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Old Southall Remembered

I lived in old Southall (Norwood Road - Norwood Green end) during the 1960s to the 1990s and have seen great changes. I went to school at Clifton Road, and the school had a great Headmaster, Mr Hancock, for a while. One ...Read more

A memory of Southall

Happy Days

Oh the memories stored away!! Charlie's opposite Cove Green, going there for sweeties on a Sunday, Cove Green (not as good as Tower Hill swings though!), Mundays closing at 1pm on Sundays, Thorntons with its yellow facade, and wool etc, I ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1965 by Ann Mozdzer

Carrog Memory, As A Ww2 Evacuee.

I first visited Carrog in 1939 as an evacuee, at the start of World War 2. I was accompanied by my two sisters, having travelled by train from Birkenhead on the Wirral. All the evacuees were escorted to the Church ...Read more

A memory of Carrog in 1940 by Edward James

The Bathing Hole

The stream in front of the war memorial ran down to the Browney river a few hundred yards below the Dean, where half of the Witton school kids learned to swim in deep pools created by dams made by Harry Bell and Davy ...Read more

A memory of Witton Gilbert in 1954 by David Leckenby

The River

The River Avon dominated most of the kids' lives in the village! I remember swimming 'down the mill' and at Gunville where my Great Grandmother (Sarah Marks) lived. We used to scrounge used inner tyre tubes from Mr Stansfield (who ...Read more

A memory of Figheldean in 1957 by Denise Hope Nee Morgan

Earith Was In Huntingdonshire And Still Is

I was born in St Ives in 1939 but lived in Earith at what is now number 43. Next door was my Grandad's grocer's shop - Bert Russell. I moved to Peterborough in 1958 where I still live in Werrington ...Read more

A memory of Earith in 1940 by Lawrence Wright

Rodwells

I was landlord of The New Inn public house in Bridge Street and dealt wih Rodwells over the years The lorry is delieveing to the A.B.C. Off licence shop. both Rodwells and A.B.C. have ceased to exist. Mike Hall

A memory of Buckingham in 1965 by Michael Hall

Growing Up In Greenford 1957 1970s

Wow! Thanks for those memories. A million miles away in rural East Anglia, remembering growing up in Greenford. Stanhope Infants and Juniors, Mr Bishop, Mrs Avery, anybody went there remember them? ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Gill Hewlett

Happy Days

I was born in 1953 and lived in Nelson until 1978 when I moved to Scotland with my husband. I've lived in Hampshire for 26 years now. I used to live in High St and from the early 60s in Ashgrove Tce, by the bus station. The ...Read more

A memory of Nelson by Denise Blakemore

Harry Street

My gran lived on Harry Street in the 1960's and early 70's. I remember playing near the Trafford swing bridge and the excitement when it was opened.  Old terraced houses slums by then. Corner shops and the horrible smell from the canal. ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Debra Edwards

Captions

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Caption For Peterborough, The Town Hall C1955

The only real change to this scene is that now there are no cars - the whole of Bridge Street up to Cathedral Square has been closed to traffic and paved over.

Caption For Clitheroe, Brungerley Bridge 1894

Here we see a photograph of children enjoying a day at Bungerley Bridge, north of Clitheroe.

Caption For London, Westminster Bridge, Queen Victoria Jubilee Day 1897

This remarkable and historic view from high on the Houses of Parliament shows Queen Victoria's open landau leading the procession across Westminster Bridge. All

Caption For Waddington, Coronation Bridge C1955

The village of Waddington has won the 'Best Kept Village in Lancashire' title on many occasions.When Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1953, the village erected a Coronation Bridge and laid

Caption For Whitby, East Cliff 1901

The square building to the left of the bridge is the old Market Hall which later became Town Tailors and then Burberrys, both providing welcome employment locally.

Caption For Loftus, High Street C1960

This was remodelled by Sir Robert Dundas of Loftus Hall, who took a keen personal interest in restoring and developing Loftus.

Caption For Ferrybridge, The Bridge C1955

It is hard to believe that the arched bridge, built in 1797 by John Carr of York, used to carry all the main Great North road traffic.

Caption For Great Haywood, The Canal C1955

This delightful old stone pack-horse bridge has stood here since the 16th century. It is named after the Earls of Essex, who lived at Chartley Hall.

Caption For Burnley, Town Hall 1895

Standing beside a bridge across the River Brun, from which the town takes its name, is Burnley Town Hall.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Hart Street 1893

The photographer walked away from the river bridge up Hart Street towards the Town Hall in Market Place and turned back by the Bell Street junction to take this view towards the church with its dominating

Caption For Staines, View From The Bridge 1907

As we pass beneath the bridge, still on the Egham bank, the 18th-century Swan Hotel on the right now also occupies the boathouse and garage in front of it, behind the ladies with their parasols.

Caption For Great Haywood, Essex Bridge C1955

This delightful old stone pack-horse bridge has stood here since the 16th century. It is named after the Earls of Essex, who lived at Chartley Hall.

Caption For Worksop, Bridge Street 1967

Now further down Bridge Street, Frith's photographer was looking south uphill past the Newcastle Street crossroads.

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Caption For Hitcham, C1960

This shows Old Hall (the former medieval Guildhall), the church, Church Lane, Friday Cottage (far right), Fen Lane with its finger post, and the bridge over the river Brett.

Caption For Crickhowell, Beaufort Street C1955

Crickhowell is most famous for its grand 17th-century bridge over the Usk, and the nearby 1481ft Table Mountain.

Caption For Bedford, The Bridge 1921

To the left, behind the bridge are the chimneys of Alfred Waterhouse's fiery red brick and terra cotta former Shire Hall, dated 1881, with its main front to St Paul's Square.

Caption For Newbury, View From Victoria Park Bridge C1950

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

Caption For Boroughbridge, High Street 1907

Boroughbridge dates back to Norman times, when a bridge was constructed over the River Ure.

Caption For Stamford, From Meadows 1922

Just above the left-hand end of the bridge in S177036 (page 70) and here in 72297 we can see buildings which in the 1920s housed Cooper & Hall, the engineers.

Caption For Oughtibridge, The Bridge And Cock Inn C1960

The River Don flows under Station Lane bridge on the Duke of Norfolk's land. Cottages in the village date from 1845; just to the right was the old Forge Mill.

Caption For Lamberhurst, The Chequers C1955

On the right, note the people waiting for a bus next to the Village Hall, built in 1921.

Caption For Wakefield, The Chantry C1953

This 14th-century chapel was built on the bridge as a memorial to Richard, Duke of York, who was killed at Wakefield.

Caption For Lamberhurst, The Village C1955

On the right, note the people waiting for a bus next to the Village Hall, built in 1921.

Caption For Market Rasen, Queen Street C1960

This view looks eastwards towards the railway bridge that carries the line from Grimsby to Lincoln. Again, the buildings have hardly changed, but the occupants have.