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Memories

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Crofts Bank Road Shops Circa 1956

I lived in Urmston between 1951 and 1974 with my parents and twin brother, Michael. We knew most of these shops and business premises very well indeed. On the left side the premises were as follows, The corner ...Read more

A memory of Urmston in 1956 by John Owen

Brenda Burton Of Holly Cottage

It was either 1939 or 1940 when we moved into Holly Cottage, I was two years old, there was a  thatched roof and it had been two houses semi det, very primitive, dirt flooring, with a huge stone and I really mean big ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere by Brenda Burton

Hessenford

I was so pleased to come across a site talking about 'my' family village of Hessenford. I was also evacauated to Hessenford with my mum and spent my 1st birthday there. This was the first of many August holidays with my Great Aunt ...Read more

A memory of Hessenford in 1944 by Judy Sharp

Springhead Terrace

I was born at number 11, and was told I did not open my eyes, so Mrs Tyreman baptized me. She had changed from Methodist to Catholic when she married her husband who was a tailor. When the priest came the next morning and blessed ...Read more

A memory of Loftus in 1930 by Joseph Lavelle

An Industrial Village

Having grown up in Birstall I have a fondness for this little market town in West Yorkshire, situated approximately 8 miles from Leeds and centrally placed for easy access to other major towns Bradford, Huddersfield and ...Read more

A memory of Birstall by Jennifer Ineson

Living There

I was born in Rettendon  in 1938.  My father (Ernest James Hazell) and mother ( Ellen Wiseman)  were both born in the village as were my maternal grandmother and great grandmother. As a child I remember watching aircraft flying home ...Read more

A memory of Rettendon by Keith Hazell

Bluecap

I remember well the Saturday Night Dances at the Bluecap Hotel in the 50's & 60's, now pulled down. The Bull's Head was more up-market. I lived at St Dominick and remember the Cattle Market. I was going to Callington Grammer School ...Read more

A memory of Callington by Brian Furse

Watling Avenue Ww11

I remember Tonis Ice Cream, Rosins the Baker, Genners toy shop, Pegglies Bike and Sports shop, Endines for Leather, Wilsons the Green Grocer and the long line ups for those ever so rare oranges, Watlings the tool shop and of ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1940 by Phil Tillman

My Love Of Thetford

When I moved to thetford  I met loads of friends and I enjoyed my school years at Rosemary Musker High.   I enjoyed working at the market and I loved going out to the old mill at the weekends.  As I now live in Scotland, Thetford will always be a special place in my heart.

A memory of Thetford in 1978 by Joanne Anderson

The Market Place

When I was at school I did the history of Loftus. The market place was used for the market stalls, I think that it should be like that again. Bring back the meaning of Loftus market place - if anyone agrees let people know. Even if ...Read more

A memory of Loftus by Susan Holt

Captions

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Caption For Plymouth, The Barbican 1890

The city's fish market was located here until the late 1990s, when it moved across the harbour to a new purpose-built dock.

Caption For Brackley, Town Hall C1955

The largest town in south-west Northamptonshire, Brackley had a market charter since before 1217, its wealth having come from wool.

Caption For Askrigg, Market Cross 1911

Askrigg was already prosperous when the Domesday book was compiled, and continued as the commercial and industrial centre of Upper Wensleydale until 1699, when Hawes was granted a market charter.

Caption For Botley, The Square C1955

Again looking back towards the church, this picture gives a good idea of the size of the Square, with the Market Hall on the left. Note the Dolphin Hotel on the left, and the Bugle Inn opposite.

Caption For Carnforth, Lancaster Road C1955

The station, which lies a short distance to the left along Market Street, was used as a set during the filming of 'Brief Encounter'.

Caption For Preston, The Market C1960

This vast open Market Hall was constructed in 1875, and the roof, carried on elaborately decorated cast-iron pillars and supports, covers an area of some 3,500 square yards.

Caption For Ledbury, Homend C1960

The tall tower with the clock stands opposite the Market House on a site once occupied by a tannery.

Caption For Studley, Studley College C1960

Financial problems eventually forced its closure, and British Leyland bought it to use as a marketing centre.

Caption For Faringdon, Market Place C1950

The sale of livestock, including sheep, goats and pigs, took place here on market days up to the start of World War II.

Caption For Skipton, The Market Place C1955

Another market day, this time in Skipton, the ancient gateway town to the eastern Dales. Note the Dales farmers and their wives sitting lined up to the right of the statue, perhaps waiting for a bus.

Caption For Wells, The Market Place C1960

The gateway to the right is part of the 19th-century Market House, which became the post office.

Caption For Gainsborough, Market Place C1955

A medieval market town, its present Town Hall only dates from 1891, seen here before the tepid 1956 Neo-Georgian facade was added with shops to the ground floor.

Caption For Stafford, Library Gardens C1955

In the centre we can see the Grapes public house, and to the right is the sign for the Sun Inn, behind which was a smithfield, or cattle market.

Caption For Warminster, High Street From St Lawrence's C1965

Warminster, on the A36 at the head of the Wylye valley, was an important market town and communication centre.

Caption For Nazeing, The Red Lion C1955

It sits above the River Lea, and is a world of arable fields and market-garden glasshouses.

Caption For Tetbury, View From Cutwell C1955

This Cotswold market town possesses one of the greatest concentrations of protected buildings in the country. Among them is the parish church of St Mary the Virgin.

Caption For Bedford, St Paul's Square C1955

The small market on the left is a relic of the town's original Royal Charter.

Caption For Donington, Market Place C1955

This view looks west from the Market Place into Station Street.

Caption For Bala, High Street C1965

The medieval borough and market town of Bala is still loved for its wide streets in this most rural part of Meirionnydd.

Caption For Halstead, Bridge Street C1955

The market here was established in 1251. This road takes its name from the bridge over the River Colne, visible in the foreground of the picture.

Caption For Chesterfield, High Street 1896

We are looking along Chesterfield's High Street from the cobbled Market Place - a scene little changed today.

Caption For Basildon, Market Pavement C1965

Basildon's first shop opened in Market Pavement on 16 August 1958. It was the premises of Allan Henbest, a tailor and outfitter, formerly of Laindon High Road.

Caption For Hawes, Haymaking 1924

Mechanisation might well have reached market traders, but down on the farm things were different. Here a sled is being put to good use during haymaking near Hawes.

Caption For Knaresborough, Market Day 1921

The ancient market town of Knaresborough clings to the limestone bluff of a gorge carved by the River Nidd, and is famous for several things: the oldest woollen mill in England, Mother Shipton, a 15th-century