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Annie Laurie
It was the year of the Coronation and we, the Allans, had a T.V. We were all sitting watching this event when Mother got up and said, "right, one of you go down and tell Annie Laurie that Bill, her son, is on the telly". I said "who ...Read more
A memory of Kilbirnie in 1952 by
Good Times
I lived at 14 oak street Chapel of Ease. I can remember the two estates being built and the bridge in the photo is also the way I went to school at the west end primary school. The red phone box is still there I believe, in the photo the high ...Read more
A memory of Abercarn by
Fishing
During the school holidays the canal and it's towpath became a playground for many of the village children. Several of us caught the fishing bug and used the canal many times throughout the holiday. We always looked out for a barge called ...Read more
A memory of Wheaton Aston in 1956 by
A Dunking
The story of the family dunking.....Once upon time there was a naughty little boy aka POP, and he and his friends decided they fancied the bibles and candles from the local church, they decided to run for it, and he and his mates decided to ...Read more
A memory of Ipswich by
My Boyhood Memories. With My Grandad
I hope that anyone left of my family can read this, as now being 72 , I lost all track of coming to Kent. My home town was Lytham St Annes where my mother lived and dad was in the RAF and met my mother there. My ...Read more
A memory of Faversham by
Monks And Sons
Hi I used to work for Monks and Sons in the 1970's, it was a very nice place to work. There was Dennis Monk and Jack Monk who used to run the business. They repaired Fords steel pallets and made 14ft dia by 400ft long steel chimney stacks ...Read more
A memory of Purfleet by
Hop Picking
Paddock Wood, in particular Beltring, the home of the famous Whitebread Oasts, was the centre of the Hop Gardens of Kent. The Gardens were set out with rows of elevated wire tressles which were supported at intervals by poles. In the ...Read more
A memory of Paddock Wood in 1940 by
By The Cut
born in 1948 in a place called Cappenfield near Bilston, just off Dudley street, just four houses in a row surrounded by fields,, the canal, or cut, as we all called it ran alongside, and it narrowed down to what we called the stop,it was where ...Read more
A memory of Tipton by
Daniel Adamson
I recall, as a young police constable, going for a trip on the MSC barge 'The Daniel Adamson'. This was from no 8 dock at Manchester, just by the Trafford swing bridge. The trip went though Mode Wheel locks, Latchford locks ...Read more
A memory of Manchester Ship Canal in 1972 by
Progress And Change
Being raised in Buckhurst Hill was a childhood experience I feel very lucky to have enjoyed. I was raised in the small cottage at 58 Epping New Road aptly named "Ivy Cottage". Located on the edge of the yard owned by W&C ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by
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It was designed in the Victorian Gothic style by William Frame, assistant to the Marquis of Bute's architect, the inspired William Burges.
Now owned by the National Trust, this building was begun in 1869; it is a rare example of the architecture of William Burges.
The present building dates from 1870, and was designed in the romantic style by William Burges for John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, the third Marquess of Bute.
Wednesbury - Woden's burg - is an ancient place.
Originally, Hubert de Burg was granted a licence to construct this castle in 1250, but it was completely rebuilt in the time of Edward III.
The Clock Tower, constructed during the extensive restoration and alteration of the castle 1867-72, was a Burges-designed monument to the third Marquess and his extended family.
Baron Serlo de Burg built the first castle at Knaresborough, and during the reign of King John the fortress was also a royal arsenal for the manufacture of crossbow quarrels.
Wednesbury - Woden's burg - is an ancient place.
From The Grove the camera looks south to a view dominated by William Burges's Speech Room with its polychrome brickwork; the tower, by the local architect Charles Nicholson, was not added until 1919.
A Norman castle was built here by Serlo de Burg, but the ruins we see are from the 14th century.
The present building dates from 1870; it is a romantic reconstruction of a medieval fortress designed by William Burges for John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Third Marquess of Bute.
Further down the hill can be seen the speech rooms by William Burges.
A Norman castle had been built here by Baron Serlo de Burg, but the ruins date from the 14th century.
A Norman castle had been built here by Baron Serlo de Burg, but the ruins date from the 14th century.
pedigree, with some remains of the Roman period imbedded within the structure, but the whole medieval core was systematically upgraded by the 3rd Marquis of Bute and his architect and designer William Burges
A Thames sailing barge is being unloaded.
Tamar barges, such as the one moored here at the quay, were once a common sight on the Tamar and the Tavy.
There were several variants of the Thames sailing barge.
The sailing barges look very much at home bottomed- out on the creek mud.
This splendid view shows part of the fishing fleet and a spritsail sailing barge beached in the shallow waters at low tide.
These ships are topsail schooners and what might be an inside or outside Tamar barge at Calstock, 17 miles up-river from the sea.
On the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, barges carried timber and coals.
On the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, barges carried timber and coals.
Then, it was a bustling port with barges moored two or three deep unloading timber and barley.
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