Maps

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Memories

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White City/Newburn Road.

We came to live at 12 Hewley Crescent in 1950. My gran, Mrs Knight, lived on Newburn Road, at that time she only had gas lighting and cooking. She had electricity installed in 1955 for the FA Cup on TV, she had a ...Read more

A memory of Throckley in 1950 by Richard Lowes

Short But Happy Memory

Our family lived in Walnut Tree Ground for just about a year in 1963. I went to the village school at Kimpton, having just passed my 11-plus in Manchester. From Kimpton I went to Andover Grammar. Always remember ...Read more

A memory of Fyfield in 1963 by Reginald Whitney

I Lived At Ferry Inn In 1952

I Lived At Rosneath, Ferry Inn. My father was in the Navy and we lived at Ferry Inn during 1952. There were three other families living there, the Thorntons and the Burtons. The Burtons were related to Shackleton, ...Read more

A memory of Rosneath

No Paths

I can remember moving into our house in Rivermill in 1958. The houses had only just been built. There were no paths leading up to the houses or pavements and roads. It was a wonderful feeling even for a child of three to be walking into a freshly built house that no one else had lived in.

A memory of Harlow in 1958 by Janet James

Rodwells

I was landlord of The New Inn public house in Bridge Street and dealt wih Rodwells over the years The lorry is delieveing to the A.B.C. Off licence shop. both Rodwells and A.B.C. have ceased to exist. Mike Hall

A memory of Buckingham in 1965 by Michael Hall

Cargo Fleet

When I look back, they were probably the best years of my life though I didn't think so at the time, my mam had parted from my dad, I was 12, had never heard of Cargo Fleet, had lost my dad and was taken to this place Id never ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet in 1968 by Alison Jones

Lingfield

Jean Chambers mentioned the bomb dropping on the school in 1943 - my parents shop (John Banks Outfitters) was almost opposite the school and I was born at the end of 1943 being given my second name of "Heather" after Heather Lumsden ...Read more

A memory of Lingfield by Susan Banks

Hove Town Hall Fire

I think it was 1964 that the Town Hall burnt down. I remember it well. I was about 11 at the time. I do remember that at the back of the TH, was the Police Station. My brother and I got in some "trouble" and the two of us ...Read more

A memory of Hove in 1964 by Alan Ogilvie

Fish Strand Quay

Yes, I 'grew up' on Fish Strand and still use it to this day. My father kept various boats off the quay and we always had a dinghy moored there, and we still do, my father is now in his 90s and I have 2 grandaughters. I ...Read more

A memory of Falmouth in 1958 by Steve Turvey

Happy Memory

I remember my mum and dad taking me to see Mr and Mrs Farley, they lived in a lovely house with apple trees,I also think there were chickens, because I seem to remember collecting the eggs, I especially remember their ...Read more

A memory of Beckley in 1955 by Jane Green

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Captions

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Caption For Goring, The Lock 1896

The lock chamber is to the left of this historic view, and the house beyond the trees can be seen in photograph 43000.

Caption For Ashford, The River C1950

Shop signs display familiar and unfamiliar names, and plenty of attractive old houses are still in evidence in the background.

Caption For London, Bank Of England And The Royal Exchange C1910

Here was the famous American Coffee House, where merchants with interests in the colonies met to discuss business.

Caption For Meifod, Lower Village C1955

The large house on the left bears the sign Morgan, but from this angle has no other indication that it is the usual general store.

Caption For Pegwell, The Danish Viking Ship, Hugin C1960

Pegwell Bay houses the replica Viking dragon-headed longship which was rowed and sailed from Denmark to Broadstairs to celebrate the 1500th anniversary of the landing of Hengist and Horsa; it arrived

Caption For Camberley, London Road 1936

The houses in the background are those in Southwell Park Road.

Caption For Broadway, The Village 1899

A number of the older houses in Broadway were originally inns, for the village lay on the London to Worcester coaching route.

Caption For Nottingham, Long Row 1890

This was the last decade when horse-drawn traffic reigned supreme on Nottingham's streets.

Caption For Nottingham, Derby Road C1950

The Three Horse Shoes public house on the left and the Albert Hotel on the right have been pulled down.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Promenade 1936

Very little remains of Clare House Pier.

Caption For Bromyard, Church Street C1960

The timber building at the far end is known as the Bible House.

Caption For Caldecott, The Green C1955

The Plough Inn and the surrounding houses are mostly built of local stone and tiled with Collyweston slate.

Caption For Lands End, First And Last Tree In England 1908

The district has the first and last house and hotel, so why not a tree?

Caption For Horning, The New Inn C1965

The front of this charming Georgian house, with its bay windows and portico at the front door, is now obscured by the addition of a single-storey annexe which provides a riverside eating area for customers

Caption For Chester, Bridge Street, The Bear And Billet Inn 1888

The Bear and Billet public house in Lower Bridge Street was built in 1664.

Caption For Acle, The Bridge Inn C1955

The now much enlarged thatched house on the right is the only Bridge Inn building standing today; the left-hand one has been demolished.

Caption For Deganwy, Waterfront 1898

The few houses that have frontage to the river would never have anticipated the growth of residential building that would later take place here.

Caption For Nelson, Leeds Road C1955

The Borough Hotel is on the right of our picture; this was a Dutton House.

Caption For Repton, High Street C1950

High Street runs south from the church and is still lined by attractive houses, some timber framed, others in Georgian red brick.

Caption For East Hanningfield, Post Office C1960

This building is now a private house.

Caption For Winchester, Kingsgate 1911

Just around the corner from here is the house where the novelist Jane Austen died.

Caption For Winchester, The Pentice C1955

The covered walkway of The Pentice was created when the upper floor of its houses was extended in the 16th century.

Caption For Amroth, The Village From The Cliffs C1960

This is an excellent view showing the protective measures taken to try and prevent the road (and houses!)

Caption For East Budleigh, The Village Shop 1938

Both clerical gentlemen led the local smuggling gangs, hiding the contraband in the old vicarage - now a beautiful thatched house called Vicars Mead.