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School Days

As far back that I can remember, it was the summer of 1934 when I first started school at St Mary's Roman Catholic School in Calcutta Road. I sat next to a friend that I had made (John Toole) Who later in life emigrated to Canada and was ...Read more

A memory of Tilbury in 1930 by John Ryan

Life In Full Circle

The little house next to Mary Newman`s Cottage is where I live now...but I first walked past it with my mother at about the time this photo was taken. We got off the steam train at the station just up the hill, to walk to the ...Read more

A memory of Saltash in 1955 by Steve Fuller

Tobacco Shop In High Street

I was born in Barkingside and remember the Holy Trinity Church (Rev. Newman), where I was baptised, confirmed and married. I left in 1965. Memories abound! Especially riding my bike to Barton's bakery during Easter to ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside by Carol Watts

St. Anselms Church In Hatch End

At the time of this picture in 1960 the church could only be reached by travelling along an attractive, tree-lined, unsurfaced crescent called Westfield Park. Beyond the church on the left of the picture is the ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End by John Howard Norfolk

Happy Days

Medmenham was a beautiful posting and a happy place. I attended the local dance hall.... where I was in great demand having danced to Silver medal class beore joining the RAF. Dream on you say !!!!!! Yes indeed. I am still in touch ...Read more

A memory of Medmenham in 1956 by Paddy Pollock

Pinner Mid 50's

I was fortunate enough to live in Pinner as a small child 8 & 9 years old. We lived on 9 Nower Hill, and I remember befriending the railway station ticket lady. She and I used to go out to the parking lot (which was gravel back ...Read more

A memory of Pinner by Joel Fisher

Upper Heyford School

My father was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford 1949 to 1953.  My brothers, Peter, Michael and myself, Mary, went to the village school.  My older brother Richard went to school in Steeple Aston.  I remember the ...Read more

A memory of Upper Heyford in 1949 by mooremary4

The Rec!

Ah yes, The Rec!  Scene of many a battle and many a cup final, in later years there was romance!  You could get through the hedge and down onto the railway line to put halfpennies on the line that got flattened by trains as they ran ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Stephen Owen

My Home Town

My wife moved to Sutton 1950 aged 4, now aged 60 and living in Norfolk we are rekindling memories of such a warm and inviting town. Memories come flooding back. The railway station, the cinema, the old tree outside Trueforms where my ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1963 by David Buettner Banks

So Many Memories

My family arrived in Wargrave just after the war. We moved into a flat above the Post Office/ Telephone Exchange. Dad was a caretaker operator. Things I remember about the village were of course the nearby river, the houses so ...Read more

A memory of Wargrave by M Ichael Aldridge

Captions

1,391 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Sandy, Railway Station 1925

The right-hand station is the Great Northern line, later the LNER, and its station buildings largely remain.

Caption For Laindon, Martindale Avenue C1955

The bus station was built to incorporate a parade of shops, seen here beneath the canopy.

Caption For Corby, Forest Gate Road C1965

The fire station and its tower dominate the scene, with the ambulance station and complementary education buildings to the right.

Caption For South Holmwood, Post Office 1906

According to Eric Parker, scores of visitors to Leith Hill would alight at Holmwood railway station and be taken by horse-drawn brake to the foot of the hill - the rest of the

Caption For Oakwood, The Underground Station, Bramley Road C1955

One stop short of the terminus at Cockfosters, Oakwood Station is one of the jewels along this northern stretch of the Piccadilly line, which also includes Southgate, Arnos Grove and Cockfosters.

Caption For Woolston, The Bus Station C1960

Up until 1977 this station was shared with Hants & Dorset motor services.

Caption For Desborough, Station Road And Havelock Street C1965

This view of Station Road looks south-west past the junction to Havelock Street, with the imposing clock tower of the 1903 Co-op store.

Caption For Ferrybridge, The Bridge C1955

It also gave access to Fryston Hall nearby, which was demolished in 1931 when the power station was extended.

Caption For Oakwood, Bramley Road C1965

Looking west, the camera captures the underground station in its rather austere setting.

Caption For London, St Pancras Station C1886

St Pancras Station was built in 1867, taking its name from nearby St Pancras's Church, over whose churchyard some of the railway lines were laid.

Caption For Camberley, Station 1908

The Station Master's house can be seen to the left, with the main entrance to the station beyond that.

Caption For Flamborough, South Landing C1930

A lifeboat station was established here in 1871 as well as the one at North Landing, because the curve of the cliff gave shelter and made it easier to launch a boat from here.

Caption For Cranleigh, Station 1908

A train approaches the down platform of this station on the Horsham to Guildford Railway, which opened in 1865 and is long since closed.

Caption For Burgess Hill, Church Road 1950

From its beginnings as a railway station amid fields, the town has grown and continues to grow dramatically.

Caption For Porthcurno, 1908

This view, similar to number 16049, is interesting, because it shows the square block of the new cable station on the right.

Caption For Streetly, The Village C1965

Until 1879, when a station opened on the Birmingham-Walsall railway, there had been only farmland here.

Caption For London, The Princess Beatrice Hospital C1950

Its position on the north-west corner of Finborough Road was handy for both Earl's Court Station and West Brompton Station.

Caption For York, The Station And The Hotel 1907

To the left of York's city wall stands the station opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1877.

Caption For Scarborough, Foreshore Road 1890

On the right is the lifeboat station.

Caption For Scarborough, Foreshore Road 1890

On the right is the lifeboat station.

Caption For Calne, St Edmund's Church C1965

The need for a new Catholic church in the town became particularly pressing when nearby RAF Lyneham was unable to provide a full- time chaplain to the station, and they helped fund its completion

Caption For Burton Joyce, The Poplar Walk C1965

Main Street crosses Church Street, the A612, to become Station Road as far as the railway line, which runs between the village and the river.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Beach 1927

In 1926, the Sands railway station closed and was converted to amusement arcades housing hundreds of slot machines; there was also a helter-skelter and a skating rink.

Caption For Gobowen, The Cross C1955

This photograph looks towards the level crossing, where at the moment we can just see a steam train drawing away from the station.