's County Hospital, but with many of the same businesses still functioning.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1909

Further along the street, and almost a decade later, an early motor car is parked outside the entrance of the Royal Lion Hotel, which was rebuilt in blue lias ashlar after a devastating fire

Caption For Hadleigh, High Street C1955

Looking in the opposite direction from the Coffee Tavern, this view of Hadleigh's High Street shows the George public house and, further down on the same side, the White Lion Hotel.

Caption For Coltishall, The Village 1902

Horses graze the rich meadows that keep the waters of the River Bure from the village street. Here are handsome pantile-roofed red brick houses. A rotted hulk squats in a narrow inlet.

Caption For Lincoln, The Jew's House 1890

To the left The Strait descends towards the High Street.

Caption For London, Regent Street And The Quadrant 1900

Conceived and built by John Nash in 1813, this famous thoroughfare has been said to represent ‘the highest beauty of street architecture.’

Caption For Raglan, High Street 1914

As the High Street disappears in the distance it becomes the Monmouth Road.

Caption For Widnes, Widnes Road C1960

Today the whole focus of the shopping centre of Widnes has moved from the area around Victoria Square about a mile away so that it is now centred here and the street has become a pedestrian

Caption For Burton On Trent, Station Street 1961

Brewing on a commercial scale was introduced by Benjamin Wilson in the mid 18th century.William Bass opened his brewery in the High Street in 1777.

Caption For Burton On Trent, The Town Hall C1965

Brewing on a commercial scale was introduced by Benjamin Wilson in the mid 18th century.William Bass opened his brewery in the High Street in 1777.

Caption For Pembroke, Main Street 1936

Here it can be seen at the end of the street, past the Lion Hotel and the arched entrance to the British Legion Club.

Caption For London, Tate Gallery C1910

Over the years the building has been massively extended both behind, below and even over a street to the right.

Caption For Alton, High Street 1897

She herself consulted Dr William Curtis of 4 High Street.

Caption For Alton, Normandy Street C1955

The second building on the left has a sign showing it to be the office of 'The Hampshire Herald and Alton Gazette' at 9 Normandy Street.

Caption For Camberley, High Street 1901

The bank on the right was Simonds Bank, opposite Princess Street, now called Princess Way.

Caption For Southend On Sea, From The Pier 1898

Pier Hill can be seen rising behind the foreshore buildings with the High Street stretching north from The Royal Hotel.

Caption For Odiham, Western Cross 2004

The former toll house was demolished as part of a road-widening scheme, and access to and from West Street was blocked to traffic in the interest of safety.

Caption For Sherborne, Cheap Street C1965

In this 1960s view of the top of Cheap Street can be seen the White Hart public house; the area known today as Blackmore Vale was previously called the Vale of the White Hart.

Caption For Burton On Trent, The Town Hall C1965

William Bass opened his brewery in the High Street in 1777. By 1796 there were nine breweries in the town.

Caption For Lichfield, Dr Johnsons Statue C1950

He was born in Breadmarket Street, where his father ran a bookshop.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Westcliff Parade C1955

The elegant street lamps were a feature of this road. To w a r d s t h e P i e r