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My Early School Years In Mill Hill 1943 1950
I have few memories of my primary school which was in a private house in Croft Close a turning off of Marsh Lane, but I do remember being very happy there. This was during the latter war years. However I ...Read more
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"Bre's Tree" Linslade Bedfordshire
I lost my wife on new years eve 2021 following three years of her illness with vascular dementia. No one really told me how things would progress with this dreadful illness and so I just tried my hardest to cram ...Read more
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My Holiday In A Manor House
I went to fornethy residential school when I was five and nine years old and I was very happy thare I loved the long walks through the woods and walking down the stoney brae to the burn to paddle our feet ...Read more
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The Alex
My father (Snowy) was manager at the Alex from the early 50's until 1962. I remember how huge the bars seemed to me as a small child and how small they seemed compared to what I remembered when I returned for a brief visit in the early ...Read more
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Doon The Brae In 1950
When my family moved here I was only 7 and there was only a cottage on the left at bottom of Brae and a row of four terraced houses on the left, they were holiday homes for my grandmother and her sisters. We lived there with no ...Read more
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Walking In The River
From the concrete slab bridge by the watercress beds to the park near Scots Hill we would wade in the river with bare feet, I was only nine years old then. The river bed was a fine golden grit that was easy to walk on. The ...Read more
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Coronation
Can anyone remember Coronation Day in Stokes Road? It's so clear in my mind but I have only one photo. We had a long table in the street . My sister was dressed as a Dutch girl and the boy next door called Lenny Moss was a jockey but his ...Read more
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Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean
THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in the ...Read more
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Fondest Memories Of Gt Oakley 1938 To 1961
That was when I was born along with a bunch of other kids who grew up with me and with whom I played during the WW2 years and eventually went to C of E school together. Mr Porter was a teacher there, he ...Read more
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The Wonder Shops Of Plumstead Road
When I was a teenager back in the late 1950's I loved travelling by trollybus to explore Woolwich. At the time I lived at home in Welling but Woolwich always had much more of interest to offer. There was the endless ...Read more
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The River Nith divides Dumfries from Maxwelltown.
The River Nith divides Dumfries from Maxwelltown.
In the mid-1950s Sheffield was one of only a handful of cities that still had faith in its tramway system.
The great natural arch of Durdle Door braves the sea just a little way from the more famous Lulworth Cove.
The great natural arch of Durdle Door braves the sea just a little way from the more famous Lulworth Cove.
In the mid-1950s Sheffield was one of only a handful of cities that still had faith in its tramway system.
When it is high tide the visitors can get their fresh sea air from the safety of Battery Parade.
In 1869 Rev Baring Baring Gould became vicar; he was one of the enormous tribe of Baring Goulds, of whom the most famous was Sabine Baring Gould of Lew Trenchard.
The church interior was restored in 1877, an event which caused the Reverend Sabine Baring Gould (of 'Onward Christian Soldiers' fame) to rush back from London to prevent his ancestors' memorials being
The little concrete pier affords some protection to the fishing boats at Portscatho, although it is barely a harbour.
Barely 12 years old at this time, and still looking pristine, this mock-Tudor hotel was rebuilt and reworked by Herbert Green.
Looking down towards the Old Bridge this is barely recognisable today.
Much of this bare hillside between Outer and Inner Hope has now been built upon, but the tiny church remains and the coast nearby is wild and spectacular.
Although bearing a date of 1682, this packhorse bridge across the River Yarrow was constructed in 1671.
The photographer was standing towards the northern end of Hagley Road, looking towards Stourbridge.
'The Square' seems rather a grand name for this scene.
Changed, but still recognisable, The Star and Garter presides over a major road junction constantly busy with traffic.
The quiet street scene gives no hint of an industrial past.
The 'roaring 20s' might almost be over, but the fashions they brought are still evident here.
Today the bareness of the landscape is mitigated a little by the conifers of Macclesfield Forest which appear over the far horizon.
In the days when the village had two MPs (before the Reform Act of 1832), election day was something to behold.
Baron Rothschild transformed a bare hilltop near Aylesbury into a wooded park, crowned with a spectacular French-style chateau.
The Lewes Road used to be the main route out of town, but this is now along the east bank of the Ouse towards Lewes.
The view from the 1833ft summit of the Blorenge is one of the most spectacular in Wales; but the road that crosses the mountain from Blaenavon to Govilon and Llanfoist is fairly narrow and steeply
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