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The Anchor
I was born on the Anchor in 1941. The houses were set back from the road with rough patch of ground in front of them where Pat Collin's fair used to set up every year in the summer. From the canal bridge on the left was the pub, The Anchor ...Read more
A memory of Deepfields by
Lennard's
Hi my name is Peter McGuire and i went to Lennard's from 1960 to 1965 My class was in upper 4A in the science lab at the back of the school. The teacher was Farrier (not sure of spelling) who left us in our year of GCE's . It may seem ...Read more
A memory of South Ockendon by
Seaton In The 1950s And 60s
I lived in Seaton from the very early 1950s to the very early 1970s. My happy memories are: going down to the River Welland in Harringworth and fishing, going down to Seaton railway station and watching the ...Read more
A memory of Seaton in 1950 by
Ex St Roberts Catholic School Harrogate
Born in Waterloo Street, Harrogate, in early 1940s. Attended above school until left in 1956. Started work at J.S.Driver, grocers on Beulah Street, Stan Wood manager. Remember 'Syncopated Sandy,' playing ...Read more
A memory of Harrogate by
My Old School
Hartford Secondary Modern School, Northwich brings back very fond memories. The teachers were very good and enthusiastic, encouraging us all to do well. Mr Beech was the Headmaster, very keen on cricket. Mr Baines Assistant Head, who ...Read more
A memory of Northwich in 1956 by
Shops
Bryant's Post Office with Mrs Robson, a Queen Motherish figure always dressed in a black two piece, dishing out pensions, stamps and postal orders from the aloof position behind her cage. Duggie Bain's cobblers, the warm oily smell, my ...Read more
A memory of Howden-le-Wear by
Peace On Earth
First visit, New Year 1972/73 with Donald McIntyre [Donald Baan] brother of Rory, sons of Mary & Rodger. Continued every Hogmany till 2002/3. Moved to Colonsay 2003, Craig Mhor, built 2004/5, health, and ...Read more
A memory of Isle of Lewis in 1972 by
St Botolph's School
Started my school life here in 1967 and was at St Botolph's school, or as it was known to us as just ropewalk school. I have very fond memories of the place and some rather nasty ones of a particular teacher called Mrs ...Read more
A memory of Knottingley in 1967 by
Junior Years 1947 1951
The junior years at Sydney Road School were quite good for me, despite the fact that I was the worst fighter in our year. Before a blow had even touched me I would be crying [talk about Coward of the County], ...Read more
A memory of Intake in 1951 by
Captions
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The River Bain flows out of Semerwater, the largest lake in the old North Riding, and into the Ure.
Howard's fine shop front on the left, now demolished, is now Baines Walk, leading to the 1990s Chesham Town Hall, named in honour of Arnold Baines, a councillor but also an eclectic local historian noted
This view shows the most striking, the Park Avenue Methodist church, a typical design by George Baines and Son, which dates from 1924.
On the extreme left is J F White's tobacconist's shop next door to the branch of Lloyds Bank, while across the road is the entrance to Cheam Station Approach, with the offices of Morgan, Baines & Clark's
Writing in 1822, Edward Baines said of the area that 'on the whole, Saddleworth is an interesting, though an uninviting part of the country, and the Mountaineers of this region, like those of Switzerland
In the words of Edward Baines Leeds was 'a slower town and our neighbourhood is quieter'.
Heading north-west roughly parallel to the River Witham, we reach two small towns on either side of the River Bain, which meets the Witham a mile away at Dogdyke.
In 1824, Baines said that the hall was 'plain, comfortable and commodious', and that the exterior had recently been renovated with a coat of Roman cement.
In the words of Edward Baines Leeds was 'a slower town and our neighbourhood is quieter'.
In the words of Edward Baines Leeds was “a slower town and our neighbourhood is quieter”.
The Bain is just 6 miles in length and reputed to be the shortest river in England.
In this picture, Baines`s (in the distance, left) was still flourishing.
Ludford is a now a single-street village on the Louth to Gainsborough road at the head of the River Bain, which flows south through the Wolds to join the River Witham.
When our cameraman visited Newton Aycliffe, it was still very much a new town and was still being developed by the Grenfell Baines Group.
It is drained by England's shortest river, the Bain, which runs into Wensleydale at Bainbridge.
Another was Birkenhead Farm, where James Baines, woollen draper and benefactor to education in the Fylde, was born.
Like Baines Charity School in Poulton, the children held a barring-out day once a year when by tradition the master was locked out.
The Bain is just 6 miles in length and reputed to be the shortest river in England.
Across the Bain, Tattershall is altogether less ravaged by 1960s and later rebuilding.
Across the Bain, Tattershall is altogether less ravaged by 1960s and later rebuilding.
It was designed in 1905 by Albert Edward Lambert in standard red brick Gothic style, as opposed to the Art Nouveau of his contemporary George Baines.
Ludford is a now a single-street village on the Louth to Gainsborough road at the head of the River Bain, which flows south through the Wolds to join the River Witham.
Water flows through the village from Semerwater 2 miles away, via the country's shortest river, the Bain.
Heading north-west roughly parallel to the River Witham, we reach two small towns on either side of the River Bain, which meets the Witham a mile away at Dogdyke.
