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Juvenile Wrecking Crew.
I think it mite have been one Sunday in 1954 (cos the plant was nearly deserted) when me, my older bro Roy and 2 or 3 other kids from Hart Lane wound up in the new car parking area of General Motors Vauxhall. As all the cars keys ...Read more
A memory of Luton
My First Visit To England
We travelled down with a large group of Scottish NABC members from Edinburgh and the Lothian areas. My particulal journey commenced by coach to Liverpool where we continued by train to Hereford. On our arrival we were warmly ...Read more
A memory of Nash in 1953 by
Cooksons Leadworks Part 2
1965. During my time working here I carried out a number of different jobs, one was to make Zinc ingots, my shift would start with my furnace fired up and there next to it would be my "charge" this would be a pile of old ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1965 by
My Childhood Garden Part Ii
Some months later, how long I cannot remember for the passing of time means little to a child, except that it always seemed so long for things to happen; but I found myself again seated in the back seat of another ...Read more
A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by
Hinton Blewett 1945 1946
I first saw Hinton Blewett on a late September day when arriving at my prep school, Colchester House. This was housed in Hinton Blewett Manor, which was its wartime home. Its true home was in Clifton, Bristol but that ...Read more
A memory of Hinton Blewett in 1945 by
Farm At White Hill
My father Jenkin Evans and mother Valerie Evans lived at Potters Cross Farm, White Hill, Kinver from just before the Second World War. This is the farmhouse which you can see which still exists to this day. They raised four children, ...Read more
A memory of Kinver by
Fallin Primary School
I remember the old school which was opposite the kirk and also Tortilano's ice cream shop. I started school in 1951/52 I think it was, and Capt Gracie was the Headmaster who ruled as though he was still in the army. I lived in ...Read more
A memory of Fallin in 1952 by
Farming From Horses To Electronics
My grandfather G. A. Smith took the tenancy of Springs Farm on Edingley Moor in 1931, when I was six months old. A builder by trade, and a sergeant in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry during the First World War, he ...Read more
A memory of Edingley in 1930 by
Evacuee
I was an evacuee in Middlestown in WWII, from East London. The first time was with my Mother and we were billeted in a small cottage which backed on to a barn belonging to a farm run by Mr and Mrs Cowan. We were there for approximately a ...Read more
A memory of Middlestown in 1943 by
My Dad
My dad worked on the farm from 1955 to1971, he was called Eugen Luczynski. I have many happy memories of life then; we lived in a farm cottage on Yarningale Common surrounded by the fields belonging to the farm - I remember summer evenings ...Read more
A memory of Claverdon in 1960 by
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The children, all in smart hats or bonnets, have mostly managed to stand still long enough for the photograph, except for the baby in the splendid period perambulator, whose head is a blur of activity.
A car is a blur compared with the cycle and horses it is overtaking.
During a French attack on England in 1545, a large fleet of warships anchored off Brading harbour in the hope that the English fleet could be lured out of Portsmouth.
During a French attack on England in 1545, a large fleet of warships anchored off Brading harbour in the hope that the English fleet could be lured out of Portsmouth.
Hameline de Balun established the first castle here between 1085 and 1138, and it later came into the ownership of William de Braose.
The wooden gates and fences in the photograph are typical of this southern, less-mountainous part of the Lake District, and the slightly-blurred leaves of the silver birch trees are caused by wind movement
But despite the fact that the relatively long exposure has meant that the moving people have blurred, the resulting photograph conveys a natural feel that is lacking in so many posed scenes of the same
bystanders quite obviously enthralled with the activities of the photographer, who are standing still enough to be captured in sharp detail, with people going about their business, whose movement registers as blurs
At its peak in 1899, Tasker's made iron castings, columns and beams, and agricultural machines such as threshers, balers and steam traction engines.
But despite the fact that the relatively long exposure has meant that the moving people have blurred, the resulting photograph conveys a natural feel that is lacking in so many posd scenes of the same
The blurred images of the children in the foreground remind us of the long exposure times photographers needed in those days.
In the centre is the old cross: the blur to the left is a pony and trap moving too quickly for the photographer's camera.
A car speeds past - the event was recorded on slow film, so the image is blurred.
Outside the stables of the Shelley Arms Hotel, a large 18th century coaching inn, produce stalls display items for sale.A car speeds past—the event was recorded on slow film, so the image is blurred
