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1939 Onwards I Remember
I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which I ...Read more
A memory of Harborne in 1940 by
Oxton Memories
I lived in Oxton from the late 50s to the early 80s, and have many fond memories. Does any body remember Fred the barber in Rose Mount. He was quite a character, and nobody went there unless they wanted a short back and sides, ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead by
The Gents'' Barbers In Pinner High Street
This 1955 view of Pinner High Street brings back my memories of haircuts after school. About half way "up" the High Street on the right is a gents' barbers. During my schooldays at Pinner Grammar School from 1956 ...Read more
A memory of Pinner in 1956 by
My Home
I lived in Rose Cottage from mid 1965 to July 1966 when we were posted to Germany. At the time it was divided into two cottages. Myself, my husband and my 6mths old son lived in no2 which was the cottage on the left side looking front on. ...Read more
A memory of Over Wallop in 1965 by
West Wittering In The 1940s And 50s
My first memories are of playing on the huge expanse of sand at West Wittering and the bombing tower which used to be there after the war. We stayed on the beach till late and were put to bed in the back of ...Read more
A memory of West Wittering by
Going To Junior School In Radcliff On Trent In 1960
My dad was in the Canadian Air Force (RCAF) stationed in Langar (born in England though) but my family lived at 16 Douglas Close just outside Radcliffe. I remember walking daily to the ...Read more
A memory of Radcliffe on Trent in 1960 by
Woodlands Holiday Camp Swimming Pool
I was brought up in Kemsing at the foot of the Downs and we children would walk up to Woodlands Holiday Camp to swim for a shilling or so. On a fine weekend you could take your swimming things and some ...Read more
A memory of Sevenoaks in 1960 by
James Joseph Irvine (Autobiography) 1911 1990
Stretching over about a mile on the A68 road to Edinburgh from Darlington, lies the small mining town of Tow Law. Approaching it from Elm Park Road Ends, on a clear day, as you pass the various openings in ...Read more
A memory of Tow Law in 1930 by
Memories Of Village Haircuts
Just before the 1960’s transformed our innocent lives, all us village boys had a limited choice of tonsorial art; indeed you could count the number of available haircuts (styles wasn’t a word used for men or boys) on ...Read more
A memory of Sherington in 1960
When I Joined The Royal Air Force 22nd May 1952
I attended the Presbyterian Church Rossett Primary School in Station Road before attending the new school near Tom Bishop's shop, where I first bought my first cigarettes, Willy Woodbines, 5 for a ...Read more
A memory of Rossett in 1952 by
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There were plenty of inexpensive boarding houses charging only a shilling or two per night.
The pier had something for everyone: for a shilling, one could have a session of 'Character Reading: Head, Face & Hand'.
The service operated daily from around five in the morning until midnight, with return tickets costing less than a shilling (5 pence).
The Stamford coach called here; it cost 4d (old pennies) a mile and a shilling to the coachman, and to send a letter cost 6d to 9d a sheet.
In 1978 the grounds were used for building and the development known as Hill House Close was born.
The pier, which dates from 1871, had something for everyone: for a shilling, one could have a session of 'Character Reading: Head, Face & Hand'.
Like Greek waiters standing outside their tavernas, crewmen do their best to tempt tourists into parting with a shilling or two.
The currency of the time was pounds, shillings and pence, with 20 shillings to a pound, and 12 pennies to a shilling: a fifty shilling suit would be the equivalent of £2.50 in decimal currency.
The turnpike at Fenny, Stony, and at Two Mile Ash between them, charged from a halfpenny for a packhorse to a shilling for a coach.
Achill is separated from the Mayo coast by a narrow strait, crossed by a swing bridge built in 1888.
A sailing barge makes its way past a moored steamer.
This magnificent view shows a typical Achill scene, clouds hanging over Croaghaun, whilst the limewashed cottages huddle together in this remote Irish-speaking village.
The old and new come together in this post-First World War photograph, with a steamer in the foreground, and a sailing ship in the distance.
A sailing barge, once a common sight on the Broads and Norfolk rivers, is moored opposite the pleasure boats below the yacht station.
A sailing barge negotiates the lock gates.
A sailing barge makes its way past a moored steamer.
A sail-powered fishing boat returns to port, ready to unload its catch.
A sailing barge makes its way along the Orwell, with lush wooded hillsides coming down to meet the broad tidal mudflats at the water's edge.
A schooner rides easily within sheltered waters, whilst calm conditions in the outer anchorage enable us to see the wake from a sailing craft.
A view of this remote village, the largest settlement on Achill.
In the centre of the picture is a sailing wherry, the shallow, wide bottomed boat with its characteristic square sail, an adaptation of the traditional trading wherry.
A sailing barge negotiates the lock gates.
A nostalgic scene of tiny Dooega, a cluster of cottages on the south western seaboard of Achill.
A sailing vessel negotiates the harbour entrance.
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