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Wonderful Memories Growing Up In Bassaleg

I lived in Bassaleg from the age of 3, (1955), when Church Crescent and surrounding area was being developed. I lived in Church Crescent with my family until I left for Manchester in 1976. I went to the ...Read more

A memory of Bassaleg in 1966 by Linda Sullivan

Park Follies

Although I lived in London I spent much of the summer holidays with my Auntie Mabel and Uncle Bill in Greenhill Avenue, Rochdale. I was 12 then and spent a lot of the time on Lenny Barn with the local children. The rest of the time I ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale in 1949 by Roger Windsor

Flimby

I cannot remember a time where Flimby did not feature in my life. My father was born on Ryehill Road, and my grandfather was born and bred in Flimby. It once was a pit village and my grandfather John Watters was an engineer, his father was ...Read more

A memory of Flimby by Sharon Swallow

Tithby Or Tythby

I used to live in the village of TYTHBY, spelled with a Y and not an I. I did not even know that there was another village close by with a similar name. But I have checked on the computer and there it is, not too far away in the ...Read more

A memory of Tithby in 1944 by Brian Williamson

My Early Years

my memories relate from the very early forties till the early eighties. I was born in Andover in 1937.My mother was a Lambourne and was born in Thruxton in 1903 at Rose cottage which is just to the left of the "George" looking ...Read more

A memory of Thruxton in 1940 by Ronald Hodgson

Dunwich Monastery Gateway

My earliest memory of Greyfriars in Dunwich was probably driving down the hill in my grandfather's old car in 1960 as he brought me to my new home at The Barne Arms Hotel. I had been at boarding school at Dollar in ...Read more

A memory of Dunwich in 1965 by James Ritchie

The Howard Family Of Barnes And Hammersmith

My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my ...Read more

A memory of Barnes in 1870 by John Howard Norfolk

Cookridge Once Fields And Farms

I moved from Holbeck in 1948 into one of the first estates to be built in North West Leeds, Ireland Wood (Raynels). In 1950 I went to Cookridge School, then a wooden hut right slap bang opposite where Cookridge ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge in 1950 by Paul Leavett

Growing Up In Abridge Roger Walker

We moved to Abridge in 1948, I was 8 years old, with mum and dad Pat and Stan Walker.  We lived at no 41 Pancroft Estate later re numbered 45.  My early memories of the little villiage was of Brighty's shop and ...Read more

A memory of Abridge in 1948 by Roger Walker

My Mum's Hairdressing Salon

Right on the end of this barn, hidden from view was a small irregular building with it's own door. It had been a small butchers shop some time before my Mum and Dad bought it as a hairdressing salon for my mum ...Read more

A memory of Bolton-by-Bowland in 1977 by Gail Armstrong

Captions

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Caption For Polgooth, Village C1955

Polgooth grew up in the 19th century as a mining village to the south west of St Austell.

Caption For Hartley, The Village C1950

Hartley sits on high ground, six miles from Dartford, and enjoys expansive prospects all around.

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Green C1965

This tapering green with the church at the top is very similar to the green at Long Melford, although it is smaller.

Caption For Andover, St Mary's Church C1965

Architect Augustus F Livesay's design is a fine example of Early Victorian Gothic.

Caption For Falmer, The Village C1955

We are on the Downs between Brighton and Lewes.

Caption For Stamford, St Mary's Street 1922

As we move further west, we see a part of St Mary's Street with an interesting mix of buildings with alleys leading down to the river front and The Meadows.

Caption For Bolton Le Sands, Catholic Church 1898

Catholics started meeting in a barn in 1868, and this church was consecrated in 1884.

Caption For Burwell, High Street C1960

There is no hint of a dark secret in this view.

Caption For Gisburn, The Ribblesdale Arms C1950

The busy A59 road now divides Gisburn, but it still has its cobbled forecourts and white cottages in the main street.

Caption For Over Kellet, 1923

On the village green, the memorial is mounted on to the pedestal of an old cross.

Caption For Falmer, The Village C1955

We are on the Downs between Brighton and Lewes.

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Green C1965

This tapering green with the church at the top is very similar to the green at Long Melford, although it is smaller.

Caption For Eastcote, The Case Is Altered C1965

In 1891 a fire caused considerable damage to the fabric of the building, and the impression from the photograph is of a complete rebuilding soon after that date.

Caption For Penmark, The Village 1937

The Six Bells on the right is the last remaining public house in the village.

Caption For Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922

This passageway, which now runs from St Mary's Street down into the car park beside the meadows, formed one of a tight network of passages and closes which provided cramped tenement accommodation in this

Caption For Stafford, County Buildings, Martin Street 2005

On the other hand, in a town where immigration has been below the national average, multi-culturalism has made comparatively little impact.

Caption For Great Eccleston, Cartford Lane C1965

In the 1950s a new and busy road separated the two villages of Little and Great Eccleston.

Caption For Great Linford, Black Horse Bridge C1965

However, perhaps they eavesdropped on an animated discussion between a group of men who were studying a large plan.

Caption For Luton, The Brewery Tap 2005

Religion had its own methods for cheering up the poor, but William Booth's Salvation Army was an innovation, aiming to reach out to them by entering the dens of iniquity and trying to change lives

Caption For Walsall, The New Art Gallery 2005

However, the medieval spire of St Matthew's has watched over Walsall's many incarnations over the centuries, and now the town is taking on yet another guise.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Pier Avenue 1921

Frederick Barnes of Ipswich was appointed architect and it was hoped to open the new hotel, to be called the Royal Hotel, in time for the 1872 season.