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Bits I Recall

Trolley buses ran along Green Lanes from Finsbury Square; turning right for Enfield at Mason's Corner. The 244 route went from Collegiate School, Winchmore Hill to Muswell Hill. Chalkleys the bakers was on the corner of The Green ...Read more

A memory of Winchmore Hill by Malcolm Geary

My Grandfather Fred Scales

I was born in Brightlingsea and spent most of my childhood growing up there, my grandfather was Fred Scales, who ran the Boating Lake for a number of years and looked after the chalets and caravans, he was also a ...Read more

A memory of Brightlingsea by Jennifer Dance

Work

The boats in the photo belonged to my great aunt. As a young boy my job (unpaid) was to ferry the boats across the river and pick up any stray boats. I was very small, aged probably 6, could not swim, but there was no health and safety then!! ...Read more

A memory of Bingley by Denis Briggs

Linton Locks

I remember Linton Locks very well as the upper lock gate enabled me to visit the Power Station that was manned 24hrs a day, year in year out. There were three attendents, Aleck Musgrove, an unknown, and Ernest Muir. In the ...Read more

A memory of Linton-on-Ouse in 1940

Railway Horses

The railway horses were stabled on the Dock. One of the handlers was a man called White, who was the landlord of the Royal Oak pub in High Street. They would pull the wagons along the line where they were needed. It was strenuous ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1940 by Bob Marriott

Evacuation To Harrington

I was born in Liverpool in 1932 from Cumbrian parents. In September 1939, just after the begining of the Second World War, my sister and I were packed off to High Harrington, as a sort of private evacuation, to the home ...Read more

A memory of Harrington in 1930 by Sydney Harper

1960''s Kidderminster

My dear old hometown. I was 18 when this picture was taken. The Swan pub is on the left, and the Co-Op is where the blinds are. Just around the corner from The Swan was a broad flight of steps leading up into the market ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster by Malcolm Knowles

Southend Beach And Boating Lakes

We moved to Southend during 1944 and stayed there for about a year till May 1945. A group of boys who lived in Cheltenham Avenue, off York Road and myself decided to take a boat to the boating lake where ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1945 by Alan Summers

Boating Lake

I lived in Southend from 1944 to 1945 in Cheltenham Avenue off York Road. The boating lake (now Adventure Land) was always an attraction to us, we sailed boats before they open the lake for rowing boats. I first began to row ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1945

My Home Town 1947 1969

I was born in Liebenrood Road Maternity Hospital Reading in 1947 and for my first 5 years I lived in Salisbury Road, moving to Whitley until I left in 1969. I remember as a young child having many photographs taken at ...Read more

A memory of Reading by Wendy Fegan

Captions

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Caption For Headcorn, High Street C1955

Headcorn stands on the River Beult and is a large village with a single broad, straggling street. On the right outside the George and Dragon is a motorcycle with an unusual basketwork sidecar.

Caption For Troutbeck, Kirkstone Pass C1870

His carriage has stopped near the summit of Kirkstone, one of the most famous of the Lake District passes, which connects Troutbeck with Patterdale.

Caption For Newbury, View From Victoria Park Bridge C1950

The view from this bridge has changed significantly in the last 50 years.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Square C1955

The seaward end of Broad Street was once the hub of Lyme Regis with its old Custom House, until a devastating fire in 1844.

Caption For Blackpool, The Tower And The Sands 1899

He had a broad accent, which embarrassed his mum. The little lad opened his mouth, but his mother guessed what he wanted and whispered 'Go upstairs, love. You know where it is'.

Caption For Blackpool, Seafront 1901

He had a broad accent, which embarrassed his mum. The little lad opened his mouth, but his mother guessed what he wanted and whispered 'Go upstairs, love. You know where it is'.

Caption For Acle, The Bridge C1929

One of the most frequently-painted sites on the Broads was the old Acle Bridge with its three arches, which we see here. The bridge has frequently been rebuilt - repairs were first recorded in 1101.

Caption For Porthleven, Harbour 1935

The Commercial Hotel provides an interesting backdrop to part of this port's fishing fleet, lying easily at their moorings.

Caption For Banbury, Oxford Canal 1921

When the Oxford Canal finally reached Oxford in 1790, the city bells were rung to celebrate the arrival of the first barges loaded with coal from Coventry.

Caption For Hoveton, The Village 1921

At Hoveton there is a full mile of shimmering open water which is thronged with pleasure craft in the summer months. The capital of the Broads is Wroxham which is just across the bridge.

Caption For Polperro, Harbour 1901

The great gale of 1891 destroyed the bulk of the Polperro fishing fleet, and resulted in the harbour walls being extended to create a narrow entrance that could be closed off with timber baulks should

Caption For Troutbeck, Kirkstone Pass C1870

His carriage has stopped near the summit of one of the most famous of the Lake District passes. It connects Troutbeck with Patterdale.

Caption For London, Old Waterloo Bridge 1902

This panorama of the river through broad lawns and lofty trees reveals the bridge’s graceful character.

Caption For Looe, The Harbour 1935

Although this photograph is later than many of the photographs in this Frith selection, it portrays a scene that could just as easily be sixty years before, apart from the dress styles of

Caption For Kettering, The Bridge, Wicksteed Park C1955

South-east of the town, along the valley of the River Ise and west of Barton Seagrave village, is The Wicksteed Park with the river dammed to form a large lake as the centrepiece.

Caption For Boston, The River C1955

This view is looking towards the town centre, and the boat ('BN3', a Boston-registered boat) is heading out to the Wash and the North Sea.

Caption For Dover, Beach 1908

During the summer months there is a good service of steamboats between this interesting watering-place and London. Shakespeare's Cliff commands a broad view of the shores of France.

Caption For Langton Green, Village Green C1950

This leafy suburb of Tunbridge Wells boasts a broad and spacious green, fringed by cottages and trees.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Promenade 1925

The spacious Promenade created around 1912 is here shown to advantage.

Caption For Banbury, Oxford Canal 1921

When the Oxford Canal finally reached Oxford in 1790, the city bells were rung to celebrate the arrival of the first barges loaded with coal from Coventry.

Caption For Kidderminster, The Church And Canal 1931

It was a vital part of the Grand Cross network that linked the rivers Trent, Servern, Thames and Mersey. The church of St Mary and All Saints looks delightful; it is built from local red sandstone.

Caption For Broad Hinton, The White Horse C1955

This hill figure cut in the chalk lies on the face of Hackpen Hill, to the right of the road from Wootton Bassett to Marlborough, where it zigzags to climb the hill.

Caption For Bodiam, The Castle 1890

Bodiam is dominated by one of the most picturesque castles in England, set within a broad moat filled with golden carp.

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. It must have appeared very modern when it opened in September 1932.