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Piddock And Smiths

My gt. grandfathers married sisters named Brothers. The three familes have been in and around Deal for centuries Gt. grandfather Maxwell was a Royal Marine, as was grandfather Piddock.  My father 'Phys' Pidddock was welterweight ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1860 by Herbert Piddock

Glasgow Agency Of The Bank Of England

"The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" as the Bank of England is known maintained a small office in Glasgow fir many years. It was on the north side of St VIncent Place and I worked there between 1975 and 1978. ...Read more

A memory of Glasgow in 1975 by John Howard Norfolk

Sellincourt Road School

In 1932 I was taken to my first school just up the road from where we lived in Sellincourt Road. It seemed quite a forbidding place at the time but I can remember the head mistress whose name I forget as being rather a tall ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1930 by Victor Stotten

Spooner's Corner

Living in Park Street Lane from 1940 to 1961 I passed this corner every day to go under the railway bridge to the recreation ground and school or on to the village. The branches of the Horse Chestnut tree in the foreground ...Read more

A memory of Park Street in 1940 by Valerie Tomlinson

Courtlands Stores

The shop on the left was where I lived as a child.  My father (Ron Stone) bought the property which was an old doctor' surgery and transformed it into a general store.  My Mum and Dad used to open the shop in the evenings ...Read more

A memory of Milton Regis by Lynda Hollister

Thornton Heath, High Street

My family moved back to Thornton Heath, to 35 Gilsland Road, just off the High Street, at the end of the war and stayed until 1951. United Dairies was the shop on one corner and next to that a sweetshop and ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath in 1946 by S D Hunt

Holidays In Gorton

I am Kenneth Overend Edwards from LLandudno, north Wales, and my story about Gorton is surprising because from an early age I was sent by my mother Ellen Edwards (nee Overend) to stay with my grandad, Eric Theodore Overend, who ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1952 by Ken Edwards

Those Were The Days

I was still a teenager, 17 years old and my baby brother at school at Bede Campus. I escaped the campus by virtue of it not having been completed when I passed the 11+. The town centre in Billingham was still being built, ...Read more

A memory of Billingham in 1965 by Paula Hollingworth

Family And Friends 1942 To 1961

I was born Cramlington 1942, my sister 1940. l have some happy memories of Blyth, lived with mam and dad and sister Betty in Cowpen Row. Dad was in the army so did not see much of him then, when he came ...Read more

A memory of Blyth in 1964 by Anne Hayes

Church Town

In 1960 my home was just out of shot: next door to the house that is partly visible on the far right of the picture. I lived at number 18 Church Street, Church Street being the road that is accessed by turning right in the middle ...Read more

A memory of Minehead in 1960 by Pam Gotham

Captions

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Caption For Boxford, View From Church Tower C1965

Bridge House, the Post Office Stores and the adjoining houses (centre bottom) follow the curve of the street, named after The Swan Inn.

Caption For Hanslope, High Street C1955

The last view in the book looks south-east along the High Street past the long terrace of 1850s cottages on the left. Market Square is in the far distance.

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 Bishop's Stortford, North Street C1965

Although the traffic is light, an early engraving shows a busy street choked with carriages and wagons when the road was much narrower and before many buildings were demolished for road widening in the

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, The Marlowes C1965

Well known chain stores were strongly represented in Marlowes and Bridge Street - Truform Shoes, Dorothy Perkins, Milletts and Burton the tailors were here - as well as local shops and retail outlets such

Caption For Stourbridge, Lower High Street C1950

This street, which is on the periphery of the main shopping area of Stourbridge, has now become rather run down - a pity, since there are one or two fine houses here dating from the 1700s,

Caption For Borth, Beach 1892

Much of Borth consists of a single street with houses on both sides that gradually spread between the railway station at the north end of the village to a group of fishermen's houses built in the lee of

Caption For Colindale, Edgware Road C1960

The widening of the A5 (Watling Street) removed a number of buildings of late mediaeval and later dates, particularly as it passed through Edgware.

Caption For Bridport, St Mary's Parish Church 1902

This is St Mary's parish church in South Street, seen from the north-east.

Caption For Teignmouth, The Triangle 1922

Electric street lighting was in its infancy. The Belgian Urn on the Triangle was presented by refugees in recognition of the town`s hospitality during the Great War.

Caption For Odiham, The Old Telephone Exchange, The Bury C1955

The fine Georgian house in the centre has housed the telephone exchange since 1925, when it was moved from the post office at Mr Gotelee's shop in the High Street.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Alexandra Hotel 1906

Beside and behind the main building (right), facing Pound Street, is the Peek Memorial Chapel.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Victoria Pier And Duchess Of Devonshire 1912

The cobbler and town crier George Legg, in Silver Street, used to be the agent for the steamer operators Cosens & Company.

Caption For Penrith, Aerial View C1953

Looking northwards we see hostelries, public houses and stores straddle the streets, highlighting Penrith's importance as a thoroughfare on the London to Carlisle and North East to North

Caption For Totnes, Butterwalk 1896

This view shows a lower view of the High Street. The covered walks, created by overhanging stories, were the location of two historic parts of the market area.

Caption For Glynde, The Square C1955

On the right-hand side of the winding village street stand flint-walled houses with brick dressings.

Caption For Leeds, The Headrow C1965

This street scene is dominated by the façade of Lewis's store, with its broad plate glass windows and imitation rusticated pillars.

Caption For Abingdon, Market Place And Abbey Gate 1900

The house with a curved corner on the right was demolished in 1938 to widen Bridge Street.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road C1955

The street is still cobbled, but the tram lines have gone. Our 'Cash Clothing' shop is now just an ordinary shop (next to the Savoy Cafe on the right).

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 Topsham, 2003

During the past half century the town has become a fashionable venue for yachting, and its streets are invariably filled to bursting with cars in the summer months.

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 Saffron Walden, Saffron Hotel C1965

It was once three separate houses, Nos 8,10, and 12 High Street, so there are still three entrances onto the pavement.

Caption For Glasgow, Sauchiehall Street 1897

Sauchiehall Street joined the east and west quarters of the city, and it was here that you could buy quality confectionery from Assafrey, dine out at the Hippodrome, attend an exhibition at the Institute