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Memories

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Born In Saford 5

Lived in Gurner street from 1944 until about 1960. Down one side of the street was Ordsal Hall and on the other, a street with a wonderful sewing shop, owner was a Mrs Cob, it was full of little drawers with embroidery thread, Same ...Read more

A memory of Salford by matad

School Days

I started Finchampstead school in 1953.There were 3 class rooms each with a cloak room,a girls toilet block ,be it only 3 toilet cubicles for us children and one for the teachers and boys block but I never entered that and so know ...Read more

A memory of Finchampstead by Jane Roskell

Cholderton House Employee

My grandmother was in service at Cholderton House for several years from about 1929 to 1931, but left when she was 20 to get married. Her name was Ida Gladys Lever and she was from the village of Chilmark . According to my ...Read more

A memory of Cholderton by sesme

Chope Road

I am looking for some historical images from my house on Chope Road. It is currently called Sundene and was built in 1920 as one large house, now separated into two. My understanding is that the house owned a lot of land, which is now Tudor ...Read more

A memory of Northam

Family Of Ewj Moloney, Lancing Solicitor D 1978

I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Rose Moloney

Born At Inshriach

I was born at Inshriach in 1949. My dad worked at the sawmill so we would lived in one of the houses there. My older brother went to school in Lagganlia. He has memories from then but unfortunately I don’t . I have been back but ...Read more

A memory of Inshriach by Moira Martin

Beanz Dreamz...

Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more

A memory of Abbey Hulton by Marc Thorley

Does Anyone Have Any Information About St Joseph's Rc Poor Law School For Girls Which Existed In Southall Between 1918 1930 Ish.

Hello I'm trying to find out the name of the convent that my Mother grew up in in Southall. She was left there as an orphan as a 2 or 3 year old in 1915 and lived there being looked after by nuns until she ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Derek White

The Milton Road Coronation Party. 1953?

A large wooden hall was built on land behind Mr and Mrs Chrime's house in Milton Road and we had a street party for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. I remember seeing bits of the ceremony on ...Read more

A memory of Ellesmere Port in 1953 by Ian Mabbitt

Harriott Brothers The Butcher's Shop

My Father was Arthur Harriott who owned Harriott Brothers Butchers Shop (which can be seen at the bottom left-hand corner of the picture) together with his Brother, Edward. We lived in "Old Sarum" which is the ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1950 by Pamela Beeching

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Captions

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Caption For Kettering, The Market 1922

The gabled stone building (in front of the church) housed the Market Offices, and was also a drop-in centre for the unemployed.

Caption For Hampstead, The Spaniards, Spaniards End 1890

Said to have been founded by the Spanish Ambassador's valet, the 18th-century pub, with its adjacent toll house, formed the entrance to the Bishop of London's Hornsey estate.

Caption For Sawbridgeworth, London Road 1903

We are looking southwards from Walnut Tree Corner, and London Road is deserted apart from the wagon standing outside the Gate public house (centre left).

Caption For Bridport, East Bridge 1897

The 16th-century house behind it is reputed to have been the Hospital of St John the Baptist.

Caption For Aysgarth, Middle Fall And Church 1887

The old school house was later a sanatorium from 1907 to 1947, and then became the Youth Hostel.

Caption For Whitby, Abbey 1901

The Abbey, the Parish Church, Abbey House and Church Stairs

Caption For Glasgow, The Botanic Gardens 1897

The Kibble Palace, which was re-erected in the gardens in 1872, now houses rare tree ferns.

Caption For Harlow, Moot House C1955

The former vicarage was renamed Moot House, and was used as a busy community centre.

Caption For Liverpool, Sefton Park 1895

Sefton Park has always had much to delight its visitors, and when the Palm House opened in 1896 thousands came to see it, along with the other glories of the Park.

Caption For Blackburn, The Market And Town Hall 1894

The Market House, as it was called, opened on 28 January 1848.

Caption For Broadbridge Heath, Portsmouth And Guildford Roads 1924

The village was created at the turn of the century to house construction workers for the very large brick-built Christ's Hospital school nearby.

Caption For Bridport, East Bridge 1897

The 16th-century house behind it is reputed to have been the Hospital of St John the Baptist.

Caption For Kegworth, High Street C1960

The arrival of framework knitters heralded a dour expansion of red brick housing and hosiery factories, but some nice examples of vernacular architecture are to be found in the village.

Caption For Boston Spa, The Bridge 1908

Along the banks to the east is the old Spa Baths, now converted to housing.

Caption For Edgware, The Memorial, High Street C1955

Early photographs show a village of timber-framed buildings, of which a few survive, all on the west side of the road; they include a very fine 16th-century hall house and a range of timber-framed houses

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Cobb 1900

The houses above are West Cliffs, Holme Lea and Holm Craig (middle distance).

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

Most of the houses are positioned around the large green where there were once old archery butts.

Caption For Ware, New Road 1925

Even before the arrival of the railway, Ware was home to a population of rising middle-class entrepreneurs who demanded the most modern housing.

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

Most of the houses are positioned around the large green where there were once old archery butts.

Caption For Walsingham, Old Houses 1929

This attractive small town has many picturesque old houses in its narrow streets.

Caption For Dorking, Denbies Mansion 1905

Tyre transformed the farm buildings into a modest Georgian house, which was given the name of Denbies.

Caption For Garston, The Manor House C1955

This early 19th-century listed building, built on the site of the former manor house, has had numerous private owners, reputedly including one eccentric lady with a love of snakes who allowed them to

Caption For Ware, High Street C1965

Long after the Fleur de Luce public house was closed, the site was taken by Jenning & Bewley, printers, and Ware Library - both of these were lost to Tesco, and so was Gideon Talbot's car repair workshop

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village 1902

Pound House is behind the telegraph pole.