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Growing Up
First real memories of Leighton Buzzard was being ‘put down’ for my afternoon nap as a child of about 5, and listening to the Church bells just the over the road. Another memory must be an early one as I remember the Stock market ...Read more
A memory of Leighton Buzzard by
Tilshead In The Last Century!
Tilshead was the place where I was born and have lived in for a long time. It is a quiet village of around 400 or so people. There was and still is a post office. There was a pub called The Bell but is now a private ...Read more
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Family Recollection.
My grandmother Elizabeth Keeler was born at Knights Bottom Ringwould in May 1899. Her father George Keeler was a diver working on building the extension to the Admiralty Pier in Dover. He was killed in 1906 when he was knocked ...Read more
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Grosvenor Road And Urmston, Always A Place In My Heart.
I lived on Grosvenor Road, Urmston - the allotment end - from 1965 to late 1969 age 3 to nearly 8 years of age with my 2 brothers and parents (we then moved to Blackburn). My daughter has recently ...Read more
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Durham Cathedral
My granddad and nana, Lydia and Alan Field, lived in the house under the arches to the Cathedral. He was the porter and I remember helping him ring the bell in the cathedral. His office or Lodge as we called it, was opposite the ...Read more
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Living In Teddington 1950s To 1980s
We moved from 76 Princes Road in 1957 to the other end of Teddington, to 143 High Street, opposite Kingston Lane. My parents bought the house for about £1400 (yes fourteen hundred) as a refurb project. It still had ...Read more
A memory of Teddington
Queen's Road L6
This was my grandparents home for many years and I visited it many times with my dad. My recollections of it were firstly, the size of the house! In it's heyday, it was considered posh and my grandparents employed a maid. The ...Read more
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School Days
As far back that I can remember, it was the summer of 1934 when I first started school at St Mary's Roman Catholic School in Calcutta Road. I sat next to a friend that I had made (John Toole) Who later in life emigrated to Canada and was ...Read more
A memory of Tilbury in 1930 by
Hawkinge, My Birthplace
I was born at Corner House, at the bottom of Aerodrome Rd, Hawkinge on 31st August 1936. My parents were the local newsagents in Canterbury Rd, backing onto the famous airfield. I have vivid childhood memories of the war ...Read more
A memory of Folkestone in 1940 by
Eastry Childrens Home
I had a wonderful upbringing ‘up the hill’ from Buttshole pond… 1958 - 1966 I was raised in one of the seven cottages- mine was Lime Cottage. My matron was Mrs. Aunty Betty Harris- who had a daughter, ...Read more
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Henry Bell, the pioneer of steam navigation in Europe, is buried in the churchyard at Rhu.
One of the highlights of shopping along Briggate was the glass-roofed arcades, such as the Queen's and the County.
The two shops on the left were both Morley's, one a clockmaker's, the other an ironmonger's.
Guarding the entrance to Falmouth harbour, this lighthouse was completed in 1835 to the design of the Trinity House engineer James Walker, who also designed the famous Needles Lighthouse on the Isle of
One of the highlights of shopping along Briggate was the glass-roofed arcades, such as the Queen's and the County.
One of the highlights of shopping along Briggate was the glass-roofed arcades, such as the Queen's and the County.
As a result of the expansion of the town since 1959 due to London overspill, much of the center was redeveloped.
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.
A medieval 15th-century cross, two 17th-century houses with contrasting architectural styles and the church of St Andrew have all been captured in this delightful photograph.
This is a closer view of the Church of St Thomas.
The Bell Inn has now been renamed the Old Bell. The
The aisles were probably removed from the nave - there is evidence that they existed in the 13th century.
Both Back Lane and the High Street were well supplied with inns: the Blue Bell, the White Hart, the Talbot, the Three Arrows, the Dolphin, the Rose.
The bell cage was erected in the early 16th century, probably as a temporary measure while the tower was rebuilt.
Originally built in the 1570s, the Town Hall has been renovated several times.
This last view of St Mary's Church gives a clearer impression of the relatively unrestored tower stonework.
During the Napoleonic Wars, Chesterfield and Ashbourne accommodated French prisoners.
The Gothic iron bell cupola stands atop the Bell Building built in 1835 by Ralph Lyon, the school's headmaster from 1823 to 1845.
This 150ft high, 47-bell brick carillon was designed by Sir Walter Tapper, and erected in 1923 as the town's tribute to the fallen of the First World War.
The church of St Chad, with two bells hanging in its open belfry, stands a short distance down the lane opposite the Fenwick Arms.
It is unusual in that it has a separate bell tower.
This pleasant and colourful place lies in the town's centre.
During the reign of King Stephen in the 12th century, the original owners of Bell Hill Farm, Staintondale, rang a bell or blew a horn every evening to act as a guide to travellers.
The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield's older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.
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