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Ledsham Court, St Leonards, Sussex ...Great Memories! By John Franks, (Ex Rascal Boarder).
Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more
A memory of Great Parndon by
Rochester Dwellings.
I used to live in 10 U Block. I was born in 1935 and now at 87, I live in Katsuura, Japan. When the war broke out in 1939 I was evacuated to Dukes Wood Boarding School in Hexham. An excellent school where I received an excellent ...Read more
A memory of Walker by
The Great Children's Summer Garden Party
During the1950's, long before the introduction of Green Shield and other reward stamps, members of the Co-operative Society in the days before the Co-op as we know it today, earned tin coin cash money to the ...Read more
A memory of Bexleyheath by
Lived Worked And Played Here
My mother was born in keepers cottage in Battle Wood, who grew up and later got married in Battle church. My grandfather, Leonard Glyde was a fireman during the second world war stationed at Battle fire station. I was born ...Read more
A memory of Battle by
Beanz Dreamz...
Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more
A memory of Abbey Hulton by
Laleham Abbey
My sister Kathleen Taylor (former name) was cook in the kitchen for the retired old ladies. I was always staying with her during school holidays. Her husband then (now deceased) was Barry Taylor and they had two children, Sarah born ...Read more
A memory of Laleham in 1970 by
St Albans Summer Holidays In The 1950s
A child from Thanet taking annual last week of August holidays with an adored great aunt at Chiswell Green, travelling by train to Victoria Station, London, taking the Greenline to ...Read more
A memory of Frogmore in 1953 by
The Hub Of My Young Universe
London's main railway stations truly are wonderful and Charing Cross was the one that I frequented the most as I travelled every weekday from Woolwich Arsenal in SE London to Green Park Underground, near the great Victoria ...Read more
A memory of London in 1959 by
Wonderful Years
Living on the island was like living in paradise - it seemed like a constant holiday! I remember walking from 'Danehurst' along Pitts Lane across Binstead Road and up Cemetary Road to school every day. I loved walking to the beach ...Read more
A memory of Binstead in 1955 by
Walking To School
I walked to school up the track and back through the wood to catch the 234 back to Selsdon, I lived in Abbey Road.
A memory of Riddlesdown in 1960 by
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Founded in 1239 by the monks of Beaulieu Abbey, Netley Abbey occupies a pretty, wooded setting close to Southampton Water.
Founded in 1239 by the monks of Beaulieu Abbey, Netley Abbey occupies a pretty, wooded setting close to Southampton Water.
This large area of deciduous woods, in which beech predominates, is a favourite with walkers.
Turner and Landseer are just two of the many painters who have been drawn to the sublime scenery around the abbey.
Situated between the River Thames and Quarry Woods, made famous in Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows', Bisham is one of Berkshire's most historic villages.
Turner and Landseer are just two of the many painters who have been drawn to the sublime scenery around the abbey.
Situated between the River Thames and Quarry Woods, made famous in Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows', Bisham is one of Berkshire's most historic villages.
The architect John Wood the Elder planned the Parades as part of an area based on the architecture of ancient Rome.
The church was part of a Benedictine abbey, originally a priory, founded by William d'Abini, Earl of Arundel in 1107.
It was now firmly on the map: its narrow crowded alleys and harbourside streets, its ruined abbey and its souvenirs made from jet, fossilised wood found in the local area, proved a magnet for day trippers
The coming of the railway put Whitby firmly on the tourist map; its harbourside streets, ruined abbey, and souvenirs made from jet (a fossilized wood found locally), all proved a magnet for holidaymakers
The coming of the railway put Whitby on the tourist map; its harbourside streets, ruined abbey, and souvenirs made from jet, which is a fossilized wood found locally, all proved a magnet for holidaymakers
Like many abbeys and monasteries up and down the country, this former Cistercian monastery was dissolved in the reign of Henry VIII.
Like many abbeys and monasteries up and down the country, this former Cistercian monastery was dissolved in the reign of Henry VIII.
Now renamed The Abbey Hotel, this terrace of houses became an hotel in 1879.
It was now firmly on the map: its narrow crowded alleys and harbourside streets, its ruined abbey and its souvenirs made from jet, fossilised wood found in the local area, proved a magnet for day trippers
Fire was an ever-present danger with so many premises built from wood.
The roof is chestnut wood, and on the shields between the ribs are carved emblems of the Passion.
