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Maps

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1896, Bank Top Ref. RNE632422
1903, Bank Top Ref. RNC632422
1901-1903, Bank Top Ref. RNC632413
1903-1904, Bank Top Ref. RNC632423
1890 - 1891, Clayton Ref. HOSM36958

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Memories

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Reflections Of My Life

I was born in Argoed Blackwood in a condemned house by candlelight in 1950 We moved to 26 Underwood road Oakdale when I was still quite young. I can still remember so much from all those years ago. The Bic. Browns, Parry, Yem ...Read more

A memory of Oakdale by Gian Singh

1939 Onwards I Remember

I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which ...Read more

A memory of Harborne in 1940 by whisky1974

Happy Childhood Holidays

I say 1950 for the year my memory relates to but in fact my memories cover from around 1946 to 196 I've only just found this web site for "Memories" although have looked at the site before and what nostalgia it has ...Read more

A memory of Llwyngwril in 1950 by Margaret Garrod

Living In Teddington 1950s To 1980s

We moved from 76 Princes Road in 1957 to the other end of Teddington, to 143 High Street, opposite Kingston Lane. My parents bought the house for about £1400 (yes fourteen hundred) as a refurb project. It still had ...Read more

A memory of Teddington

Herbert Avenue Pontymister

This is a lovely historic photograph showing the backs of the houses in Herbert Avenue in Pontymister. The Avenue was built roughly between 1922 and 1932. Herbert Avenue is now to be found under postcodes NP11 6JS AND ...Read more

A memory of Pontymister

1965

1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more

A memory of Market Harborough by Keith Luckman

More Memories From A Boy Growing Up In Burghfield

Back in Burghfield around 1962, I clearly remember one day during the School Summer Holiday seeing a Huge Red and Green Steamroller coming towards me with a whole host of Road Tar making ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield Common by Andrew Cooper

My Grandmother Had A Boarding House

My grandmother had a boarding house on Grand Parade on Hayling Island through the fifties into the sixties. Our summer holidays every year were to visit her in Hayling Island with all our extended large ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island

Those Were The Days

I moved to Ireland Wood from Portsmouth when I was 4 years old with my Mum and dad who was in the navy. We lived at 42 Raynel Way. The house was built by the Council. Most of the houses like ours were made of prefabricated ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge by Robert Morris

Driftbridge Stables

I was too young in the 1950’s to use the Hotel and pub but I learnt to ride at the Driftbridge Stables, that used the land, stables and coach houses from when the hotel had been a Coaching Inn. Having learnt to ride on Nutmeg, ...Read more

A memory of Drift Bridge by Rita Westlake

Captions

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Caption For Stroud, Parish Church 1910

Here we can see a portion of the gardens of Bank House in the days before they became accessible to the public. Note the thatched summerhouse.

Caption For Eton, Barnes Pool 1923

On the Buckinghamshire bank (since 1974 in Berkshire) Henry VI's great foundation, Eton College, has rendered this another 'company town'.

Caption For Tilehurst, Roebuck Ferry House 1899

The ferryman's cottage remains, but is now inaccessible and very private, with the river path blocked by a gate to its east.

Caption For Matlock Moor, 1892

This view from the west shows John Smedley's massive Hydro on the opposite side of the valley, which brought spa town prosperity to the town after its erection in 1853.

Caption For Ruthin, Clwyd Street C1955

The hillside town of Ruthin retains its medieval origins, although the aggressively black and white mock-Tudor half-timbering of the bank and outfitters' buildings on the left is perhaps a little over

Caption For Torcross, The Sands 1896

Looking at a tranquil summer scene like this, it is difficult to imagine the furious weather to which Torcross is sometimes exposed.

Caption For London, The Bank Of England 1890

Opposite the Mansion House is the Bank of England, a single-storey monolithic edifice, designed in 1734 by George Sampson.

Caption For Camberley, London Road 1936

Here we see an ice cream vendor with 'stop me' written on the side of his cart. This practice gave rise to that familiar 'stop me and buy one' saying, that was so popular at one time.

Caption For Bournemouth, Perambulator 1900

The Mansion Family Hotel appears on the extreme left of this picture, taken from the top of Exeter Lane across the Pleasure Gardens.

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street 1901

The old King's Arms opened in 1749, and opposite is the Black Bull, dating back to 1758.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, The Buttermarket C1965

The Co-op Bakery and Elite Café (now Saxone) has its awnings out.

Caption For Ulverston, Market Street 1895

At the time this photograph was taken, Ulverston was still a busy commercial port linked to the River Leven by the Ulverston Canal.

Caption For Pulborough, Swans Corner 1921

The church and a cluster of old houses are at the top of the hill, and more old buildings are on the river bank, east and west of the Bognor Road river bridge.

Caption For Bourne, Edenham Village C1955

Heading south towards Bourne, the route diverts north-east of the town to Edenham, a delightful village on the east bank of the winding East Glen River, whose church has many remarkable monuments to the

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street 1901

The old King's Arms opened in 1749, and opposite it is the Black Bull, dating back to 1758.

Caption For Portland, Chesil Beach 1890

This is a spectacular view from the top of Portland, with the expanse of the Chesil Bank on the left, stretching 16 miles along the Dorset coast to Barton Cliff, and the broad expanse of Portland Harbour

Caption For Helston, Coinagehall Street 1913

This interesting scene at the top of the principal highway through Helston shows the granite classical-style Guildhall of 1839 behind the covered delivery wagon.

Caption For Portland, Chesil Beach 1890

Boats are on the Chesil Beach between Chiswell and Victoria Sqaure (top left), with Portland Harbour on the other side of the pebble bank (centre background), in a panorama north-westwards from Paradise

Caption For Bourne, Edenham Village C1955

Heading south towards Bourne, the route diverts north-east of the town to Edenham, a delightful village on the east bank of the winding East Glen River, whose church has many remarkable monuments to the

Caption For Bedford, High Street 1921

The bank on the left has its long frontage to St Paul's Square, and is now a Ladbroke's betting shop.

Caption For Stacksteads, Piper Bank C1955

Piper Bank appears in the census returns of 1851 and on maps of Rossendale as a place name.

Caption For Bedford, High Street 1929

At the top of the High Street, the photographer looks south. The Lime Street/Lurke Street junction is beyond the Swan Hotel's handcart.

Caption For Sudbury, Exchange 1895

The classical front has four Tuscan columns topped by wheat sheaves instead of urns. The redundant building was converted into a county library in 1968.

Caption For Radcliffe On Trent, The Weir C1955

East of the village, the Shelford Road climbs on to the red sandstone hills, which are undercut by the River Trent to form river cliffs.