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Berkeley, Gloucestershire
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Historic maps of Berkeley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Berkeley maps
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Berkeley books
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Gloucestershire Living Memories
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Cotswold Villages Photographic Memories
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Cotswolds Revisited Photographic Memories
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2 Berkeley photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Berkeley
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My Great Grandfather, Samuel King, ran a boot and shoe business (as a Cordwainer) from this address in the 19th century. His family home is listed in the 1881 census as The Old House, Market Place, Berkeley.
His father John King (Dob 25.5.1765) was also a Cordwainer in Berkeley in the 18th century.
The King family were residents of... [more]
Shared on 11 December 2006
Gloucestershire memories
You know I haven't come across anyone who did their 8 weeks' training at Vindi in the summer months, most people you talk to remember most of all the severe winters. I am no exception, I remember going down to the ship from the camp last thing at night for a couple of slces of bread and butter and a mug... [more]
Shared on 03 November 2009
I must have been one of the first on the training ship because I thought it was 1954 I was there, but if it is recorded as c1955 who am I to argue! I was there training for the merchant navy for about 12 weeks. I was the camp bugler until I was relieved of my post because I was... [more]
Shared on 08 March 2009
l came across the vindi site by accident,and was amazed to see the old ship again, l trained on her on the stewards side over the1965 xmas period and went on to travel the world on the m.v. huntsland, carrying cargo all around the world.
seeing the photo brougt back so many memories of many years ago, does anyone else remember... [more]
Shared on 04 December 2007
My father, the late Cyril Cook, spent some time in Lydney, during the war, as a Nurse.
Unfortunately, I know very little about his time in Lydney.
Ken Cook
Shared on 16 November 2008
MY MEMORY IS OF MY FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND TO SEE MY MUMS' HOME VILLAGE.THE YEAR WAS 1967.SHE WAS BORN IN CAM IN 1923. SHE MET MY DAD DURING WW11, AND MARRIED IN HER FATHERS GARDEN .SHE THEN CAME TO THE USA WHERE I WAS BORN.
TODAY SHE IS 85 AND LIVING HERE IN EAST BRUNSWICK,NJ.USA.
CAM IS A LOVELY... [more]
Shared on 10 December 2007
While staying with my Uncle and Aunt in Uley during the school holidays, I bought an air-pistol.
To be on the safe side I bought a Gun Licence from the Post Office in Dursley.
Ken Cook
Shared on 02 December 2008
I, along with many schoolchildren who attended Dursley Church of England school in 1955 entered the St. James churchyard through these gates on the way to school five days a week. My memories of the churchyard are of the rose trees that were on the grounds and the sheer beauty of the place on a spring and summer day, but... [more]
Shared on 14 September 2006
Extracts From Berkeley & Gloucestershire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Berkeley, inspired by Frith photos.
Down the Severn Photographic Memories
Berkeley at the beginning of the 20th century was a small town of just over 6200 inhabitants. Visitors could find accommodation at the Berkeley Arms (rooms 3s; dinner 2s 6d), and those fancying a look round the castle could buy admission tickets from the railway station or Miss Smith's stationers in the High Street.
This is an extract from Down the Severn Photographic Memories.
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Gloucestershire Living Memories
The rickety-looking oriel window on its timber props and horned sash window frames are Victorian additions to the centuries-old corner house, which was a shop at the time this photograph was taken. But without doubt the most venerable building hereabouts is Berkeley Castle, the oldest inhabited in England. Berkeley Castle gained notoriety in 1327 when Edward II was murdered within its walls. The oubliette - a deep and uncomfortable pit into which the unfortunate monarch was cast - can be seen to this... [more]
This is an extract from Gloucestershire Living Memories.
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Gloucestershire Living Memories
Delightfully neat and compact in appearance, the buildings that jostle shoulder to shoulder along the street are deceptively older than they look. Many were given a fashionable facelift in Victorian times with additions such as the bay fronts to the cottages on the right. But behind the facades are centuries-old houses, some of them timber-framed.
This is an extract from Gloucestershire Living Memories.
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