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Childhood In The 1950s In Caerau

I was born at 87 Victoria Street in 1945. My father was a miner and worked all his life in Caerau colliery. My mother came from London with her brothers and sisters, they were evacuated to Caerau after their house ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1953 by Colin Evans

Growing Up

I was born in the former Mechanics Institute in Derwent Street, Blackhill in 1946 where my grandfather was the caretaker. My name was Ann Wall and my grandparents' name was Redshaw. My mother lived with my grandparents in the ...Read more

A memory of Blackhill in 1946 by Ann Westgarth

Totney House

The is a picture of Totney House on lower Kingsdown Road. I was captivated by this house as a small child walking past it, with its white-washed walls and thatched roof. I eventually got to go inside when a school ...Read more

A memory of Kingsdown by Paula Cope

Childhood In Benham Valence

It was in April 1950 that I was born in the Victorian wing of Benham Valence - actually in the flat above the garages - a very primitive dwelling with no bathroom or indoor toilet. Unfortunately the whole wing was ...Read more

A memory of Benham Park in 1950 by Nicolette Craggs

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

Grand Parents

I never knew my dad's parents, as they had both died by the time i was a baby. I enjoyed my time there as i often had friends calling in. I also had friends in the neighbouring streets [Wardle st, Muriel St & Oswald Terrace.] ...Read more

A memory of Old Cassop by David Darwood

Washington Brady Square

One of three children who lived at Hillthorn Terrace, just next to the railway lines. I can remember as if it was yesterday when the coal train used to travel from Washington "F" Pit down towards Brady Square, through ...Read more

A memory of Washington by Jim Beresford

Childhood

In the 1960s I lived in Ogilvie Terrace and spent lots of days wandering happy and safe in Deri. I remember the nut wood, picking whinberries, Doreen's shop, the gas pipes where we balanced and luckily did not come to harm, the horse-shoe ...Read more

A memory of Deri in 1960 by Lesley Kavanagh

A Walk From Shotgate Baptist Church To The Nevendon Road Part 2 See Part 1 And 2 Below

Continued from Part 2 On the south side of the fire station were a few houses and then a footpath that led to the other entrance to the recreational ground. ...Read more

A memory of Wickford by Kevin Mears

Evacuated To Coedpoeth 1944

My older brother and two other boys were taken in by Mrs Jones in Roberts Terrace. I was seven and had my 8th birthday there. She was a wonderful lady and looked after the four of use. I remember going to find logs ...Read more

A memory of Coedpoeth in 1944 by William Schofield

Captions

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Caption For Kelvedon, High Street C1955

Apart from an increase of traffic and the removal of the creeper growing over Knights Templars Terrace on the left, this scene has changed little.

Caption For Woodchester, The Village C1960

Beyond the terraced streets of the village is Woodchester Mansion, set in a remote valley and keeping its secrets within an unfinished masterpiece of Victorian architecture; mysteries and

Caption For Basildon, Long Riding C1960

Maisonettes, terraces, semis, bungalows, flats and detached houses all had a place in the new neighbourhoods.

Caption For Boston, Tower Street 1893

Tower Street, its houses mostly mid-Victorian terraces and semi-detached villas, some dated 1879 and 1880, has its vista closed by one of England's most stunningly effective buildings: the Boston Stump

Caption For Alton, Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, Nurses Home C1955

A memorial bust of Sir William Treloar, the founder, can be seen outside on the terrace (right).

Caption For Skegness, From The Beach 1899

Pier Terrace, the Pier Hotel and the Pier itself are there, as well as what was then waste ground between Edinburgh and Prince Alfred Avenues.

Caption For Harlow, Market House C1955

shops on three sides, and a first-floor row of shops that did not need a window display, such as hairdressers, opticians, photographers, and a restaurant overlooking the market, with bridges, stairs and terraces

Caption For Bath, North Parade And Abbey 1949

Terrace Walk, with the abbey behind, ran between the 18th-century Harrison's and Lindsay's Assembly rooms, and the wide pavements were for promenading.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, Atlantic Terrace East 1887

Part of the 'Cliftonville' area, these smart terraces housed the wealthy colonels, surgeons and Indian Army officers who retired to the seaside here. They enjoyed outstanding views across Weston Bay.

Caption For Liskeard, Dean Terrace 1890

This smart terrace of houses stands just down the hill from picture No 32349, on the western approach to the town.

Caption For Plymouth, Drake's Statue 1930

The terrace behind is also gone; the Register Office now stands on the site.

Caption For Chalford, The Golden Valley 1910

Many of the wealthy clothiers' houses were built on terraces cut into the hillside.

Caption For Yelverton, Green Bank 1910

The rails here are presumably a siding, for the Tavistock line ran across the picture a little way past the far end of the terrace, while the Princetown branch curved round to the south (left, well out

Caption For Southend On Sea, Clifton Terrace 1898

Terraces of solid Victorian houses overlook the cliffs, with brick walls and wrought iron railings protecting the gardens.

Caption For East Runton, High Street 1921

The Edwardian terraces in the foreground, with their bay windows and neat, walled gardens and railings, harmonise with the simpler cottages beyond.

Caption For Richmond, From Terrace 1898

The Terrace, another Georgian promenade, offers a spectacular panorama of the town.

Caption For Seaford, Esplanade 1906

The Esplanade represents one such attempt after the railway arrived in 1864, but sadly only two of these imposing late-Victorian terraces survive.

Caption For Plymouth, Tavistock Road 1890

New substantial terraced buildings mark the march of the residential area out of the old city into the fields outside.

Caption For Eastbourne, Carpet Gardens 1912

On the left is one of the finest stucco terraces in Eastbourne, the Burlington and Claremont Hotels of 1851: worthy of Brighton.

Caption For Limpley Stoke, The Village C1955

This Wiltshire village grew up on three roughly parallel terraces on the steep and well-wooded Avon valley side, with the parish church at the south end.

Caption For Binfield, Terrace Road C1955

The corner shop at the junction of Terrace Road and Forest Road displays numerous advertisements, including those for Walls Ice Cream, Cadburys, Digger, and Turf.

Caption For Barry, The Parade 1910

The terraces of houses on the Parade, previously broken only by Charles Place, is now broken by the building of a pair of detached properties (right), which were later joined to become the Gwalia Hotel

Caption For Kings Lynn, High Street 1908

This street of small distinctive shops and handsome 18th-century terraced buildings is the commercial hub of the town.

Caption For Worthing, Marine Parade 1890

In 1890, visitors looking westwards from Worthing's pier would have seen terraces of Georgian lodging houses interspersed with a few newly erected Victorian buildings, such as the Clear View Hotel shown