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Elliotts Fish & Chip Shop, High Street, Hogsthorpe.
Hi I was born in 1963 in Hogsthorpe and went to the primary school in Thames Street, I remember some amazing times in Hogsthorpe helping my Mum and Dad in the fish and chip shop rumbling the potato's with ...Read more
A memory of Hogsthorpe by
Miner Jack Bedford
My father worked at the marine colliery for over 20 years. His name was Jack Bedford, from Brynmawr, a hard working man. There was a pitfall in 1964 where a friend and workmate was killed, he brought this poor man to the surface. I ...Read more
A memory of Cwm by
Moat Mount Youth Fc.
Not long after the completion of Worcester Crescent and Bedford Road, the construction of Ramillies Road I had acquired a large number of new friends, all boys. My parents had moved from Woodford Essex to 52 Worcester Crescent ...Read more
A memory of Mill Hill by
Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I Part 2
Like everyone else growing up in Newarthill, life wasn’t easy, as times were tough in the 50s and 60s and I suppose in many ways it is today. But back then people really had nothing, but one thing I do remember - ...Read more
A memory of Newarthill by
Special Times
Once the time had come for blackberry picking and whimberry picking, my lovely Uncle Fred took us down the valley roads, to get picking, ready for those lovely pies my grandmother would make. We would climb up beside these waterfalls, ...Read more
A memory of Brynmawr in 1953 by
Prefabs
From 1947 I lived in Bedford Road at the top of East Hill but my maternal grandparents lived in the prefabs at the other end of town. The name Blackmans Close sticks in my mind for some reason but I’m not sure if it’s my memory playing tricks - ...Read more
A memory of Dartford by
Different Times
Chris Searle....many happy memories growing up in Houghton ..Ithink it was late 60s when we came here via kent /London...My first school here was Hillborough junior [GREAT PLACE] even with its outdoor pool bbbrrrrr...Would love to ...Read more
A memory of Houghton Regis by
Gerald’s Grocery Shop
Does anyone remember the Grocery shop that was once on Bedford Road, not far from Longland’s Primary School? It’s now a house and owned by a friend. I’m trying to find out the history of his property and ideally would like to try ...Read more
A memory of Sidcup
Bomb Crater At The Bottom Of Ramillies Road
We moved to 52 Worcester Crescent, Mill Hill early in 1939 not long before the outbreak of the war. I am now 83 but I can clearly remember the bomb crater at the bottom of Ramillies Road. If you come ...Read more
A memory of Mill Hill by
Newspaper Round
It was my first ever job and I think I recieved about five shillings a week. The newsagent I think is still there in Victoria Rd. But I'm talking about 1947. The shop was on the west side of Victoria Rd and the last shop before the ...Read more
A memory of Woolston in 1947 by
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Belford is just one of many places in Northumberland that suffered during the cross-border raids that were a feature of life in the North for several centuries.
The small market town of Belford was once a coaching stop for travellers on the Great North Road.
Bedford School celebrated 450 years of independent education in 2002.
Rebuilt in the 15th century, the church received the Bedford Chapel in 1556.
Now Bedford High School for Girls, this fine building originally housed both the High School and the girls' Modern School.
The low building is the Bedford estate office.
Our look at the fine schools of Bedford moves north beyond St Peter's Square to Bedford School.
It was truly a sylvan approach to Bedford Park.
Rowing sports have always played a large part in the leisure activities of Bedford's citizens.
Thorney was part of the Duke of Bedford's estate, and played a focal part in the construction of the Bedford Levels in the 17th century.
The Town Hall, on the west side of St Paul's Square, started life as a school, a school originally founded by Sir William Harpur (a key name in Bedford's history) in 1566.
The house facing the green was the Bedford's pied-a-terre from 1550-1910.
It has a plaque informing us that it was presented by the Indiana Limestone Co Inc to the people of Great Britain from 'The Stone City of the World', Bedford's namesake: Bedford, Indiana, in the USA.
Leaving town by the line of the present existing Old Bedford Road, it crossed the river by a ford on the town side of Little Moor.
Beyond the route suggested in this chapter, which finishes at Bedford Park, the 1950s and 1960s expansion of Bedford to the east was well planned with parks, shopping parades and schools - many of the
Taken from the west edge of St Peter's Green, this view looks north up the long avenue towards Bedford Park.
Bunyan was born in Elstow; after service on the Parliamentary side in the Civil War he moved to Bedford, where his nonconformity led to spells in Bedford Gaol.
Bedford grew up at a ford over the River Ouse before the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in the mid to late 5th century AD.
Holland had worked for the Duke of Bedford at his seat at Woburn Abbey some ten miles south-west of Bedford, and the duke had acquired the old inn in 1787.
The date of this photograph is the year in which the Duke of Bedford opened Woburn Abbey to visitors in the commercial sense.
It came into the possession of the Dukes of Bedford in 1738, and in 1794 the then Duke removed the roof and most of the fittings.
It was in Victorian times on the Old Bedford River near Earith that a most bizarre experiment took place.
was arrested and charged with her murder, having been seen with her You may recognise the family name Riland and recall that Plantsbrook School, A Technology College, used to be known as Riland Bedford
Any photographic survey of Bedford must include a picture of the embankment and the Swan Hotel.
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