Barnby Moor
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The woman my father married
I don't know a lot about Blyth, Northumberland, only that for some strange reason I visited an awful lot during my life but thought nothing of it. My current fiancee and I would sit for long periods on the old docks at the bottom of Ridley Street area, eating locally purchased cheeseburgers etc.
I remember once booking a romantic table for two in Blyth, but it was a waste of time - she only potted 3 reds!
Much later in my life I learned that my grandfather, James Barns Chilvers, was lost at sea after leaving Blyth harbour on 25th November 1925, on a collier named Galleon, bound for London. She never made it. Only wreckage of the ship ...read more here
A memory of Blyth contributed by alan bull
WW11 Leeds evacuees.
I was one of so many 10 year olds that arrived in East Retford Sept 1939. I was so lucky to have been cared for by caring loving families in Retford for five years. The most happiest childhood memories of my life. I have cherished those memories for the the last 69 years. God Bless East Retford.
A memory of Retford contributed by First Name Last Name
Remembrance Day
It was in the mid 50s that I went with my Grandmother to the Remembrance Day services held at the War Memorial. There were a group of WW1 veterans in a line and as a young child it was a surprise to me that they were crying. When I grew up and learnt what had been the horror of that war I understood.
My Grandmother had several cousins who died and whose names were on there. She pointed them out to me, but I do not remember them. In my mind's eye, I can see the scene. Remembrance Day remains an emotional time for me and I'm sure it goes back to those Sundays in November.
Remembrance Day
It was in the mid 50s that I went with my Grandmother to the Remembrance Day services held at the War Memorial. There were a group of WW1 veterans in a line and as a young child it was a surprise to me that they were crying. When I grew up and learnt what had been the horror of that war I understood.
My Grandmother had several cousins who died and whose names were on there. She pointed them out to me, but I do not remember them. In my mind's eye, I can see the scene. Remembrance Day remains an emotional time for me and I'm sure it goes back to those Sundays in November.
Extracts From Barnby Moor & Nottinghamshire books
Ye Olde Bell was described in the 18th century as a ‘gentleman-like, comfortable house’; it has some fine rooms, including
this one with panelling and a Jacobean-style plaster ceiling, all Victorian. I remember it being a Sunday afternoon treat
in the 1950s to be taken here for tea by my grandfather, riding out from Gainsborough in his Ford V-8 Pilot. After tea my
brother and I used to be sent out into the gardens to play, while the grown-ups lingered over their tea cups.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Living Memories".
The low two-storeyed rendered building on the left in the
middle distance is the 16th-century, timber-framed Saracen’s
Head. Here, in May 1646, Charles I spent his last night
of freedom. Tactfully, the pub changed its name from the
King’s Head to the Saracen’s Head soon after Charles was beheaded.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Pocket Album".
The low two-storeyed rendered building on the left in the
middle distance is the 16th-century, timber-framed Saracen’s
Head. Here, in May 1646, Charles I spent his last night
of freedom. Tactfully, the pub changed its name from the
King’s Head to the Saracen’s Head soon after Charles was beheaded.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Pocket Album".
Beyond the last building in
Poultry, with its colonnade over
the pavement, is Victoria Street,
with its grand Victorian palazzos
of commerce. The corner building
survives, although without the
oriel, as do most of the buildings
further up Victoria Street, which
are still used as commercial offices.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Pocket Album".
On the right is the old Exchange,
built in 1726. Besides numerous
shops within the building, there
were over 60 butchers’ stalls
or ‘shambles’. This friendly,
unhygienic mix was replaced in
1927 by the present Council
House, in an overpowering,
municipal baroque style with
a giant portico and towering dome.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Pocket Album".