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Family Holiday
As I read out the memorable words from a guide book about the low bridge in Potter Heigham, and thus to be extra careful, I was greeted with the words "Too late" as we rammed the bridge. Thirty years after this photo and we were still causing havoc!
A memory of Potter Heigham in 1964 by
Whitehill In The 60s And 70s
My husband Vic moved into the brand new council estate in 1968 with his parents and sister - Champney Close. His house backed onto the common and MOD training land. He’d stand up on the embankment watching the trains pass ...Read more
A memory of Whitehill by
James Joseph Irvine (Autobiography) 1911 1990
Stretching over about a mile on the A68 road to Edinburgh from Darlington, lies the small mining town of Tow Law. Approaching it from Elm Park Road Ends, on a clear day, as you pass the various openings in ...Read more
A memory of Tow Law in 1930 by
Coomercial Studies
Went to the college from Heolgam Secondary school when I was 16. Took shothand, typing and all office Business related studies was Dale Stanton then. Although I went to a secondary school I still managed to get my O and A levels ...Read more
A memory of Bridgend in 1968 by
193940 School Days
I remember the Town Hall at Cowbridge. In those days there was no one way system around it like today. The school boy interest was the Merryweather Fire Engine that was kept in a garage at the side of the Town Hall. Great fun to ...Read more
A memory of Cowbridge in 1940 by
Entertainment In The 1950''''''''s
Uxbridge was blessed with 3 cinemas; The Odeon, the Regal and the Savoy (the oldest of the three it stood on the corner of Vine St and the High St). The Odeon, I think, had the biggest productions as it had a wider ...Read more
A memory of Uxbridge by
115 High Street
I was born at Hullavington 1942 and as a child used to bus to Malmesbury for market day. In 1981 I had an opportunity to buy 115 High Street (on left side of pic about halfway up) - loved it. The stream at bottom of garden, the ...Read more
A memory of Malmesbury in 1981 by
Stacking Timber
In the war years my father drove a lorry or a tractor for May & Hassle timber importers. He would pick up men at various places around the town with his lorry which had a hut on the back. Timber was stacked around Lincolnshire at ...Read more
A memory of Boston in 1940 by
Prestbury, My Home.
Although I moved from Prestbury to Gloucester in 1966 when I got married, then to Somerset in 1967. Prestbury has always held a special place in my heart, I always call it my home. I lived in a small cottage in ...Read more
A memory of Prestbury by
I Join The Railway.
I Join the Railway In the summer of 1953, my Aunt and Uncle were staying with us for their holiday. It must have been my Uncle who first spotted the advertisement in the Dartmouth Chronicle ...Read more
A memory of Kingswear
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But it is the mills and factory chimneys at Bowbridge, mostly now demolished, which make the photograph interesting.
There have since been a few comparatively minor changes to the structure, most notably the conversion of the garage doors into a double bow window.
In the foreground is Bowbridge, the southern suburb of Stroud, with the chimneys of several small textile mills clearly visible; the main town is prominent on the hillside beyond.
East of Sandy, the small village of Sutton is distinguished by its narrow medieval pack-horse bridge which took pedlars and carriers' pack ponies dry-shod past the ford, which is still in use today.
Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.
Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.
The bridge crosses the canalised Witham, and in the distance is Stone Bow arch.
This is the main shopping street between the Market Place and New Bridge.
Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.
Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.
Two motor cars are visible, but few street markings and signs, apart from the one on the right by the bow-windowed shop in the stone-built terrace.
The lane in the centre of the village that crosses the bridge is called 'Bow Wow', while not far off is another named 'Upper Up'.
The heart of the city for 800 years, Briggate leads directly off the Leeds Bridge.
A 19th-century bridge links Rufus Castle (also known as Bow and Arrow Castle) to the upper cliffs, landscaped as the grounds for Pennsylvania Castle (top right), built for the Governor of Portland - John
Several of them can be seen in this picture: the two in the background with white patches on their bows are North River wherries, which traded to places like North Walsham, but were limited because
George VI, then Duke of York, honeymooned here with Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, later the Queen Mother.
A quiet corner of the tiny village of Cark, where the River Eea flows under a low bridge into the sands of Morecambe Bay.
Seemingly indifferent to its position beside the busy thoroughfare connecting Cardiff and Cowbridge, Church Hall House (pictured) stands testament to a romanticised Victorian vision of a pre-industrial
The High Street runs along the mile long Roman road within the small market town of Cowbridge.
Cowbridge can trace its origins as far back as Roman times, when a small fort was built here.
The Purfleet, with its low bridge, is an old tidal inlet of the Ouse.
In the background are the 'stepped' houses on Port Hill, which leads from Cowbridge up to Bengeo.
The Bon Marche on Bethcar Street was a large general department store, selling practically anything.
Outside Holroyd's shop and post office is a sign warning of a low bridge ahead.
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