Books

37 books found. Showing results 145 to 168.

Memories

835 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.

Living In Chilton

My family moved to Chilton Foliat and took over the "Old Post Office". I was still young then and went to the old school run by Mr & Mrs Hassall who lived next door to the school. Two classrooms and very fond memories. At ...Read more

A memory of Chilton Foliat in 1964 by Steve Elliott

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

Fun Times

I was born in Lower Aire Street in 1944, my brother was born in 1942. I left when I was 8 years old but can still remember the street. We lived next door to Mr and Mrs Wiley on one side and Mrs Hargreaves on the other ...Read more

A memory of Windhill in 1944 by Christine Thomas

Boyhood Memories From 1952

It was around this time that the tram lines were taken up from Sunderland Road in Gateshead. The men stored the old lines in Somerset Street and Devonshire Street. As boys we would dig up the tar from around the  streets ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1952 by Dave Southern

Childhood Memories Great Bardfield 1969

My late parents were the landlord and landlady of the Vine public house. I was just coming into teenage years. Friends came from the base who lived in the village. The pub itself was refurbished in that ...Read more

A memory of Great Bardfield in 1969 by Dawn Willshere

A Quiet Haven Of Peace.

I lived next door to Davenham Church, and one summer's day, when I was about 7, I went for a walk around the churchyard. Hearing a rustling noise on the ground, I crouched down, parted some long grass, and found a baby ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1959 by Lynn Quigley

Happy Times In Maldon

My family and I moved from London in 1955 to Maldon, following a visit the year before with our Sunday School outing, and we moved near to the Prom. We had such happy times living there and as children my friends and I used to ...Read more

A memory of Maldon in 1955 by Yvonne Borrett

Raf Radar At Inverbervie

I was based in Inverbervie from March 1957 till March 1958 with 977 Signals Unit of the Royal Air Force. 977 SU operated radar from an underground site on the hill a couple of miles north of the village. Height finding ...Read more

A memory of Inverbervie in 1957 by Martin Dilly

Rayne In 1950 1960

I was born in Rayne and in the 1950s.I have fond memories of being able to play various sports in the road at School Road with my brother Peter and friend Richard Dodd, gaining a few more players as word got around! We used to mark ...Read more

A memory of Rayne by Hugh Walker

Captions

235 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.

Caption For Cadgwith, From Bathing Rock 1899

Their attention has been attracted by a fisherman handling a box on the beach, whcih could have been handed down by the person inside the boat.

Caption For Ulverston, Market Square 1921

A pillar box has now appeared between Mackereth's and John Neale's shop on the right.

Caption For Kersey, The Village From The Church C1965

The gardener of nearly 40 years ago would be pleased that the box bushes on the left remain today.

Caption For Drayton, The Green C1955

Although not the post office at the time of this photograph, the post box outside must have been an omen of things to come, because today the building houses the Drayton Post Office and Stores.

Caption For Stockbridge, High Street C1955

In this picture we can see an old telephone box on the left and the local garage on the right.

Caption For Thelwall, The Post Office C1955

The public telephone box outside the post office reflects an era before mobile phones became commonplace, whilst the right-hand shop window of P L Greenway, 'grocer and provision dealer', is typical of

Caption For Andover, The Railway Station 1900

This one was known as Andover Town - we can just see the sign on the right, by the post box.

Caption For Corringham, Lampits Hill C1950

The pavement here is a jungle of Belisha beacons, old-fashioned street lamps, telegraph poles, A-boards, bus-stops, and an unusual white phone-box.

Caption For Ipswich, The Ancient House C1955

The cinema (left) offers 'Easter Parade' with Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, or a boxing match between Freddy Mills and Joe Woodcock.

Caption For Otterton, The Village C1955

In the spring, when the little gardens and window boxes are filled with flowers, Otterton is one of the delights of the county.

Caption For London, Covent Garden 1900

Covent Garden Market was the main fruit and vegetable market for the area north of the Thames until 1974.

Caption For Dulwich, The Village C1960

But the post box has crossed the road to be near the new Post Office on the left, and the pillared building on the extreme left is now a Pizza Express.

Caption For Bradfield, The Heath C1955

Here we see C Sparkes' corner shop; there are large advertisements fixed to the wall, and one for Wills' Woodbines attached to the fence.

Caption For Market Deeping, Church Street C1955

Again, the buildings are the same today - in fact the only difference is the addition of a telephone box in front of Willoughby House on the left.

Caption For Bromsgrove, High Street Into St John's Street C1965

The scaffolding visible in B233057 (page 78) has been replaced by this 1960s box, hardly a worthy successor to Appleby's Corner.

Caption For Redditch, The Star And Garter, Crabbs Cross C1965

It was notorious in the 19th century for the activities which Redditch men got up to in the field behind the pub.

Caption For Levens, Hall, The Gardens 1891

Levens Hall is a fine Elizabethan mansion built for the Bagot family around 1580, around a 14th-century pele tower.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, The Marlowes C1960

Another view of this central shopping area, demonstrating the planners' clear intention to incorporate greenery in the shape of existing trees, and the flower boxes on the central island reservation.

Caption For Stroud, High Street C1955

Behind the car, with its familiar DG Gloucestershire registration, is one of Stroud's surviving Victorian pillar-boxes.

Caption For Brampton, High Street 1964

The post office (right) may have been purposely built in the late 19th century; outside is the red letter box and telephone kiosk.

Caption For Saxmundham, 1929

The garage (centre left) belongs to Smith and Wesby, agents for Morris with cars for hire, who are still there today.

Caption For Fairhaven, Pollux Gate 1927

Opposite is the post office, with a pillar box outside.

Caption For Hatfield Peverel, The Green C1960

The large house on the left is Brewery House, and behind the post box is Brewery Barn with Brewery Cottages close by.

Caption For Glemsford, Hunts Hill C1960

The telephone box on the right has gone, and the bowls green has been created behind the bungalows.