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My Childhood 1942 1963

My family owned the Victorian pile that incorporated the chemist opposite the Iron Duke. I was born in 1942 at the house (if it's still there) that was built as a wedding present for my parents at the top of the property ...Read more

A memory of Crowthorne by Thomas Knight

Memories Of Ottershaw

My family came to live in Ottershaw in 1952 when I was 5 years old. My father, Charles Coulson, had moved us from the North of England owing to lack of work since his de-mob from the RAF. He was employed as a ...Read more

A memory of Ottershaw in 1952 by Denis Coulson

Whittlebury Lodge College

I was a pupil at Whittlebury College 1962-1964 . The school was run by Major Meager and his wife as a sort of "crammer" for those of us who needed to get more help for O and A levels. The teachers were perhaps not the ...Read more

A memory of Whittlebury in 1962 by Nigel Daniel

Lion House Youth Hostel 1957

I stayed one night at this hostel in early April 1957. A friend and I had set out from our home town of Reading on a 5 night circular cycle trip - our first such trip. Mitcheldean was our second night's stop, the ...Read more

A memory of Mitcheldean in 1957 by Steve Elder

Church Road Shopping Parade

This is Church Road, 200 yards north of the church, not Haslemere Road. The building on the left of the photo is now a club. In the 1950's we children used to call it "The Wobbly Man's Club".

A memory of Milford by Mike Taylor

Live Music, Coalville

Whilst it is now many years ago, (I moved to Holland in '76), I'm just feeling ever so slightly miffed that your contributor didn't mention a couple of bands. I played in in the '60's, both hailing as 'Coalville' bands - ...Read more

A memory of Coalville in 1968 by Malcolm Latham

The Park My Granddad Walked Me Thur

If this is the park north of Aston, I walked many times with my granddad. I was in Aston from the States, stayed on Old Road.

A memory of Ashton-in-Makerfield by Paul Forray

Trying To Remember The Road I Lived On

Am trying to piece together my life while in England. I was sent to some kind of institution when I was a few months old, probably in 1945/46. I believe that place was in the North of England. Then my mother ...Read more

A memory of Heston in 1949 by Paul Langseth

Before They Put Numbers On The Years!

Gosh, I am so old, I remember the time that the trams (696 and 698) were changed for electric trolley buses of the same numbers. Does anyone but me remember the horse trough beside the clock tower?. before the ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by George Rolfe

Recollections Of Ash Vale By Lt Col Taylor

RECOLLECTIONS OF ASH VALE By Lt Col Taylor Ash Vale, viewed from the main route through it the Frimley and Ash Vale roads would not have appeared to alter a lot during the last 100 years. Houses do now ...Read more

A memory of Ash Vale by nemeton2

Captions

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Caption For Brookwood, Asylum, Main Entrance 1914

This institution, originally founded in 1867 as an asylum for pauper lunatics, lies to the north of the Basingstoke Canal and the main railway line.

Caption For Woking, Chertsey Road 1898

This railway town was some two miles north of the original village of Old Woking.

Caption For Laindon, Wash Road C1955

D & E Flack's (left) was a general store and post office serving the area north of the Southend road.

Caption For North Walsham, Market Place 1921

Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600.

Caption For Goodmanham, Post Office C1960

This village lies just to the north of Market Weighton.

Caption For Leiston, The Abbey 1894

North of Leiston are the flint and brick ruins of the 14th-century Leiston Abbey.

Caption For Aberdeen, Brig O' Balgownie C1890

This single-span bridge is situated a few hundred yards to the north of St Machar's Cathedral.

Caption For Whitemans Green, The Village C1965

A small village to the north of Cuckfield, Whiteman's Green was once on several bus routes—a single-decker bus is just visible at the bottom of the hill.A village sign is on grass verge.

Caption For Alfington, Village 1906

Alfington is a tiny village alongside the river Otter, north of Ottery St Mary.

Caption For New Mill, The Village C1955

The hamlet of New Mill grew up near the canal north of Tring around Tring Mill, now Heygate Flour.

Caption For Sutton On Trent, The Railway C1955

Owned by British Railways, a steam engine is shown hauling a goods train north on the east coast main line.

Caption For Ardingly, The Village C1950

Ardingly is a village overlooking the Ouse valley, north of Haywards Heath.The 14th-century church of St Peter has an impressive tower.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, Gorsedd Stones C1960

Today the Gorsedd Circle Stones, first erected for the 1958 National Eisteddfod, can be found in a sunken garden to the north of the town centre near the River Ebbw.

Caption For Silchester, The Clock C1965

In the north of the county sits Silchester.

Caption For Belfast, A View Of Cave Hill 1897

This view looks westwards across the lough to Cave Hill, just to the north of the city.

Caption For Mary Tavy, Elliots Hotel 1908

Two miles north of Mary Tavy is Wheal Betsy, one of Dartmoor's most famous mines; in the middle of the 19th century it was producing over 1,000 tons of lead and 2,000 ounces of silver annually.

Caption For Southport, Marine Lake 1902

Here we see the North or Marine Lake about ten years after it opened.

Caption For Grantham, Belton House C1960

This view of the north or garden front shows the design of this beautiful and well-proportioned house with its projecting side wings and pedimented centre, the whole forming a letter H plan.

Caption For Ingoldmells, The Theatre, Butlin's Holiday Camp C1955

Before you reach Ingoldmells, north of Skegness, you pass one of Butlins' largest holiday camps.

Caption For Pitsea, London Road C1955

Pitsea lies to the north of Bowers Marshes.

Caption For North Walsham, Market Place 1921

Much of this prosperous market town north of the Broads was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600.

Caption For North Walsham, Market Place 1921

Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600.

Caption For Beaminster, The Square C1955

The town has acquired a popularity with Thomas Hardy fans, being the place where Tess of the D'Urbervilles finished her famous walk across the north of the county.

Caption For Leighton Buzzard, The Grand Union Canal C1955

Two loaded narrowboats head north on the Grand Union Canal, their cargo concealed from both weather and prying eyes by careful sheeting.