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Memories

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The Happy Days

To Mary Muir, I remember you very well. Those were the days. I started school then in February aged 4 and a half years old. I remember all my teachers. I wonder if these names ring a bell, Miss Todd, Miss Taylor, Miss Cuthbert, Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Lumphinnans in 1957 by Ellen Hogg

Wraysbury School.

I went to Wraysbury School and one day came late. Everyone was gathered in the canteen for morning assembly, and when I got there, everyone clapped and I was pushed up to receive a large brown envelope. Going back to my place, I ...Read more

A memory of Wraysbury in 1947 by Sylvie Mc Kay

Hopedene Mother And Baby Home

Hi I am trying to contact any mothers that were in Hopedene, Elswick, in the 1950s and 1960s...what was it like? Did you have any choice regarding having your baby adopted if you wern't married? My mother was ...Read more

A memory of Elswick in 1959 by Lisa Anderson

Oldchurch Hospital 1956 57

I have such memories as a 17 year old of working in the 'Admins Office' in Oldchurch Hospital. I think I just walked in one day, got an interview and started on the Monday - no job centres or CVs needed then. The boss was ...Read more

A memory of Romford by Glyn Mallett

Schooldays At Arley Castle

I went to Arley Castle as a boarder in 1943/44. It made a lasting impression on me. The Arboretum was my favourite place and we had names for many of the trees which we would climb from time to time. Miss Kell and Miss ...Read more

A memory of Upper Arley in 1943 by lucyontheinternet

St Michael And All Angels Church Of England School

I would love to hear of anyone who went to Tatenhill school around the late 1940 into the 1950s. It was such a magical time with Miss Read our teacher who inspired us and fired our imagination. I ...Read more

A memory of Tatenhill in 1948

My Childhood In Houghton Regis.

My name is Daniel (Danny) Cronin, the youngest of 5 and the only boy of Harry 'H' and Ann Cronin. My life began on the 27th of November 1970. My first place of residence was Recreation Road where I have broken ...Read more

A memory of Houghton Regis in 1970 by Daniel Cronin

Club Outing

Our ciu club in Watford came here for a weekend break. It was the Toby Club, as was called, that raised money for the old folks Xmas party. As we were from South Wales, my husband suggested we come down. What agreat time we all had!

A memory of Porthcawl in 1990 by Eira Waite

I Break My Arm

Soon after the end of WW2, we stayed in Frampton on Severn, at the home of my Uncle Percy and his wife Mary. My Uncle Percy worked on an Estate, possibly Frampton Court. With some of the local lads we liked to visit, what ...Read more

A memory of Frampton On Severn in 1947 by Ken Cook

Cove Farnborough Hants

I was born in Farnborough and lived in Pinehurst Cottages until the age of six. My father, Charles Dunbar was an engineer at The Royal Aircraft Establishment. Later we moved to 166 Keith Lucas Road and later to 16 Fowler Road in ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1950 by Vyvyan Dunbar Campbell

Captions

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Caption For Crosby, The Windmill C1960

Great Crosby Mill, Liverpool is a tall brick tower mill with a domed cap.

Caption For Wickhambreaux, The Post Office 1903

of the Little Stour, whose waters flow peacefully under the bridge on the left, the small general stores and post office on the right served this little hidden village with its 18th- and 19th-century brick

Caption For Fakenham, Norwich Street C1955

None of its brick buildings is outstanding yet the total effect is one of pleasing harmony.

Caption For Stoke Poges, Church Cottage 1929

The creeper has now gone, exposing the Tudor brick of the Hastings Chapel on the left.

Caption For Peterborough, The Town Bridge C1950

We can also see the railway bridge carrying the main line to London King's Cross, which links up with the Nene Valley route, and the Fletton brick sidings.

Caption For Loughborough, High Street C1955

A few earlier buildings survive on the left-hand side of the photograph, but the right is dominated by uninspired, even dreary, red-brick Edwardian buildings.

Caption For Sidmouth, Fore Street 1904

The red sandstone cliffs of East Devon break into the green and pastoral valley of the River Sid; Sidmouth lines the slopes of the gap.

Caption For Hemingford Abbots, Abbot's Church 1898

The chancel was rebuilt in c1800 in yellow brick.

Caption For Norwich, Old Cow Tower And The River Wensum 1891

The tower was rebuilt in flint faced with brick in about 1390, at the time when the city took it over from the Cathedral Priory.

Caption For Northchapel, Village 1902

When the roads became negotiable, a brick-built toll house was constructed here.

Caption For Horsey, The Windmill C1955

Here we see a typical Broadland brick tower drainage mill.

Caption For Great Saling, St James' Church 1903

The Hall is a 17th-century extravaganza in blue and red brick, with curvilinear gables.

Caption For Shoeburyness, Ness Road C1955

In the foreground stands the arch of the Conservative Club, with the solid brick-built Cambridge Hotel next door.The honey-pot style telegraph poles carry lines to the surrounding buildings.

Caption For Plaxtol, Rectory 1901

The old rectory, of warm red brick, with its tall chimneys and light-gathering broad bay windows has creeper running rampant all over it.

Caption For Godalming, High Street 1903

The building, in brick and stone, dates from the late 17th century.

Caption For Gorleston, Old Dutch Pier 1952

In the centre of the photograph we can see the 64ft, red brick lighthouse on the Brush Wharf, built at a cost of £400.

Caption For Chilton Foliat, The Village 1908

The decorative headers on the brick façade of the inn make an interesting chequered pattern.

Caption For Ferryside, Coast And Village 1925

The village stands on the east side of the Towy where the river breaks out to sea through a widespread expanse of sandbanks at low tide.

Caption For Bletchingley, The Village 1886

Cobbles, brick, timber and tile - an enchanting corner of Bletchingley over one hundred years ago.

Caption For Mountsorrel, Market Place C1957

The plain red brick house is, however, a veritable gem, built around 1780 and prominent towards the left of the photograph.

Caption For Winster, Market House C1955

The sandstone and brick structure originally had open archways on the ground floor, like the similar building in the centre of Bakewell.

Caption For Durham, Shire Hall 1921

Built of red brick, the Shire Hall was designed by local architects H Barnes and F E Coates, and was completed in 1898.

Caption For Rye House, 1904

Rye House 1904 The front aspect of the mid-15th-century red brick gatehouse of Rye House, the scene of the ill-fated 1683 Whig conspiracy to ambush Charles II as he returned to London from Newmarket

Caption For Tideford, The Church C1960

The apparent bricks in the wall are in fact neatly dressed stones; the west window tracery is carved from a pale freestone.