Maps

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Memories

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Growing Up Years

I was born in Old Argent Street 1945 (VJ Day), only one in Grays as my old mum used to tell everyone, she was so proud of that, living in a 2 up, 2 down, mum, dad, 3 brothers, 2 sisters, overcrowded, nah, we got by. We spent summers ...Read more

A memory of Grays by Victor Chaplin

Childhood

Me and my sister used to go and stay in the school holidays with our great nanna, Mrs Hilda Pocklington, in her cottage at Walsbey Road, we used to love our time there. The tennis courts were out the back, and we often used to sit ...Read more

A memory of Market Rasen by Yvonne Haagensen

Ashby Aint Like It Used To Be

I was born and bred in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the eldest of three children. My memories of Ashby itself are snapshots from a time which now seems so old-fashioned that it as nostalgic as a Herriot novel. As a ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1970

Caddys Ice Cream

I loved Caddy's. Sometimes if I think hard enough I can get the memory of its taste, mmm. I remember having a tall glass of lemonade and ice cream and sitting on leather upholstery in the parlour in town. It was such a treat.  We ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury by Annie Devereux

Childhood Days

I too have happy and sad memories of Thurnscoe. I started school in 1952 at Hill Infants. Mrs Cartlidge was our teacher. I still remember where I sat behind the door and being given a small blackboard and chalk on my first day ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe in 1952

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

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

My Schooldays 1952 54 Near Skipton

My Grandparents lived at 26 Otley Street in Skipton from the 1940 ( or earlier ) and I had first visited them in 1945 after VE day, They were Thomas Henry Jackson, my Grandmother Charlotte Jackson and their ...Read more

A memory of Skipton in 1952 by Trevor Jackson

Growing Up In Abridge Roger Walker

We moved to Abridge in 1948, I was 8 years old, with mum and dad Pat and Stan Walker.  We lived at no 41 Pancroft Estate later re numbered 45.  My early memories of the little villiage was of Brighty's shop and ...Read more

A memory of Abridge in 1948 by Roger Walker

Angela's Memory Of High Street

I worked at Market Square Cafe in 1949, fond memories of working for the Arpinos Family. Left in 1950 went to Margate to work and met my husband and I went by Rydam Boat to the USA (Mississippi) in 1955 and was ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1949 by Bobby Jones

Captions

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Caption For Kings Lynn, Tuesday Market Place 1898

Lynn's market place is one of the very finest in England, enriched by a profusion of Georgian and Victorian public buildings, including the florid Corn Exchange built in 1854.

Caption For Wainfleet, Market Place C1955

At its centre is the square Market Place with a medieval market cross whose shaft can be seen to the left.

Caption For Kineton, The Memorial C1965

For centuries Kineton was a market town, but the market ceased in 1890 and now it is just a large village.

Caption For Lavenham, Market Place C1955

The market cross dates from 1500, and was intended to be a copy of the one at Cambridge. To the right is the former Market Toll House, adjoining the British School of 1861.

Caption For Boston, Market Place C1955

All the buildings between The Rum Puncheon and the church are in fact market encroachments, so the market place was once even larger.

Caption For Wainfleet, Market Place C1955

At its centre is the square Market Place with a medieval market cross whose shaft can be seen to the left.

Caption For Wootton Bassett, High Street C1965

As in Cricklade, the main street was the scene for the monthly livestock market, which was held on Wednesdays for many years. This continued until c1938, when the market was closed.

Caption For Leeds, Briggate C1965

In earlier days Briggate was where the merchants and clothiers assembled to buy and sell cloth, the start of business being heralded by the sounding of the market bell.

Caption For Sudbury, St Peter's Church And Market Hill 1900

In the foreground horse-drawn reaping machines are offered for sale in the market.

Caption For Kings Lynn, Tuesday Market Place 1898

Lynn's market place is one of the very finest in England, enriched by a profusion of Georgian and Victorian public buildings, including the florid Corn Exchange built in 1854.

Caption For Oakham, School House 1927

School House stands at the corner of Market Place and Market Street. The Hospital of Christ, built in 1398, stood on this site, which was once known as Baresplace. School House was erected in 1853.

Caption For Binbrook, Market Place C1955

Binbrook, on the side of a valley of the rolling western part of The Wolds north of Ludford, was once a prosperous small market town with two parish churches.

Caption For Kimbolton, High Street C1955

The High Street in Kimbolton was the market place for the surrounding villages and the site of the 'Staty' Fair that is still held every September.

Caption For Binbrook, Market Place C1955

Binbrook, on the side of a valley of the rolling western part of The Wolds north of Ludford, was once a prosperous small market town with two parish churches.

Caption For Chichester, Market Cross 1890

Chichester's Market Cross is sited at the intersection of its four main roads that date from the Roman period.

Caption For Ibstock, Station Road C1965

The back of the Crown Inn can just be seen in the centre, where Station Road becomes Hinckley Road, curving south past the parish church, and on to Nailstone and Market Bosworth.

Caption For Bourne, North Street 1952

Later, Bourne became a market town with a (now largely vanished) castle and a Norman priory founded in 1138, now the parish church.

Caption For Amersham, Church And Market Square 1958

Originally medieval and Tudor encroachments onto the old market place, these cottages hid the east view of the 1682 Market House.

Caption For Abingdon, Abbey Gate 1893

This view is from inside the abbey gateway, looking towards the Market Place and the Town Hall. This side of the gateway, rebuilt around 1450, is plainer than the market place facade.

Caption For Wetherby, High Street 1909

By 1909 the Cattle Market would have spilled out into the High Street. The Parish Council ingeniously annually auctioned the right to collect the manure.

Caption For Abingdon, High Street From Town Hall Roof 1900

The wider section in the foreground was once part of the market place, a westward extension from the Market Place itself.

Caption For Sudbury, Market Hill And St Peter's C1955

The market is now filled with parked cars, vans, lorries and buses, with at least seven traffic signs in sight.

Caption For Nuneaton, Market Place C1960

Nuneaton's first market was granted to the local prioress by Henry III.

Caption For Tregaron, Market Day 1933

Although flocks of sheep and herds of cattle no longer congregated at Tregaron ready for the walk to England, the town continued to serve as a market place for livestock for many years.