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Memories

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A Privilege To Grow Up Here!

I was born in 1961 in Thorpe Combe hospital in Walthamstow and brought up by my parents in Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill. I consider myself very privileged to have lived there for the first 26 years of my life and have ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Andrew Evans

1946 The Lookout, Ponsmere Kenneth Edwards Son Of Residents Sydney Herbert & Frances Eliza Nee Tyler Married

His father Sydney had been a Police Inspector who served in Rhodesia, and lived in Perranporth in a property called Inyanga and was a members ...Read more

A memory of Perranporth by Gemma Gemma

Good Days

My name is Derek Price, and I was born in Central Middlesex Hospital and lived in Court Way, North Acton, until moving to Birkbeck Avenue when I was married in 1965. I attended West Acton Primary, Acton Wells Junior, John Perryn and finally ...Read more

A memory of Acton by Derek Price

School Days And After

I lived on the Shelley estate at 12 Crispsey Avenue and went to the primary school in Ongar town near the town hall. Later I went to the new primary school on the Shelley estate on Milton Crescent. On the Moreton Road ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Ongar by Peter Mcguire

Mixed Emotions

I lived in Gerrards Cross in the late 1950s when I attended Thorpe House Preparatory School. I was a shy child and the school was hell on earth with me getting caned regularly for what seemed to be minor and arbitrary ...Read more

A memory of Gerrards Cross by Max Overton

School Opening

I was a pupil when the school first opened and at that time it was known as Baildon County Secondary School West Lane. Three of my happiest years were spent at this school where the staff dedicated much of their time to extra ...Read more

A memory of Baildon in 1961 by Andrew Jowett

Dysert Quarry 1972 Blow Out!

I was probably in my last year in 1972 sitting in a class room at Ysgol Hirraddug when the rocks rained down. The explosion, at the time, did not seem that dissimilar to a normal explosion but within seconds everything ...Read more

A memory of Dyserth in 1972

High Days And Holidays

We were taken from Leicester on a Sunday School Outing to the Zoo Park. I have very little recollection of the place as I was quite little at the time! I do remember that we were given 'high tea' for which we were ...Read more

A memory of Wellingborough in 1965 by Olwen Guildford

Heckmondwike Itself

In winter time the fog and smog could last several days, and never clear. Coming from a seaside town, I found the first winter very depressing, but after 3 years I did not want to leave. The mills were very impressive, as ...Read more

A memory of Heckmondwike in 1961

Terrett Taylor, Ironmongers

This photograph brings back many memories of the Coleford of my childhood. The area round the Town Clock has changed a few times over the years mainly to accomodate the increase in traffic. The building on the far side ...Read more

A memory of Coleford in 1955

Captions

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Caption For Burnley, Brunswick Chapel 1895

Though a good picture of a much-missed local landmark, this photograph also gives us a hint of Burnley as an industrial town.

Caption For Painswick, New Street C1950

This is another exceptional little town, set in its own south-facing timbered valley just east of the escarpment between Stroud and Gloucester. It is a place that makes grey look very good.

Caption For Cranbrook, Stone Street 1902

Cranbrook's High Street, entering the town from Hawkhurst, and Stone Street, leading on towards Tenterden and Maidstone, form a L-shape with the tile-hung fascia of the 15th-century George Hotel at

Caption For Painswick, New Street C1950

This is another exceptional little town, set in its own south-facing timbered valley just east of the escarpment between Stroud and Gloucester. It is a place that makes grey look very good.

Caption For Liverpool, George's Dock C1881

The town's third dock, it extended from the corner of St Nicholas Churchyard to Moor Street; the land was provided by the Corporation.

Caption For Luton, From Eaton Farm 2005

FEW PEOPLE would be shocked by the idea of a national poll, conducted by Idler magazine, discovering that Luton was Britain's 'crappiest town'.

Caption For Bangor, Pier 1911

The town was part of a regular route from Liverpool, with steamers taking on passengers at Llandudno and Beaumaris.

Caption For Colchester, High Street 1892

This view shows how Jumbo the water tower dominates views in the town.

Caption For Manchester, The Cathedral 1889

This view shows how the Cathedral also played the role of a parish church; it was surrounded with the burial stones of the town's faithful.

Caption For Newport, High Street 1892

Some historians have suggested that the town is Roman in origin, given its straight streets and regular layout.

Caption For Matlock, Bridge 1892

This sturdy gritstone bridge has spanned the mighty River Derwent in the centre of Derbyshire's county town for five centuries, although it has been widened and strengthened to take modern traffic.

Caption For Kirkby Stephen, Market Street C1960

The town was granted its right to hold a market during the 14th century, and bull-baiting was carried out in the Market Square until 1840.

Caption For Lymington, The Ferry C1955

Lymington serves as an important access port, offering one of the shortest passages across the Solent to Yarmouth and the Isle of Wight.

Caption For Haverfordwest, From Prendergast 1898

Looking across the town into Haverfordwest, the tower of the Church of St Thomas à Becket can be clearly seen on the skyline towards the centre of the picture, and the main body of the Castle with its

Caption For Newport, High Street 1892

Some historians have suggested that the town is Roman in origin, given its straight streets and regular layout.

Caption For Mevagissey, Inner Harbour 1890

Because of the town's pervading odour of fish it was known familiarly as 'Fishygissey'.

Caption For Teignmouth, Whale Bones 1922

These whale bones were brought to the town by a local trader, a reminder of Teignmouth's importance as a port.

Caption For Sheffield, The Botanical Gardens 1893

Though the Gardens were opened in 1836, within four years of this picture being taken the Gardens' operating company was in financial trouble.The Town Trustees agreed to buy the Gardens for £5,445

Caption For Manchester, The Cathedral 1889

This view shows how the Cathedral also played the role of a parish church; it was surrounded with the burial stones of the town's faithful.

Caption For Manchester, The Cathedral 1897

This view shows how the Cathedral also played the role of a parish church; it was surrounded with the burial stones of the town's faithful.

Caption For Barnstaple, Rock Park 1935

It was regularly used, and featured particularly in the town's Millenary celebrations in 1930. In the early 1960s it was deemed unsafe and demolished.

Caption For Hythe, High Street 1899

The long, narrow High Street, with the Rose & Crown Inn on the right, is at the foot of a steep hill overlooking the sea.

Caption For Broadstairs, Viking Bay C1956

On the top of the low cliffs are (from the right) the Marchesi Brothers' restaurant, the Albion Hotel, the Victoria Restaurant, and Blades guest house.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Promenade 1925

The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort