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Torrisholme In The 1960s And 1970s

My name is Susan Railton (nee Price) and I grew up in Torrisholme in the 1960s and 1970s. It was always a place where everyone knew and cared about each other. I lived on Hyde Road and could see The Square ...Read more

A memory of Torrisholme in 1968 by Susan Railton

Childhood Memories

I have very happy memories of a childhood spent in Mynydd Isa. I was only there for 4 years ('72 - '76) but I crammed a lot of adventures into that time! My friend Audra and I used to go cycling down Rose Lane and look a the ...Read more

A memory of Mynydd Isa in 1973 by Jayne Storer

Main Street, Cippenham

This Main Street is the A4 Bath Road approaching Everret's Corner from Taplow direction toward Slough.  Slough was the (Road) Safety Town.

A memory of Cippenham in 1965 by Patrick Butterly

Sutton Forest Side

I recall living at 163 Mansfield Road in 1947, when we had real winter, close to Kitty Hibberts shop, this is now a Chinese takeaway. Across the road was cobbler Betts Hut at the top of Barnes Street, on the opposite ...Read more

A memory of Sutton In Ashfield in 1947 by Lewis Bowler

Aboretum

I was born just around the corner from this photo, in Ward Stree, it's now a car park. This junction is going through yet another re vamp. As a teenager I would visit the Aboretum with friends and race the boats across the pond and get ...Read more

A memory of Walsall in 1966 by Roger Murphy

Everret's Corner (2)

This is Everret's Corner approached from the West. The road is the A4 and it is a good distance North of the real Cippenham Village. The main bus-stop for buses coming from Slough was right diagonally opposite the ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1965 by Patrick Butterly

The Red Lion And The Square

My parents ran the Red Lion between 1953-83. I was brought up here and went to Blendworth School, Mrs Byrne was the headmistress. The pub was situated on a tight bend on the old A3 and was regularly hit by vehicles ...Read more

A memory of Horndean in 1960 by Jon Blandford

A Very New Broadway

In 1962 my parents and I (12 years old) moved from Bristol to open Victoria Wine (later to become the Wine Market before reverting back to Victoria Wine). There were still several empty units awaiting occupation. I can recall ...Read more

A memory of Plymstock in 1962 by cpden

Working In Dartmouth Road

I worked at the gas board showroom on Dartmouth Road. It was next door to the bank on the corner of London Road. As well as selling gas appliances and receiving payment on gas bills we used to sell bags of "shillingsis!" ...Read more

A memory of Purley by Raymond Day

Number 2 Montague  Terrace

Barbara Brian.  I loved reading your memories of Montague Terrace and I thank you for them. Were you the young Miss Andrews that rode that posh bicycle and lived behind the shop and did your dad at times teach tap ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke in 1930 by Frederick Cannock

Captions

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Caption For York, The Minster From The City Walls 1921

A lone tram trundles around the corner, and a few cars can be seen.

Caption For Betchworth, Village 1906

To this day it retains many quiet corners. However, the ruins of a 14th-century castle in Betchworth Park are seen even less; unfortunately there is no public access to them.

Caption For Uppingham, High Street C1950

Hudson's Cycles are on the corner, next door to a butcher's. Opposite is the fine limestone building known as Old Constables.

Caption For Calne, St Mary's Church C1955

This shows the war memorial on the corner of Kingsbury Street which leads to The Green.

Caption For Nuneaton, Bond Gate C1945

The buses now leave from an ugly new station round the corner, with a footbridge providing pedestrian access from Bond Gate.

Caption For Portland, The Harbour From Island C1955

We are looking northwards from below Priory Corner, across urban Portland from Killicks Hill and the school at Clovens Road above Chesil Cove (bottom left), to Chiswell, Fortuneswell (centre) and Castletown

Caption For Wilmslow, Grove Street 1897

The shop on the corner, W Hughes, advertises 'Foreign and English Toys and Fancy Goods', while a newspaper in front announces 'Assassination - Spanish Premier'.

Caption For Burton Upon Stather, High Street C1955

The corner shop has gone, and Darley's Ales are not available - the hostelry is now part of the Pubmaster chain.

Caption For Piddlehinton, The Village C1955

Cross Farm is on the opposite corner (left), and the school is straight ahead.

Caption For Merthyr Tydfil, High Street C1965

Samuel`s Corner had a certain reputation in Merthyr Tydfil. The Arcade Café (right) was run by Italians and specialised in home cooked pasta.

Caption For Wrea Green, The Village C1965

In the opposite corner is the village school founded by the gift of £180 from a tailor, James Thistleton.

Caption For Tottenham, Making The Road In Lordship Lane C1903

The open area to the left is the site of the yet to be built Peabody Housing Estate and in the right foreground is the corner of Mount Pleasant Road.

Caption For Oxted, High Street 1928

The parade of shops opposite feature Goodwin's stationery and printing shop on the corner, with Job's ironmongery displaying a copious quantity of its wares almost to the edge of the pavement.

Caption For Caterham, The Square 1902

On the left, at the top of Godstone Road, were J Kilby's livery stables, while on the opposite corner George's Uridge's grocery store and Lovegrove's clothing and outfitters are housed in grandiose buildings

Caption For Salisbury, Poultry Cross And Silver Street 1906

In the background a horse-drawn cart delivers ales and beers, and K Boots and Shoes are sold at the corner shop in the background.

Caption For Aberdeen, Union Terrace And Gardens C1915

This photograph shows the statue of King Edward VII, the eldest son of Queen Victoria, at the corner of Union Street and Union Terrace.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Hodder Bridge 1921

The photograph shows the scene as it could have been 100 years earlier, except for the gas pipe crossing the river in the bottom left-hand corner.

Caption For Manchester, Market Street And Piccadilly Junction C1965

This is the corner of Piccadilly, where it meets the top of Market Street. On the left is one of Lewis's entrances. Pauldens, in the centre, moved here after a fire destroyed their store in 1957.

Caption For Northampton, Mercers Row C1955

The splendid Westminster Bank building on the corner of Mercers Row, distinguished by its striking dome, is now a branch of Nationwide; the tall, narrow building to the right of it is a jeweller and diamond

Caption For Netley Abbey, The Hospital 1908

The sick, dying and injured were brought here from the war-torn corners of the British Empire; the 570-ft-long pier enabled casualties to be carried ashore from troop ships.

Caption For Cadnam, The Sir Walter Tyrrell C1960

This well-known inn is situated in a peaceful corner of the New Forest, close to Cadnam.

Caption For Whetstone, High Road C1955

The photograph shows an area to the south of the original village as it drops down towards Tally Ho Corner, but just a little to the north, among the modern shops, are 18th-century houses and a fine 16th-century

Caption For Bridgend, Caroline Street 1901

She paid for a water pipeline to be laid from a spring near Sarn to a water tap on the corner of Derwen Road and Court Road.

Caption For Sidmouth, The Bathing Beach 1925

It was to this western corner of Sidmouth that the Duke of Kent brought his baby daughter Alexandrina Victoria in 1819.