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My Memories Of Salford

I was born in the upstairs back room of my maternal Gran's house at 20 John Street, Pendleton. I was told there was an air raid going on at the time. My first school was John Street where there was a play ground on the roof, ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Mal Woods

Mount Edgecumbe Ruins

One hundred years after this photograph was taken my husband and I visited these ruins during a holiday when we celebrated our Silver Wedding. We had came back to the West Country so that we could visit all our old haunts. We ...Read more

A memory of Plymouth in 1990 by Joyce Lewis

The Old Villa

i lived in the villa in the 60s i still remember mr burlinson and his cart emptying the loos in the back lanes we used to play at the hilly or the depo, we had the bonfire next to nobles and the school we were called the squarees ...Read more

A memory of Grange Villa in 1960 by Robert Barrass

Follansbee Aka Follingsby Or Foljambe Of Hamsterley Durham England

This isn't exactly a 'memory' as it is a fact relating to my ancestors, the Follansbee's of Hamsterley, County Durham, England. It is recorded that the Follansbee's (various ...Read more

A memory of Hamsterley by Cheryl Follansbee/Foljambe

Born Here In 1947

I was born around the corner from the photo, at 15 Eastcote Lane, just off the Northolt Road, in 1947 (born at home, too, not in a hospital!) Remember going to school on Northolt Road, maybe a quarter mile west of the ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow in 1954 by Ray Perkins

Cookridge Once Fields And Farms

I moved from Holbeck in 1948 into one of the first estates to be built in North West Leeds, Ireland Wood (Raynels). In 1950 I went to Cookridge School, then a wooden hut right slap bang opposite where Cookridge ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge in 1950 by Paul Leavett

Further To Cinemas In Croydon

I grew up in Galpins Road, Thornton Heath and as a youngster joined the ABC Minors at the Rex Cinema, Norbury sadly now demolished and replaced by an office block. I saw many of the MGM Musicals at the Rex, including ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1958 by John Wimpenny

Wonderful Memories

What an unexpected pleasure it was stumbling quite by accident upon this website this evening! I was born in Croydon in 1948 and lived in West Croydon till 1955. I have very vivid memories of the high street, even of being ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1954 by Yvonne Kolessides

The Slate Islands Easdale

                                                  THE SLATE ISLANDS                                                         By Walter Deas Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old ...Read more

A memory of Easdale in 2005 by Walter Deas

My Apprentice Days With Northmet Electricity (Eeb)

I was born in Elmgrove Crescent Harrow in 1933 and lived in Pinner Road North Harrow, moving to Wealdstone in 1934. I started at Bridge Scool in 1938 and followed on to Belmont Sec. Modern School ...Read more

A memory of Kenton in 1948 by Brian Grainge

Captions

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Caption For Waltham St Lawrence, The Church C1955

A majestic yew tree marks the approach to St Lawrence's, which has a west tower of flint and stone blocks topped with early brick.

Caption For South Pool, Creek From Gullet 1922

The wooded banks of this stretch of water are best explored by boat at high tide, though even at low tide the extensive mud flats are home to a huge variety of birdlife

Caption For London, St Paul's From Cannon Street 1905

Only by staying with the same employer was there any hope of security and a modest pension.The best positions were with banks and insurance offices.

Caption For London, Queen Victoria Street 1897

Only by staying with the same employer was there any hope of security and a modest pension.The best positions were with banks and insurance offices.

Caption For Exmouth, From The Cliff 1918

The Maer was once a golf course for the town, but it was allowed to revert back to wilderness in the 1950s.

Caption For Ogden, The Reservoir C1960

Ogden Reservoir, north-west of Illingworth in West Yorkshire, dammed the waters of the Hebble Brook, and is now backed by the wind farm on Ovenden Moor.

Caption For Walton On Thames, High Street C1955

Walton-on-Thames is another suburbanised town south-west of London along the River Thames.

Caption For Southampton, Westgate 1908

Westgate, dating back to the 14th century, provides access to the south-west corner of the old walled town.

Caption For Chesham, The Church 1897

St Mary's Church is on rising ground west of the town, with Lowndes Park to its north and east and The Bury to its west.

Caption For Sandhurst, Church 1939

St Michael's dates back to 1853 and was designed by Street, but was later enlarged.

Caption For Dublin, Christchurch Cathedral 1897

It is situated a short distance west of Trinity College.

Caption For St Ives, Back Road East 1890

This view looks towards Back Road West.

Caption For Sherborne, The Village C1960

Sherborne Park separated the village into east and west ends back in the 14th century, but there is a uniformity throughout of well restored cottages, fronted by long well stocked gardens and bounded by

Caption For Winchester, Great Hall And The Round Table 1912

Considered to be the best medieval hall in the country after Westminster Hall, the Great Hall dates back to the early 13th century and includes fine arcade piers of Purbeck marble.

Caption For Manchester, Corporation Street C1885

Before it was cut and constructed in the 1870s, traffic from the north-west and higher Salford had to wend its way through small back streets to reach the market and central Manchester (the Shambles).

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road 1904

Further north-west the photographer looks back towards the town centre past the Moat Road junction to Moat Church, the Congregational Church opened in 1870, now the United Reformed Church and its unusual

Caption For East Ayton, Derwent Café C1965

Just four miles west of Scarborough travellers were tempted to stop for refreshments at the Derwent Cafe.

Caption For Hove, The Lawns 1921

Courtenay Terrace is the only group of houses in Hove with long gardens backing onto the beach.

Caption For West Huntspill, High Road C1960

West Huntspill, which we see here, grew from a conglomeration of agricultural hamlets straggling across the Levels.

Caption For Wells, Sadler Street C1960

The east side of the street was developed after 1340, but some deeds for the west side date back as far as 1301.

Caption For Carew, From North West 1893

The west range of the castle to the right dates back to the 13th century, whereas the heavily fenestrated north range to the left is Elizabethan, the work of Sir John Perrot, half-brother

Caption For Morecambe, The West End 1896

The southern part of Morecambe (referred to as the west end), towards Heysham, soon developed as the more genteel side of the resort, with smart hotels; it was thought to be a little superior.

Caption For Charlestown, From The East 1890

Tranquil waters lap around the two outer piers and the narrow entrance to the dock, which was cut back into West Polmear Cove around a century before this photograph was taken.

Caption For Othery, Main Road C1955

The main A361 Taunton road loops through the village, with the church in the back lane.