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An Idyllic Childhood In New Haw

I wanted to add my own memories of growing up in New Haw from 1965 until moving again in 1973. The family moved from Richmond (then in Middlesex) to 187 New Haw Road, a detached 3-bedroom house with 1/3 acre of ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1966 by Andrew Taylor

Post Office Garden Village

The photograph is of Garden Village Post Office which was then in Cambrian Ave. The couple standing together are my parents, Stan & Mary Watts, I believe the man standing on pavement is a neighbour Bob Davies. ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch by David Watts

Reading University In The 1950s

Great memories of my years as a student at Reading University in the 1950's. At that time there was only one campus, and on entering through the covered London Road entrance (on the left of the photo) the ...Read more

A memory of Reading in 1954 by Milton Freeman

Growing Up In Bredbury Hall

My name is Norma Webster, now Evans. I was born in Bredbury in 1938 and at first lived in Annabel Rd. My parents became caretakers of Bredbury Hall until 1948 when we all migrated to Australia. Bredbury Hall was a ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury in 1944 by Norma Evans

Maindy And Canada Road In The 1950s/60s

Hello Lyndon, I too have many vivid memories of Maindy and the surrounding area. I was born in 62 Canada Rd in 1945 and lived there until 1967...the so-called summer of love! I was sort of brought up by my ...Read more

A memory of Maindy in 1950 by Andy Thompson

1973 Demolition Year For The Market Buildings

I arrived in Wolverhampton when demolition of the market buildings was under way. The buildings in front of the church (in the photo) must have already been long gone, but the buildings on the side ...Read more

A memory of Wolverhampton

The Awakening

On the right of the photograph the second shop belonged to Arthur Sansom, the Newsagents and Confectioners. It has a sign board above the shop front: PICTURE POST. In the Easter holidays of 1959 at the age of 14½, I took my first ...Read more

A memory of Locksbottom

Moulds My Dad's Old Shop

After the war Dad found work as an assistant in a long established family-run department store called Moulds. Situated in Leatherhead High Street, it was an imposing sort of place with double glass doors set well back from ...Read more

A memory of Leatherhead by Brian Simmons

Belleville School

A lady writing on here mentioned a couple of places in Battersea that bring back memories. First of all, she mentioned Meyrick Road. I never lived there, but my mum and dad did when my mum was carrying me. My mum and dad were Mr. and ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by s.fomes

The Bringing Of Buckland Lower Lodge Into The 20th Century.

I am Jeannette McNicol (nee Elliott). My brother John and I moved there with my parents ,when I was 13 years old and he was 12. I had found the house when we were having a ...Read more

A memory of Buckland in the Moor by jenner

Captions

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Caption For Leeds, Parish Church 1891

The church of St John the Evangelist was consecrated in 1634 and retains its oaken interior and a great screen which is considered to be one of the finest of its type in England.

Caption For Sheffield, Parish Church 1893

The original parish church of St Peter & St Paul was built in the 12th century and rebuilt two or three hundred years later.

Caption For Marlborough, London Road C1950

Further on is T C Baker, watch and clock repairer. The double-gabled Five Alls is beyond the car, and in the distance is a group of 18th-century cottages.

Caption For Congleton, St Peter's Church 1898

At this time, all but the uppermost section of the east window had clear glass. Stained glass was introduced later in 1922.

Caption For Hawkley, The Village C1960

This village lies around a green, and here the church of St Peter and St Paul can be found. At the first house on the right, a window beside the front door has been bricked up.

Caption For Norwich, Market Place And St Peter Mancroft Church 1891

Between the Guildhall and St Peter Mancroft's church all the buildings on the right, except the Sir Garnet Wolseley pub, were demolished in the 1930s; the market was extended westwards to give the splendid

Caption For Sidford, Village 1906

On the far side of the bridge is the church of St Peter, built in 1873.

Caption For Petersfield, The Grange 2005

To aggrandize the entrance to the family home as it was approached from St Peter's Road (New Way), William Jolliffe provided £500 in his will, together with any further sums considered necessary

Caption For Colchester, North Hill 1891

The fine Georgian tower of St Peter's church was built in 1758, replacing the medieval one which was damaged by an earthquake in 1692.

Caption For Berrynarbor, General View C1960

Berrynarbor sits on the side of the Sterridge valley. St Peter's Church is the main landmark. It is mainly a 15th-century building, with the sandstone tower dated to 1480.

Caption For Stonegate, Church 1907

The church of St Peter was originally built in 1828, but was greatly enlarged in 1904 when the massive north tower and west spire were added.

Caption For Broadstairs, York Gate 1887

The attractive old streets of St Peters are still one of the most delightful aspects of Broadstairs.

Caption For Sheffield, Aeriel View Of St Peter's Church C1965

The simple spire of St Peter's Church, Sheffield is typical of many such post-modern churches, which were built as large new council housing estates were erected in the suburbs of 'the Steel City', now

Caption For Eckington, The Memorial C1965

The Church and War Memorial c1955 Dedicated to St Peter & St Paul, the church here is first mentioned in 1310, though there was almost certainly a place of worship on the site in late Saxon times

Caption For Wadhurst, High Street 1903

Wadhurst is high up in the forest ridge and was noted for its market and iron industry. The church of St Peter and St Paul has many cast iron graveslabs in the floor.

Caption For Uplyme, Church 1900

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul, a favourite dedication of King Ine in Anglo-Saxon times, stands on a knoll overlooking Uplyme village.

Caption For West Wittering, The Village Green 1953

The 11th-century church of St Peter and St Paul is heavily restored. Cakeham Manor House is a medieval palace of the Bishop of Chichester.

Caption For Tawstock, St Peter's Church 1890

This remarkable church, St Peter's, is hidden in the Taw valley a couple of miles from Barnstaple.

Caption For St Ives, 1898

For centuries a fishing port, St Ives is today better known for its artistic community.

Caption For Weare Giffard, 1923

It was replaced by St Peter's, designed by R T Hookway and consecrated by the Bishop of Exeter on 28 June 1890.

Caption For Hereford, St Peter's Square C1950

Standing beyond the market area of High Town, near to the Shire Hall, St Peter's is the civic church of Hereford.

Caption For Edensor, The Village C1960

The 6th Duke of Devonshire supervised the design of Edensor (pronounced “Ensor”) in 1839 as a model estate village for his workers at nearby Chatsworth.

Caption For Nottingham, St Peter's Church 1890

Horse trams ran from St. Peter's Church to Trent Bridge and to the railway station, then on Station Street. Horse buses ran to West Bridgeford.

Caption For Horbury, Queen Street C1960

Horbury lies at the heart of the West Yorkshire heavy woollen district. It was the birthplace of the architect John Carr, who started his training in his father's quarry.