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My Stay At St Mary's

l think it was 1957 but am not sure. l remember my stay at St Mary's very much. After my first 2 weeks of being home-sick l loved it, the nuns and nurses were so kind. l remember beetroot with every meal and going down the ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1957

Women At Work

On the right, between the first and second trees there was AJC Motors, apart from Cornwall Garage, the local garage and filling station. The premises comprised an office on the street with an arch at the side leading to the ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1956 by John Price

Troedy The Place Of My Birth

Firstly, Troedy was in Glamorgan not Gwent or Monmouthshire as it was then known. However, the postal address was New Tredegar, Monmouthshire. I was born at 1 Chapel Road in my grandfather's house. Sam and ...Read more

A memory of Troedrhiwfuwch

A Childhood Holiday

My family spent a very happy holiday as guests of the Barnaby famly who owned the castle. About 6 years old, I recall being transported from the station in a Trojan estate car - a most innovative design at the time with its ...Read more

A memory of Bromyard in 1950 by Bob Perkins

East End

I was born in Sunderland in 1948 and Christened in Holy Trinity Church, Church Walk, where all of my mother's side of the family had been hatched, matched, and dispatched. I was raised in Wear Garth till the age of twelve years old when ...Read more

A memory of Ryhope by Sheila James

Downes Family

Does anyone recall any of the Downes family who lived in Dodds Road? My grandad was Tommy Downes and his siblings were Isabel (Bella), Flo, Olive, Syd, Maud, Jim and Kate (possibly others). My great-grandparents were Albert and ...Read more

A memory of Attleborough by Lynn Reeve

Always Good Times

My family moved to Blandford Forum in 1970 and we left in 1973, my dad was in the Royal Signals. I have 2 sisters and 2 brothers and the time we lived there really was the most fantastic time ever. I have vivid memories of ...Read more

A memory of Blandford Camp in 1970 by Christine Unsworth

The Hough

when I was about a year old I moved to the Hough from Englesea Brook, where my parents lived for a couple of years. I went to school at Shavington and was good friends with John Addison, Alan Giller (the latter ...Read more

A memory of Hough by Mark Tyrrell

Living In Fitzgerald Street 1938 1956

Were they happy years? I suppose they were, although we were very poor as kids we made the best of it, my memories were of the trams clattering up manchester road, which we used to take to go to the swimming ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1950 by Frank Broughton

A Silvery Dust

What I am about to write was once classified information; but due to the BBC documentary I can disclose and inform you that I had a brother in law who is dead now, but I recall things of which he was to tell me as in ...Read more

A memory of Monk Sherborne by Roland Mitchell

Captions

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Caption For Leeds, Cookridge Street C1955

This imposing Italianate building, with its lofty round-arched windows, was built by Cuthbert Brodrick in the late 1860s. It later became the Civic Theatre.

Caption For Sudbury, King Street C1955

On the right, the Royal Oak, the shop with the arched door and window, and the building nearest the camera, here Dolly's sweet shop, all remain.

Caption For Haywards Heath, The Broadway C1950

The arched- roofed building on the right-hand side is the site previously used by the Coventry Motor Works, but by the 1950s it was one of several sites used by Caffyns, the countrywide

Caption For Southampton, Bargate C1955

Over the years it has been a toll-gate, prison, guildhall and museum.The original Norman arch dates back to about 1175, and the tower was added a century later.The upper floor used to be the guildhall

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Cliff Tramway And The Pier C1955

Using water ballast to operate it, it still works today, making the journey between town and beach a much easier one. The pier opened in 1869, and was originally 1500ft long.

Caption For Lavenham, Lady Street C1960

On the left is a high-quality Tudor house, with arched windows for a shop at the far end. Opposite is the 15th-century Wool Hall, originally the Guild of Our Lady, with an open hall and cross-wings.

Caption For Watchet, Old Market House 1929

At the centre of the town is the old Market House with its shallow arched openings and weather-vaned bellcote.

Caption For Nether Wallop, St Andrew's Church C1965

The choir arch and several nave bays carry remnants of Medieval paintings. The tower of 1756 records churchwardens and masons.

Caption For Daventry, The Braunston Tunnel C1955

This view is of the east portal to the tunnel - it looks like any other canal bridge apart from the rusticated arch into the blackness.

Caption For Ystradfellte, Porth Yr Ogof Cave 1936

The three men just visible under the limestone arch give a Lilliputian perspective to the scene.

Caption For Gisburn, The Bridge 1921

This strong two-arched stone bridge spans the River Ribble at Gisburn. Note the two farm carts with shafts designed for sturdy horses to the right of the yeoman farmer's dwelling.

Caption For Rockingham, The Castle C1960

Although relatively little of the medieval castle remains, the highlight is undoubtedly the late 13th-century gatehouse with the arched gateway flanked by massive drum towers.

Caption For Batchworth Heath, 1903

Away to the right are the south lodges to Moor Park, a pair of small lodges linked by a Tuscan Doric arch. From this viewpoint these are now hidden by young oaks.

Caption For Houghton Regis, All Saints Church C1955

Although the parish register dates from 1538, the style, decoration and monumental devices within the church indicate a much earlier presence - at least in the 14th century, since there are brasses commemorating

Caption For Calne, High Street C1950

Next to the arch is Tim Henly, gents' outfitters, and Phillips Bros, house furnishers at Nos 5 & 7.

Caption For Abingdon, Abbey Gate 1893

The left- hand or south pedestrian arch was inserted in 1865, and the building on the left was part of the police station, built in 1865 and demolished in 1964 for the present (very 1960s) Abbey

Caption For Crickhowell, The Bridge 1893

It is a curious fact that the side shown in the picture has thirteen arches, whilst the other side has one fewer.

Caption For London, Hyde Park Corner, Apsley House C1920

To the right of the arch is Apsley House, one of only two or three of Piccadilly’s great houses to survive. Known popularly as ‘Number One, London’, it was built by Robert Adam in the 1770s.

Caption For Springfield, Holy Trinity Church 1898

Its neo- Norman style - complete with round-headed arches and corbel tables - was very much of its time. The triangle beneath the bellcote symbolizes the Trinity itself.

Caption For Walsall, St Matthew's Church C1965

The most unusual feature of St Matthew's is an arched passageway underneath the chancel.

Caption For Launceston, South Gate 1893

The sycamore tree was cut down amid great hue and cry in 1953 because it was thought to be damaging the arch.

Caption For Launceston, South Gate Street 1949

The earlier picture shows little traffic bar the donkey cart, but the advent of the car meant that by 1949 a traffic warden was needed to control traffic through the arch.

Caption For Launceston, South Gate And Castle 1893

The Plymouth and Devonport Inn, whose sign can just be seen to the right of the arch, is now the Newmarket.

Caption For Newcastle Upon Tyne, Castle 1901

The house on the top of the gate is a much later addition. So are the corner turrets and battlements of the keep, which were added in 1812.