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The Gorse Br Staff Association Club
My mother and father (Charles and Lilian) ran the Club from 1954-1957 approx. We lived in just one part with a large living room, a kitchen which led to the back area of stables and grass and 4 bedrooms. ...Read more
A memory of Woodford Halse in 1954 by
Fab Times
I always remember our Mum and Dad taking my brother Jimmy and myself to St Combs, staying with Mrs Buchan and No 3. High Street. She was the nicest lady in the world, but deaf unfortunately. We would go for walks along the beach, then ...Read more
A memory of St Combs in 1870 by
Stoney Beach & The Lifeboat Station
Parents in the (old) Kinmel Arms, boozing over an extended lunch time - my brother and me exiled to the adjoining Stoney Beach where we passed the hours away crushing the softer red stones ...Read more
A memory of Moelfre in 1957 by
'lozells', Such An Exotic Sounding Place.
We lived in Gerrard Street, Lozells, until I was about 6. My father had an allotment where we would go and play, I still have a photo taken when I was about 4 of my father, older brother, and myself at the ...Read more
A memory of Birmingham in 1952 by
Dancing On The Downs In Front Of Babbacombe Theatre
I spent a lovely sunny July evening with my morris dancing friends at Babbacombe providing a musical and dancing entertainment for the holidaymakers on the Downs. The entertainers were the ...Read more
A memory of Babbacombe in 2009 by
The Only Sassenach In The Town.
After the blitz in London, my mum rang her uncle in Newton Stewart. As a result of that call, we spent several months living in Newton Stewart. The uncle owned the 'K' shoe shop in (I think) Victoria Road. His ...Read more
A memory of Penninghame Ho in 1940 by
From Cures To Christmas
Hi Guys , Yet another piece of nostalgia from VickyB , I was thinking the other day about the treatment of ailments , from years gone by and the and the things we were led to believe by our parents , grandparents aunts and ...Read more
A memory of South Hackney by
The Crash Landing Of A German Heinkel 115 Bomber At Windyhead Farm New Aberdour
`BUCHAN`S OWN BATTLE OF BRITAIN DAY` THE TRUE STORY OF THE CRASH-LANDING OF A GERMAN HEINKEL 115 BOMBER PLANE ON AN ABERDEENSHIRE FARM DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR ...Read more
A memory of New Aberdour in 1940 by
The Bucaneer
As a student nurse I remember the Bucaneer was an exciting place to go to for an inexpensive night out. We could go and dance, socialise and manage with one half a beer and lime all night and still have a good time...the atmosphere was magic.
A memory of Sheffield in 1970 by
My Visit To Auchmacoy
In 1974 I began researching the Buchan Lineage, which of course lead me back to Scotland, and Auchmacoy. My own blood had been three brothers who were local masons in the early 1700's and I longed to see their work. I had ...Read more
A memory of Auchmacoy in 1991 by
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The stretch of buildings on the other side of the station were once the original Company Shop (of the Rhymney Iron Company), which was set up and strictly run by Andrew Buchan - there was another similar
This evocative late Victorian view with the youths posing beside Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Statue is very much an archive photograph: only the building to the left, a bank, now the
Staines was very much an agricultural area when this photograph was taken towards the end of Queen Victoria's reign; the shop fronts tell us a great deal about the commercial aspects of
Very much an estate village, Cornwell on the north- eastern periphery of the Cotswolds underwent full-scale modernisation of its cottages in the 1930s, when its American owner commissioned Sir Clough
Here, the very spacious and pleasantly laid-out corner of just such an estate indicates the post-war planning and housing ideals.
For such an old town, the church of St Michael and All Angels is modern, being built as recently as 1860 over the site of an older church and a 13th-century chapel.
Going to sea at 16, he achieved fame and notoriety as both an explorer and buccaneer; amongst his exploits, he is remembered for having circumnavigated the globe three times.
On the extreme left is the Buccaneer, once Bond's Hotel.
This beautiful house would seem to be such an important asset to the village, but like so many others, all trace of it has now gone.
