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Bombing Raids In 1940

Bristol's premier shopping centre was turned into a wasteland of burned out buildings after major bombing raids in 1940, during the Second World War. Bridge Street Summary Bridge Street ran from High Street, rising up a ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

St John's Gate Broad Street

St John's Gate in Broad Street in Bristol is the only surviving medieval city gateway, at one one time there were seven gates into the old city. Fortified gateways pierced the town wall at intervals. St John's Gateway, ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Chelmsford, Tindal Street, 1919

This shows the view looking up Tindal Street from the London Road end. In the centre of the photo you can see a sign sticking out. This you can just make out is the Spotted Dog public house which was there until ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

Shandon Rhu School

I came across this by chance - I was at school with you, Fraser. I remember coming to an amazing birthday party at your house where your mum had put on an incredible spread, including a plate of Kit Kats which seemed like such a ...Read more

A memory of Shandon by Jayne Burnett

Great Uncle John Street

I can remember visiting Warnham when I was very young, with my parents and brother Ron. We stayed with great uncle John, who was blind. I believe his wife's name was May, but  I am not  sure. My brother kicked a ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School by Evelyn Mould

My Childhood

Hi, I was born and raised in Crewe until I was 18 when I joined the WRAF. My school was Brierely St. Secondary Modern School and my maiden name was Chesworth. I have many fond memories of my time there and would love to hear from anyone ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by Lynne Wald

Happy Times

I WAS BROUGHT UP IN BROAD HINTON AND LIVED AT 14 THE CROFT ITS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. I HAVE SO MANY HAPPY MEMORIES FROM WHEN I WAS YOUNG PLAYING ON THE TOP BANK.

A memory of Broad Hinton by Dominic Rogers

Pavenham 1945 1970

This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that ...Read more

A memory of Pavenham by Stephen Wessel

Hatch End 50/60/70s Memories

As I’ve only just stumbled on this web page so offer excuses if it’s past its sell by date. I lived in Sylvia Ave Hatch End from 1951 (as a babe in arms) until I married and moved away in 1976. My recollections may now ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End by Martin Harris

Visiting Salford Circa 1955 60

My Grandparents Henry and Alice Dorning lived on Brighton Street which on trying to trace the existence of has proved to be a struggle. I remember visiting them with my parents at the age of 5-9 years of and at the time ...Read more

A memory of Salford

Captions

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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 Maidstone, Allington Lock 1898

The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.

Caption For Ormesby, Broads, Near Tea Rooms C1935

Unlike most broads, Ormesby is accessible by road rather than river, and preserves a quietness not usually found during holiday periods.

Caption For Birkenhead, Arrowe Park C1960

The site was a mile long by half a mile broad, and the scouts of all nationalities camped together.

Caption For Birkenhead, Arrowe Park C1960

The site was a mile long by half a mile broad, and the scouts of all nationalities camped together.

Caption For Horning, On The Broad 1934

This typical Broad scene shows sailing and fishing going on, with a wind-pump in the background.

Caption For The Broads, The 'silver Swallow' C1945

This beautifully-designed broads cruiser is typical of those provided by the holiday companies, who have already expanded into huge businesses.

Caption For Coltishall, On The Banks Of The Bure 1902

The thatcher's craft is one of the staple industries of broads villages.

Caption For Newbury, View From Victoria Park Bridge C1950

Much of the greenery has gone and the scene on the right is dominated by Camp Hopson's furniture store as well as several other modern buildings.

Caption For Ottery St Mary, Broad Street 1938

Broad Street hints at Ottery's original Saxon street layout.

Caption For Reading, Oxford Street 1913

As we return to Broad Street we see the huge building on the right, the former McIlroys, opened in 1903 and known locally as Reading's Crystal Palace for its huge shop windows.

Caption For Ormesby, Broads, Near Tea Rooms C1935

The Eels Foot Inn now dispenses refreshments to visitors after their row on the broad.

Caption For Maidstone, Allington Lock 1898

The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.

Caption For Kettering, Montague Street C1955

At the Stamford Road end of the street, the newly-built showroom of Tutty's sold kitchen units and appliances.

Caption For Machynlleth, Penrallt Street 1899

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.

Caption For Worcester, Broad Street C1950

As you can see from this picture, Broad Street is anything but.

Caption For Horstead, The Mill 1902

Coltishall is the gateway to the Broads, set on a low hill above the winding Bure.

Caption For Chesham, Stanley Avenue 1906

Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.

Caption For Long Sutton, Market Place C1950

Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.

Caption For Acle, Oby Drainage Windmill C1929

Though the Broads are wild and empty places of sweeping skies and wind-blown marshes, the traveller by boat is never far from history.

Caption For Long Sutton, Market Place C1950

Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.

Caption For Barton Turf, The River 1902

On the River Bure, Coltishall is a picturesque place and an important centre for building the famous Norfolk wherry.

Caption For Wroxham, The Broads 1902

This broad is almost a mile long, and at this part of it the dinghy passengers and the cattle are enjoying a quiet moment.

Caption For Cannock, The Square 1960

Trees shade the broad square.