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Walks

Brockworth oh Brockworth, what a lovely village! I grew up there and my dad used to take my brother Melvyn and I for walks up the hill. Castle Hill and Coopers Hill. I remember walks from 1975 onwards, especially on the lower slopes of ...Read more

A memory of Brockworth in 1975 by Derek Oram

The Capitol Cinema

I used to look forward to the weekend so I could pay my 'tanner' and go to the Saturday morning pictures at the Capitol (now Marks & Spencer I believe). I was born and raised in Barking, Sutton Road (off Movers Lane). Went to ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1956 by Peter Hutt

Days Of My Childhood

As young children my nanna would frequently walk my sister and I up to the Arno to play in the rough ground behind the rose garden. That was way back in the 1950's. She would sit and spend quiet time in the gardens whilst we ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by Ian Tait

Part Of My Childhood

I spent many enjoyable school holidays in this town.  My Uncle had a store called Staggs the Drapery and clothing store.  Back then we used to spend many an hour wandering over to the Quay & the Priory.  We also used to ...Read more

A memory of Christchurch in 1953 by Raymond Garfield

Howards Close

I was born at 23 Howard Close in October 1963. It was a lovely place for children to grow up. A large green and a playground, little traffic, dogs and other residents. Everyone looked out for one another. I attended the ...Read more

A memory of Walton on the Hill in 1963 by Theresa Mitchell

Australians On The Cut 1975

Having left Australia on an open-ended working holiday to England in January, 1974 with my girlfriend, it was hard to imagine that within six weeks of arriving in London we'd be living on a leaky old narrow boat ...Read more

A memory of Leighton Buzzard in 1975 by Ross Barnard

My Grandad Jim

My name is Kerry & my favourite memory of Coalville when I was younger is my Grandad, his name was Jim Watts. He was a coal miner for quite a few years & he was also Mayor of Coalville. I remember going to the dog track ...Read more

A memory of Coalville by Kerry Tucker

Childhood Memories

This view brings back many childhood memories, I was born in the cottage on the right hand edge of the picture, in 1947, growing up on the farm there, and have lived within three miles of the area for the majority of my life.

A memory of Ticehurst in 1947 by Colin Boylett

My Memories Of Broadstone

My earliest memories of Broadstone stem from about 1937 when I was five years old. We lived in Southbourne at the time and frequently went to Broadstone at weekends to visit my "aunt Flo" and her family who lived at ...Read more

A memory of Broadstone by Keith Musselwhite

Round The Rec

Hi there I remember the day that this engine arrived in the rec. It was a source of great entertainment for us youngsters particulary, as originally everything was accessible. I remember climbing up on the footplate and seeing a ...Read more

A memory of Daventry in 1965 by Dave Cairns

Captions

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Caption For Haverigg, Lazy River And Bridge C1955

Four local men and their dogs discuss the forthcoming day's fishing by the Lazy River.

Caption For Downham, The Village 1921

Picturesque stone cottages line the main street through the village, which climbs from a bridge over Downham Beck to St Leonard's Church.

Caption For Crummock Water, 1893

This scene, looking from the head of Crummock Water towards Buttermere with Honister Crag, Fleetwith Pike, Haystacks and High Stile forming the mountainous background, has hardly changed in a century

Caption For Harden, Goit Stock Falls 1923

Gone these days are the bridge, the rustic seat and the picnic table, but the tranquillity of this beauty spot remains.

Caption For Ambleside, Bridge House 1912

Easily the most famous and most photographed building in Ambleside is Bridge House, a tiny one-up, one-down building constructed on a bridge over the Stock Beck.

Caption For Linton, The Fountaine Inn And Linton Hall C1955

Linton-in-Craven is thought to have got its name from the flax (lin) which used to be grown in the fields surrounding Linton Beck. This

Caption For Ingleton, The Village 1890

Ingleton is set amid the spectacular scenery of the River Greta and Clapham Beck.

Caption For Ambleside, Sweden Bridge 1912

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge further down the valley).

Caption For Buttermere, The Village 1889

Tucked between Crummock Water and Buttermere lake, the village is set in imposing Lakeland scenery.

Caption For Buttermere, 1889

The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.

Caption For Caldbeck, Sheep Shearing C1955

As the shearer on the right shears a Swaledale sheep, his mates on the left fold the fleeces in the time-honoured way, ready for selling.

Caption For Bishop Monkton, The Village Stream And Post Office C1960

The small stone bridges still cross the beck in front of the village Post Office in the pretty village of Bishop Monkton, south of Ripon in the valley of the River Nidd.

Caption For Buttermere, 1889

The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.

Caption For Ambleside, Sweden Bridge 1912

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge lower down the valley).

Caption For Ambleside, Sweden Bridge 1912

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge lower down the valley).

Caption For Caton, The Druids' Oak C1955

Beneath the ancient oak are the 'fish stones', steps of a market cross on which monks from nearby Gresgarth displayed their catches for sale.

Caption For Staithes, Cowbar Bank C1960

The narrow cobbled streets of Staithes wind down to the North Sea.

Caption For Dungeon Ghyll, Dungeon Ghyll Force 1888

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge lower down the valley).

Caption For Skinningrove, The Cliffs C1955

The isolated village of Skinningrove lies behind the camera – it is a community used to hardships and exposed to fierce winter weather.

Caption For Slaidburn, Old Bridge 1921

Overlooking the river is a village green which dwindles into a pleasant riverside walk along the Hodder.

Caption For Mardale, Castle Crag 1893

On the summit of Castle Crag, in the centre of the photograph, are the remains of an early British fort.

Caption For Keld, Swaledale From West Keld C1935

The circuitous narrow road which leads up from the Swaledale village of Keld is being negotiated by an early motorcar.

Caption For Honistor Crag, 1889

The great eastern face of Honister Crag dominates the Honister Pass between Borrowdale and Buttermere and Crummock Water, which can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Hutton Le Hole, The Village C1955

This scene in the centre of the pretty village of Hutton-le-Hole on the edge of the North York Moors is unchanged in the last 50 years.