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Memories Of Sneinton

Betty and I were brought up in Davidson Street, Sneinton just before the Second World War. It was a small back-to-back terraced house with an outside toilet. One of my first recollections was being bathed in the small kitchen ...Read more

A memory of Sneinton in 1930 by Fred Pearson

Those Lovely Days

These days Greylake's claim to fame is the council tip where people get rid of their rubbish, but when I was a little girl it was one of the greatest places in the world to me. If you go a couple of fields past the tip and ...Read more

A memory of Greylake in 1955 by Marilyn Kick

Please Help!

Hi! I have recently been researching into my family history, and I came across a photograph dated to around the early 1870s in my home. On the back it read Wm Hughes photographer and oil painter in Llangefni and Amlwch on Sundays ...Read more

A memory of Llangefni by Rachel Williams

Netherley House Hinckley Road

Hi Can anyone help me? Was there a Netherley House in Hinckley Road in the late 1930s/early 1940s? I have a relative who was born there in November 1940 but I cant see any record of the place. Any help would be appreciated. Regards Tracey

A memory of Hinckley by Tracey Winters

Hubert Atkinson

Hubert Atkinson was my grandfather and his mother lived in the house next to the blacksmiths. I was born in 1961 and have a photo of my great-grandmother, mother and grandfather standing outside the cottage (with me in her ...Read more

A memory of East Harlsey in 1961 by Stephen Byrne

Growing Up In Greenford In The 1960s And 1970s

Here are some random memories: Lists Bakeries on Greenford Broadway.  Lovely aroma, tasty bread. The paper bags all used to have the slogan 'Good Flavour Always Finds Favour'. The covered market ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Danny Robinson

Cheadle In The Second World War

I think that we must have moved to Cheadle around 1938, because I was born in Newcastle under Lyme, but my younger sister was born in Cheadle in 1939. At that time we lived on Leek Road. We had various ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle in 1930 by Terry Brooks

The Rone Clarke Family Rose Cottage Bristol Road Bournbrook Birmingham

My great-great-grandfather was CHARLES RONE CLARKE born 6 March 1837 at 13 Court, Smallbrook Street, Birmingham. He was a master woodturner and sixth great-grandson of Henry ...Read more

A memory of Bournbrook in 1860 by Sue Coates

My Village In Youth

I was born in Wellington in 1936 and grew up there for the first 10 years,living in No 3 Rumwell Cottages in the centre of the village. I remember just before D-Day all of the American troops passing our house on the way to ...Read more

A memory of Rumwell in 1944 by John Naylor

Parham House

Does anyone have any information about Parham House. I believe that it was a residential school in the 60's - 70's run by a Mrs Russell. I wonder if there are any records surviving from this period? Regards Hilary Player

A memory of Saxmundham in 1970

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Captions

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Caption For Portland, Chesil Beach From Fortuneswell 2003

Urban Fortuneswell has spread upwards from Portland Harbour to the houses beside New Road.

Caption For Swavesey, High Street C1965

Coming off the old A604, now the A14, the High Street meanders through Swavesey village for over a mile passing chapels, farm houses, cottages and 19th-century terraces - very little has changed here for

Caption For Sonning, Village 1904

Sonning includes many Georgian houses and timber-framed cottages.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Shakespeare's Garden 1922

The restoration was directed at putting the house into a representation of what it might have looked like in 1564.

Caption For Lytham, Lytham Hall 1894

It stands on the site of the original priory and of the 17th-century manor house that succeeded it.

Caption For Devizes, On The Canal 1898

The cottage now houses a tea room.

Caption For Lechlade, High Street C1960

Situated near where Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire meet is the pretty village of Lechlade, with its fine array of Georgian houses.

Caption For Kirkstall Abbey, From The Weir 1891

Even so the chapter house, cloisters and abbot's lodging are still impressive.

Caption For Helston, The Moors 1890

The big house set back from the road left of centre is Weeth, and past it the road continues down into the valley of the Cober.

Caption For York, Bishopthorpe Palace From River 1893

This tranquil scene shows the many different styles of building that took place over more than six centuries to give this magnificent house its unique character.

Caption For Wheaton Aston, The Lock 1952

The lock keepers cottage (left) is now a private house, and the large building behind has gone.

Caption For Westgate On Sea, Hotels And Beach 1890

Two of Westgate's leading hotels were the Beach House Hotel on the left, and the large St Mildred's Hotel and Bathing Establishment (centre).

Caption For Horsforth, Hall Park 1901

Even so the chapter house, cloisters and abbot's lodging are still impressive.

Caption For Ironbridge, High Street And Church Street 1925

The town also has a Market House, which like many others, was originally open on the ground floor.

Caption For Norwich, Ber Street 1891

Only St John the Baptist's church and a couple of houses nearby escaped from the bombs intended for the port and the railway station.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, River Avon 1914

The round house on the north bank of the river was a popular bathing spot.

Caption For Powerstock, The Village C1960

Brookview is the house with Powerstock Primary School behind it (left of centre) and Sunnyside is further up the hill.

Caption For Leicester, Cavendish House, Abbey Park C1955

This house of 1600 was built by Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon, using stone robbed from the remains of Leicester Abbey; but it was to be reduced to a skeletal ruin by fire 45 years later.

Caption For Rugby, The School Cloisters 1922

To the west of Old Quad (above, 72159) lies Old Big School, surmounted by School House dormitories.

Caption For High Wycombe, Wycombe Abbey School Grounds C1965

Wycombe Abbey School's first architect, was commissioned by the school to build boarding houses, classroom blocks and dormitories, which were mostly built between 1898 and 1902, with the chapel following

Caption For Norwich, St Helen's Square, Great Hospital 1921

Originally intended for housing poor clergy, and other poor people, the hospital was founded by Bishop Walter de Suffield in 1249.

Caption For Dublin, Albert Statue 1897

It stands on Leinster Lawn beside Leinster House, home of the Irish Parliament.

Caption For Blackburn, Public Hall & Sessions House 1923

Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.The Sessions House is just beyond it on the right.

Caption For Farington, Stanifield Lane C1955

The pre-war houses stand neat and square on the lane.