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Maps

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Memories

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Christmas

When I worked at Fentocraft in St Johns Road it was a small factory that did hand painting on glass and pick-a-sticks, a game. We always had a Christmas party, they would put a table down the middle and our bosses, a M and Mrs Bound, ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1960 by Pamela Mather

Police Dog Training Usaf

I am looking for any information of the time I was training in U.S.A.F class 7 and my dog Rusty, Oct to Nov 1957. Mr Frickey was my trainer. I had spent two weeks in hospital of my 6 week course. Still came out 1. I do ...Read more

A memory of Netheravon in 1957 by William Smith

Happy Days 1950s And 60s

I was born and brought up in Weaverham until I left to move to Altrincham with my new wife (and job). Over that 20 year period I have so many happy memories; too many to record in 1000 words. Lived in Lime Avenue all ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham by George Ellis

Roots

My Grandfather William Hazell came from Pentlow and was a legend in our family. the rest of his family spelled their name Hasell and there seem to be many in Pentlow going back to the 1700s. Grandfather William found himself in Pentlow and ...Read more

A memory of Pentlow in 1890 by Keith Hazell

Sports Galore

Although it was a fair walk or bike ride away from my Wembley Park home at Barn Rise, I regularly used to play tennis in this wonderful park, always around the time of Wimbledon when everyone rushed out to play. From memory there ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1965 by Steve Windsor

School At Burslem Junior Tech

I lived in Blythe Bridge and travelled to school at the Burslem Junior Technical College in Moorland Road, Burslem over a period between 1943 to 1945. The journey by train on the old loop line was a lot of fun. I ...Read more

A memory of Burslem in 1944 by Roy Allen

Billys Greengrocer

Billy's Greengorcer - a small shop on the corner of Hebron Street where you could buy fruit and veg, and almost anything else. In those years there was not an awful lot of choice.. two lots of potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, and ...Read more

A memory of Heyside in 1951 by Barbara Watts

When I Lived In Strichen

We came to Strichen from the Auchnagatt area in 1949 and I went to Strichen primary and secondary schools. It was real sad when the old school was knocked down. I stayed out at Newmill which was also Michies brewery and ...Read more

A memory of Strichen in 1967 by Sheila Allan

St Philips School

At this time (1950) I became a pupil at the above school. The playground was truly superb and it has very recently become a permanent green space for the use of the village. This ground has in it a ha-ha and we ...Read more

A memory of Burley in Wharfedale in 1950

From Woodland Road To Cheshire Via The Penllwyn

On June 11th 1952 in the front downstairs room, (or close by) of 14 Woodland Road I let out my first cry. My early days of Pont are blurred, because they were not happy days. But I do remember ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith by Garnet Marshall

Captions

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Caption For Dublin, The Custom House 1897

The Custom House dates from 1791 but was burned down in 1921 during the troubled years that led to the creation of the Irish Free State.

Caption For Salisbury, Bridge Street C1955

Like many other shopping streets in Salisbury, Fisherton Street has changed very little over the last fifty years, in spite of most of the shops themselves moving or closing down and being replaced

Caption For Lands End, Penwith House 1908

We can see the First and Last House down by the Land's End, while in the far distance is the headland of Cape Cornwall.

Caption For Wilmington, Priory Ruins C1950

Situated under the downs, very close to the Long Man, the former manorial grange at Wilmington had, by the 13th century, developed into a small priory.

Caption For Rhos On Sea, Rhos Road C1955

Rhos-on-Sea was the poorer cousin to nearby Colwyn Bay, yet it still manages an identity of its own.

Caption For Broseley, The Square C1965

Broseley was once the only sizeable town in what is now known as the Ironbridge Gorge area. It was an important industrial centre, and coal was mined and shipped from here down the River Severn.

Caption For Swindon, Commercial Road C1965

Looking West This view looks down Commercial Road towards the old market site.

Caption For Dover, The Promenade 1908

Behind the boat with sails up (centre left) we can just see a row of bathing machines, which could be towed down to the water so that the bathers could step out of the machine straight into

Caption For Congleton, Bridge Street C1955

The buildings just beyond have been pulled down and replaced.

Caption For Garstang, Church Street C1955

Church Street leads from the Market Square down to the Lancaster Canal, where a basin facilitated the handling of cargo on and off the barges.

Caption For Ulverston, King Street 1950

Facing down the street (centre) is the Corner Café, now an optician's shop, whilst the café on the left is now an Indian restaurant.

Caption For Beachy Head, 1890

This infamous headland, at 536ft the highest cliff on the south coast, marks the point where the South Downs plunge into the English Channel.

Caption For Langham, The School And School Lane C1950

Can you see the sign of the Noel Arms further down on the left, and the Wheatsheaf on the right? Dulcie Ellingworth was headmistress here.

Caption For Ottery St Mary, Market Place 1907

The awnings are down over the windows; it is a hot, sunny day.

Caption For Mill Hill, Watford Way C1955

Watford Way, running down to the North Circular Road from the M1 motorway, looks definitely under-used in 1960.

Caption For Warrington, Buttermarket Street C1950

Frith's intrepid photographer sought a high vantage point at Boots Corner for this view down Buttermarket Street.

Caption For New Quay, Church Street C1950

These views (below and pages 40-41) up and down Church Street would have been familiar to Dylan Thomas, who lived near New Quay in 1944, and to many visitors, who have to park their cars at the top of

Caption For Skegness, Lumley Road 1910

When it had become unsafe in 1904, the stone lion on the roof of the Lion Hotel was brought down to stand on the pavement.

Caption For Eastleigh, The Airport C1960

That figure is now down to 20% as a result of the introduction of many new national and international routes by other airlines.

Caption For Polperro, Crumplehorn Mill 1908

Today the mill has been turned into an inn, and the fields below the steep road have been laid out as a car park for visitors to Polperro village that lies down to the right.

Caption For Stonehenge, C1955

They weigh up to 40 tons each, and were brought from Fyfield Down, near Marlborough, about 20 miles away, from a surface quarry that can still be visited.

Caption For Abergavenny, From Near The Station 1893

The stone half way down the other side of the road marked the entry to Mill Lane which led to Mill Street, the main entry road to the town for many centuries.

Caption For Aberdare, 1937

We are looking down on Aberdare, a town set amid beautiful scenery at the head of the Cynon Valley. On the far right, the road continues over the top to Maerdy.

Caption For Daresbury, Parish Church C1955

His father was the vicar here and Dodgeson was born in the nearby vicarage, which has since burnt down.