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Happy Days
I went to Wescott Road school in 1950 then St Crispins 1956. I can recall quite a few shops. Herrings furniture where you could buy on HP with no checks, as Mr Herring assessed whether or not you looked trustworthy. NSS newsagents. Next door ...Read more
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Money Galore
The building in this view with the clock was, in the 1960's, a bank, I don't recall which one but maybe Barclays. I do recall on entering it, the main service counter ran parallel to the High Street and behind it under the windows facing the ...Read more
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Hill Street Pontnewydd
Hi. My name is Iris Elliott (nee ) Poole. I was born in Hill Street Pontnewydd in 1930 to Daisy and Tom Poole. I had a brother Mervin. Everyone knew my father Tom who was quite a character. He was a very big man and worked in ...Read more
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Can You Remember?
How many Christmases can you recall, Can you go right back to when you were small, Can you remember a blanket of Snow, That covered the ground, or don't you know. Can you remember when Teens were once Tots, And Hopscotch ...Read more
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The Welling Mods: Long Gone But Never Forgotten
We were like one huge crazy family, not only from Welling, but also from the surrounding towns of Blackfen, Bexleyheath, Crayford, Dartford, Eltham, Plumstead and Woolwich - even as far as from the other ...Read more
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Growing Up In Fareham
I was born in Brighton Sussex. After travelling from station to station, as my father was in the RAF (I'll miss out that part of the story), My mother Eileen,sister Shirley & I moved to Fareham after the 2nd WW, I was 9 yrs ...Read more
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Dads Shop
This was my Dad's shop where he started his butchering business in the 1930's till, he closed in 1973. Both my brother Tom and I worked there. Tom from 1955 till it closed and I began in 1962 and left in 1966, for Australia. In those ...Read more
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Clements Hall
I must have been about six when I stayed at Clements Hall with my brothers Edwin and Terry in the 1950s. Christine story brought back memories. I also remember the geese, the matron often made me sit on the step to shell the peas. The ...Read more
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An Evacuee 1940 1945 David Bush
I am now 89 but I was only 7 when I was collected from the pavement at the end of Yeo Vale Rd in 1940. I was given shelter at number 41 Carrington Terrace the home of Mr. & Mrs. Gear and their daughter Mary. They ...Read more
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Growing Up
We moved to Cattedown in 1952 when I was 8 years old, to Tresillian Street. My first memory is of the Coronation celebrations and a resulting street party, when we received Coronation Mugs, had bicycle decoration contests and street ...Read more
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Behind the Cow and Calf rocks is this desolate valley from where most of the stone to build the town was quarried.
A Bull from Pope Benedict XIII removed the excommunication when Sir William built another church.
Although surrounded by a patchwork of fields, Widecombe is a real moorland village, and the skyline is dominated by the tors: centre right is Bonehill Rocks, to the left is Bell Tor and on the
This view over The Square was taken from Bell Cliff.
In the background is Fort Perch Rock.
Modern golfers benefit from the latest technology: an aerodynamic ball, and well-balanced clubs made from a precise blend of metals.
A tablet on the Pier commemorates nine seamen of Margate lost in 1857 when the 'Victory', a lugger, went to the assistance of the American vessel 'Northern Belle', which came ashore on the Foreness
Magdalen College from the Bridge 1938 During the Civil War Royalist forces defended Magdalen Bridge by throwing rocks from the top of the bell tower down on the heads of Parliamentarians below
Modern golfers benefit from the latest technology: an aerodynamic ball, and well-balanced clubs made from a precise blend of metals.
One Sunday in 1945 a tremendous explosion rocked the village, and a ball of flames erupted from behind the trees on Warwick Road.
One Sunday in 1945 a tremendous explosion rocked the village, and a ball of flames erupted from behind the trees on Warwick Road.
The view is northwards to the Old Boathouse in the Square, and the Assembly Rooms beside Bell Cliff at the bottom of Broad Street, which were pulled down in 1928.
The Black Rock had long been a hazard to navigation for ships entering or leaving Liverpool.
Nare Head and the Gull Rock can be seen across Gerrans Bay.
Gull Rock stands offshore.
The dramatic greenstone pinnacle of Gull Rock, or Scovarn, dominates the entrance to the cove, which is now owned by the National Trust.
Gull Rock is offshore.
The Black Swan Inn would have been a popular resting place for the cattle drovers who used the Bullock Road.
Penhale Point and Gull Rock are in the distance.
Coal was brought here by bullock wagon for loading onto ships.
Designed by Capt John Kitson, Royal Engineers, Fort Perch Rock was built between 1826 and 1829 at a cost of £27,000 to defend the seaward approach to Liverpool and the Mersey.
At the beginning of the 20th century there were plenty of shops along Compstall Road, and it was also where Joseph Bullock had his saddlery business; the local police station had Harry Wibberley as constable
Crown Street connects the Bullock Market and Market Hill.
The Broadway was the site of the original market: the area on the far left was known as Baker`s Row, to the near left was the Bullock Market, and on the right was Tanners` Row.
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