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Barn Croft.
The house in the middle is where I lived from 1972. The address is 62 Main Street and the house was called Barn Croft. The house on the right was a farm and the house that the middle house was built on was part of the ...Read more
A memory of Cossington
Sadie Uzolins
I lived in Cleehill in the early 1950s in a cottage in the middle of a field. And I do remember the very deep snow we had, and my father having to dig us out. We had a nanny goat which used to butt my father if he got to near her. We ...Read more
A memory of Clee Hill in 1952 by
Stacksteads Boyhood.
My family moved from Haslingden to Newchurch Road in 1950 opposite the Farhome Tavern. As an eight year old I attended Western Junior School until 1953 leaving to attend Blackthorn Secondary Modern until June 1957 when our ...Read more
A memory of Stacksteads in 1950 by
Broughton Astley C Of E Primary School
Born in Mill Lane in Broughton Astley on 3rd May 1926, I started school at B/Astley C of Primary in 1931 as a five year old. We would be 'called to school' by the ringing of the bell housed in the ...Read more
A memory of Broughton Astley in 1930 by
Definately Not A Paint Tin! Woodford Wells
About a mile or so from South Woodford toward Buckhurst Hill, on the New Road, is Woodford Wells. My friend lived in the third house from the corner diagonally across from Bancrofts School. The ...Read more
A memory of South Woodford in 1942 by
Ve Day Party An Evacuee!
When the V2 Rockets started to land in London, (June 1944) our whole school was evacuated. We did not know where we were going. We arrived by steam train at Doncaster and were taken to Skellow Village. Various households came ...Read more
A memory of Skellow in 1945 by
Warrington Road Infants
I was born in 1958 and lived in the flats in Bancroft Road. From around 1963 to 1966 I went to Warrington Road Infants School . I remember it as being a big dark gothic looking place that even then seemed hundreds of years old . ...Read more
A memory of Widnes by
Milton Rd Carcroft
I remember growing up on Milton Road. Most of the families moved in at the same time, we were mostly from Scotland, our dads came to Doncaster to work in the coal mines. All our neighbours were friends, all the kids played ...Read more
A memory of Carcroft by
Campsall South Yorkshire Nr Doncaster
I lived in Campsall with my dad Joseph (Joe) Smith, my brother Terry and sister Jeanette. My father worked down Askern pit for many years till he retired at the age of around 55. He passed away in 2009 (Feb). ...Read more
A memory of Campsall in 1974 by
Bell Street
The Hippodrome Cinema is the second premises on the right hand side of the picture. From the age of 11 (1955) I would go to this cinema with friends to see the latest small budget films, the more popular films would be shown at the ...Read more
A memory of Reigate in 1955 by
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Over the main doorway, concealed by the garden wall, the owner's name, William Barcroft, and the date 1614 is inscribed.
Notice the archway to the right, it is almost identical to that at nearby Barcroft and probably the work of the same mason.
Bancroft, looking north.
Though not ideal, its replacement is at least in keeping with the character of Bancroft.
50 years later and Bancroft is on its way to becoming a busy shopping street.
Bancroft in the mid to late 1960s, and hardly a bicycle in sight.
Bishop Bancroft, the founder of the original palace, is buried in the churchyard.
The buildings on the right are warehouses belonging to the Bancroft grocer, W B Moss.
The photographer stood with his back to the market place looking towards Bancroft.
William Ransom, born in 1826 in the house at the north end of Bancroft, studied at Isaac Brown's Quaker Academy at the Triangle, Hitchin.
Bancroft was said to be one of the most beautiful streets in England by the artist F L Griggs in the 1890s, and it still shows a certain charm.
Further down, towards Bancroft and Nightingale Road, the tannery and other industrial works poured their waste into the river.
