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Memories

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Happy Childhood Memories

I was born in Abridge in 1964, the last of 9 kids. We lived in The Mead which is no longer there. Abridge was a great place to grow up, we would play outside in the woods or over the shallows all day and only come home ...Read more

A memory of Abridge by Clare Horgan

St Mary Church, Devonport

This picture shows St Mary Church which extended from west to east between Edinburgh Road (previously named Dock Wall Street), and James Street. It might have been taken from the top of The Column in Ker Street. The long ...Read more

A memory of Devonport by Terence Hawton

Woodland Road

We moved into 38, Mrs Stronach did a house swap with us. I don't remember her but I do remember the draft excluder she left behind for us. My Dad was Owen Binding, his Dad William played in the Watchet Town Band although I can't remember ...Read more

A memory of Watchet by m.binding03

Pinelands School, Bournemouth.

This was my first school, back in 1965. I think we had maroon blazers. I did well to start with, my older brothers had taught me to read & write - but I was the last person in the class to be able to tie my own ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth by bru.enzer

Living In Grand Drive

I spent several years in the early '70's living at 198(?) Grand Drive. I think my aunt, Irene Nichols, had lived there since before WW2. She claimed to have seen a pre war cricketer break the clock at Lords. The house was ...Read more

A memory of Raynes Park by bru.enzer

The View We'd See During Our T Or Lunch Breaks

I was one of 5 typists on the 2nd floor of Lloyds Bank n our window would overlook the War Memorial n down the High Street between the Midland Bank and Boots which in the 70's had a clock on but the time ...Read more

A memory of Yeovil

Barking And Dagenham

I used to live in the Barking/Dagenham area from 1945-1973.I was born at Barking hospital,sometimes known as Upney in 1945.I lived on the corner of Rugby Road and Bromhall Road,my mum and dad moved there from Bromley by ...Read more

A memory of Barking by ronnieibi

Toy Shop Queens Road. Circa 1953

If I remember correctly the toy shop was owned by "Pardoes". ( not sure if that is the correct spelling). I recall getting an orange tricycle for my 5th birthday and my twin sister got a pram. I recall the ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Peter Avery

I Worked Here In 1961

I was only fourteen, and wanted to be a nurse. I went to see Matron *trembles* and asked if I could do some voluntary work, which she allowed me to do for a couple of hours after school once or twice a week. I was to do drinks ...Read more

A memory of London by Elizabeth Colbridge

Slough High Street 1961

Yes Patricia, I too remember Slough High Street at that time. I worked for Macfisheries that you mentioned with the fruit and veg shop next door. Smiths stationers a couple of doors away. In particular I remember many lunch ...Read more

A memory of Slough by Anthony Rees

Captions

405 captions found. Showing results 337 to 360.

Caption For Ibstock, Main Street C1965

Some things never change: in a rather dull street of 19th- and early 20th-century buildings, on a Midland Red bus route, the Council is digging up the pavement!

Caption For Ibstock, Main Street C1965

Some things never change: in a rather dull street of 19th- and early 20th-century buildings, on a Midland Red bus route, the Council is digging up the pavement!

Caption For Thetford, The Grammar School 1921

The school is a beautiful knapped flint and brick structure, and so is its surrounding wall; it was built in 1876.

Caption For Boston, Hussey Tower 1893

This mid 15th-century brick tower, here seen in rural tranquillity with cattle grazing, now sits amid football pitches near Boston College's Rochford Campus.

Caption For Sudbury, Wesleyan Church 1904

Situated on the corner of York Road and Girling Street, St John's was designed by Josiah Gunton of London and opened in April 1902.

Caption For Portsmouth, The Floating Bridge, Crossing To Gosport 1898

HMS' St Vincent' (120 guns) was completed in 1815, but too late to take an active part in the Napoleonic Wars.

Caption For Boston, The Windmill C1965

This tall Lincolnshire-style brick tower mill, seven storeys high, was built in 1819; it was powered by five patent sails and winded by a fantail.

Caption For Milborne Port, The Village 1953

Ven House c1955 Further downhill along London Road, Ven House is set back from the road beyond a forecourt.

Caption For Goring, Village 1899

Goring is a riverside village lying between the beech-clad hills of the Chilterns and the windswept slopes of the Berkshire Downs.

Caption For Hitchin, Priory Park 1901

Bounded by Gosmoor and Charlton Roads, Priory Park was a favourite spot for picnics and Sunday afternoon strolls down to the banks of the River Hiz close to Brick Kiln Lane, Charlton, which runs behind

Caption For Sutton On Trent, The Wesleyan Chapel 1909

This tranquil scene shows the Gothic-style brick Methodist church of 1878, beyond creeper-clad number 37 in the foreground.

Caption For Sharpness, The Training Ship Vindicatrix C1955

Tens of thousands of new entrants into the Merchant Navy received their basic training at 'Vindicatrix'.

Caption For Bewdley, Severn Side (North) C1940

At intervals on Severn Side, both north and south, steps leading from the sandstone quays were constructed.

Caption For Liverpool, Ss City Of Paris 1890

By the late 1870s, the line was facing tough competition from Cunard, White Star, Dominion, and the Guion Line; Inman's problems were further compounded in 1881 with the loss of the 'City of Brussels

Caption For Buckden, The Gatehouse And The Palace 1906

The gatehouse has distinctive diaper brick patterning and the arms of Bishop John Russel (1480-94).

Caption For Hampstead, Old Bull And Bush, North End Road C1955

The earlier pub on the site, made famous by the music hall star Florrie Ford, was demolished in the early 1920s, and rebuilt to a vaguely similar design.

Caption For Sileby, Barrow Road C1965

The view looks at St Mary's from the north, along a varied terrace of possibly late 18th- and 19th- century houses which are not enhanced by the long brick boundary wall.

Caption For East Burton, Village C1955

With the building of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, which opened in June 1847, East Burton was on the wrong side of the tracks from Wool and its village facilities.

Caption For Lechlade, The Old Market Place C1950

Lechlade, situated on the river Thames, is the gateway to the Cotswolds from the south-east.

Caption For Barkway, High Street C1965

Barkway spanned the main route from London to Cambridge, and it was only the coming of the railways in the 1850s that transformed it into a countryside backwater.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Southchurch Hall, The Lake C1950

The lake is part of the moat surrounding the timber-framed manor house, once the home of the de Southchurch family.The central hall is open to the roof beams.A Tudor extension was added to the west

Caption For Byfield, The Village C1960

Bell Lane descends to the west of the A361 and gives us a good idea of the variety of building styles that make up this little industrial village.

Caption For Hemingford Abbots, Village C1955

One of the first buildings that the visitor will meet is the picturesque 15th-century thatched Axe and Compasses public house (centre).

Caption For Smallhythe, The Village 1900

The ancient harbour of Tenterden, this was once a shipbuilding centre and was visited by Henry VIII in 1538.