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Memories

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Woolwich Ferry

There has been a ferry at Woolwich for many centuries but the people of Woolwich complained in the 1880s that West London had free access across the River Thames by bridges so why couldn't they have free travel? The river was too ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich by First Name Last Name

Where I Was Born

My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more

A memory of Sole Street in 1946

Air Raids

These memories are as fresh in my mind as if they happened last week. Boston had its share of air raids, the first one was on a rainy Monday, it was July, the first day of our summer school holidays. It would be about 7.15 am when we ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1940 by Bob Marriott

Best Days Of You Life?

I was lucky enough to attend Bede Hall. We had a terrific staff team in those days - Clive Bell, Peter Dixon, the late Annie Woodward et al. The whole experience was mind blowing, as the mix of administered and self ...Read more

A memory of Billingham in 1967 by Dot Laird

Happy Days 1950s And 60s

I was born and brought up in Weaverham until I left to move to Altrincham with my new wife (and job). Over that 20 year period I have so many happy memories; too many to record in 1000 words. Lived in Lime Avenue all ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham by George Ellis

Billys Greengrocer

Billy's Greengorcer - a small shop on the corner of Hebron Street where you could buy fruit and veg, and almost anything else. In those years there was not an awful lot of choice.. two lots of potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, and ...Read more

A memory of Heyside in 1951 by Barbara Watts

Great Haseley

I was five when I moved to Great Haseley from Newington, near Stadhampton, with my mother, father and brother. The year was 1957 and Horse Close Cottages was a new housing estate - we were thrilled to have a bathroom and an ...Read more

A memory of Great Haseley by Linda Twibill (Nee Ring)

Eastwood Nottinghamshire

I lived with my grandmother (Elizabeth Jones), mother and sister at 72 Church Street Eastwood until I was about 7 years old (1956). My grandmother owned 4 (possibly 5) cottages in a row (ours being number 72) in Church ...Read more

A memory of Eastwood in 1954 by Diane Elizabeth Hobson

My Mam

My name is Carol Cook (maiden name Turner) and my mam is called Pat Turner (maiden name Wightman). I grew up in McAdam Street, Bensham, Gateshead and have a lot of special memories from there. Sadly half the street is currently in process ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by Carol Cook

Bramley In The Years 1935 To 1941

Now 80 years of age I used to live with my Mum and Dad and brother Michael in Lincroft Crescent just above the Sandford estate. The houses were new and rather small though we were so happy ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1930 by Lynden Flint

Captions

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Caption For Crawley, The Fair, Upper Square 1905

Although a market is still held in the High Street, there are no cattle fairs any more.

Caption For Barnstaple, High Street 1894

In this view of the High Street, looking north, we see a pleasing medley of old and new, the Georgian buildings standing shoulder to shoulder with later Victorian infill.

Caption For Road Weedon, Watling Street C1965

The photographer is now looking south along Watling Street back to Road Weedon. To the right are the post-war council houses and the filling station in the Globe Hotel car park.

Caption For Braintree, High Street C1960

The Bank Street/Great Square corner was rebuilt in the 1930s with a building capped by a stylish cupola (centre, at the end of the street).

Caption For Braintree, High Street C1960

The Bank Street/Great Square corner was rebuilt in the 1930s with a building capped by a stylish cupola (centre, at the end of the street).

Caption For Teddington, Broad Street C1955

New housing and shopping facilities near the station were soon erected.

Caption For Laindon, Church Road C1955

The bungalows along Church Road are fairly representative of the kind of housing to be seen in Laindon before the New Town came. Several of them are still there.

Caption For Laindon, Church Road C1955

The bungalows along Church Road are fairly representative of the kind of housing to be seen in Laindon before the New Town came. Several of them are still there.

Caption For Nottingham, Cheapside 1890

This street derived its name from the Old English word 'cepe', meaning bargain. The building to the right of Beecroft's was the Tudor house of the Earl of Mansfield.

Caption For Belfast, Corn Market 1897

This street-name reminds us of Belfast the market town: the view looks from Arthur Square (another Chichester name).

Caption For Accrington, Broadway C1965

We are looking into Broadway and Union Street towards the newly opened Arndale Centre.

Caption For Accrington, Market And Bus Station 2004

Although Hynburn Council has not owned any buses since 1996, a new bus station was provided by the Council alongside the market development in 2003.

Caption For London, Castrol House C1965

Castrol House, on the corner of Balcombe Street and Marylebone Road, was completed in 1960, when it caused much comment for being London's first American-style curtain-walled office building.

Caption For Taunton, Park Street And County Hall C1960

The new building was beautifully designed by Vincent Harris, and it is situated next to the municipal offices at Shire Hall.

Caption For Manchester, King Street C1885

This view looks from the top of King Street down towards Cross Street. We can see that the street narrows towards the bottom.

Caption For Maesteg, Talbot Street C1955

Growing trade in the town had led to the building of Talbot Street in the 1890s.

Caption For Laindon, View From St Nicholas Church C1960

The bungalows along Church Road are fairly representative of the kind of housing to be seen in Laindon before the New Town came. Several of them are still there.

Caption For Poole, The Wesleyan Chapel 1887

This picture, taken from the middle of South Green Road, shows the new Methodist Church in the High Street. It opened in 1880.

Caption For Colchester, The Sign Of The Old Rose And Crown C1955

A range of 15th- and 16th-century timber- framed houses, some jettied, the Rose and Crown follows the curve of a lane linking Ipswich Road and East Street.

Caption For Lyndhurst, High Street 1897

Lyndhurst's main street runs from east to west, dominated by the church on the higher ground at one end. Much of the administrative work of the New Forest is carried out here.

Caption For Hemingford Grey, High Street C1960

This view down the High Street towards St. Ives shows little change.

Caption For Cheltenham, Lower High Street C1955

Regency society eventually found lodgings in the High Street to be too modest for their social requirements.

Caption For York, Station And Hotel 1909

When the second station was constructed, new openings had to be made in the walls to give better access, because it was just outside the city walls. Much of the street plan was changed.

Caption For Hull, Paragon Street 1903

The west end of Paragon Street took its name from the late 18th-century inn of the same name, which occupied the corner of the nearby Chariot Street.