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Times Past

I was born in 1951 and lived for the first 2 years of my life at 241 the Blocks with my parents and Grandparents. This was a 2 up 2 down + attic house in a block of 3 situated on the bottom row of the blocks, now ...Read more

A memory of Barrow Hill in 1951 by Paul Gibbons

Gaslight 1954

In the early 50's many streets in Uxbridge were still lit by gas. So "lighting up time" had a whole different meaning. The iron lampposts were much lower than the lighting masts of today and were more widely placed along the ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1954 by Philip Cousins

Flixton Road

This picture shows the Post Office - the nearest of the row of shops. Note the old-fashioned police telephone just outside the Post Office. The next shop is the barbers where I used to get the haircut! The son of this barber had a ...Read more

A memory of Flixton in 1965 by Roger Hare

The Providence Congregational Church 1956

"The Providence", as it was commonly known, stood at the corner of Laundry Yard and The Lynch. Built in 1795 with a later facade it was a gem of late georgian "chapel" architecture. You entered through a ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1955 by Philip Cousins

Seaton, Cornwall (Keveral Lane)

It was nice to read of some familiar names that lived in Seaton at the same time as me, Jon Sandy for one. I often think of Jane Sandy and where she is now. I came to live in Seaton when I was 2 years old in ...Read more

A memory of Seaton in 1958 by Lynda Collins

Wimbledon

I was born in - 1940 All Saints Road, opposite the church. We moved to Pitt Cresent in 1941 with my gran, in 1942 we moved into South Wimbledon to Balfour Road and use to sleep on the underground station due to the war. In 1944 we ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon by John Siggery

Wannock Gardens Tea Rooms

I have very fond memories of the Wannock Gardens Tea Rooms in the 1950s (and maybe into the 1960s). My dad was a Brighton coach driver who took trips of old ladies out for afternoon excursions and tea there. My sister ...Read more

A memory of Wannock in 1959 by Mary Funnell

Newby Bridge Hospital, Cumbria

My mother, born in Carlisle 1920, has a memory of one of her brothers going to Newby Bridge Hospital. I have asked around but nobody seems to know if there was a hospital at Newby Bridge. It is such a strong memory ...Read more

A memory of Lakeside by Valerie Kay

Recollections Of Childhood..Post War 50's

Born at Station Rd, close to Bridge School, a small sweet shop called Ecclestones was at the foot of the bridge. We would walk over the bridge, mum to shop in the Popular Stores (Coop I think), I recall ...Read more

A memory of Wealdstone

Clyde Street, Salford

I remember living at no 6 Clyde Street and at the end of the street was Mrs Grant's shop. I was the eldest of four (me) Mandy Derbyshire, my brothers Jason and Paul, and my sister Kelly. I remember being part of the filming ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1970 by Amanda Hobbs

Captions

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Caption For Inveraray, Loch Awe And Kilchurn Castle C1955

Additional buildings were added on the south and north sides during the 16th and late 17th centuries respectively; these in turn created an irregular courtyard to what had been a free-standing tower.

Caption For York, The River C1950

By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge

Caption For Abingdon, St Nicholas's Church C1960

We are looking north from Bridge Street.

Caption For St Donats, 1937

There are no identifiable remains of the castle built here in the 12th and 13th centuries.

Caption For York, The River C1950

By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge.

Caption For Clitheroe, Edisford Bridge C1965

This was another popular area where children could paddle and swim. By 1972 a swimming pool had opened at Edisford.

Caption For Barton Upon Irwell, Barton Bridge Road C1955

Barton Bridge closed in favour of road traffic.

Caption For Bristol, A View From The Centre Towards St Augustine's Reach C1950

The Reach dates from the 13th century and used to extend further into the town.

Caption For Clydebank, Kilbowie Road 1900

Situated on the Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart, Clydebank was little more than farmland until 1871–72, when J & G Thomson began the construction of a shipyard.

Caption For Bedford, The River C1965

The river basks in afternoon sunshine, with swans and a hired rowing boat on the water.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Bridge Street C1955

Haverfordwest first developed when the Flemings established a town here and built the castle. Henry Tudor also passed this way with his army on the way to Bosworth to defeat Richard III.

Caption For Great Sampford, View From The Bridge C1955

Behind us is the bridge across the young River Pant. As recently as the early 1900s, it could still only carry horses - not carts.

Caption For Warrington, Buttermarket Street C1950

Like much of Bridge Street and the Circus (shown here in the foreground) this street, too, is now a smart pedestrian area.

Caption For Chelford, Village C1955

Once a common sight throughout the country, roadside petrol pumps such as those shown here are a severe fire risk, and are now placed well away from the kerb.

Caption For Barton Seagrave, Old Cottages C1955

Only a couple of miles from Kettering, the village of Barton Seagrave retains plenty of charm and character.

Caption For Lincoln, High Street C1950

This view looks south down the High Street from near High Bridge. The 11th-century tower of St Mary le Wigford church peers out amid the later commercial architecture.

Caption For Wroxham, On The Bure 1921

A mile from Wroxham Broad and spanning the Bure is this lovely old single-span bridge, partially hidden by a passing sail.

Caption For Preston, The Bridge Over The Ribble 1903

Spilling down from the Yorkshire Dales, the Ribble streams under the lovely old bridge at Settle and through the valley that has taken its name.

Caption For Whitby, The Viaduct 1884

The rails have been removed, and a pleasant cycle track has been installed. There is talk of bringing back the railway, but talk costs nothing.

Caption For Blanchland, The Village C1935

It is unusual in that it is an L-plan building incorporating the Abbey chancel, crossing and north transept with its 13th-century tower and 14th-century belfry.

Caption For Maidenhead, Cliveden Woods 1925

The Astor family once lived there, and it is now owned by the National Trust and let as an hotel.

Caption For Pilling, The Old Mill C1960

The mill is situated on the Broadfleet river near Broadfleet Bridge, where tradition has it that the devil, angered at being outwitted by the Cockerham schoolmaster, left the mark of his cloven hoof.

Caption For Glasson Dock, The Docks C1950

Our photographer is standing on the bridge over the lock which separates the dock from the Lancaster Canal basin.

Caption For Eccleston, The Ferry 1895

These were the days when blazers and boaters were de rigeur for a trip down the river to Eccleston.