Deadline: April 15, 2010
This promotion has now closed.
How well do you know your street and its inhabitants, the history of your village or any secrets your neighbours might harbour? We asked our readers to describe their neighbourhood in this promotion - below you can read some of the fantastic entries we received. See a list of all the winners here.
The deadline for entries has passed.
Showcase entries
Lower Brook Street
by Kim Brooke
I am writing about the street I grew up in, as everywhere I have lived since then has seemed dull and uninteresting compared to Lower Brook St. Lower Brook Street...
My Street
by Julian Nokes
We live at the Western edge of Central London. Our house, a former artisan’s cottage, sits on an old gravel pit, conveniently sited between a wine warehouse and a branch...
My Street
by Katherine Shute
“This is where the posh people live” my parents informed me one day as we were out for our Sunday afternoon walk. Indeed, to my childish eyes, the spacious tree-lined...
Railway Terrace
by Carol Brinson
When I told my brother that I was buying a house which was near an industrial estate, opposite the tip and in “Railway Terrace” there was an intake of slightly...
