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Childhood Yrs, Enham Alamein, 1940s

Hi to anyone still left that remembers my grandads bakery behind George Brights bicycle shop. he made the best doughnuts ever, my uncle ted and daisy ran the farm at the top of the hill known as 'Shanghai ...Read more

A memory of Andover in 1940 by Terry Cleverley

An Idyllic Childhood In New Haw

I wanted to add my own memories of growing up in New Haw from 1965 until moving again in 1973. The family moved from Richmond (then in Middlesex) to 187 New Haw Road, a detached 3-bedroom house with 1/3 acre of ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1966 by Andrew Taylor

Wonderful Childhood Memories

I lived in Cannock from 1963 to 1970. We lived on the Longford Estate in Leamington Close, we were the first family to live in that house after it was built. I went to Bridgetown Primary School and started year 1 in ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1860 by Agnes Paterson

Old Pond

My parents had a wallpaper and paint shop on the corner of High Street and Delamare Road. The business name was J & J Swannell. We later sold the shop lease to Henry Tilly.

A memory of Cheshunt in 1962 by Roger Swannell

The Child Richard Makinson

I was born March 1947 in Guildford Surrey, my father was a serving soldier based in Aldershot. When I was two years old I was sent away to live with my fathers parents in Horden, "family politics". So here I am a ...Read more

A memory of Horden in 1949 by Richard Makinson

Memories Of Council Estate And Football

My family moved to the council estate in Elstree in the mid sixties. I used to play football on the pitch opposite Hill House, now sadly a new housing estate. Robert Stores for groceries, the aptly named ...Read more

A memory of Elstree in 1967 by Geoff Gwillym

Sutton High Street In The 60s And 70s

Sutton Station holds some great memories from the 60's, including childhood summer holidays. Before we had a car I remember catching the express 'corridor train' to the south coast...so exciting! I live in ...Read more

A memory of Sutton

That Shop On The Corner

I lived at either 159 or 259 Milburn Rd so remember as child going to that corner shop, being about 5 yrs of age, watching as mum bought cheese and butter - they cut big slabs from whole rounds and wrappped it in paper. ...Read more

A memory of Ashington in 1963 by Valerie Dukes

My Dad The Greengrocer

My mum & dad, Pam & Stan Waterfall had the greengrocers shop between 1964 to, I think about 1971. We lived above the shop in a small 2 bedroom place; my sister Sue & I shared a bedroom. There was a hardware ...Read more

A memory of Corringham in 1964 by Michelle Waterfall

Photos Of The House I Grew Up In On Crown Road

My brother Don Quarterman sent me to this web site. What an amazing collection of photographs! So I have to talk about two that show the house we grew up in, Mulberry Cottage. The earlier one ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley in 1953 by Philip Quarterman

Captions

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Caption For Rugby, The School Quadrangle 1922

Cloisters with studies above run to the south and east of Old Quad, with a tall arch forming the entrance to the School House dining hall at the south-eastern corner.

Caption For Glastonbury, The Abbey, St Joseph's Chapel 1927

There is a date of 1909 on some of the stonework of the right-hand corner, a record of the year in which this stone was reconstructed.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1955

Boots the Chemists' library (behind us, at the corner of Market Street) was upstairs, approached by a wooden staircase.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1955

Boots the Chemists' library (behind us, at the corner of Market Street) was upstairs, approached by a wooden staircase.

Caption For Flitton, The Barn, Brook Lane C1955

Church and pub are conveniently close to hand - literally just around the corner - but Brook Lane is also walking access to the Flitton Moor nature conservation priority area.

Caption For Uppingham, High Street C1950

On the right-hand corner is the ironmonger. Further down, Esso Royal Daylight Oil and Calor Gas are advertised. Was this part of Alec Bilsdon's business?

Caption For Liverpool, George's Dock C1881

The town's third dock, it extended from the corner of St Nicholas Churchyard to Moor Street; the land was provided by the Corporation.

Caption For Basildon, Ghyllgrove C1960

The Honeypot Lane Murders Just around the corner from this innovative, crescent-shaped block of 50 town houses is Honeypot Lane.

Caption For Luton, Vauxhall Motors C1950

The building with the tower, in the top left corner, is 'V' Block, and it housed Styling, Design, Prototype Build, and running shop for both cars and trucks; it was known within the company as 'Experimental

Caption For Sandhurst, R.M.C, The Royal Memorial Chapel 1901

The present chapel stands as a living testimony to the devotion of many thousands of people from every corner of Britain and the former Commonwealth whose generosity built this inspiring place of

Caption For Chelmsford, High Street 1895

Across the road - and stretching down to the bridge - were two inns fused together, the Lion and the Hart; and on the far corner of Springfield Road - where Next now is - was the Crown.

Caption For Haywards Heath, The Broadway C1950

It then moved along Muster Green to The Yews on the corner of Muster Green and Boltro Road.

Caption For Dorking, South Street And Pump Corner 1906

On the corner stands the Bull's Head public house. Until just a few years ago the abattoir had its premises behind the pub, and here cattle were slaughtered on a regular basis.

Caption For Epsom, War Memorial 1924

A private committee was hastily formed and at last, in 1922, the memorial was built fronting Ashley Road at the corner of the cemetery. The names of the 256 fallen were added the next year.

Caption For Loughborough, Emmanuel Church C1950

By midnight, the drunken and rowdy attackers had assembled on the corner of Green Close Lane, making no attempt at stealth.

Caption For Amesbury, St Mary And St Melor's Church C1955

The jambs of an early 13th-century doorway west of the north-west corner of the truncated nave have been reset, but the door's purpose remains a mystery.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, High Street 2005

The Old Town Hall was repaired and transformed into an Arts Centre, the old market square was rebuilt and the once shabby alleys and corner sites were improved beyond recognition.

Caption For Dunnottar, Castle C1900

The corner tower, however, is equipped with wide-mouthed ports allowing the defenders to cover any attempt to climb the slopes.

Caption For Haverfordwest, St Mary's Church C1955

On the corner of Dark Street is the site of the former Assembly Rooms, now converted to flats, at which many evening entertainments were held.

Caption For Chelmsford, Infirmary 1895

In the late 1870s the Grammar School boys had lost a corner of their cricket field when a new area was being laid out for the weekly market.

Caption For Pitsea, Railway Hotel And London Road C1955

The war memorial, incorporating a statue of a Greek maiden, was originally sited on the corner of Station Lane and Pitsea Broadway but was shifted to Howard Park to ease traffic problems.

Caption For Belfast, Castle Place 1897

All parts could be reached from this corner, and its popular name of Castle Junction had become fixed. The 114 cars and 1,000 horses were the property of the Belfast Street Tramway Company.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, The Parade 1949

Also lost during the town centre development was the Wesleyan Methodist Church, which had stood on the corner of the Parade and Newhall Street.

Caption For Loughborough, C1955

Did the Romans ever find their way to this corner of Leicestershire? As yet, there are clues but no conclusive evidence of Roman occupation.