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Memories
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Shotley Bridge Hospital
My father was deputy head porter at the hospital, he worked there for 40 years. When I came out of the Royal Air Force in 1959 I did not work for a few months until early 1960 when my father gave me a job as a porter ...Read more
A memory of Shotley Bridge in 1960 by
Grandmother And Grandfather, Also Aunts & Uncles Lived In The Village
My grandmother and grandfather had the general store and post office. Their name was Cridland. One of my aunties and uncle Charles had a house down by the church, their name was ...Read more
A memory of Old Cleeve in 1930 by
My Time With The Army At Honiton 1968 1969
From 1968-1969 I was posted to Honiton with the Royal Welch Fusiliers. I was an army cook aged just 19 at the time. I thought that it was a lovely place, posted to Hong Kong. I also remember an old ...Read more
A memory of Honiton in 1968 by
Shopping After 1956
We moved to Loughton from Preston, Lancashire in Easter 1956, and during the summer holidays that year I got to know the town. On the left can be seen the Century Cinema, where I often went to films and which was demolished at ...Read more
A memory of Loughton in 1956 by
My Roots From Birth To 50years
2008 and this shop is still here. It has changed very little in looks. It was owned by the same family Bonner from my early memory of about 1950 for many years. Today it remains a post office/shop
A memory of Stoke Hammond in 1944 by
I Am A Beach Boy
I was born in July 1942 at 2 Church Road ,the youngest of eight children,the time I remember best is around 1952,being a kid in the Beach then was brilliant,so many things to do, Boating Lake,Minature Railway,Swimming ...Read more
A memory of Severn Beach in 1952 by
Arthog
From early 1960s onwards: At school in London we had 2 summer holidays at Min-y-Don. The first time we travelled by coach, we got lost and arrived in the dark. The following year we came by train from Paddington. We had to change at ...Read more
A memory of Arthog by
The Two Bob Gun
At the top of Queens Road in Buckhurst Hill is a small newsagents shop. It was owned by the Mr & Mrs. Silk. The shop sold papers magazines cigarettes, sweets and a few toys. Situated right across the road from where ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill by
Great Dane
I remember the Great Dane in the picture. My Grandma had a Yorkshire/Manchester Terrier cross, and the two animals looked so incongruous when they met. My aunt Doris Greenslade lived in a tiny cottage owned by Walter Little Senior situated 100 yards to the left of the post office in the picture.
A memory of Medstead by
Stratfield Mortimer, C1955
The entrance on the left is to Mortimer Station and the house (red brick) just right of centre is the Old Post Office. The white house just left of centre is Street House. The building to the right (and slightly closer to the foreground) is the old water pumping station.
A memory of Stratfield Mortimer in 2008 by
Captions
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In this photograph the High Street has an almost deserted aspect, apart from two stationary carts; the Post Office is on the left and the Swan Hotel further along on the right.
On the right is the 1884 post office, with its decorative detailing, recalling the ancient East Anglian tradition of pargetting.
The hexagonal building at the bottom was a provision store plus post office, then a gas company showroom for a short time, and finally Martin's Central Heating, before it was demolished for road widening
On the left is the post office, run by Fred Maplesden, who was also printer and publisher of the East Grinstead Household Almanack.
The main Post Office was on Brows Lane.
Mr Burden's shop and Post Office is the centre of village life.
The posts have now gone, but there is still a bench; and the copper beech tree, just visible on the left, is now a fine, mature specimen that shades much of the Green.
On Main Street were the blacksmith, the wheelwright, the fishmonger, the butcher and the post office, which was run by Mr R Ireland in his general stores (right).
A closer view of Market Place, minus its Saturday morning stalls and with only the refreshment stand by the lamp- post facing onto the 17th- and 19th-century shops and offices.
The Old Bank building, which stood at the junction of Chertsey Road, High Street and Broadway, failed to survive the post Second World War swathe of redevelopment which saw many of the town's Victorian
On the extreme left is the post office, with The Bricklayer's Arms across the way.
A small girl prefers her umbrella to the shade under the shop blinds on this warm-looking day in post-war Wales.
The village post office, near the bus (right), remains.
They not only provided the post office, but also newspapers and the posters outside kept the locals abreast of events both national and local; sweets, chocolates, tinned foods, candles and basic
The Post Office and Stores closed in March 2003.
Next door was the post office, recently demolished to allow restoration of the garden to a charming Georgian gentleman's house.
Also on Town Streeet was the Salvation Army, tithe cottages for the local clergy, and, grouped around the old Arcade, the post office, bank, bakers, florists and cobblers.
There is the more familiar red telephone box on the traffic island, a modern post box, and Belisha beacons to aid pedestrians wishing to cross the road.
Here were the magnificent municipal buildings, completed in 1888 at a cost of £540,000, including the post office, the Bank of Scotland, the Merchant's House and several hotels.
It was delivered by the afternoon post the same day!
This view, looking west from the green, has lost its two community facilities: The Bell is now a house, while the shop on the right is now a house called The Old Post Office.
Ferring is a residential village near the sea.The Norman church keeps the registers of Kingston, a village long lost due to coastal erosion.
Village life is captured in the streets of the village - the Literary Institute (1877) still stands, now the post office and village hall.
Beyond, the building with the four-shaft 17th-century chimney stack was used as the Post Office until recently and is now a clothing shop.
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