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The Odeon, Hounslow West 1940

I remember going to the Odeon every Saturday morning, it cost 6d (about 2 new pence). We used to go to the 'pictures', as it was called then, as a family most weeks, and I well remember coming out at the end of the ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1940 by Pamela Harman (Keene)

Staying With The Grindle Family

My father worked at Denaby Main Colliery as a steel erector, installing pit head plant. My memories of Denaby Main are of staying with my dad's landlady and her family. They were the Grindle family and their ...Read more

A memory of Denaby Main in 1961 by Tom Harper

Welling, Danson Lane

I was born in 1948 at number 3 Williams Cottages, Danson Lane. These were near the junction of the High Street,. My first memmories are of John Newton Court being built, has anyone any photos of Williams Cottages?

A memory of Welling

Chelmsford, High Street 1955.

This photo shows the view from the bottom end of the High Street leading up to the Shire Hall in the very far distance. One can clearly see the blinds on the shop on the corner of Springfield Road, and the Boots ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

Chelmsford, New London Road 1892.

This is a view taken from the bottom of London Road, near to the High Street. It has now changed beyond all recognition. However there is one building which has not changed in appeareance one bit, and still ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

Wreck ('wrack') Hall Farm

My grandmother's family originated on Canvey Island, farming at Wrack Hall from some time in the early 19th century until the death of my great great grandfather, Edward Morley, in 1863. Wrack Hall was so named because ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet in 1880 by Mike Dean

Childhood Memorys

We lived in 40 Anderson Street, Dad worked in the mine in Kirkconnel. I knew James Kerr, Charles Gallagher, Peter Lee, Jim Weir, Bill Russel, Robert Dixon, Tony Milligan. and Jimmy Meikle, who all lived in Anderson Street, and ...Read more

A memory of Kelloholm in 1940 by Robert Mc Dicken

Mitcham May Queen

I took part in the Mitcham May Queen Festival for years while I lived in Mitcham, and even after we moved to Streatham, I was still allowed to take part. It was fun, I put on a nice dress and paraded around Mitcham carrying paper ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1980 by Tania Rahman

Pye Corner Castle Hedingham

My grandfather used to live in Nunnery Street in the 1880s. His name was James Pilgrim born 10.6.1845, died 18.7.1900, he was married to Julia Reeve born 18.5.1849, died 24.3.1924, they had 9 children. I think my grandmother was born in Pye Corner, (6) Nunnery Street.

A memory of Castle Hedingham by Margaret Seaney

Chelmsford, Duke Street, 1925.

This shot hasn't changed much on the right hand side at all. There is one more building towards us, out of shot, which is where the present day Co-op Store stands on the corner of Wells Street. The large building in ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

Captions

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Caption For Dorridge, Manor Road C1960

The photograph is taken from Arden Road, which is the other side of Grange Road - all the street names have obviously been chosen to evoke a rural past which is now just a memory.

Caption For Stourbridge, Town Hall And Market Street C1960

Designed by Thomas Robinson and completed in 1887, the red-brick town hall deserves a more spacious and prominent setting than Market Street.

Caption For Freckleton, Preston Old Road C1965

The Ship Inn in Bunker Street was amongst the oldest in all Fylde, and was said to be the hideout for smugglers and their contraband arriving at Freckleton Pool.

Caption For Clitheroe, From Castle Street 1921

Carrying the town's clock is the Carnegie Library, dating from 1905, and behind, in Church Street, is the 19th-century Town Hall.

Caption For Limpsfield, Village 1906

The long village High Street running down from the ridge overlooking the Weald and the 13th-century church of St Peter is lined with picturesque tile-hung cottages.

Caption For Chipping, Wolfen House C1955

Naturalists, cyclists and ramblers gather in the Cobbled Corner Café opposite the Sun Inn on Windy Street.

Caption For Ramsgate, Spencer Square 1890

The square was a large parade ground, and nearby Addington Street was a military camp. Frith's photographer was standing outside No 6 Royal Road, where Vincent Van Gogh had stayed.

Caption For Banks, Hoole Lane C1955

Along the street on the left stand St Stephen's Institute and the village school; beyond, on Ralph's Wife's Lane, is the church of St Stephen in the Banks.

Caption For Botley, All Saints' Church C1955

Situated at the western end of the main street, All Saints Church has dormer windows with carved barge- boards and a diamond-shaped clock with a gilded crown.

Caption For Newcastle, High Street C1951

Major-general Thomas Harrison, who served in the Parliamentary army during the Civil War, was born in a house on the High Street.

Caption For Newcastle, High Street 1951

Major-general Thomas Harrison, who served in the Parliamentary army during the Civil War, was born in a house on the High Street.

Caption For Romford, North Street 1908

Leaving the town by North Street the traveller was soon in the country, passing Marshall's Park on the right.

Caption For Gidea Park, Hare Street C1950

Hare Street existed long before the creation of the garden suburb of Gidea Park but has now all but lost its separate identity.

Caption For Petersfield, Lavant Street C1955

The suspended electric street light was one of Petersfield's first.

Caption For Petersfield, Lavant Street C1965

The pitched roof to the tower has gone and street lighting shows an advance on the following picture (p. 60-61), here it is fluorescent!

Caption For Abingdon, St Helen's Church 1890

This view was taken looking along the backwater from Abingdon Bridge with the gardens of houses in East St Helen Street on the right and a then well-treed Nag's Head Island on the left.

Caption For Reading, Broad Street C1965

By the 1960s there has been much rebuilding, but Broad Street is still recognisable.

Caption For Bromsgrove, The Church And Council House C1955

This scene remains virtually unchanged today, but it has been cut off from the High Street by an ugly ring road.

Caption For Barnt Green, Hewell Road C1965

This scene remains virtually unchanged today, but it has been cut off from the High Street by an ugly ring road.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Main Street 1891

There is no traffic on Main Street, which at this time had a problem caused by a dog-leg in the road by the tree visible in the centre background.

Caption For Accrington, Baptist Chapel 1897

Cannon Street Baptist Church was built in 1873. Constructed on sandstone, this handsome church is a Grade II listed building. The spire is very much a feature of the townscape.

Caption For Thaxted, Stoney Lane C1955

This was the original course of the high street. The cluster of timbered houses are of late 15th century date.

Caption For St Austell, Fore Street 1920

Towards the west end of Fore Street, a gilded glass sign advertises Hepworths the tailors beyond Reuben Rogers` grocery stores (right).

Caption For Chigwell, Grange Farm Centre C1965

As the young princess said at the centre's opening, 'No community, especially that which lived its daily life in and among the streets of a city, could thrive without open air and exercise'