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Australians On The Cut 1975
Having left Australia on an open-ended working holiday to England in January, 1974 with my girlfriend, it was hard to imagine that within six weeks of arriving in London we'd be living on a leaky old narrow boat in ...Read more
A memory of Leighton Buzzard in 1975 by
Ethelbert Road
I lived in 1a Ethelbert Road from 1968 to 1979. so many happy memories, the plowing match over the 'Butts' , the deep snow every year , and my old mate Duncan Yandle who lived next door.
A memory of Hawley by
Eastry Childrens Home
I had a wonderful upbringing ‘up the hill’ from Buttshole pond… 1958 - 1966 I was raised in one of the seven cottages- mine was Lime Cottage. My matron was Mrs. Aunty Betty Harris- who had a daughter, ...Read more
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Shopping With Mum
The girl in the foreground could easily be me with one of my brothers in his pram. It was usual to be left outside the shop to look after one or all of my brothers - and of course very safe to do so - when my mum went inside to ...Read more
A memory of Kidderminster
Growing Up In Slaugham 1961
I was born in Slaugham at No1 Carpenters Arms in 1961. It was the very last house on the right hand side before the White Gate. What a great time all of us kids had and I hope they share fond memories like I do. The ...Read more
A memory of Slaugham in 1960 by
Beanz Dreamz...
Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more
A memory of Abbey Hulton by
Camberley...Where Do I Start ?!
Our family lived at Lightwater (1 High View Road) ; I passed 11 plus and was sent to Frimley And Camberley County Grammar School, starting in Sept. 1959. One of the first things we had to do was to get the uniform. We went ...Read more
A memory of Camberley by
Christmas In Crouch Street
As a child in the 1960s and 1070s my memories of Crouch Street are distinctly Christmassy, I loved the decorations they always put out, and also the trip to the butchers there to pick up the sausages and turkey on ...Read more
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A Boscastle Family
Relating to the two little girls standing in the street, the one on the right is Nellie Davy, my aunt. She was the eldest child of Harry and Mary Ann Davy (nee Ferrett). Nellie and three other siblings were born at Butts but ...Read more
A memory of Boscastle in 1900 by
The Cosy Cafe
My family owned the Cosy Cafe on Lyme Road in the 1950s. I did not start working their until 1957 as I was still at school until then, but I still remember a lot of the customers who use to come in for their cups of tea. John Goddard ...Read more
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From south west of the station go first to St Mary's Butts, whose wide street was used until about 1600 for archery practice at the 'butts'.
The buildings in the foreground, including the Duke's Head on the right, are in Butts Road, while Olsen's Stores (left) and those nearer the town are in the High Street.
Heading north from Eastbourne, you turn left in Willingdon to climb Butt Lane to the Downs.
St Mary's Butts is in the centre of Reading.
Built as a memorial to the casualties in the First World War, this building on Butts Road has been added to quite extensively.
St Mary's Butts is in the centre of Reading.
Butt's Farmhouse on the green was a medieval open hall.
We are looking back from the Butt and Oyster pub towards the boatyard and sailing club.
The timber colonnades are an unusual feature.
A thatcher is just patching the long straw thatch of the cottage row; the nearer cottage butts against the former farmhouse, and has a pantiled roof with sloping dormer windows.
Walter Vavasour built the block of buildings forming the Walk in the early 1800s, partly on the site of the yard of Eagle Inn.
This view, until 1886 concealed by houses, shows the tall, elegant west tower of the parish church now dominating St Mary's Butts.
The timber colonnades are an unusual feature.
This one, between Mounters and the parish church (centre right), looks almost suburban, with the dormer windows of fashionable semi-bungalows around Butts Close (right).
This view shows some of the 18th-century buildings and defences.
The name of the pub on the left is still the same - Nelson Butt – but it is now a Free House and no longer belongs to Bateman's.
The freehold of the Butts was presented to the town by the Lord of the Manor is 1981.
The Butt and Oyster is probably the most well-known pub on the East Coast, at Pin Mill, on the River Orwell.
Despite redevelopment, the facades of these buildings, which cluster around the medieval market place, remain recognisable today.
The name of the pub on the left is still the same - Nelson Butt – but it is now a Free House and no longer belongs to Bateman's.
This street was named after the church, which was erected in 1818 on Packhorse field.
Most of the houses are positioned around the large green where there were once old archery butts.
Most of the houses are positioned around the large green where there were once old archery butts.
In the 1950s a new and busy road separated the two villages of Little and Great Eccleston.
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