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Mandrake Road
My siblings and I were all born at Weir maternity hospital in Balham, we lived on Mandrake road and we all went to Fircroft primary school opposite our house. I was at Fircroft from 1976-1982. Mr. Chaimings was the headmaster then, Mr ...Read more
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Rose View
1970 - 1984: As you look at this photo the last building on the right, the barn like cottage with the small window, is Rose View. My mum and dad bought it for £1,000 in 1970, and set to work modernising it as I was due 1971 and my brother ...Read more
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Horton Kirby In The 1960's
I was born and brought up in Dartford but my aunt, Nora Hall, was housekeeper to Sir Edward Bligh and they had moved to Horton Kirby in 1961 from Swanley Village. Sir Edward took a ten-year lease upon the house that was ...Read more
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Hill Street Pontnewydd
Hi. My name is Iris Elliott (nee ) Poole. I was born in Hill Street Pontnewydd in 1930 to Daisy and Tom Poole. I had a brother Mervin. Everyone knew my father Tom who was quite a character. He was a very big man and worked in ...Read more
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Purveyor Of Sweetshops
I knew all the best sweet shops on Lavendar Hill Rd. Easily the best was Browns Sweet shop where Stormont Rd met Lavendar Hill. It had every sweet you could think of and seemed to be open 7 days a week until 9pm. I think the owner ...Read more
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Childhood In Elmsleigh Road
I lived at number 42 Elmsleigh Road from 1947 until about 1963.My pals and I played in the street in safety as there were few cars. We played "tin can tommy" and "cannon" otherwise we were on Wandsworth Common climbing ...Read more
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Sweet Shop Run...
this street is the scene of many a frantic cycle to the sweet shop (aka village shop) at the bottom of the hill, eager to hand over our week's pocket money to Mr Knight who ran the shop. This view is roughly from the pub on the corner ...Read more
A memory of Wherwell in 1985 by
Going To The Shops...
As a fully paid up member of the 'Baby Boomer' generation, born in 1947, I've been reading all the stories posted on this lovely website (which - like many others, I suspect - I came across purely by chance). I was born in Perivale ...Read more
A memory of Wembley by
Whitehill In The 60s And 70s
My husband Vic moved into the brand new council estate in 1968 with his parents and sister - Champney Close. His house backed onto the common and MOD training land. He’d stand up on the embankment watching the trains pass ...Read more
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Growing Up In A Small Village
My parents moved to Twycross from London in the early 1960s. We lived on Sheepy Road next door to Mr Charlie Brooks and Louie Jones. On the opposite side were Stan and Ilma Jones and Len Gibbs and his daughter Joan. I ...Read more
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This view looks out into the hills, which play such a part in defining Swansea.
Another view from Castle Hill, this time looking west.
Friesian cows are grazing; perhaps they belong to Mr E Ball, who owned property to the right in the Market Place.
Cosily tucked away in a fold of the sandstone hills south-east of Godalming, Mare Lane leads to the highest point of the Down at Hydons Ball, where it reaches 593 feet.
Three Bronze Age stone circles on Bodmin Moor are called the Hurlers, set amongst the old tin mines.
Three Bronze Age stone circles on Bodmin Moor are called the Hurlers, set amongst the old tin mines.
Three Bronze Age stone circles on Bodmin Moor are called the Hurlers, set amongst the old tin mines.
Bruce organised dances in the Congregational Chapel Sunday School, now the Community Rooms, and Polish soldiers from Edge Hill Hospital were invited to join in the events.
The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield’s older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.
During the reign of King Stephen in the 12th century, the original owners of Bell Hill Farm, Staintondale, rang a bell or blew a horn every evening to act as a guide to travellers.
The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield's older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.
None are more fanciful than The Bell Inn on Bell Hill.
This view looks east from Bridge Street, past the Market House and along into Bell Hill.
The cannon ball hit the ground and bounced along before smashing into the end of a farmhouse.
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