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Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I

Every now and then I reminisce and take a trip down memory lane, of my childhood days growing up in Newarthill on Burnside Rd. I remember Tosh McGarry and I going to Father Gillan's jumble sale and buying an old fox ...Read more

A memory of Newarthill by Peter Laird

Good Times

I lived at 14 oak street Chapel of Ease. I can remember the two estates being built and the bridge in the photo is also the way I went to school at the west end primary school. The red phone box is still there I believe, in the photo the ...Read more

A memory of Abercarn by John Weeks

Big Strong Men Of Coal And Dust

As with many of the neighbors in our road we owned two coal fires, one in each downstairs room, with chimneys to match. Keeping the fires lit during cold winters required loose coal, supplied in huge bags, to be ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Bernard Schofield

Harold Hill Memories

Hi people, Just wanted to share a few memories of living in Harold Hill. My family moved from Bow to Hilldene Ave in 1962, I was 7 so I went to Bosworth junior school which was only across the road from where I lived. I ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Vanessa Jefferson

The Fair

Christmas and birthdays were an under-whelming time of year in our household. However, Eastertime, coincided with the arrival of Stanley Thurston's fair (and a big dollop of rain). l lived opposite Manor Rd Park (or reck) from 1956-64, and ...Read more

A memory of Luton

King Edward V11 Grammar School

How sad to see the old school now razed to the ground. I was a pupil there from 1962 to 1964 when we moved away from the area. I travelled in by bus and we disembarked in front of what was then the Sarson School. ...Read more

A memory of Melton Mowbray by Jacqueline Hatton

Life At The Schoolhouse 1951 To 1958

My mother, Betty Cronin, was the head teacher at Dunsfold School from around 1951 to 1958 and I lived in the schoolhouse with her and my sister Susan during this period. Both my sister and I went to school in ...Read more

A memory of Dunsfold by Patrick Cronin

Lasgarn View

I was fascinated when I saw the new development of Garndiffaith photo. This photo is of Lasgarn View, Varteg, which is just above the Garn. I was born in Primrose Cottage in 1951 with my brother as we were twins. My name was ...Read more

A memory of Garndiffaith by mum1804

Happy Days

In 1959 I became a pupil at St Michaels School (The Old Vicarage Residential Home) where I stayed for 3 happy years, until I was told it closed after the head disappeared with the school funds. Whether or not this is true I don’t ...Read more

A memory of Stockland Bristol by Chris Sheridan

Shopping With Mum

The girl in the foreground could easily be me with one of my brothers in his pram. It was usual to be left outside the shop to look after one or all of my brothers - and of course very safe to do so - when my mum went inside to ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster

Captions

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Caption For Broughton, High Street 1966

The cars parked on the pavement gives a hint of the traffic problems caused by people heading to the Lakes or southwards.

Caption For Chippenham, The Weir C1960

Running across the middle of the picture is the weir, which maintained the head of water; it has now been removed during the re-management of the Avon.

Caption For Richmond, Kings Head Hotel 1913

Built as a town house for the lead mine-owner Charles Bathurst of Arkengarthdale c1720, its newly-fashionable hand-made bricks, three-storey height and eight bays must then have made it very prominent

Caption For Richmond, Kings Head Hotel 1913

Built as a town house for the lead mine-owner Charles Bathurst of Arkengarthdale c1720, its newly-fashionable hand-made bricks, three-storey height and eight bays must then have made it very prominent

Caption For Wells, High Street C1960

Beside Liptons, the Pearl Assurance sign hides that of the Kings Head.

Caption For Woking, Old Bank 1901

Buildings such as Woking's fine, if somewhat dull, Old Bank had no place in the exciting, post-war redeveloped Woking.

Caption For Kings Lynn, South Gates 1891

The plank serving as a gangway to the vessel from the bank had, until comparatively recent legislation, been the cause of many an accident as crew returned to their various ships after

Caption For Waldringfield, The River C1955

The stretch of river beyond the mud bank leads to Stanner Point, also in Sutton.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1955

Lloyds Bank had succeeded the Northamptonshire Banking Company, which had opened in 1876 in temporary offices in the Market Place.

Caption For Chester, Eastgate Street C1929

The classical building on the left dates from 1860 and was where the Westminster Bank had its Chester branch.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1955

Lloyds Bank had succeeded the Northamptonshire Banking Company, which had opened in 1876 in temporary offices in the Market Place.

Caption For Stourbridge, High Street C1965

The words 'Old Bank' inscribed over the entrance of the building in the centre refer to Waldron and Hill, the first bank to open on this site in 1780.

Caption For Newmarket, High Street 1922

Ahead, with a classical Georgian front, is the Rutland Arms of 1815.

Caption For Sudbury, Market Hill And St Peter's C1955

On the right are the Ideal Fish Restaurant, Lloyds Bank and Joy's fashions.

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 Wallasey, Capitol Roundabout C1960

The road directly ahead is now pedestrianised with attractive brick and stone flag walkways, benches, trees and ornate lanterns draped with flower baskets.

Caption For Belfast, High Street 1897

Below the cobbles still runs the Belfast River, which once had quays allowing ships to come off the Lagan.

Caption For Esher, High Street 1910

The imposing building (centre left) which juts out at the crossroads of Church Street and Claremont Lane ahead, is now occupied by the National Westminster Bank.

Caption For East Brent, The Church 1961

The Church 1961 Heading back towards Highbridge and the end of this seaside tour, we head for East Brent on the north-east side of Brent Knoll; this is an Upper Lias limestone outlier rising steeply

Caption For Sandhurst, Village 1906

On our way back to Camberley we arrive at the Dukes Head public house.

Caption For Bishop's Stortford, The Boars Head C1955

The earliest record of the Boar's Head is in 1630.

Caption For Newtown, Broad Street C1950

In the foreground stands the Bear Hotel, formerly The Bear's Head, built around 1868, with its mock-Tudor façade.

Caption For Formby, Post Office And Village C1955

However, redevelopment was about to rear its head.

Caption For Torpoint, Ferry C1955

The lorry at the head of the ferry queue is probably taking empties back to the Plymouth Brewery near Halfpenny Bridge in Stonehouse.