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The Great North Road

How great was the Great North Road when it squeezed through these ancient gates until the early 1970s? Traffic built up on both sides waiting to get through. For a child this was the spot that marked where our holidays began, ...Read more

A memory of Alnwick in 1968 by Jonathan Vernon

Chapel Cottage

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A memory of Spalford in 1940

Derry Hill Wiltshire

I did not live in Derry Hill, but rented a cottage there, Primrose Cottage, in 1990. I was introduced to Wiltshire in the 1980s by my husband's mother who had been based near Pewsey in the Land Army during the Second World ...Read more

A memory of Derry Hill in 1990

Horney Common As A Child

I was born in London in 1938. When war broke out the following year my father sent my mother and myself down to Devon but soon after that he, and many of his regimental colleagues in the Army, rented a large country ...Read more

A memory of Horney Common in 1940 by Juliet Baxter

Slough High Street Park Street & Chandos Road

Hi, I am researching my family tree and am trying to locate Chandos Road and Unity Cottages in Park Street.  I believe that Chandos Road was knocked down when the Queensmere Centre was built.  I wondered ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1900 by Jan Saunders

Warden Point

I used to live in Cherry Tree Cottage, Warden Point in 1930, my father was Jock Martin, a sergeant in the R.A.F. stationed in Eastchurch. My mother was Phylis Woollett, daughter of Frank Woollett, mine host of the Crooked Billet. ...Read more

A memory of Warden in 1930 by Frank Martin

Information Wanted On Rose Cottage Malvern

I am looking to find information on Rose Cottage, my father in law's family lived here in and around the 1930s, not sure what date from or to.  I am looking for old photographs of this house and any ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern in 1930 by Karen Burgess

Born In Fenny Stratford

I was born at number 8 Woodbine Terrace; in attendance was nurse Brinklow the local midwife and Dr Gleeve. My parents were Jim and Vera  Cusack.                      Just after the begining of the war my mother, ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford in 1948 by Kathleen Roberts

The Railway Crossing

Hi all. As a child of around 7 years or so I recall vising my grandad and grandma who lived at a small cottage near the railway crossing. I will look up the name of the road and add later to this story. My grandad's ...Read more

A memory of Llandrindod Wells in 1930 by Joe Brown

Hollybush Lane

When I was a child in the early 1950s Hollybush Lane, from Woodhall Lane to Great Ley, was quite literally a lane. On one side the council had built houses, but on the other were the farm cottages that were built around ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City by Rod Sharp

Captions

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Caption For Malmesbury, The Hospital C1955

The Cottage Hospital moved here in 1925 from its original premises situated by the market cross.

Caption For Angmering On Sea, Willowayne Avenue C1955

Of old East Preston, a few flinty cottages remain.

Caption For Alston, Front Street C1955

Cobbled Front Street slopes steeply down towards the South Tyne Valley, past 17th-century cottages, like that on the extreme right which is dated 1681, and ancient pubs like the Angel and the King's

Caption For Shute, The Beagles C1955

Its cottages consist of a wide variety of architectural styles.

Caption For Alfington, Village 1906

The narrow lane winds between thatched cot- tages, the fine example in the foreground featuring a tall chimney to carry the hot smoke safely away.

Caption For Market Drayton, Shropshire Street 1898

Notice the rusticated window boxes on the cottage here.

Caption For Baslow, Thatch End C1955

Thatched cottages are comparatively rare in this part of Derbyshire; to see Baslow's examples, you have to follow the signposted path for Chatsworth, which starts at the car park.

Caption For Tillingham, The Square C1955

Weatherboarded cottages stand to the left.

Caption For St Ives, Bethesda Hill 1890

Here we see a narrow cobbled way with granite and slate-hung fishermen's cottages in the Downalong part of town.

Caption For Coalbrookdale, Dale Road 1896

The timber building here, Rose Cottage, is a rare survival.

Caption For Hitchin, Lavender Field, Mount Pleasant 1901

The cottage visible in the woods was used by the firm as a trademark, and appeared on many of their advertisements.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village 1899

Burton Bradstock has many attractive buildings, such as the thatched cottages seen in this photograph.

Caption For Moreton, The School C1955

Lawrence of Arabia rests in the little cemetery at Moreton, for his cottage of Clouds Hill is within the parish.

Caption For Limpley Stoke, Middle Village C1955

The right hand cottages are dated 1885, and the village hall beyond was built in 1845.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Looking West 1927

interesting view showing the sharp contrast between the original or 'old' Saltburn and the 'new' or Victorian Saltburn which was built upon the west cliff opposite the original cluster of cottages

Caption For Romsey, The Hundred 1911

The Hundred, which runs down to the Market Place, is lined with striking houses and cottages.

Caption For Beckenham, Cottage Hospital 1899

The original 1877 Cottage Hospital building survives in Croydon Road as part of Beckenham Hospital.

Caption For Bagshot, The Jolly Farmer Inn 1906

The road is now called the London Road, and most of the cottages in this picture are still there today.

Caption For Hartfield, High Street 1906

This view looks along pretty Hartfield High Street with its tile-hung and half-timbered cottages.

Caption For Broom, The Village 1901

There are a number of 16th- and 17th-century half-timbered cottages in this photograph, but judging by the state of some of them the village was living up to the 'Beggarly Broom' image given to it by

Caption For St Ives, Albany Terrace 1901

These houses, built from cut granite and with substantial bay windows, reflect a more suburban building style compared with the cottages of old St Ives.

Caption For Durham, Prebend's Cottage 1914

This quaint little cottage still nestles on the roadside leading from Prebends Bridge.

Caption For Bishop's Stortford, North Street 1899

Windhill 1903 With the tombs and churchyard of St Michael's on the right, the 16th-century Boar's Head Inn and its neighbouring cottages lean over the pavement at the top of Windhill as it drops

Caption For Gulval, The Village And Church C1900

Thatched cottage roofs are unusual in Cornwall, particularly this far west, and this one has seen several repairs.