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A Schoolboy's View Of Bexleyheath In The Early 1950s

I went to school in Bexleyheath between 1950 and 1954. I believe the school was in Pelham Road but I can't be sure. Maybe there was a separate infants department in North Street? My first (very ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by John Howard Norfolk

My Poor Upbringing By Teresa Shackell/Torrington

I was brought up in gwehelog no usk very poor and I can ember vividly very hungry most of the time oh and ice inside the windows I was so cold yet we had coal or rather wood from our local fields we used to ...Read more

A memory of Usk by teresashackell

Whymarks Of Little Cornard

Over 70 years ago, when I was about three or four years old, my parents and I would travel from Luton to see my maternal grandmother, Kate Whymark, who was the widow of Ernest Whymark. I never met Ernest, as he fell off ...Read more

A memory of Little Cornard by Maggie Reeves

Memories Remembered

Memories Remembered After reading Brian Keighley’s story of his memories in Lifton, my memories came flooding back and has prompted me to recall a few of my own. I was born in Lifton 18 months after my sister Jean in 1927 at Rock ...Read more

A memory of Lifton by geoffbailey29

The Junction Of Hogmoor Road And Oakhanger Road Opposite Bolley Avenue

On this corner, where there’s now a pair of detached bungalows built, there used to be in the 1960s/70s a purple/red tin building which was called The Penny Cafe. Further down ...Read more

A memory of Bordon by D Toovey

Summer Memories Of Picktree Village

In the late 1950’s and as a young boy around 8 or 9 living in the west end of Newcastle, I used to visit my Auntie Bella and Uncle Ted regularly. They lived at Number 3 Picktree Cottages, a short row of picturesque cottages ...Read more

A memory of Picktree by Ben Haddon

Cream Teas At Landslip Cottage

My Greatgrandmother & Greatgrandfather lived at the Landslip Cottage for many years providing cream teas to visiting locals and tourists alike. My own mother married a Gapper born at the bungalow higher up the cliff. ...Read more

A memory of Rousdon in 1959 by Gwyn Gapper

Error And My Memory/Memories Of Sonning Common...

Not sure if it is an error, but 'Brinnds Corner' is spelt 'B-R-I-N-D-S C-O-R-N-E-R' after the butchers shop, (now an off-licence), on the corner of Peppard Road/Wood Lane and Brinds Close which was ...Read more

A memory of Sonning Common by Philip Reeve

Meadows Avenue (Just Round The Corner)

Well actually it is any dates up to & beyond 1960.  Born in 1951, I recognise the view of how the avenue looked before all the bungalows were built on the west side.  We used to walk to Cleveleys through the ...Read more

A memory of Thornton in 1960 by Rosemary E Gradwell

Sun, Sea & Sandhills At Gronant

I remember going on our holiday in dad's car to Nan & Grandad's holiday bungalows, driving over the railway bridge and on to what I always knew as Gronant (The Warren). The first thing we would see would be the little ...Read more

A memory of Gronant in 1966 by M Stubbings

Captions

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Caption For Greatstone, The Beach C1955

The road between Greatstone and Dungeness consists mainly of bungalows with the miniature railway running behind them, and the area can be pretty bleak in the winter.

Caption For Bluntisham, Wood End C1955

Heading up to the old Heath, we leave the village through Wood End.

Caption For Reighton, The Gap C1960

This photograph shows the spread of new bungalows and caravans which filled the area known as The Gap, while a faithful Fordson tractor chugs away to the left.

Caption For Ilminster, Market Square 1907

The Post Office c1960 Buckland St Mary Post Office is still a post office, but one wonders for how much longer.

Caption For Staithes, Bank Top 1929

The area at the top of Staithes is known as Bank Top and here, in 1929, we see two recently- completed bay-fronted detached bungalows (right of view) which have been carefully positioned to take full

Caption For Basildon, Long Riding C1960

The Basildon Development Corporation aimed at providing a wide range of different types of housing—both for visual reasons, and also to attract residents from different income-groups.

Caption For Stalham, View From The Staithe C1935

Further along the staithe is a typical modern river-side bungalow with a neatly tended garden.

Caption For Daventry, London Road C1955

Looking south along London Road, we see several of the desirable bungalows and villas built by Messrs Bosworth & Wakeford, many of which are still owned by them.

Caption For Tintagel, Village 1894

Situated almost a mile inland from the castle, Tintagel village has a single plain street, a confusion of antique slate buildings and tawdry modern bungalows and shops.

Caption For East Wittering, Church Road Corner C1950

The Witterings are seaside villages of bungalows, chalets and caravans on the Selsey peninsula, a flat area south of Chichester.

Caption For Laindon, Wash Road C1955

The first-named is just out of shot, beyond the bungalows, though several of the others have gone.

Caption For Sulby, Tholt E Will Bridge 1894

A favourite outing with holidaymakers was to take the Snaefell Mountain Railway to where it crossed the Douglas to Ramsey road at the Bungalow Hotel, and then walk along the road through the valley to

Caption For Dorridge, Dorridge Road C1960

As we leave the station, the first street we see is Dorridge Road.

Caption For Barton On Sea, C1955

To the left of this photograph lies a golf course; over time more land has had to be purchased owing to erosion.

Caption For Irchester, High Street C1950

All the cottages on the right of the street have gone now, and are replaced by modern bungalows and the local library.

Caption For Jaywick, Brooklands Avenue C1960

This became a popular holiday area after Jaywick Farm was sold following the farming recession of the 1930s.

Caption For Hermitage, Long Lane C1955

Hermitage, about three miles to the north of Newbury, is one of Berkshire's larger villages, comprising houses and bungalows built between the wars and then later in the 1950s and 1960s,

Caption For Crantock, The Village C1960

Here we see a quiet scene in the centre of a village that has become overwhelmed by post-war bungalow developments and surrounded by caravan and camping parks.

Caption For Calne, Doctors Pond C1965

This footbridge, now gone, went across the river Marden from the footpath to the left, and led into a bungalow which was situated on what is now Somerfield's car park.

Caption For Brundall, Tidecrafts Yard C1960

Boatsheds on the right of the picture are typical of many, with mooring for several boats.

Caption For Martham, The Staithe C1960

A motor dinghy carries a boatload of adults and children past the pumping mill at Martham Staithe.

Caption For Laindon, Martindale Avenue C1955

Martindale Avenue predates the New Town.

Caption For Laindon, Martindale Avenue C1955

Martindale Avenue predates the New Town.

Caption For Newquay, Bank Street 1931

After the decline of its port, Newquay turned its attention to tourism.