Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Cookridge Once Fields And Farms

I moved from Holbeck in 1948 into one of the first estates to be built in North West Leeds, Ireland Wood (Raynels). In 1950 I went to Cookridge School, then a wooden hut right slap bang opposite where Cookridge ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge in 1950 by Paul Leavett

Barking

If I remember rightly, coming round the corner from Ripple Road into East Street, there was a hole in the ground courtesy of the German bombers. Later, Timothy Whites was built there. Anyway, as youngsters, we used to head for the Capitol ...Read more

A memory of Barking by John Willats

On The Street Where I Lived

The photo shows the bottom of Highwalls Avenue, I lived half way up round the corner. It was a steep climb when i was litlle but got easier as I grew. I was born in this road and had such a happy time.

A memory of Dinas Powis in 1950 by Clive Turner

Station Road

My Mother has traced her family to a shop down Station Road, an ironmongers, which is still an ironmongers we believe.  He was Richard Snowdon Beal and lived with his wife Lydia at number 1-3 where his shop is - anyone know of anymore?

A memory of Eckington by Rachel Harvey

This Is How The Lock Looked Like When My Family Lived In Lock Cottage 1950 1961

This is where I spent my life from 2 years old till I was 13 years old. Fishing, rowing boats, paddling canoes and riding Kitty the horse in the field behind our cottage ...Read more

A memory of Harlow in 1950 by Eddie Tait

Bookham Cottage

Correction to this original post - Jennifer Hudson's memory has corrected my original post about this photo. The road shown is actually Crabtree Lane. Just on the right is a footpath through to the Dorking Road at the far end ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham by Paula Clements

My Short Life In Gillingham Kent

I was born in a naval nursing home called "Canada House" on the 18th November 1954. I was the first child and boy - I was spoilt. I went to school at Byron Road Infants school until I was 6 then we moved to ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham in 1960 by Frances Fagg

Cawdells Arcade

We moved to Watford when I was 8 and I remember our regular trip from St Johns Road to the market behind Cawdells where we bought our dog Jally. There were so many stalls selling good quality goods, I still have the china teaset my ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1950 by Su Knight

First 17 Years Of My Life From Birth [1943]

I was brought up in Eltham and lived at no 30 High St where my Mother & Father had a bicycle & sports shop.Everyday I would go across the road to the swimming baths, and at that time there was the ...Read more

A memory of Eltham by Ann Randerson

Playing In The Corn Fields

I lived in the cottage next to the Chapel, and played with Wendy, we used to cycle to Upware and Wicken fen. At one point we would sit on the haystacks after the farmers had finished them. I would go horse riding ...Read more

A memory of Swaffham Prior in 1966 by Mary Whiting

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Captions

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Caption For Bebington, Wirral Grammar School For Girls 1950

Situated in Heath Road, Wirral Grammar School for Boys was officially opened on 26 September 1931, at the same time as an almost identical building, Wirral Grammar School for Girls, was opened round the

Caption For Warboys, Weir And High Street C1955

The weir is at the junction of the roads to Chatteris and Ramsey. The manor of Warboys was held by the Cromwell family until 1622, when it was sold to Sir John Leman, Lord Mayor of London in 1616.

Caption For Wotton, The Church Of St John The Evangelist 1890

St Martin's is just off the Dover Road from Canterbury, and has a 13th-century flint tower surrounded by trees.

Caption For Hythe, High Street 1899

They would have to wait a year before a motor bus service between Hythe and Cheriton was on the road.

Caption For Harborne, The Bell Inn C1955

The Bell occupies a pleasant site, almost semi-rural in character, tucked away on Old Church Road, with the sandstone tower of St Peter's as a backdrop, and Victorian houses nearby.

Caption For Thorpe Market, The Tower Gunton Park C1955

The road from Thorpe passes under this stately tower: it is 120ft high, and commands a wonderful view over the surrounding area.

Caption For Alfold, The Crown Hotel C1950

The tile-hung Crown Inn on the Loxwood Road was on the smuggler's route from Sussex to the north.

Caption For Bransgore, C1960

Further down the road is the 19th-century church of St Mary.

Caption For Brentwood, High Street C1955

Brentwood stands on the Roman road that ran from London to Chelmsford and Colchester. This view was taken looking west.

Caption For Chichester, Market Cross 1890

Note the bookseller and stationer on the left, and the road sweepers standing at the base of the cross.

Caption For March, Broad Street C1950

With fewer cars on the road, cycling was a good deal safer.

Caption For Eastleigh, Leigh Road C1955

A fascinating photograph showing Leigh Road at its junction with Market Street.

Caption For Grantham, Westgate 1904

To the west the Melton Mowbray road reaches the town centre via Westgate, a wide street seen here looking north-east towards Market Place.

Caption For Mablethorpe, High Street C1955

In this later view, taken a little further south-west from photograph 26717, Dales' premises, Lindum House, on the corner of Wellington Road, has been rebuilt, but the former hotel beyond, now shops, can

Caption For Tillington, In The Village 1912

Mary, to the south of Petworth House, the two young girls and the driver of the horse and cart pose for the camera in one of the innumerable nooks and crannies that lead off Petworth's narrow circuitous roads

Caption For Enfield, Town Centre C1950

Close to the northern end of London Road, the market place and the parish church, the weatherboarded Ebben Steam Bakery, now departed, contributes to the market town feel of the photograph.

Caption For Bathampton, The Church 1907

Across the toll bridge from Batheaston, the road crosses the A4 dual carriageway Batheaston bypass into Bathampton, a village now linked by development to Bathwick and Bath.

Caption For Fleet, Fleet Road C1965

This road is the main shopping street in Fleet, and it contains a mixture of architecture from Victorian to modern.

Caption For Coventry, Butcher Row 1892

Coventry has undergone massive redevelopment since the end of the second world war, not only with projects such as the Broadgate shopping precinct, but an American-inspired partly-elevated ring-road

Caption For Langdon Hills, The High Road C1950

The High Road itself, ironically, tended to be where the better-quality homes were built.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Castle Square 1950

The traffic lights are no longer here, the road being one-way.

Caption For Swaffham, Market Place 1891

Five roads meet at the market square. All around is a medley of harmonious red brick.

Caption For Upwey, The Wishing Well 1923

Upwey stands on the high road between Weymouth and Dorchester and features in Thomas Hardy's novel 'The Trumpet Major'.

Caption For Newington, The Village 1903

The Village 1909 A handsome farm cart stands in the yard of a timber-framed two-storey building, in this small hamlet on the road between Tenterden and Hythe.