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Oakley Stores

Wow when I saw their was the a photo of the family's famous store, the store that my dad told me was the equivalent to the first large department store like Debenhams I was amazed, I only wish their were more! My great Great Grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Fleet by beccies

Up At 5.45 For Chapel!

I was at Copthorne convent from 69-74.... This was a very special place and I remember it like yesterday... The girls and boys there were equally like brothers and sisters.. I still remember how gutted i was when i left....I ...Read more

A memory of Copthorne by correiae

Memories Of Fedsden Hall School

I went to a school called Fedsden Hall, in Roydon in Essex, in 1950-53. It was a wonderful place run by Mrs. Katherine Clare. Mrs. Clare lived in a big, beautiful Georgian house on the property, with her husband, who I ...Read more

A memory of Roydon by canadagoose

Madame Imbert

In the mid 70s. I was employed, for a short time, to teach English at Matchwood Park by a French lady called Madame Imbert. I taught twice a week and a friend of mine taught on another two days. I can’t find any reference to ...Read more

A memory of Marchwood Park by y.castino

Ring O' Bells

The Ring O'Bells was run by my grandparents, Ernest and Mabel Turner until the middle 1940s. I believe your earlier memory of it being called the Grapevine is wrong. I remember seeing the Grapevine, a much more modern building 500 yards ...Read more

A memory of Meare by John Turner

Living In Ellesmere Port

I lived in Ellesmere Port from 1954 to 1966, in Wolverhampton Rd. I went to Milton Rd primary then the Wirral Grammar school as the Port had no grammar school then. Every day there were 6 full special Crosville buses ...Read more

A memory of Ellesmere Port by cadnant

Old Bakery

Is there anybody like me who can remember the Johnson & Calton (?) bakery that was situated at the Wimbledon end of Worple road, around the 1940's / 1950's. It was next to or very near a restaurant that was owned (I think) by ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon by Neil Mac Gregor

I Lived In Those Cottages!1948 1957 Ish

In 1946 my late father, Ron Goodliffe, got a job as a tractor driver for the vast Pemberton estate, and we moved into one of their tied-cottages in Swans Yard, that used to be off the High Street.  Then, ...Read more

A memory of Trumpington by Brian Goodliffe

Tales Of Brandon Hill

Queen Elizabeth I granted housewives the right to dry their washing on Bristol's Brandon Hill. Bristol's most prominent land mark, the Cabot Tower, was 100 years old in 1998. But the official opening was marked by a ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Childhood Memories Of Cargo Fleet

I always remember the November 5th Bonfire on the common opposite Hilda Woodall's (I think) shop on the corner of Chester Street and next to Dents Cobblers. We all stood around the magnificent bombfire feeling ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet by Mavis Coleman

Captions

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Caption For Welford, High Street C1965

The Leicester to Northampton road passes through Welford's High Street, parallel with the much more tranquil West Street.

Caption For Blackburn, Corporation Park, The Entrance 1923

The Borough coat of arms and its motto, 'Arte et Labore', is cut into the stone, along with the name of the park over the entrance arch.

Caption For Abergele, Market Street 1895

Tradesmen's carts are much in evidence in this view. Although there are several changes to the street, the town hall is still a landmark.

Caption For Rolvenden, Village 1901

At one of these cottages lived an elderly lady, who spent much time seated at her window, who as a four-year-old girl had been present at the Battle of Waterloo with her father, a colour sergeant in

Caption For Abingdon, St Nicholas's Church Interior 1890

It is basically a late Norman and early 13th-century building, but it was much changed in the 14th and 15th centuries, including the battlemented west tower; its interior is relatively plain,

Caption For Woodford Bridge, High Road C1950

Much of this scene had not changed since before the war. The post office (near right) was run by F S Mowlam in the 1950s. Further on we see the gabled end of the White Hart Hotel.

Caption For Godmanchester, The Causeway C1950

Townsend`s Stores (left) have become J G Clifford, dispensing chemist; the tearooms and cafe are now Riverside Hair Design; Ali`s Tandoori Restaurant lies on the opposite side of the arched

Caption For Budleigh Salterton, From East 1898

Its lack of sand might be the reason that it did not develop as a traditional family resort, but rather as a refined watering place much loved by residents and visitors, who return year after

Caption For Westbury, Market Place C1955

Dating from the early 18th century, it has unusual features, 'an undulating Edwardian parapet with 3 blind arches over plate glass sash windows' (The Department of Environment List of Buildings

Caption For Salisbury, Poultry Cross And Silver Street 1906

People sit and watch life go by under the hexagonal arches of the Poultry Cross. For five hundred years commerce has surrounded this area with ironmongers, shoemakers and fish and meat shops.

Caption For Luton, St Mary's Church C1955

Much of the exterior was remodelled in the 15th century to give the striking chequer pattern of flint and stone.

Caption For Fareham, High Street C1955

Tucked away at the mouth of the little River Wallington is Fareham - much busier around the 18th century than when this picture was taken.

Caption For Earls Colne, Church Hill C1960

Although much of the building was rebuilt in Victorian times, the tower dates from 1535. The decoration includes the mullet (or star), the badge of the de Veres.

Caption For Broadstairs, Viking Bay 1951

Much of 'David Copperfield' was penned in the crenellated Fort House, visible on the left, which has been renamed Bleak House and is now a commemorative museum.

Caption For Dover, Castle C1965

But the great keep, the inner bailey and much of the curtain walling were built by Henry II between 1168-86, at the then colossal cost of £3,000.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow 1901

All was much restored by Pearson in the 1880s: he added the battlements, for example. The left-hand and centre archways are least altered.

Caption For Old Langho, The Black Bull C1955

On the right, facing the village green, stands this old-world inn; the wide arch is the entry to a mews area for horse-drawn carts and carriages.

Caption For Newbury, The Clock Tower From Oxford Road C1955

Buses still use the Broadway and Northbrook Street but today traffic cannot use the section of the latter thoroughfare much beyond Wheelers Garage during the daytime.

Caption For Sprotbrough, The Bridge 1895

This fine seven-arch Grecian-style bridge over the River Don was built in 1850; it linked the village to Warmsworth, and replaced the ferry service.

Caption For Stamford, Town Bridge C1955

The Hospital, a set of almshouses founded in 1597 by William Cecil, owes much of its present appearance, including the chimneys, to alterations made in the 18th century.

Caption For Cheddar, Village And Gorge C1873

The area is now very much a tourist mecca. MONTACUTE, Montacute

Caption For Dorking, High Street 1888

Much of the market trade was performed in the public houses which lined the High Street.

Caption For Sidmouth, Looking West 1924

Many years later, Queen Victoria placed a window in the parish church as a monument to the father who had loved her so much.

Caption For Whitby, West Cliff 1891

Since this photograph was taken in the summer time, there is not as much smoke coming from the dwelling houses along the Crag (which lies behind the houses on the river front), but there