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Family Day Out Clerkenwell To Caterham 1925

The above photo depicts Dorothy Connor (nee Step) aged 10, with her late Mother Elizabeth Step (aged 46) and her Sister, Florence Step (aged 21) having alighted from the 159a Bus which brought them from their ...Read more

A memory of Caterham by Elisabeth Connor

Bramcote Hospital

I was there in 1982 or 83 (can't remember that clearly) for maybe 6 months. I was 8. I have similar memories to other commenters of the people who stood out there. There was a school on site. The P.E. teacher, made us run ...Read more

A memory of Bramcote

Bluebells

My godmother and her parents lived 'forever' at Gravel Road, just up from the small shop on the Park Avenue end. With a marvellous garden of flowers, fruit and poultry; a walkway tunnel of Quince, a black & white tiled pathway to ...Read more

A memory of Farnborough in 1950 by Olivia R S

Baglan A Wartime Paradise

My Dad did his army training adjacent to Baglan during WW2. The hastily built barracks did not have enough bathroom facilities and asked local residents for permission for soldiers to have a bath in their houses. A super-kind ...Read more

A memory of Baglan

Ashtead Resident Finds Herself In 1925 Caterham Bus Photo

The above photo is the pond which is close to Dorothy Connor's current home in Glebe Road, Ashtead. This area has not changed so very much since the time the Frith photo was taken in ...Read more

A memory of Ashtead by Elisabeth Connor

Memories Of A Delivery Boy

Memories of a Delivery Boy 50/60s We moved onto the Beavers Lane Estate in 1951 as it was being built. Our first home was in the Chester Road flats with kids in every flat we soon had a large group of friends, Richard Dave ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Jeff Williams

First Home After Getting Married

I worked in the NAFFI in Norton which was in Worcester inJan 1972 where I meet my hubby Michael Woodcock we went out for a bit and got married in the April no I was not pregnant.We got married in Pershore ...Read more

A memory of Malvern Wells by Elsie Woodcock

Trevelyan School

I went to Trevalyan School approx 1967….. Had an amazing English teacher, can’t remember her name, but she taught English so well. Pat Dean was in my class..( would love to hear from you Pat ). Susan Clay, you were a year older ...Read more

A memory of Windsor by southlondon2016

The Wonder Shops Of Plumstead Road

When I was a teenager back in the late 1950's I loved travelling by trollybus to explore Woolwich. At the time I lived at home in Welling but Woolwich always had much more of interest to offer. There was the endless ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich by Bernard Schofield

Killie

My memories have a date range from 1958 to date. Although I was born in Irvine due to my mother needing urgent medical assistance I was brought up in a town that I grew to love and found easy to defend against anyone who barracked it. I ...Read more

A memory of Kilmarnock by John Stewart

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Captions

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Caption For Lavernock, The Caravan Site C1955

Holidaymakers at this time could be forgiven for thinking that there was something of an army camp about the site!

Caption For York, Infantry Barracks, Armoury 1886

Situated on Fulford Road, the barracks were originally built around 1795 for the 14th Regimental District and the West Yorkshire Regiment.

Caption For Fleetwood, Euston Gardens C1950

The gardens were laid out in front of the North Euston Hotel, which by 1861 had become Euston Barracks. The

Caption For York, The Cavalry Barracks 1886

These barracks in Fulford Road were built in 1795 as part of William Pitt's defence programme.

Caption For Southsea, Sands And Pier 1921

Victoria Barracks 1898 Part of a large complex of military build- ings, Victoria Barracks were built in 1880 and occupied by the King's Own Scottish Borderers until 1939.

Caption For Kempston, The Barracks C1955

The Regimental Depot of the 16th Foot, the Bedfordshire Regiment, Kempston Barracks was opened in 1876 and the first members of the Regiment arrived in May 1877.

Caption For Caterham, The Barracks 1951

A scene that is now no more: the barracks stood on Caterham Hill, where the sentry is standing guard at the entrance.

Caption For Frimley Green, Old Windmill 1906

This old tower windmill is on Old Windmill Hill between Blackdown Barracks and Elizabeth Barracks in Deepcut and Pirbright Camps.

Caption For Aldershot, Infantry Barracks 1891

The glass canopy between the barracks enabled the soldiers to drill in the dry.

Caption For Aldershot, Infantry Barracks 1891

The glass canopy between the barracks enabled the soldiers to drill in the dry.

Caption For Blackdown Camp, 2nd Brigade Office 1906

Blackdown Camp - now Blackdown Barracks - is at Deepcut on the high heathland north of the Basingstoke Canal.

Caption For Brompton, Crimean Memorial Arch 1894

Below the memorial inscription over the main arch, the Royal Engineers' motto 'Ubique' ('Everywhere'), flanks the Latin inscription 'Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducant' ('Whither Right and Glory Lead').

Caption For Southsea, Victoria Barracks 1898

Part of a large complex of military buildings, Victoria Barracks were built in 1880 and occupied by the King's Own Scottish Borderers until 1939.

Caption For Stirling, Old Parliament House 1899

The Napoleonic Wars led to a severe shortage of barrack accommodation in Scotland.

Caption For York, Cavalry Baracks, Main Guard 1886

These barracks were built about three years after the Infantry Barracks, but the construction came under much criticism.

Caption For Stoughton, The Barracks 1906

With their barrack buildings in the background, and eight tents pitched alongside the parade ground, the officers and men of the Royal West Surrey regiment march off parade.

Caption For York, Cavalry Baracks, Main Guard 1886

These barracks were built about three years after the Infantry Barracks, but the construction came under much criticism.

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, Canbury Gardens 1906

Two soldiers relax on a bench next to the bandstand in the sunlight at Canbury Gardens, downstream of Kingston railway bridge.

Caption For East Blatchington, The Village 1891

We are on the Downs, just north of Seaford.The church of St Peter has a fine Norman fonty.

Caption For Richmond, Frenchgate 1913

From 1877, once the barracks had been built in Gallowgate, the cobbles of Frenchgate would have echoed to the sound of marching soldiers.

Caption For Bodmin, Barracks 1906

Disciplined soldiers stand to attention on the enclosed parade ground of the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry barracks, off the Lostwithiel Road.

Caption For Glengarriff, Police Barrack 1897

The Victorians love of creeper-clad buildings is shown admirably in this view of the Glengarriff Police Barracks.

Caption For East Blatchington, The Village 1891

We are on the Downs, just north of Seaford.

Caption For Winchester, The Barracks C1960

Winchester has always been an important centre for military training; much of the countryside round and about is used for tactical exercises.