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Memories

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Happy Sunny Days

I only have great sunny memories of Halifax as a child. A lot of these photos in the 1960's show the sunshine... just how I remember it. My granddad worked on the buses and in the photos he may have been on one of those! His ...Read more

A memory of Halifax in 1966 by Zoran Milovanovic

Good Times Learning

I attended several one week Ford Marketing Courses over a three Year period 1969 to 1972. Good times

A memory of Havering-atte-Bower in 1969 by John Smye

Rugeley

I too grew up on the Peartree Estate and have memories of all that Christine remembers. I saw my very first pig at a small farm at the rear of Uplands Green, I think the farmers name was Mr. Duval. I too attended to St Joseph's school ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley in 1954 by Miriam Lawrence

Ta Camp Royal Welch Fusiliers 4th Battalion The Best

The best 2 week camp I attended - great training area. Also off duty time spent in Tavistock, lovely little market town. One night attended a dance in the townhall (upstais if I remember), met a local girl there her name was (is) Sylvia, happy days.

A memory of Tavistock in 1962

Always My 'home' Town.

I was born in Bucklow Hill outside Altrincham in 1945. I lived at 60, Cromwell Rd, Winnington Park. At the age of 5 I started to attend Winnington Park Junior School. I was living with my grandparents at the time. My ...Read more

A memory of Northwich by Ivan Kelsall

My Granparents

What a wonderful building this was. My grandfather had an indoor market stall on a Wednesday and Saturday, he was known as the coin man of the Queensway Market. My grandmother worked here up to her retirement and beyond, till ...Read more

A memory of Dunstable in 1990 by Robert Moon

Happy Days

I was born in Kingston in 1946 and moved with my parents to Bookham in 1961. My family connections to Kingston go back centuries and I am having great fun tracking them back. I am sure many people will remember my father ...Read more

A memory of Kingston Upon Thames in 1960 by Audrey Bailey

The Quantrill Family

My Quantrill grandparents came with a young family to live near the, then busy, cattle market in the centre of what was a row of three dwellings (now a shop). On one side was the telephone exchange ...Read more

A memory of Hagley in 1910 by Wendy Larmour

Dewhursts

I used to work in Dewhursts butchers on Whipperly Ring, Farley Hill Est. Mr Brookes, the Area Manager, had his office over the butcher shop on Market Hill about 50 yards from the Red Lion Hotel. I have very fond memories of Luton from that ...Read more

A memory of Luton in 1965 by William Rooney

Some Of Enfield's Rich History.

St. Andrew's Church behind the market place was a church where Princess Elizabeth, who became Queen Elizabeth the 1st often prayed. She sometimes lived at the old palace that became Pearsons and I was told that there ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by Roger Davis

Captions

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Caption For Chichester, Canon Lane Archway, South Street 1890

The houses in South Street become smaller in scale than in the other three streets meeting at the central Market Cross.

Caption For Kettering, Parish Church & Memorial Cross 1922

The buildings to the right of the gateway, which led in from the Market Place, were part of the District Council offices.

Caption For Headingley, The Cricket Ground Pavilion 1897

Originally a part of the Cardigan Fields estate, Headingley was put on the market in 1888 and purchased by the Leeds cricket and football clubs in January 1889.

Caption For Tarporley, The Swan C1965

The colonnaded area just beyond is the former covered market.

Caption For Cartmel, The Square C1955

At the centre of the village is the ancient market cross and priory gatehouse, now owned by the National Trust.

Caption For Darwen, Market Street C1955

Sharing its name with the river in whose valley it lies, Darwen grew rapidly as a result of industrialisation in the early 19th century, and many of the buildings along Market Street were

Caption For Wigan, Market Place C1955

Despite redevelopment, the facades of these buildings, which cluster around the medieval market place, remain recognisable today.

Caption For Leyburn, The Market Place C1960

The Army, probably from the neighbouring garrison town of Catterick, was on parade in the sloping, rectangular Market Place at Leyburn in Wensleydale when the Frith photographer called for this picture

Caption For St Ives, Market Hill And Church 1901

In the 13th century, St Ives was one of the biggest markets in Europe. Since then, encroachment by buildings greatly reduced its size.

Caption For Dalton In Furness, Market Cross 1966

Formerly, a market hall stood between the castle and the cross. The drinking fountain beyond the cross commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Caption For Daventry, The Burton Memorial And Moot Hall C1965

To the right is a bus standing in the Market Square, waiting to leave for Northampton. Just visible to the left is Gyte's fish and chip shop, which closed many years ago.

Caption For New Brighton, Lighthouse C1955

In the late 1980s it was sold, refurbished and subsequently marketed as a quirky site for honeymooners and those enjoying esoteric weekend breaks.

Caption For Wetherby, Market Place 1909

In 1920 all the influential Dunlop Guide could find to say about the town was that it had 'pleasant walks by the river'.Wetherby was famed for its ancient Thursday market and fair, sanctioned

Caption For Bourne, North Road C1955

This is the extremely busy A15 main road heading north to Folkingham, Lincoln and eventually the Humber Bridge and south (the way we are facing) to Market Deeping and Peterborough.

Caption For Longridge, Market Place C1955

It still shows many of the signs of a country village, and is complete with its Market Square, as our photograph shows. Longridge takes its name from being at the end of Longridge Fell.

Caption For Clitheroe, Market Place 1921

Our photographer is standing in Church Street.The early markets were held in this area of the town.The White Lion Hotel on the right is still there today, and so is W D Cunliffe the grocers and bakers.Three

Caption For Hermitage, Fox Inn C1955

The setting for the farm, the surrounding countryside and the nearby railway are all faithfully recreated in 'The Fox' while the nearby market town is surely Newbury.

Caption For Tetbury, Long Street 1949

During the Middle Ages, the town's prosperity grew with the woollen industry, and it became an important yarn market.

Caption For Bourne, Market Square 1955

The Market Square is at the busy cross-roads in the centre of this delightful small town.

Caption For Binbrook, The Square C1955

The north side of the Market Place has seen many recent changes: The Marquis of Granby, partly dating from 1695, was restored in 1999 and the paint removed from its stonework.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Cornhill C1955

The large building is the Market Cross and Theatre, built by the Adam brothers in 1774-80. To the left the shops include Hepworth's, Home and Colonial, and International Stores.

Caption For Chipping Campden, High Street C1960

Here we glimpse the High Street through the arches of the Market Hall, which was built in 1627 at the expense of Sir Baptist Hicks.

Caption For Launceston, Fore Street C1960

It stood on a site just in front of the Central Methodist church; there had once been a Wednesday yarn market here.

Caption For Launceston, Fore Street C1960

It stood on a site just in front of the Central Methodist church; there had once been a Wednesday yarn market here.