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Street Life
Welling in the Fifties had never been short of colourful characters plying their trade in and around the suburban Streets. I can fondly recall three from my childhood, the most memorable being the old rag and bone man who sat perched on his ...Read more
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Eunice Blakely Nursing At Bretby In 1956
In August 1956 I went to Bretby Hall as a Cadet nurse, in 1957 I became a student nurse but sadly had to leave in January 1958 because i developed Dermatitis .We spent so much time cleaning the wards, the trollies ...Read more
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Old Blokes In White Coats!
Sometimes on the way to the Green we would watch the men walking up and down the Bowling Green. They really took things seriously! The Green was mown to precision and I'm sure the bloke that cut it measured the length of ...Read more
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Growing Up In Finchingfield
My family Ken and Joan Blake owned the Church Hill Stores (opposite the Church) from 1945 to the early 50's then we lived in the village until 1957. I have many memories of my time in Finchingfield and many faces and ...Read more
A memory of Finchingfield in 1940 by
Life Without Love
I’m Don Spencer. I entered homeleigh orphanage in 1954 at the age of 7. After a period in reception, I was transferred to home 10, a house for boys, run by miss Shaw as our mother. A ginger haired bad tempered woman, who took ...Read more
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Scarning School
At the age of 5yrs I started my education at Scarning School, I lived at Woodhill [see memory of Dereham] which meant about a 2 mile walk to school with my 10 yr old sister usually stopping to play in the stream at Podmore on the ...Read more
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Growing Up In Milford
My mother was in the WAAFs during WWII. She met my father (an American G.I.) at a dance in Henley. They married in 1944 and after the war, my mother traveled to the United States as a war bride. I was born in Nebraska in April, ...Read more
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Startime Records
I used to spend many an hour in Startime with headphones on listening to what was new. In 69 I went there on my dinnertime from Gilbey's to buy the new Stones album Let It Bleed. There was a queue right round the Market Square doing the ...Read more
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In Memory Of F.A. Brake, Born 1895
This is where we played as kids - all eight of us! Our grandad was born in one of the houses on the bottom left-hand side. He lived there all his life and my father plus my eldest brother, sister and my nephew was born ...Read more
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Nanny Blake/Baker
Spring Lane where Edith Baker lived and helped with the birth of many of Bishopstoke's babies. I would love to receive stories of her.
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This memorial to Admiral Blake stands in front of the Regency Market House.
The library was donated by the town's other benefactor, Thomas Blake, in 1873 – it is located towards the bottom of Broad Street.
The slopes of Blake Rigg rise in the distance on the left of the photograph.
The slopes of Blake Rigg rise towards the left of the photograph.
The slopes of Blake Rigg rise towards the left of the photograph.
The cupola in the distance belongs to Blake Hall, part 18th-century but mostly of 1911.
To the left is the grey lias wall of Admiral Blake's home, Puriton Manor.
In 1800 he invited his poet friend William Blake to come and live in the village, where he stayed for four years.
We are east of Bognor Regis.The poet William Blake lived in the village for four years.The medieval church of St Mary can be seen in the background of the picture.
The front of Blake's has been replaced, with the door now to the right.
By 1900, the citizens had erected a statue in front of the Market Hall of the great Admiral Blake, who was born in Bridgwater in 1598.
In 1768, Sir Francis Blake Delaval, canvassing for election as MP, and his agent Kellynge invited the Mayor and Corporation and the Colonel and Officers of a local billet to a grand dinner athte George
was taken, patrons at the Camberley Electric Theatre ((left) would have been thrilled by such silent epics of the screen as Bridal Chair, with its star Miriam J Sabbage, The Further Exploits of Sexton Blake
The last one was recorded in 1908, and the curate of St James's Church in Blake Street, HIndpool (pictured here), with the backing of some local businessmen, provided a much-needed soup kitchen to alleviate
The house was designed by the eminent architect, Walter Brierley of York (who also designed Dyke Nook, the home of the Blake family on Whalley Road).
On the top of the low cliffs are (from the right) the Marchesi Brothers' restaurant, the Albion Hotel, the Victoria Restaurant, and Blades guest house.
A quiet scene showing a drainage tower mill starting to fall into disrepair; two blades of the fantail are missing.
Wass, Pritchard & Co, in the foreground, were printers, specialising in holiday brochures, catalogues, foreign stamps, and wrappers for chocolates and razor-blades.
Wass, Pritchard & Co, in the foreground, were printers, specialising in holiday brochures, catalogues, foreign stamps, and wrappers for chocolates and razor-blades.
This quiet scene shows a drainage tower mill starting to fall into disrepair: two blades of the fantail are missing.
This quiet scene shows a drainage tower mill starting to fall into disrepair: two blades of the fantail are missing.
from odds and ends, including a pistol barrel, a starting handle, parts of farm machinery, a file, a spade, the remains of a beam drill, components from a penny farthing bicycle, a circular saw blade
from odds and ends, including a pistol barrel, a starting handle, parts of farm machinery, a file, a spade, the remains of a beam drill, components from a penny farthing bicycle, a circular saw blade
specialist craftsmen were admitted and in 1682, when there were over 2,000 master craftsmen who had become members of the 'communality', they included scythe makers, file smiths and awl- blade
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