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Co Op Dairy
I grew up at 120, Costons Lane, next to the Co-Op Dairy. I remember they still had horses pulling the carts until conversion to hand-pulled electric Milk Floats in the 50's. I went to Oldfield Infants, taken on the 92 Bus. I remember the ...Read more
A memory of Greenford by
Cheslyn Hay 1960 1977
My parents moved from Essington to Cheslyn Hay in 1960. We briefly lived in one of the cottages in Hollybush before moving to Low Street. I remember Harry Bates selling fruit & veg from his horse & cart and people ...Read more
A memory of Cheslyn Hay by
Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which was ...Read more
A memory of Dunsmore by
Three Houses In Sipson
I have lived at three houses in Sipson. The first was 44 Sipson Way. My mother, brother and I moved in there in about 1956. I went to the old Heathrow School on the Bath Road a nice little school though old fashioned. I ...Read more
A memory of Sipson in 1956 by
My Birth Place Scarcliffe
April 3 1946 is the date of my birth, born at 2 Nightingale Terrace, Scarcliffe. My parents being Rose and Albert Nicholls, I was baptised at St Leonards and went to Scarcliffe school and then went on to Moorfield ...Read more
A memory of Scarcliffe in 1946 by
Greenford Gardens
We moved to 1 Greenford Gardens in 1936 from Northolt; it was a great place to grow up. Spent most of the time in Ravenor Park playing football/cricket, went to Bethams then Costons Junior with Mr Blount the Headmaster who lived ...Read more
A memory of Greenford in 1940 by
My Links To Cheslyn Hay
I was born in 'The Lot' on Cheslyn Hay in 1950. I have been able to trace my lineage back to the 1700's through the Brough, Horton and Cadman families. The Horton family lived in all or some of the cottages in Dundalk ...Read more
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The 1980s
I originally lived in Blackhills Terrace, Horden and went to Blackhills Road Junior School and like my brothers and sister went on to Dene House Comprehensive. As a kid I did not really venture a lot into Peterlee, probably if I was lucky ...Read more
A memory of Peterlee in 1983 by
Memories Of Bedfont, Middlesex
These are Bedfont memories of my father Peter Brunt, born in Bedfont in 1932. Does anything ring a bell with anyone? Lawrence's orchard and chicken farm was opposite Bedfont School. The field next door to the school ...Read more
A memory of Bedfont in 1940 by
Vimy Lines, June 1954 Royal Signals
The 1st week of June - Richmond House - Vimy lines. 20 Troop, D.I Sgt Major Geough, Cpl Joness, l/cpl Peter Tiltman, Sgt Geough, 20 Troop won drill for 3rd time - so he keeps the cup. Over my dead body if ...Read more
A memory of Catterick in 1954 by
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With Kipling's 'blunt, bow-headed, whale-backed Downs' surrounding it, the village runs up a valley from the sea, climaxing beyond the High Street on the Green with its pond, where Kipling lived.
The earlier sign for public lavatories has now been replaced by a sign which reads, much more bluntly, 'Toilets'.
Mapledurham House was completed during the 16th century by Sir Richard Blount for his Catholic family, while further upstream is Hardwick House, a gabled Tudor mansion where Elizabeth I stayed and
The naval dockyards at Devonport were a prime objective, and the city bore the brunt of what missed the target.
This scene was photographed from one of the upper floors of Mapledurham House, which was built during the 16th century by Sir Richard Blount, whose tomb can be found in St Margaret's Church.
Joseph Blount from nearby Rookery Farm had a horse called Tinker which could be hired to help carts up Hurstbourne Hill.
We are looking north-west across Towan Beach towards the harbour, one of the more sheltered on this exposed coast, built in the lee of Towan Head which protects it from the brunt of the ferocious Atlantic
Bude's bay is protected from the brunt of the heaviest Atlantic weather by a breakwater connecting Chapel Rock with the shoreline.
Most of the buildings behind and beside this restaurant took the brunt of the assault when the water breached the gap in the dunes, and were wrecked.
It was near here that William Cobbett stayed with Joseph Blount at Rookery Farm.
His mother was Betty Blount.
