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Margaret Burdenie Nee Rushby
I was born at Easton Hall in July 1944. My father was away at sea in the Royal Navy and my mother told me that the residents of Eaton Hall had moved into the servants' quarters to let the Hall be used as as a maternity home for service wives. Our family lived nearby in Retford.
A memory of Eaton Hall by
Heston Middlesex 1950s
It was good to see people's memories of Heston, as I spent much of my childhood there. My father was manager of a branch of grocers called Platts Stores Ltd, Norwood Green, although we were on the corner of Fern Lane Heston and ...Read more
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Happy Days
Living not far from Aston Park we would often walk to the park to play and enjoy the fresh air. Aston Hall held a fascination for me and I was forever asking to go inside for a tour. I would go in when ever I could and I never tired of ...Read more
A memory of Birmingham in 1955 by
Moving Away
I was born in Redhill hospital in 1948 and lived in Shirley Avenue. I went to Downland School which was a stone cottage called Pound Cottage just before Stanley Close. There was Cherry Tree Cottage about 3 doors up, they used to sell ...Read more
A memory of Old Coulsdon by
Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which was ...Read more
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Living In Queens Avenue And Going To School
I was three when we moved to Muswell Hill in 1951. My parents had both been in the forces and it was difficult to find accommodation for a family. My grandmother knew a Mr. Wood, he was a judge. His son ...Read more
A memory of Muswell Hill in 1953 by
Combe Florey Primary School
The village school in Combe Florey closed in about 1958 I believe, it exists as a private house now, but I can still remember the mile long walk to and from it, through the lanes every morning and afternoon. Mum would ...Read more
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My First School Alby Hill 1944
My mother and her mother were born in my great-grandparents' cottage at Hanworth Common. Richard and Blanche Craske they were. Well dear old Richard was really my step great grandad. The true one was Charles ...Read more
A memory of Aldborough in 1944 by
Family Picnics In 1950s
In the 1950s my family made regular summer trips to a scenic and elevated spot somewhere in the general area of Aylesbury for family picnics. I have a few b&w snaps - one of which shows a road wide enough for two ...Read more
A memory of Aylesbury in 1955 by
Oak Way, Acton Vale
My memories of Acton Vale estate are endless, you would play out all day and the days were long. I can remember taking back the empty lemonade bottles and then buying a jublie. Going swimming at Acton swimming baths then on the way ...Read more
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Chipping Norton's imposing Town Hall can be seen in this 1950s photograph.
It was a merchant's house with shops on the ground floor and the hall and chamber on the upper floor; the hall was heated by a stone fireplace above the doorway.
It was a merchant’s house with shops on the ground floor and the hall and chamber on the upper floor; the hall was heated by a stone fireplace above the doorway.
It was a merchant's house with shops on the ground floor and the hall and chamber on the upper floor; the hall was heated by a stone fireplace above the doorway.
It was a merchant’s house with shops on the ground floor and the hall and chamber on the upper floor; the hall was heated by a stone fireplace above the doorway.
Large mansions were built here for the wealthy merchants from the prosperous port of Hull.
Fitz Osbern built a long rectangular fortified hall (the Great Tower) on the narrowest part of the ridge.
The town hall is built in the Renaissance style with a campanile.
The town hall is built in the Renaissance style with a campanile.
It is said that Jane Austen based Meryton, in 'Pride and Prejudice', on Hertford, and that Elizabeth Bennet met Mr Darcy at Shire Hall.
Quite early on, the motte's defences were improved with the building of a stone wall around it, and the earliest stone building appears to have been a hall in the western bailey.
The 15th-century parish church of St Mary the Virgin is built of Mendip lias and Doulting stone, and has a stone spire 108ft high.
The cottage next door is part of the Dorfold Hall estate, which lies between Acton and Nantwich amongst the trees beyond.
The initials TH and LHH which appear over the tower door and on the family pew stand for Thomas Hibbert and his sister Letitia Hamilton Hibbert, of Birtles Hall.
