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My First Visit To Penmark

I know this as Kenson Cottage as my mother lived there and went to school in Penmark. I have a photo which was taken when we all went on holiday of us all on the bridge. I still have family living in the area and enjoy ...Read more

A memory of Penmark in 1957 by Sandra Malyan

Happy Days

The corner shop was Tyler's, a sweet and grocers shop. They sold 1d iced lollies made from a juice drink similar to Ribena. You were allowed out to play all day except Sundays, and we would very often go around in a little gang. We ...Read more

A memory of Wigston in 1957 by First Name Last Name

Great Place Lost.

Grange Farm was the place to go for all teens.   You could swim or just hang around with friends.  To get there we walked across the fields and over the bridge across the Roding.  Now of course this place is no more.  A great loss.

A memory of Chigwell in 1957 by Kathleen Rice

Home Base

This pic was taken from Tunnel Terrace looking over the old iron bridge coming from The Tunnel Hotel. The building closest after the slag heap is the old Police station with the Bandroom next door to it. My Grandmother and Grandfather Loveday lived in number 5 Tunnel Tce. Sadly no longer there.

A memory of Blaengwynfi in 1957 by Philip Loveday

Weston Point I.C.I Recreation Club And Runcorn Town

Memory, Saturday Night Old Time dance upstairs in theI.C.I Club. My father played there on the drums. I was there with a girlfriend and her mother and father and grandmother, the old lady taught me ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1957 by Robert Welding

Acton Bridge Cruising Club

My memories of Acton Bridge go back to the mid 1950s and early 1960s. The picture of boats at Acton Bridge Cruising Club takes me back to my teenage days. We had a boat called 'Scampi' which was a 32-foot ...Read more

A memory of Acton Bridge in 1957 by Laurie Hatchard

The Best Years

I used to live in the shop on the bridge in Cononley, my parents were the owners. What happy times they were, so carefree. The highlight of the year was the Gala. I once went as a golliwog (blonde frizzy hair). I borrowed the black ...Read more

A memory of Cononley in 1957 by Jennifer Woolley

Langers Saddlery

As a child growing up in Bath, I remember walking across this bridge with my parents and being taken into the shop to meet my uncle Harry Langer who made us very welcome. I remember the smell of leather and the ...Read more

A memory of Wimborne Minster in 1957 by Richard Rees

Car Number Plate Collecting

Brings back memories of hot Sunday afternoons sitting on the bridge with my mates collecting car number-plates. I was nine years old and lived at 1 Workhouse Cottages, in Brewer Street with Miss Mabel Alice Ranger. I ...Read more

A memory of Lamberhurst in 1957 by Stephanie Woods

A Very Big Step

My wife and I went to Caio some 6 months after we married. I was recalled into the army 2 days after our wedding due to the Sues crisis although I was only away from home for 4 months it was long enough for me to loose my job and so ...Read more

A memory of Caio in 1957 by George Larbey

Captions

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Caption For Windsor, Clewer 1890

A young boy stands thoughtfully on the Long Bridge, which spans Cuckoo Weir. Across the meadow you can see the spire of Clewer Church.

Caption For Buckland, The Trout Inn C1965

This inn, situated on Buckland Marsh near Tadpole Bridge, is very popular with those walking the Thames Path National Trail. It is about one and a half miles from the main village.

Caption For Par, The Station From Scobell 1904

The station buildings and goods sheds are at the junction between the main line and the Newquay branch.

Caption For Goodrich, The River C1960

The Wye River is viewed here looking downstream from the Kerne Bridge. Within a short distance, the river becomes the border between Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.

Caption For Sonning, The Bridge And The Hotel 1904

Upstream from the lock at Sonning, the 18th-century bridge spans the river, and the recreational use of the water is plain to see.

Caption For Duncton, The Village 1912

Full of quaint old Georgian houses and historic buildings, Arundel has long been an obvious destination for tourists and visitors.

Caption For Abingdon, The Old Bridge C1955

We are looking from the Nag's Head Island side towards Bridge Street and the town.

Caption For Pembroke Dock, The Car Ferry To Neyland C1960

Brunel used Neyland as a terminus to connect to Ireland and the Atlantic, and his imprint remains everywhere, such as the name Brunel Avenue.

Caption For Arundel, Castle And Bridge 1928

Full of quaint old Georgian houses and historic buildings, Arundel has long been an obvious destination for tourists and visitors.

Caption For Maidstone, River Medway And Church C1955

This view looks south from the bridge over the River Medway. The lofty tower of the 14th-century All Saints church rises behind the Archbishop's Manor House and grounds.

Caption For Bathampton, The Church 1907

Across the toll bridge from Batheaston, the road crosses the A4 dual carriageway Batheaston bypass into Bathampton, a village now linked by development to Bathwick and Bath.

Caption For Devonport, Torpoint Ferry Bridge 1890

Plymouth and Devonport were served by a number of ferries, including these wonderful steam-powered, chain- guided floating bridges on the Torpoint service, which were capable of carrying wheeled vehicles

Caption For Eling, Quay C1955

Here boats are moored on the estuary of Eling Creek with its causeway and centuries-old toll bridge. The causeway encloses water for Eling Tide Mill, visible in the distance.

Caption For Chilbolton, The Seven Stars, Testcombe C1960

Before reaching Chilbolton village, here is the Seven Stars public house and the beautiful River Test, viewed from the bridge. Across the water was once the railway.

Caption For Worcester, The Foregate C1960

The Foregate and Foregate Street continue the line of High Street northwards and developed as a suburb many centuries ago.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Promenade 1921

Also, there is no ramp yet up to the bridge crossing the railway line and leading to Clare House Lane – it was built in 1904.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The New Bridge 1890

The wall on the left, on which the child is sitting, is known as New Quay, and the flight of steps leads to Victoria Place, built at the same time as the bridge in 1837.

Caption For West Humble, The Village 1906

Here the River Mole cuts into the steep slope of Box Hill near the Burford Bridge Hotel. Lord Nelson spent some time here in 1801, and noted in his diary what a pretty place it was.

Caption For Ludham, The Village C1930

This village is popular with visitors to Broadland, with St Catherine's Church and its beautiful hammer-beam roof and painted rood screen dating from 1493.

Caption For Little Eccleston, Cartford Lane C1965

A small caravan site and the Cartford Hotel flank the approach to the Cartford toll bridge, which was built across the Wyre in 1831.

Caption For Newby Bridge, The River And Gummers How C1955

She was 80 feet long and 11 feet 6 inches in the beam, and was launched at Newby Bridge in 1843. Lady was paddle-driven – this was necessary because of the shallow river waters.

Caption For Chelmsford, The Wesleyan Church 1898

Photographed in the year it was built, this church had seating for 800 people, and a commodious schoolroom at the back.

Caption For Bransford, The Bank House And Motel C1965

THE BANK HOUSE AND MOTEL c1965. Bransford's original bridge over the River Teme was built by a local cleric, Bishop Wulstan de Bransford, in 1338.

Caption For Eamont Bridge, 1893

The proprietress of Taylforth's Hotel (left), in the main street of Eamont Bridge, stands outside to bid farewell to a guest departing in a pony and trap.