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Memories

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Early Memories

My birth on 30 Nov 1946 at 34 Oldberry Road, Burnt Oak, is where it all started for me, but my mother & her parents moved into the house when it was built for the LCC. She's 89 now, but recalls that she, as a 9-yr-old in 1928, ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1946 by Anthony Kerrison

Saturday Mornings At The Ritz

Me and my brother David would get our breakfast then run down Prospect Avenue North to the bus stop beside the shops and once in Clyde Street at Wallsend bus stops made our way to join the huge queue for entrance to the ...Read more

A memory of Byker in 1955 by Bill Gibbs

Mine And My Mum Avrils Memories

My memories relate to the year 1977 when I arrived in Cropwell Bishop to stay with my Great Uncle Wilf and his wife Dorothy fresh from New Zealand. They lived at the old Post Office in the village of Cropwell ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Bishop by Brenda Bowden

Memories Of The Red Lion

I was born in 1966 and lived in the Red Lion. My dad and mum were married in 1961. My dad lived in the village all his life, moving to the Red Lion on his marriage. My dad was formerly of Temperance Hall, down the road ...Read more

A memory of Wareside in 1966 by Amanda Shaw

Fair Oak As It Was

My first day of school was September 1965 at Fair Oak Infants. It wasn't too bad the first day as my Mum was allowed to stay at the back of the classroom, but after that I was left on my own. I became very ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1965 by Gary Houghton

Snowing And Floating

Can't be too specific about the year, just know I was young. Perhaps we'd not been long in our house on Carr Lane, having lived in Dronfield before. What a treasure this house was, running water, separate bedrooms ...Read more

A memory of Dronfield Woodhouse in 1956 by Raymond Gee

Goldthorpe In The Fifties

I was born in 1946 and lived in Manor Avenue. Cricket with dustbin lids propped up with a house brick in the "backins" were our stumps and we played from dawn to dusk during the summer holidays...except during Wimbledon ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe by swamidhyan

Rivacre Baths.

For those who never saw (or may have forgotten), the photo shows the view you had after coming in through the main entrance. The large fountain can be seen in the foreground, and was enjoyed by many children as they ran around ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1947 by David Copnall

I Know You!

It’s lovely to read all your memories especially yours Deb, my best friend! I was at Berwick Road Primary school from 1960-1965, I remember the aptly named Mrs Pie the dinner lady, also Mr Jones the new assistant head who had ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by Janet Taylor

Kennack

I have been coming to Kennack since I was a toddler. But 1972 was the first of many years that stand out to me. My family met another family and we are still in touch now, 36 years and more later. My memories are so many, borrowing ...Read more

A memory of Kennack Sands in 1972

Captions

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Caption For Oakley, Post Office Corner C1960

The name of this cottage is a reminder of a very important medieval and late medieval building tradition in this area, possibly associated with the abundance of oak trees in the Bernwood Forest and

Caption For Fishguard, The Square 1959

There is no car parking today, but a busy road junction with a cannon in the centre.

Caption For Gargrave, The Lock, Eshton Road C1955

An aqueduct carries the canal over the river, the main road crosses over the canal and a railway runs over the road.

Caption For Worcester, Old House In The Corn Market C1890

A carved inscription above the left-hand lower window reads 'Love God WB 1577 RD Honor Kinge'.

Caption For Berwick Upon Tweed, The Tweed Bridge C1960

The 1405ft long concrete four-span Royal Tweed Bridge, designed by L G Mouchel & Partners, was built in 1925-28 to take traffic off the old stone bridge that still stands nearby.

Caption For Brampton, The Royal Oak And Signpost C1955

A few hundred yards along the present B1514 road past the turning to Pepys House, the road forks at the roundabout where the main road runs eastwards towards the A14 and the left road takes us

Caption For Braughing, The Post Office Stores C1955

The garage on the left has been replaced by two houses, but almost fifty years later, the post office still sports its black exposed timber on white rendering.

Caption For Minehead, Hopcott Lane 1919

This became the main park for Minehead in 1924 following private donations towards a scheme for the conversion of 6 acres of meadows.

Caption For Tring, St Peter And St Paul's Church C1960

It is thought that there has been a building on the site of the church since Roman times.

Caption For Beddgelert, The Bridge And Llewelyn Hotel 1889

The small stone village of Beddgelert stands at the confluence of the Colwyn and Glaslyn rivers. It sits in the shadow of Snowdon, and is a favourite tourist spot.

Caption For Manchester, Exhibition 1887

This photograph shows the part of the Jubilee Exhibition of 1887 that was situated between Talbot Road and the railway.

Caption For Beddgelert, The Bridge And Llewelyn Hotel 1889

The small stone village of Beddgelert stands at the confluence of the Colwyn and Glaslyn rivers. It sits in the shadow of Snowdon, and is a favourite tourist spot.

Caption For Hitchin, The Market 1901

This photograph shows how the traffic used to run diagonally across the Market Place.

Caption For Harlech, Castle Entrance 1933

Additional protection was given to the eastern and southern flanks of Harlech by a deep ditch. Entry to the castle was by way of the twin-towered main gatehouse on the eastern side.

Caption For Eype, Beach 1930

This view shows Eype Mouth, looking westwards to what is now a National Trust skyline, with Ridge Cliff and Doghouse Hill rising into the 508-feet summit of Thorncombe Beacon (centre).

Caption For Cawston, High Street C1965

In its heyday this was a huge village with shops of every description and five prosperous inns; there was even a beer house run by Matthew Austin.

Caption For Walkern, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin C1960

The River Beane runs close to the church, and is liable to heavy flooding.

Caption For Stanstead Abbotts, View From Cats Hill C1960

Running downhill into Stanstead Abbots from the north-east, Cats Hill presents a formidable hazard to modern motorists. It was not so in the 1960s, without a vehicle in view.

Caption For Blakeney, The Blakeney Hotel 1925

Trading from its port ended in 1922, and this heralded the start of Blakeney as a tourist centre, specialising in boating, fishing, walking, painting, bird-watching and nature study.

Caption For Houghton, The Village 1914

The name Houghton, always pronounced `Hoe`ton`, has its origins in Saxon times, although there is evidence that there was a settlement here before the Roman period.

Caption For Liverpool, The Floating Road 1895

Our photographer is standing on the Prince's Landing Stage, looking up the floating road towards St Nicholas' Place and the church of Our Lady and St Nicholas at the top.

Caption For Bibury, Swan Hotel C1960

William Morris described Bibury as the most beautiful village in England, and it has charmed visitors throughout the ages with its quintessential Cotswold character and composition.

Caption For Dunoon, 'columba' 1904

Launched on 11 April 1878, the Clyde paddler 'Columba' was the last vessel built for David Hutchinson & Co; the firm changed its name to David Macbrayne the following year.