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Looking Back To The Early Days

I was born in rented 'rooms' at Wordsworth Road in 1936 and came to move with my parents to five different addresses at Easington before I moved away from the area, when I married in 1963. But although my ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by Harold(Harry) Barnes

Hare Park Terrace

My uncle and aunt, Frank and Lilian Simpson (nee Wilson)used to live over looking the Spen Valley in a terraced house on a hill at the bottom of which was Rawfolds Mill. Is the photo H199022 this road and is the wall on left ...Read more

A memory of Rawfolds in 1920 by Eunice Wilson

Happy Days

I was just reading 'Formative years in Kirn'. Yes they were good. I used to fish off Kirn pier for cat fish for Mrs Drovandi's cat and in exchange she would give me an ice cube. I remember Reggie Brooks and the boats - We used to live in ...Read more

A memory of Kirn in 1950 by Elizabeth Lewis

Memories Of Sneinton

Betty and I were brought up in Davidson Street, Sneinton just before the Second World War. It was a small back-to-back terraced house with an outside toilet. One of my first recollections was being bathed in the small kitchen ...Read more

A memory of Sneinton in 1930 by Fred Pearson

My Holidays In Manmoel

My memories span many years. My grandparents lived in the small terrace cottages adjacent to the pub and next door but one to the Pennys. My grandmother, Eva Morgan looked after the chapel. My Uncle Bob used to live in the ...Read more

A memory of Manmoel by Gillian Edmunds

Napier Terrace

Please see the section on Napier Terrace, and Tony Stebbig please contact. Martin

A memory of Wisbech in 1930 by Martin Kirby

Coal Shortage

During the war we lived at 4 Sunnyside Terrace. At one point during 1942 Mr Chaffey, the coalman, could not deliver coal because his horse and cart could not get up the hill because of ice and snow. We were rapidly running out ...Read more

A memory of West Lulworth in 1942 by Albert Spavins

Aston Terrace

I was born in Aston Terrace in 1954 and remember running to the bridge to see the steam trains and also the big slag heap that my brothers used to slide down. I also remember the gas man that used to light the street gas lamps outside ...Read more

A memory of Aston in 1954

Growing Up In Gildersome

I was born in 1952 and lived in Gildersome until I was 19 years old. My name until then was Lorraine Thompson. I have many happy memories of living in the village. Until I was 4 years old I lived in a terrace called ...Read more

A memory of Gildersome in 1952 by Lorraine Smith

Machen Trethomas Bedwas 1960

Hello Diane, How are you?I was born and brought up in Machen, 1 Brynhyfryd Terrace. Moved to Trethomas after marriage, lived in Lower Glyn Gwyn (1954) .The Glue Pot you talk about was the Lewis's Hotel (pub), do you ...Read more

A memory of Machen by Vernon Byron Evans

Captions

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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.

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 Swavesey, High Street C1965

Coming off the old A604, now the A14, the High Street meanders through Swavesey village for over a mile passing chapels, farm houses, cottages and 19th-century terraces - very little has changed here for

Caption For Bude, Hartland Terrace 1890

Built on the opposite side of the beach to the harbour in the mid 19th century, Hartland Terrace still has some of its original buildings despite the encroachment of hotels.

Caption For Swansea, General View From Hill 1893

This panoramic view is very evocative of two major factors in the city's history: the rolling hills which surround it, and the rows of terraced worker's cottages, which testify to the city's once significant

Caption For Wisbech, Market Place C1955

Before the opening of the Churchill Road in the 1960s the main route from Wisbech to Outwell was through the Market Place onto Church Terrace, then along West Street or Norfolk Street before joining the

Caption For Fleckney, Kilby Road C1960

The cyclist passes the neat Victorian terraces and villas that today have all mains services. The road has been upgraded, and modern housing has appeared wherever space permits.

Caption For Matlock Bath, Derwent Terrace 1892

This view of Derwent Terrace from the river shows the boathouses and boats which were used by visitors to this pleasant spa town.

Caption For Sidmouth, York Terrace 1924

The town's first library was situated in one of the houses in York Terrace.

Caption For Dolphinholme, Corless Cottage C1950

This 19th-century terrace is typical of Lancashire villages in this region backed by long ridges of Pennine hills.

Caption For Worthing, East Parade 1919

Visitors, when looking westwards from the pier in 1899, would have seen terrace after terrace of lodging houses, interspersed with the occasional Victorian hotel, stretching to beyond the Heene Parish

Caption For Bakewell, The Gardens, Haddon C1955

The gardens of Haddon Hall are simple a delight, falling in a series of terraces from the house down to the river.

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Caption For Bude, 1906

Taken just a few years after photograph No 45876, this view shows Granville Terrace (left) and the Strand curving away beside the Neet beyond.

Caption For Exmouth, Beacon Terrace 1906

As Exmouth developed, residential streets such as the mostly Georgian Beacon Terrace were built on higher ground overlooking the sea.

Caption For Norwich, Castle Gardens 1891

The deep medieval moat with its 1825 bridge was turned into delightful gardens with terraces and benches. They remain virtually unchanged, but away to the left is now the Castle Mall shopping centre.

Caption For Mevagissey, The Harbour 1920

Numerous fishing boats are moored around the harbour, overlooked by a terrace of picturesque cottages.

Caption For Marske By The Sea, Slip Way And Sands 1938

The row of houses on the left-hand side are known as Cliff Terrace; they look across the sands and coastline towards Saltburn.

Caption For Burry Port, General View C1950

This general view shows typical houses of the time; the terrace in the foreground is followed by 1950s semis leading down to the waters of the inlet of Carmarthen Bay, with the Gower peninsular just visible

Caption For Guildford, York Road 1904

Here we look along the present A246 to the east of the town, showing the Victorian terraced housing. Note the trees planted right at the edge of the kerb.

Caption For Brighton, The Beach 1902

From Palace Pier looking east, beyond the terminus of Magnus Volks' 1883 Electric Railway, we can see the late 1890s arches of Madeira Terrace, halfway up the sea wall in front of Marine Parade, with Kemp

Caption For Great Yarmouth, Trafalgar Terrace 1887

More prosperous-looking than Yarmouth's famous narrow Rows, this spacious terrace is not the home of the working population, but of the more middle class.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Glenhow School C1960

This handsome building, again built in distinctive white 'Pease' brick, stands on Albion Terrace and was originally two imposing private residences.

Caption For Littlehampton, South Terrace 1890

Although called a terrace, the houses are by numerous builders and unified by broad style alone.

Caption For Matlock Bath, General View 1886

Note the allotments and cultivated terraces spreading up behind the church.