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"Bre's Tree" Linslade Bedfordshire
I lost my wife on new years eve 2021 following three years of her illness with vascular dementia. No one really told me how things would progress with this dreadful illness and so I just tried my hardest to cram ...Read more
A memory of Linslade by
First Record On Vinyl
I bought my first record in the record shop on Middle Street, around 1964. My father was the Blacksmith and had the Blacksmith's Shop in Consett, near Templetown and used to shoe Shire Horses and other horses there. I remember being ...Read more
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Airplane Crash In Church Gresley
I was only a toddler when a light plane landed in the cricket field beyond the allotments at the bottom of Regent Street. Everybody around dashed down to see the spectacle. Few had seen an aeroplane actually on ...Read more
A memory of Church Gresley in 1930 by
Fatso & Friend
It was 1970 before I found myself working in this enclosure with 'Fatso' the male lion and his mate, whose name I, unfortunately, cannot remember. I began working at Dudley zoo in 1970 as the Giraffe Keeper and was moved to the 'Cat Round' ...Read more
A memory of Dudley in 1970 by
Air Force Brat
My father was stationed in Lakenheath, England in 1963. My mother and 2 brothers followed 3 months later - I was 12 at the time. Coming from Texas, November in England was a shock, and it was the coldest winter they'd had in 60 years. We ...Read more
A memory of Newmarket
Fornethy Residential School
Hi everyone I went to Fornethy in the late 70s I went there twice and most of the teachers were brilliant only for a wee old grumpy one don’t know her name she would always be knitting and took the knitting ...Read more
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Life As A Zoo Keeper
I worked as a zoo keeper at flamingo Land in the 60's and 70's and this photo brings back memories of some of the misguided practices of the era. Mixing bears from different back grounds was not a good idea, although all ...Read more
A memory of Kirby Misperton by
Growing Up In Hornsey
I was born in Hornsey in 1923, and spent the first 10 years of my life living with my parents in the top flat at 257 Wightman Road. The ground floor was occupied by Mr and Mrs Dan Costigan. Mr Costigan was a bus driver, and they ...Read more
A memory of Hornsey in 1920 by
Barnstaple, Bear Street C1955
The parked car is outside my great uncle's cobbler and shoe shop. When I was eight, I spent time 'working' in the shop for a few pennies The church opposite was where the local Brownies met weekly of which I was one.
A memory of Barnstaple by
The Beatty And Us
Like alot of young Kiwis, my wife and I started our OE (Overseas experience) in 1986, and in January 1987 found ourselves in Motspur Park as a result of applying and getting bar jobs at the Earl Beatty pub. Graeme and Marie were ...Read more
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Polar bears, brown bears and black bears were all kept in the same rather basic enclosure at the Flamingo Zoo Park at Kirby Misperton, between York and Malton, when this picture was taken.
Bears had long been abused by Londoners.
The two oldest buildings in Congleton are both inns, the White Lion near the Town Hall and the Lion and Swan shown here.
However, the town bear suddenly died, leaving the town facing something of a dilemma.
Bears had long been abused by Londoners.
Bears had long been abused by Londoners.
The town still retains a large number of half-timbered buildings, including several inns, such as the Bell, the Wheatsheaf, Ye Olde Berkeley Arms and the Black Bear.
The houses past Burr Meadow and the Windmill pub (left) are known locally as the Three Bears - Little Bear, Middle Bear (Ivy Cottage) and Big Bear (Standon House).
Stagecoaches regularly passed through so that the Bear's Paw Inn (on the left) was built in 1632 to serve this trade.
The historic Bear Inn on the right with its brown bear pub sign was an old coaching inn, and dates back to the 13th century.
Frodsham was once an important town for stagecoaches, with a number of coaching inns such as the Bear's Paw (the stone gabled building on the left of the picture).
Further down the street we can see the distinctive sign of the Bear Inn.
This view was taken looking south to the Bear Hotel at the top end of the car park.
In the foreground stands the Bear Hotel, formerly The Bear's Head, built around 1868, with its mock-Tudor façade.
Note the lovely horse and coach, which belongs to the Bear Hotel.
Now known as the Bear of Rodborough, this has been a stopping place for centuries, and played an important part as a collecting point for carrier services in this area of steep hills.
Tasker's bridge bears the date 1843.
It was known for its well-kept lions and polar bears.
Bearing in mind the fact that you cannot get much flatter than Fenland, just look at the height of the TV aerials!
The Bear is recorded as an inn back in 1751.
We are close to Blackpool and Garstang.
Pewsey is a small town in the middle of the Vale that bears its name, noted for its white horse cut into the downland at Milk Hill.
Tower Bridge was built for horse-drawn vehicles, but by 1920 it had to bear increasing numbers of motor cars.
The swanky Imperial still occupies this site just round the corner from the harbour; it now bears little resemblance to the original Victorian building.
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