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My Early Years In Salford
I was born in Salford, at 15 School Street in 1951. My first school was Stowells Memorial, I think the headmistress was a Miss Dent. There was a butchers shop one the corner with the same name as our family, but I don't think ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1951 by
The Fairway
I was born at 28 The Fairway in 1946. There was (is) a wide grassed area down the centre of the road making it a kind of dual carriageway. In the years following the 2nd World War there were, "Pig bins", on several sections of the grass ...Read more
A memory of Northolt by
Ledsham Court, St Leonards, Sussex ...Great Memories! By John Franks, (Ex Rascal Boarder).
Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more
A memory of Great Parndon by
Freedom
Lived the top of Craigmillar ave in prefab 1954 to about 1965 when demolished. Sadness for a young boy !Everyone looked out for each other and kids played together across wide age groups.played in the bluebell Woods walked to Ponteland .Attended ...Read more
A memory of Blakelaw
1939 Onwards I Remember
I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which I ...Read more
A memory of Harborne in 1940 by
The Hostels 1956 65
I lived in the hostels from 1956 to 1965, firstly in 5 Ty Draw Square (around the back of the nursery school), and later in 17 Heol-y-Ynys, right next to the square (where we played football, cricket and kick the tin). As well as ...Read more
A memory of Abergarw by
Molly Gray's Memories Of Weston Green, Thames Ditton, Surrey.
When we were children during WWII, my brothers Rob and Wilf and myself often visited Weston Green. At Weston Green there were two churches and two ponds called Marneys and Milburns. My ...Read more
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Suntrap School. 1956 To 1961.
My name is Terry Hendy. I attended Suntrap school from 1956to 1961. I have very happy memories of the school and although away from home I was very well looked after and fed well. 1 saw the photo of Mr Brooks and Mr Campbell ...Read more
A memory of Ledbury 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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Purveyor Of Sweetshops
I knew all the best sweet shops on Lavendar Hill Rd. Easily the best was Browns Sweet shop where Stormont Rd met Lavendar Hill. It had every sweet you could think of and seemed to be open 7 days a week until 9pm. I think the owner ...Read more
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Known as Wood Green High School today, the former boys' school was founded in 1924 at Wood Green Lodge, on a site which is now overshadowed by the M6 motorway.
Sherborne House School was established in 1933 by Mrs E Wise, whose family came from Sherborne in Dorset.
The shopfront and street corner have gas lamps, and the small front gardens have wood fencing.
Window displays include net curtaining, boots and shoes and hats.The shopfront and street corner have gas lamps, and the small front gardens have wood fencing.
There was at this time a set of swings for girls and another set for boys, and the playground was also divided.
There was at this time a set of swings for girls and another set for boys, and the playground was also divided.
On the Chepstow side of the bridge, stacks of wood on the quay give evidence of the timber trade, while two boys standing on the quayside watch people working alongside the 'Alice'.
Hancock & Wood and Roberts shoe shop are almost all that remain of this 1950s scene.
We always built a hut in the woods — and would like to have slept there, but weren't allowed to.
We always built a hut in the woods — and would like to have slept there, but weren't allowed to.
We always built a hut in the woods — and would like to have slept there, but weren't allowed to.
Built of Sutton and Weldon stone from designs by Sir Arthur Blomfield, it is similar in some ways to the College chapel: Perpendicular in style, divided by large buttresses but without aisles.
For those unfamiliar with Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), she is most famous for the line 'The boy stood on the burning deck', from her poem 'Casabianca', written in the 19th century.
A street cleaner works below the church wall, while a boy seems interested in William Box's grocery, wine and spirit shop; two ladies approach Russell and Co's drapery shop next door.
Discipline was strict, which caused a revolt when some boys took food from the kitchen and barricaded themselves in, armed with pistols.
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