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Cowes, High Street c1965 (ref: C173086)
 Year: 1950 Hell and high water!
I worked in my Aunts ladies wear shop (Kays), and remember being flodded when heavy rain combined with high tide caused the shop to have water running through from back to the front with my friend Maureen and myself sweeping the ensuing water out of the front door. In those days the floor was bare board and it soon dried out. As it was summer we thought it was good fun and no harm was caused.

Posted: 12/12/2007 17:26 by June Jackson  

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Cowes, the Harbour c1955 (ref: c173020)
 Year: 1960 Noris Castle
This was the Red Funnel ship Noris Castle an ex tank landing craft.

Posted: 30/04/2007 22:03 by John Hopthrow  

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Cowes, Old Houses 1927 (ref: 80465)
 Change of use.
The building on the left became an amusement arcade in the early 1950s and then a dental surgery. Later it was demolished and replaced by a new building of flats and a new HQ related to Cowes week which was opened by Prince Philip in 2005.

Posted: 06/04/2006 16:20 by The Frith Memory Archivist  

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Cowes, the Parade c1955 (ref: c173010)
 Year: 1955 Family connections.
My father Mr Jim Rush is at the far right of this photo in a light shirt, looking rather windswept. At this time he was the proprietor of the Pavilion Hotel and also for a short time the owner of the Alexander Hall which he ran as a dance hall.

Posted: 06/04/2006 16:20 by Mrs J Padfield  

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Cowes, Holy Trinity Church 1908 (ref: 60498)
 Private school.
The house shown immediately in front of the church was a private school run by Miss Margaret and Miss Cecil Cawse. Both my father and I attended this school.

Posted: 06/04/2006 16:20 by The Frith Memory Archivist  

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