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Dolcis

Ah, Dolcis' shoe shop where most shoes cost 49shillings and eleven pence. I was born in Woolwich Road then moved to Pelham Road and worked at Hides in 1958, Then at Wheeler's Library where my boss was a little old lady who always dressed ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by David Cawley

Alan Stewart?

Among the lovely pictures of 1950s Oakwood is a picture of a lake in Oakwood Park for model boats which I used in the late forties and early 50s. Sailing boats there was a favourite pastime of my friend and neighbour (at the time) Alan ...Read more

A memory of Oakwood by Roger Crunden

Living In Sunbury During The Sixties

Mum, Dad & I lived in Sunbury during the sixties. I attended Nursery Road Primary before going on to Kenyngton Manor Secondary. Some of my favourite teachers were Mr Penfold (French) Mr Lucas (Geography) Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury by rhathas

The Cangle Was Where I Started School.

We were an American family. My father was an airman stationed at Weather's Field and my first day of school was a walk down the hill from Stephens Close. Mrs. Gellespie was my first teacher. She was the one who ...Read more

A memory of Haverhill by pam_wmarks

More Memories Of Living In Bedlinog

How could I forget another treat - a day out in Barry! This was before the fairground entertainments were there; there was just miles and miles of sand (at least that's how it seemed to me). I think we used to ...Read more

A memory of Bedlinog by Margo Smith

Aldershot Hospital

Remember this hospital well.In 1952 had my appendix out. In there for 7 days. Boy in the next bed kept telling me jokes which made me laugh but hurt my stitches like hell. In 1965 my son of 4 weeks had to go in this hospital to ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by kledlie674

Colin Cecil Avenue

I was born in Upney Hospital in 1943 and lived in Cecil Avenue, opposite the old off license. I went to Ripple School. We eventually moved to Westminster Gardens just around the corner to Bobby Moore (name dropping) where we ...Read more

A memory of Barking by col-ann

Gloria Reg Rigby 24 Woodville Ave Lived There For Seven Yrs

Hi have very fond memories living in prince town my four daughters all went to the local school they loved it there and the lovely school dinners I used to work at lord cafe in the snack ...Read more

A memory of Princetown by willy45glor63

Thornborough, North Yorkshire In 1950's

My grandparents lived at The Bungalow, in Thornborough & I would look forward with excitement to our visits (from Middlesbrough) during school holidays. Me & my sister enjoyed the ...Read more

A memory of Thornborough by joycemmiddleton

Bill Walker

Came across this picture of the Franscican convent. I went there as a boarder as a 4 year old and still shudder at the awful memories I had. Brutal nuns, punishments with a bamboo cane. Hanging out wet sheets on cold mornings. Forced fed ...Read more

A memory of Copthorne by walkerpalace

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Caption For Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery 1895

The statues of Raphael and Michelangelo stand on the entrance steps to the Walker Art Gallery in William Brown Street.

Caption For High Wycombe, High Street C1955

Beyond the Red Lion (left), in the 1950s still a hotel, the tall many-chimneyed buildings of 1901 flank Corporation Street, the road cut in 1900 and originally intended as the site for council offices

Caption For Wells, High Street C1960

Liptons the grocer's (left), a café from 1910 to the 1920s, is now Dixon's.

Caption For Manchester Ship Canal, Runcorn Pierhead 1894

by 1899-1900; in anticipation of lucrative contracts for frozen meat, the MSC went ahead in 1895 with the construction of cold storage buildings at Manchester.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, South Walney Lightouse 2004

Just past the South Walney nature reserve on Haws Point is the impressive structure of the Walney lighthouse, erected in 1790 as a plain wooden tower.

Caption For Luton, George Street C1950

The people and their leaders sought a better world after years of war and hardship.

Caption For Luton, George Street C1965

The people and their leaders sought a better world after years of war and hardship.

Caption For Sheffield, The Botanical Gardens, Glasshouses 2005

Sheffield's unique woodland resource - the city is the best-wooded city in the country with about 80 ancient woods within its boundaries - also received an important shot in the arm in 1999 when

Caption For Langstone, Old Cottages C1955

In the previous year Rangers was formed, and in 1887 a Catholic priest formed a club for underprivileged youngsters in the slums of the East End with the title of Celtic.

Caption For Pitsea, Railway Hotel And London Road C1955

The great herds of reindeer, bison and horse, and the mammoth, disappeared with the ice, and smaller forest-loving animals such as boar, aurochs (the now extinct European wild ox), red and roe

Caption For Chelmsford, Roman Road 2005

His vision in 1925 was to create 'something really special' for the unplanned country village of Pitsea, turning it into a thriving town with a Tudor theme.

Caption For High Wycombe, The Grange, Amersham Hill 2005

When the Romans came to Britain in AD 43, they placed their seat of government at Camulodunum (Colchester).

Caption For Luton, Advertising Hoarding 2005

A good smaller furniture factory survives (it is now a listed building): the Cane and Rush Works of about 1880 in Desborough Street.

Caption For Guisborough, Sunnyfield House, Westgate C1960

LOOKING TO the future, a lot depends on the fortune of the nation and its place in the world.

Caption For Linlithgow, Palace, Queen Margaret's Bower 1897

Number 36 Westgate, known since the mid 19th century as Sunnyfield House, was built in around 1780 as the residence of John Harrison, agent to the Chaloner estate.

Caption For Tenby, Old Town Wall C1925

It was here that Queen Margaret kept vigil whilst James IV fought at Flodden.

Caption For Luton, Airport, Modern Jets 2005

This is St Florence Parade, with the Five Arches in the distance.

Caption For Teddington, St Alban's Church, The Interior 1899

LOOKING TO the future, a lot depends on the fortune of the nation and its place in the world.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Regatta 1890

It became quickly clear that St Mary's Church was too small for the parish.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Cranstone Bridge, Gadebridge Park 2005

The houseboats also lined the banks as far south as Marsh Lock.

Caption For Plymouth, The Hoe 1904

Joseph Cranstone formed the Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1845 and acted as its superintendent for 33 years.

Caption For Worthing, Marine Parade 1890

It is difficult to cross this wide, breezy promenade without thinking of him.

Caption For Minehead, Church Town 1929

By 1890 it had become a tobac- conist's shop run by a Mr Goldsmith.