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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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Visiting Maescynon
My grandparents lived in Maescynon for many, many years. I have fond memories of going up the farm for fresh eggs. Walking with my Nana to help her at the co-op and then stopping at Mrs Bray's for sweets. My grandfather's garden ...Read more
A memory of Hirwaun in 1972 by
Celebrating 75 Years
My parents met in Bray when my mother worked at the Hinds Head Hotel and my father sang in St. Michael's choir. She served the thirsty singers! This was back in the late 1930's. Born and raised in Bray parish I was confirrmed and ...Read more
A memory of Bray by
Shannons Corner
I have fond memories of new malden. I lived in the flats, Byfield Crt, for 15years. I went to Bushy school and then Burlington - it was an all girls school. Mrs Bray was my headmistress. My mum worked for Mrs Starrs cafe, worked ...Read more
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Durham Buildings
The pub over the road did a singalong every Saturday night ending in a very long finale of "Hit the Road Jack - Don't you come back no more, no more ,no more, no more", and so on. I don't know about the pub but I doubt if anybody ...Read more
A memory of Battersea
Perry Springs
I was born in the 'Potter Street' Perry springs in the 1960s, wow how Harlow has changed from my day, I remember Wellford's corner shop also Wrights Dairy... And it was great going to the schools in Potter Street. Now the swimming ...Read more
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Welfords Corner Shop
Rose (my mother) used to work in Wellford's coner shop. I was born in the 'Potter Street' Perry springs in the 1960s, wow how Harlow has changed from my day. I remember Wellford's coner shop also Wright's Dairy... and it ...Read more
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Harworth 'old' Village
The large Horse Chestnut tree to the right was very popular when conkers were in season with boys searching the ground and throwing whatever came to hand at the tree to try and dislodge the nuts that were temptingly out of ...Read more
A memory of Harworth in 1964 by
Netherthong First World War History Part 1
Netherthong War Memorial My full history of Netherthong can be seen on http://historyofnetherthong.co.uk 'We shall never forget.' M. Hirst, who lived at 33 Outlane, compiled a large book full of ...Read more
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Netherthong In The First World War Part 3
Private John Henry Hoyle was born in Wilson Square in 1879 and he joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Teacher Battalion) in January 1916. He was reported as missing and his body was found on March ...Read more
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A former royal manor, Bray is well known for the song 'The Vicar of Bray', celebrating the vicar who changed sides several times during the Civil War and after to keep his living.
The East Cornwall Mineral Railway, from Kelly Bray, near Callington, to Calstock Quay, opened in 1872, but in 1908 it was relaid to standard gauge and connected to Plymouth via the Calstock Viaduct.
Entering the town from Kelly Bray and the north, the road climbs towards the early 15th-century St Mary's church.
Four years after this photograph was taken, the Thames burst its banks and floodwater raged through Bray.
Famous for a ballad about its vicar, who, against a turbulent political climate, regularly changed his religion to avoid losing his very desirable living, Bray is one of the most attractive villages
At the east end of the Market Place is Bray's showroom, for the household furniture that was manufactured in their works in Agenoria Street near the canal.
The dominating building is the Bible Christian Chapel, built to serve this rural hamlet and the surrounding district near Kelly Bray and Callington.
This photograph of Bray shows the village centre, with the perpendicular chalk and stone tower of the parish church of St Michael peeping above the rooftops.
The Brays came and gave the place its name in 1490.
The station was at Kelly Bray, just north of the town, and it survived until 1966.
In the distance is part of the Fishery Estate along Bray Reach, started in the 1890s by a rich widow named Annie Smith.
In the late 1920s it was in a dilapidated state and about to be demolished, but it was purchased for £25 to house the bygones and objects of local interest collected by Albert Sheldrick and John Bray. As
Truly one of the finest small museums in Hertfordshire, Ashwell Village Museum was founded in November 1930 and is based on the collection of Albert Sheldrick and John Bray, made when they were schoolboys
The enamel signs would make a modern bric-a-brac dealer drool, and the lorry is loaded with hessian grain sacks open to the sun.
That night they see a ray of light shining out of the baby's mouth as he sleeps, and they discover a royal birthmark on his shoulder.
