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The Carpenters Of Boxford
I would like to add a memory of Boxford, no, wonderful memories that I have of Boxford 65 years ago. As a child of four, I was evacuated with my grandmother Mary Jane Farthing, nee Carpenter, to Boxford to stay with her ...Read more
A memory of Boxford in 1930 by
Alcombe School
This is a very exciting discovery for me because it is one of the oldest photographs I have seen of a part of old Alcombe that I can recognise, even at my great distance from the UK. My Great-Grandfather, George Mildon had a school at ...Read more
A memory of Alcombe in 1880 by
A Village Celebrates
In 1953 the village was chosen by Picture Post to feature in their Coronation special edition under the heading "A village celebrates". On the Sunday nearest the Coronation there was an open air inter-denomination Service ...Read more
A memory of Hinton St George in 1953 by
Kent Meters
I attended the Luton technical College during the years 1952/55 and elected to take the "engineering" route not really giving much thought as to where I might eventually apply my newly acquired skills. To assist with our journey we were ...Read more
A memory of Luton by
International Stores
A previous shared memory recalling International Stores reminds me that my father worked there, as a roundsman. He would cycle every day from Leiston, then do the equivalent all over again in Saxmundham, several times a day as ...Read more
A memory of Saxmundham in 1930 by
1945 To 1966
My grandparents, Jabez Smith and Kate his wife owned the post office in Coombe Valley Road, formerly Union Road, before and during the war. Their daughter Rose Moss (my Mother) ran it from the age of sixteen. They also owned and lived in ...Read more
A memory of Dover by
Pavenham 1945 1970
This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that name ...Read more
A memory of Pavenham by
Tanner Street Barking
Anyone remember the junction of Tanner St. and Church Street in Barking, .... on the corner was the Britannia pub? My nan, (Alice Snell) was born in the ironmonger's shop next door to the pub and her father ran the shop ... but was it in Tanner or Church Street?
A memory of Barking by
Haven Green Trainspotting In The Fifties
I remember seeing CITY OF TRURO come through one evening. It had been taken out of Swindon museum and restored. I also remember seeing the BROWN BOVERI GAS TURBINE on several occassions. It had been ordered by THE ...Read more
A memory of Ealing by
Early Years
I was born at Hope just after the war and had an idyllic childhood. Early memories are of the Regatta, the visits from the Salcombe Lifeboat, the scout party raising funds for the Lynton Lynmouth disaster, the coronation village ...Read more
A memory of Hope Cove by
Captions
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Great Yarmouth has two piers, Wellington and Britannia, both built in the 1850s.
The Royal Britannia Hotel (centre left) was built in the 18th century, and was then named merely the Britannia.
Two inns, the Britannia (left) and the Horse and Groom, still occupy the centre of this extended but fine country village that retains its atmosphere.
It was soon apparent that 'Illustrious' was too small for all that was required of her, and in January 1859 HMS 'Britannia' (120 guns) was commissioned under Capt Robert Harris to act as a training
One of Campbell's White Funnel fleet, probably the 'Britannia', ties up at the pier.
Opposite the parish church are to be found a row of late Victorian houses known as Britannia Terrace, characterised by their bay windows and long front gardens.
But it has two 'official' names, sometimes it is called the Widnes-Runcorn Railway Bridge and sometimes the Britannia Railway Bridge.
This photograph was taken some fifteen years before the opening of the Britannia Royal Naval College.
The fortress, named Anderida, was built in the 4th century AD as one of the Saxon Shore Forts to defend Roman Britannia from Saxon raiders.
The buses approach Burton's the tailors, built in 1939 on the site of the Britannia ale house.
The Britannia Pier has had a exciting life, having been burnt down at least three times, once by suffragettes.
The Britannia Inn, a Morrell's pub, can be seen next to the grocer's.
This photograph shows the Britannia pier just four years later with a new helter skelter.
Oldreive Brothers (left) were highly successful butchers, supplying the 'Britannia' and visiting ships.
Britannia House, on Upper Tything, was designed by Thomas White as a mansion for the Somers family.
Several princes and future kings have stayed here while at Britannia Royal Naval College - hence the royal prefix.
The Britannia ale house, which stood on the corner of the High Street and North Street, was believed to be one of the earliest houses in the town and had monastic connections.
The white statue atop the ridge is of Britannia; tradition says that when she hears St Mary's clock strike thirteen, she will come down from the roof and walk up the hill to church.
Britannia Pier was constructed in the mid 19th century, and is 810ft long.
Bacup is the home of the famous Britannia Coconut Dancers.
The new Britannia Pier opened in 1901 with a temporary pavilion, which was pulled down to make way for a permanent pavilion a year later.
These early industrial houses no longer remain, but the Britannia Inn, where the workers drank, has survived from the 1840s.
The rowing boat in front of the lighthouse seems almost as fully laden as the motor launch 'Britannia' in the foreground!
The bus stop outside the Britannia public house is for bus numbers 26, 26A, 39 and 40; opposite, a No 26 bus heads for Gravesend.
