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Memories
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Shop Names And Trades.
The buildings from left to right are the Post Office with Drakelow Press printing and bookbinding firm in buildings above and behind it. Established prior to 1827 by a Stephen Dodd, in 1951 it became known as Drakelow Press. ...Read more
A memory of Woburn by
Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle
My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction ...Read more
A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by
Heston Middlesex 1950s
It was good to see people's memories of Heston, as I spent much of my childhood there. My father was manager of a branch of grocers called Platts Stores Ltd, Norwood Green, although we were on the corner of Fern Lane Heston and ...Read more
A memory of Heston by
St.Matthias Youth Club 1950s
I was born in December 1939 in Redhill Hospital which then changed to Edgware General. My parents Bill and Gladys Wyness lived in Marlow Court, Colindeep Lane and my maternal grandparents lived in Chalfont Court also in ...Read more
A memory of Colindale by
Lady Neville Recreation Ground
I played here from 1970 onwards. Behind the building were the public loos. To the left of the building, and to the left of the entrance off Avenue Road was a hump, about 4 feet high with a double skin brick wall ...Read more
A memory of Banstead by
1960s Shopping In Uxbridge Road, Hatch End
On the left of this view is the pub sign for the "Railway Hotel" - a popular drinking venue for older members of St Anselm's Youth Club and the Hatch End Young Conservatives! Next door is a garage ...Read more
A memory of Hatch End in 1965 by
Old Post Office
My Great Aunt Alice Reynolds owned this cottage and ran the Village Post Office from here, until 1971. This explains why there is a telephone box in the garden! My mum and her two sisters were evacuated here in the war, then ...Read more
A memory of Easton Royal by
Resident Of Malpas Road Just Off Wexham Road 1958 1970
I used the post office many times as a child and teenager. I started my first savings account in 1963 at Upton Lea post office and still have the original book with about 3 pounds 15 shillings on ...Read more
A memory of Slough by
Hainton
I hope, I think I am the first to write - I lived in Hainton 1951/54. Our dad worked on the farm just up the road (Stockman). I went to the little school in Hainton. Headmistress - Mrs Slingsby. Do not remember her deputy, but Miss Officer ...Read more
A memory of Hainton by
Daily Chats
I remember when I was a van salesman with Sunblest in Aberdeen - my round was Royal Deeside. My morning started at 02.30hrs in Northfield in Aberdeen. Loaded, I would head for Deeside. I enjoyed my round but more so when I ...Read more
A memory of Bridge of Gairn in 1983 by
Captions
1,653 captions found. Showing results 169 to 192.
Post-war expansion of Cambridge pushed the suburbs into outlying villages.
From this view of the crossroads, one can see The Redes on the left, and on the right, Japonica Cottage, which housed Netherbury Post Office.
The jaunty hanging kettle optimistically beckons visitors to a Swiss-style establishment that must belie a Wales only just awakening from its post- war austerity.
Compared to picture number 56356 in 1906 (pages 48-49), Catherine Street looks very drab, despite the evocatively named Cafe Rendezvous on the left.The scene reflects the austere post war years.
The Capital and Counties bank (now Lloyd's) and Post Office are in the foreground.
Doubtless state-of-the-art in 1955, these flat-roofed terraced beach huts typify the immense popularity of the post-War summer seaside holiday and day trips, but have long been demolished.
All the buildings shown still exist, though the Post Office Stores is now the Tandoori Cottage Restaurant.
Many of Slough's town centre buildings are relatively new, dating from the post- and pre- war periods.
From this view of the crossroads, one can see The Redes on the left, and on the right, Japonica Cottage, which housed Netherbury Post Office.
High Street c1965 Post-war expansion of Cambridge pushed the suburbs into outlying villages.
Despite post Second World War development, several thatched cottages have survived to the present day.
This view clearly shows the iron benches, railings and posts and the ornate street lamps.
The cars look quaint and characterful, but these days the typical post-war architecture seems tired in style and not a lot more than simply functional.
At the other end of the extended village of Gronant, before the area was given over to holiday accommodation and caravans, the post office not only sold stamps but also petrol and paraffin.
Sturdy bicycles abound in this post-war view.
The old and new come together in this post-First World War photograph, with a steamer in the foreground, and a sailing ship in the distance.
Transport for guests is lined up outside the Commercial Hotel, advertised at the time as being 'lighted by electricity; families, tourists and commercial, billiards and posting'.
At the height of the coaching era, Maidenhead was littered with posting inns either side of the High Street.
Today, the Post Office, the first building on the right, is a bathroom showroom.
In this picture the new Post Office is still under construction on the right.
In the 1880s and 90s post offices often opened longer hours than they do today; from 7.00am to 9.00pm was common.
Horses outside the post office give a rural air to this scene.
The Village Shop and Post Office serve the village six days a week.
Just a windmill, you might think, but this dark weatherboarded post mill is the oldest of its type in the country, dating back to around 1620 or possibly earlier.
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