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Our Introduction To Faversham.

After our marriage in March 1962 my wife and I spent a short while in Gillingham, living with my mother and sister. My mother was managing a branch of Stuarts the Cleaners and we were aware that a similar vacancy was ...Read more

A memory of Faversham by bjdam

The Bungalow, Widmer End

I am writing in the hope that someone can shed some light on my maternal grandmother, Ethel Mary Wright. Ethel was admitted to St Peter's Home, Kilburn in January 1926. The admissions register when being admitted to St ...Read more

A memory of Widmer End by malcp

Happy Days

Hi, I was born in Wombwell at my Grandparents home in Cemetary Rd. My Grandad was the manager of the Co-op grocery shop on high st. George Woolston. My mum was born in Wombwell and her brother. What i remember and loved ...Read more

A memory of Wombwell by patricia.plummer

Red House On Main Road

I am very interested in getting further details or photos of the large red mansion that stood on Main Road in Sidcup. It was about 100 yards further down from St Lawrences, going away from the high street. I remember walking ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup by samourx1

I Was Born In Eccles In 1951

I was born in The Park off Gilda Brook Road in 1951 and went to Eccles Parish School then on to Ellesmere Park secondary school, Mr Bingham was the headmaster when I was first at Eccles Parish then Mr Norcross was the ...Read more

A memory of Eccles by munrojackson

Evacuee

My Mum, Sybil Anne Clark née Cornwell, was evacuated from London to Bozeat during World War Two. Sadly, my Mum now resides in a nursing home and is suffering from the advanced stages of dementia. As you may be aware, one of the symptoms ...Read more

A memory of Bozeat by clsunit

Winstanley Estate Before Demolition

I was born and lived in maysoule road in 1938 on the corner of maysoule road was a off licence called gogays and a news agent on opposite owned by the same gogays there was a hair dresser on plough road run by ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by kenneth.crick

Echoes Of Forgotten Laughter

Stourbridge was my stamping ground as a young girl. I was born 1944 and I remember shopping there with my mother and then going to one of the many cinemas to watch a film, (remember when we had two films in one ...Read more

A memory of Stourbridge by Constance Phillips

Brook Street Junior School, Wordsley

Although I lived in Collis St, Amblecote I went to Brook St, Junior School from 1951 until I went to Audnam Secondary in 1955. I remember it had an infants school attached and the little ones would have a sleep in ...Read more

A memory of Wordsley by Constance Phillips

Happy Days!

I was at school in Essex in the early 50's but my parents lived in Bideford at ! Cottingham Crescent behind the old Grammar school. My stepfather Ernest Jewell worked for Beers , which I think was a builders, and my mother Edith Jewell ...Read more

A memory of Bideford by Colin Brown

Captions

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Caption For Luton, The Andrew Carnegie Public Library 1924

steel magnate Andrew Carnegie added to the educational infrastructure by providing the town with a magnificent new library building in 1910 opposite the town hall at the entrance to Manchester Street

Caption For Colchester, East Gate C1955

This presumably relates to the number of churches, including Holy Trinity, St Botolph's and St Runwald's, which was in the High Street near the town hall and was only demolished in 1878.

Caption For Minehead, Beach Hotel And Avenue 1923

Inevitably, the wide street of the Promenade soon became a popular place to park the car, look at the beach and eat an ice cream. It has little changed in that function since.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Pier Avenue 1921

They formed a hotel company which, for £900, bought from Peter Bruff the street block to the east of the pier.

Caption For Basildon, Long Riding C1960

The Westgate Centre, the Eastgate Shopping Centre, and the high street shops in East Walk, Southernhay, and the Town Square give a comprehensive shopping experience, and of course there is the

Caption For Epsom, Sculpture, Evocation Of Speed 2005

She opened new premises off East Street in 1987 where Laine Theatre Arts has become one of the leading colleges for training in the performing arts.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Plaques In The Lychgate, Coleshill Street 2005

Next time you're near the parish church, have a look at the lych gate on Coleshill Street; you can see a set of plaques all dedicated to the Riland Bedford family.

Caption For Epsom, The Post Office 1898

In the opinion of many, the view down the High Street was spoilt by the old watch house.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Box Moor 2005

Men and women who wished to be hired stood in line at the top of the High Street dressed in their smocks and carrying the emblems of their trade.

Caption For St Neots, Poppyfields 2005

These have included the enlargement of the Tesco store near the bypass, the reconstruction of the road bridge over Hen Brook in St Mary's Street, and a large new housing complex and marina on

Caption For Coulsdon, The Recreation Ground C1960

…Cornfields were seen where the Fairdene Estate now rises whilst High Street, Coulsdon [Brighton Road] did not exist.