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Number 1 Kersemill Cottages

I started being accident prone at an early age it seems. My parents lived at the above cottages with me and my big sister. My dad was a meal miller and worked at the meal mill just up the the road to the right I think, ...Read more

A memory of Kersemill in 1956 by Val Litten

Gowers Bridge

Gowers bridge was not too far from where we lived and was a great place to take the children for a picnic, to learn to ride a tricycle and to skim stones across and see who won, then pick our way to Llyn Bwrw Eira, along the banks, ...Read more

A memory of Llanrwst in 1956 by patriciahughesbrynymaen

River Wear

This is the famous and wellbeloved view of the Cathedral with the three towers - one can climb the central tower - the Galilee Chapel and houses occupied by Cathedral officials as seen from Prebends Bridge and the bank of the River Wear, ...Read more

A memory of Durham in 1956 by Diana Dioszeghy

Pound Street

My first main job on leaving school (Shaw House) was as a tea boy-dogsbody at H C James timber and builders merchants in Pound Street. For quite a while I cycled daily from Highclere Castle, approx 4 miles, it took me just over half ...Read more

A memory of Newbury in 1956 by Percival Mills

Fond Memories

My grandfather, Reginald Dean, of 130 Bridge Road, Oulton Broad, used to moor his boat- the Eel- in the Staithe. I used to walk there ever day with him to pump it out and make a brew in the summer holidays. his pipe kept the mossies at bay. Great times.

A memory of Broads, The in 1956 by Nigel Dean

Little Did I Know

I was born in Bilton Harrogate in 1943. When I was 13 years old I had a new bike for my birthday and with some of my mates we went on a ride to Pateley Bridge Show, a first for me. At Wilsill we were dying of thirst and as we ...Read more

A memory of Wilsill in 1956 by John Crowe

Early Times In Colindale

I was born after the war and lived in Sheaveshill Avenue until I was married in 1971. I lived in a house that which had the dubious distinction of being directly opposite to the Titanine paint factory on the other side ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1956 by Ken Hunter

Holidays In The Mid 1950s

I used to holiday with my grandparents in West Huntspill in the mid 1950s.For a time we used to stay with a Mrs King. Heading west from The Globe you took a right turn at the crossroads past the traction engine and ...Read more

A memory of West Huntspill in 1956 by Alan Sandford

The Sales

It was about 1956. John Sample had started to change with the times and bought himself a pick up truck, him, 'Auld Jimmy' and me went to the horse sales at Gateshead just over the bridge, and I cannot for the life of me remember if it ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1956 by Jimmy Burrows

My Childhood In Astmoor

I lived in Astmoor with my grandparents. My grandma sold sweets, pop and cigarettes. I went to Halton School and walked down Astmoor Lane which we called Summer Lane. Grandad worked at Astmoor tannery. We lived next to Ivy ...Read more

A memory of Astmoor in 1956 by Joan Tyghe

Captions

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Caption For Bewdley, Load Street C1950

We are looking towards Telford's bridge. Load Street is short but wide. The substantial-looking structure on the right with the Doric pilasters is the Town Hall, completed in 1808.

Caption For Chester, Grosvenor Bridge 1888

When it was built in 1832, the Grosvenor Bridge was said to have the longest single stone arch span in Europe (200ft).

Caption For London, Waterloo Bridge C1890

John Rennie's gorgeous bridge, built in 1817 as both river crossing and monument to the battle, was demolished in 1923.

Caption For Eynsford, C1955

The river flowing beneath the 15th-century bridge is the Darent, which rises near the county boundary with Surrey near Westerham and runs through a myriad of Kent villages to the Thames near Long-reach

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Barley Mow Inn 1890

On the east bank, beyond the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its 'cruck' construction, the large curved timbers in the gable wall, and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome commends it in 'Three Men

Caption For Finchingfield, The Pond C1965

The driver of this MG Magnette was perhaps distracted by the vista around him, and has himself become something of a tourist attraction.

Caption For Conwy, Castle And The Tubular Steel Railway Bridge 1898

Conwy was already something of a tourist attraction by 1898 with its castle and remnants of the planned medieval town.

Caption For Romford, South Street 1908

The 'Star Inn' on the left is being given a fresh lick of paint in this view from the railway bridge.

Caption For Burnley, Town Hall 1895

Standing beside a bridge across the River Brun, from which the town takes its name, is Burnley Town Hall.

Caption For Cenarth, Coracle Fishing C1960

An audience watches from the old bridge as two coracle fishermen cast their nets for salmon or sea-trout. Sturgeon have also been caught here.

Caption For Stamford Bridge, The New Inn C1960

Stamford Bridge over the River Derwent is still a popular stopping place for visitors, although the Old Corn Mill inn has recently closed, a victim of drink/drive laws.

Caption For Horstead, Mill And Pond C1955

Cross the humped bridge over the river from Coltishall, and the village becomes Horstead.

Caption For Braunston, The Canal C1965

In the distance beyond the bridge is a pub. At the time of this view, it would have been called the Rose and Castle.

Caption For Bakewell, Rutland Square 1923

The view looks along Bridge Street towards the river. The Original Bakewell Pudding Shop is located further along on the right hand side. Stewarts Clothing Hall is the major building on the right.

Caption For Bakewell, Chatsworth House C1955

This view was taken 70 years after photograph 18642, and apart from the statuary missing from the bridge buttresses, the scene is timeless.

Caption For London, Old Waterloo Bridge 1902

This is the first Waterloo Bridge, which was opened in 1817 by the Prince Regent; this view looks from behind Cleopatra's Needle on the north bank. Below are Victoria Embankment Gardens.

Caption For Lincoln, Cathedral From Pelham Bridge C1960

The area south-east of the city was marshy and virtually undeveloped until its draining after the Witham Act of 1812.

Caption For West Bridgford, Bridgford Hotel C1965

This downstream view, taken from almost the same vantage point as N50079, shows the ugly and large hotel built in the intervening fifteen years close to both Trent Bridge cricket ground and Nottingham

Caption For Staithes, The Bridge C1885

The nets strewn across the railings of the bridge emphasise the importance of this small harbour; in 1887, it boasted over 80 cobles and yawls, employing over 200 fishermen.

Caption For Sheffield, Fitzalan Square 1902

Electric street tramcars had been introduced in 1899; in this picture we have a selection of single-deckers and open-top double-deckers.

Caption For Leeds, Seven Arches, Alwoodley 1891

The main Huddersfield to Manchester railway makes its way along the steep side of the valley, and it has to cross many side valleys.

Caption For Hutton Le Hole, The Ford C1955

Most cottages here were built in the century from 1750, and accommodated coal miners. Other trades here included spinning and weaving.

Caption For Boston, High Street 1899

The High Street, across the Witham via Town Bridge rebuilt in 1913, presents a mainly late Georgian character with mostly three-storey frontages to the pavement edge, but many of these conceal earlier

Caption For Andover, High Street C1960

High Street remains unchanged, and is still used for markets on Saturdays. Much of the northern half of the street is pedestrianised.