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Council Workers

Does anybody remember Tam Ritchie and his band of merry men ? They were the council workers based at Dunivard Place always good for a laugh ! Tam lived in an old caravan which I think Marco Galli has rotting away in his yard at ...Read more

A memory of Garelochhead by Ian Gowans

Memories Of West Hendon

I was born in 1946. I lived in Stuart Avenue opposite the large floral clock of Edmunds Walker co. The clock was adorned with flowers all through the year. There was a field at the end of our road adjacent to the Edgeware ...Read more

A memory of West Hendon by Derek Holder

Growing Up

I was brought up in Doggie from the age of 3and1/2 and lived in 12 Oak Terrace with my Aunt and Uncle. I left at age 17 years and have many memories of growing up. Do you remember the hills and holes? we used to roll our hard boiled ...Read more

A memory of West Cornforth by Maureen Anthony

W H Smith In Hatch End!

This view shows a branch of Smiths on the corner of Uxbridge Road and Grimsdyke Road on the left of the picture. It was a haven for schoolchildren buying ink for fountain pens and stamp album leaves! I loved to buy bottles ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1960 by John Howard Norfolk

Visits To Aunty May's

I loved to visit my Aunty May’s house in Rhonnda Terrace, Ferndale. She was my grandfather’s sister, a lovely jolly person always happy, and she loved us kids coming to visit. We had to do a good bit of traveling to get there, ...Read more

A memory of Ferndale in 1958 by Jackie Haynes

The Hope Inn

I think it was 1949/50, I remember living along the canal side, Trafalgar Row it was called, over the other side from the Hope Inn.  Somehow I think it was further up than Somerfield almost opposite the Empire.  Most of my family used ...Read more

A memory of Wisbech in 1949 by Sandra Ireland

Doon The Brae In 1950

When my family moved here I was only 7 and there was only a cottage on the left at bottom of Brae and a row of four terraced houses on the left, they were holiday homes for my grandmother and her sisters. We lived there with ...Read more

A memory of Mid Calder by Doreen Knox

Residents Of Church Lane Upper Walmer For 40 Years

A row of terrace houses leads up to the old parish church of Walmer. The church where the Duke of Wellington worshipped whilst staying at Walmer Castle as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Some of the ...Read more

A memory of Walmer by Gemma Gemma

Brighton Teacher Training College.

The house on the far right of the terrace was no 9 which together with no 8 formed the premises of Brighton Teacher Training College, which I attended in 1956-58. The road on the left hand side of the picture (just visible) is Paston Place. This eastern area of Brighton is known as Kemp Town.

A memory of Brighton by Frances Curwood (Nee Wood)

The Old Outdoor Swimming Pool

During the summer holidays we would visit the outdoor swimming pool in Bath Road. The first indication when near to the entrance was the strong smell of chlorine and the sound of the two water fountains. No matter what ...Read more

A memory of Luton by ducatee

Captions

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Caption For Fenstanton, Chequer Street C1955

The Rover 90 is parked outside a row of late 19th-century terraced cottages. These have been replaced by a row of similar, but modern, terraced houses.

Caption For West Bay, The Harbour C1955

Timber from Scandinavia, with a builder's merchant's lorry and cranes, stand on the Quay beside 1864-built Pier Terrace (right).

Caption For St Neots, River Terrace C1955

During the floods of 1947, the River Ouse rose over the gardens of the twelve houses in River Terrace and drenched the ground floors.

Caption For Ramsgate, Granville Hotel, Victoria Parade 1901

This was originally a terrace of very large houses built by Edward Welby Pugin. They failed to sell, and the terrace was converted to a hotel in 1869. In 1873, Pugin was bankrupted.

Caption For Wisbech, St Peter's Church Walk C1950

Looking past the south porch towards Church Terrace.

Caption For Shaw, Chamber Road C1950

Slightly superior to many factory houses, with their small gardens, the terrace on the right has a dated stone on the second house: `Built in the year of AD 1897 Victoria`s Reign`.

Caption For Cowes, From The Pier 1908

At one time, elegant Victorian terraced houses, which were built between l835 and l857, graced the Parade. Apart from the last two terraced houses, these were demolished in the 1930s.

Caption For Glasgow, The Grand Hotel, Charing Cross 1897

Glasgow began its westward expansion in the late 1830s, when fine terraces were laid out along Sauchiehall Street to Charing Cross and beyond.

Caption For Arundel, Ford Road 1908

These artisan terraces still line the Ford Road, their view terminated by the Roman Catholic cathedral of St Philip Neri, giving the town on its ridge a distinctly French character in distant views

Caption For Bucklers Hard, C1960

The fifth cottage down from the start of the terrace, No 84, is a chapel, and No 74 is now the village shop. The last house in the terrace was the master shipbuilder's house, now a pub.

Caption For Hartlepool, South Crescent 1896

Situated to the south east of St Hildas's Church, South Crescent and Albion Terrace were built in the early Victorian period.

Caption For South Wigston, Countesthorpe Road C1960

These red brick terraces were built to house the employees of hosiery and shoe manufacturers at the turn of the century.

Caption For St Donats, The Tudor Gardens 1910

The south front of St Donat's overlooks the Bristol Channel, and a series of terraced gardens lead down to the shore.

Caption For Bridport, West Allington 1897

By the time of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, when this picture was taken, fashionable Allington Park had been established cheek by jowl with artisan terraces.

Caption For Congleton, Havannah, The Deserted Village 1898

Two streets of terraced cottages were constructed, although many workers must have walked there daily from Congleton.

Caption For St Ives, Chy An Albany Hotel 1922

The Hotel is situated in Albany Terrace overlooking St Ives Bay. The hotel has a long pedigree, and has been much extended since this photograph was taken.

Caption For St Ives, Bellair Terrace 1927

This fine terrace of houses is another indication of improved housing design and of the spread of St Ives onto the higher ground overlooking St Ives Bay.

Caption For Hove, The Lawns 1921

Courtenay Terrace is the only group of houses which had gardens backing onto the beach.

Caption For Devizes, Castle Terrace 1898

It is fun to imagine who might have been sitting on the terrace on those rustic iron garden chairs before the Frith photographer arrived.

Caption For Polzeath, The Terrace 1911

This fine Edwardian terrace, with its breathtaking views, would not long have been completed when this photograph was taken. It stands at the top of the low cliffs visible in photograph No 86689.

Caption For Matlock Bath, Promenade 1890

Another view of Derwent Terrace and the Promenade. This shows the Jubilee Bridge crossing the Derwent - the bridge was erected to mark the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign.

Caption For Guisborough, The Priory C1885

The clump of trees to the right of the picture are the Monks' Walk, and above the paling fence is the wall of the Long Terrace.

Caption For Wigston, Leicester Road C1965

Before traffic calming started, the central shopping area of this large suburb had already seen some changes: note the 1960s building encroaching and replacing the Victorian terraces - some of them have

Caption For Abertillery, Penybont And Cwmtillery 1955

Note the extensive terraced housing typical of communities like this, which developed in the 19th century as industrial towns.