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Harry Street
My gran lived on Harry Street in the 1960's and early 70's. I remember playing near the Trafford swing bridge and the excitement when it was opened. Old terraced houses slums by then. Corner shops and the horrible smell from the canal. ...Read more
A memory of Salford by
Eunice Blakely Nursing At Bretby In 1956
In August 1956 I went to Bretby Hall as a Cadet nurse, in 1957 I became a student nurse but sadly had to leave in January 1958 because i developed Dermatitis .We spent so much time cleaning the wards, the trollies ...Read more
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Woofy And The Bungalow.
I was in Founders house 1962 - 64. Mr Gentry (Duck Billed Platypus) was housemaster and Twiggy his wife (thin as a lathe she was). I decided to get into bricklaying and ended up with Mr Cliffe as our building teacher (Woofy) was ...Read more
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Burtons Corner.
A foundation stone laid by Arnold James Burton in 1933 is to be found on the extreme right of this shop, just off the picture. I'm sure this foundation stone used to be at the other end of the building. The possible reason for its move is ...Read more
A memory of Crewe
Bullpitts
Hi in the early 1960s I worked in Bullpitts Department Store. It was quite an up market family owned business with shops in Southsea and Lee on Solent. I am interested to know if anyone else can remember it. I will add ...Read more
A memory of North End by
Madeira Road, Streatham
My Uncle was one of 12. They lived at 18 Madeira Road. His name is Ralph Tucker. He remembers meeting his wife of 63 years at a dance school in Streatham High Road, it was above Burtons Menswear and near Streatham Police ...Read more
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Bailey Bridge Pontoon Canal Cruisers.
I built the boat shown on the right hand side of the photograph. Bailey Bridge pontoon MKVI N0.19053 was manufactured by Gee Walker & Slater Ltd, Uttoxeter Road, Derby and sent to Engineers Stores, US ...Read more
A memory of Great Haywood in 0 by
Memories Of High Street
This is a very significant picture to me although taken a good many years after we left High Street for Mill Lane. My sister, Hilda and I were both born in one of the houses just beyond the white building, in our time that was ...Read more
A memory of Donington in 1930 by
Going To The Shops...
As a fully paid up member of the 'Baby Boomer' generation, born in 1947, I've been reading all the stories posted on this lovely website (which - like many others, I suspect - I came across purely by chance). I was born in Perivale ...Read more
A memory of Wembley by
I Lived At Ferry Inn In 1952
I Lived At Rosneath, Ferry Inn. My father was in the Navy and we lived at Ferry Inn during 1952. There were three other families living there, the Thorntons and the Burtons. The Burtons were related to Shackleton, the ...Read more
A memory of Rosneath
Captions
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Lover's Leap in Ashwood Dale, near Buxton, is one of several in the Peak which recall a long-forgotten romantic tragedy.
Ashwood Dale is just one of the names given to the deep limestone valley of the River Wye as it winds between Bakewell and Buxton.
This classic view of Buxton from The Slopes was taken during its heyday as an inland spa created largely by the efforts of the 5th Duke of Devonshire.
Easneye, originally called Isneye, was the home of the Buxton family after 1866, when Thomas Fowell Buxton purchased the estate - it comprised thick woodland.
On the north side of the High Street, behind the Mini Traveller stands the Westminster Bank, previously Ellwoods; next door is R & O Hall, newsagents, who later became Buxton`s paper shop and is now
A view of the River Wye as it flows through the limestone gorge of Chee Dale, between Bakewell and Buxton.
Edward Milner was also responsible for the design of the 23 acres of gardens which adjoin the Pavilion at Buxton.
The small area of ground in the fork in the road was donated to the village by Major Anthony Buxton DSO, JP of Horsey Hall.
A freight train pulled by a steam locomotive is seen heading north across the viaduct towards Buxton.
Buxton's warm springs are thought to have been first discovered by the Romans, but it was the Duke of Devonshire who really popularised the lofty Georgian town (its stands at over 1,000ft above the sea
Originally called Isneye, Easneye was bought by Thomas Fowell Buxton in 1866.
A private steam company has already opened six miles of track north of Matlock, and intend one day to get right through to Buxton.
Note the milk lorry loaded with churns parked in Buxton Road, which leads off to the right.
The fame of Buxton as a Medieval spa grew and in Tudor times was greatly enhanced by the visits of Mary Queen of Scots who came to take the waters for her various illnesses, including rheumatism
There was once a proposal to link Buxton and Macclesfield by light railway, by a route following the road.
In 1906 pensions (daily rate for room and meals) at The Grand started at 10s 6d and were on a par with similar establishments at Buxton, where the rates varied between 9s and 16s.
Designed by Edward Milner of Sydenham, it was built to allow visitors who were taking the waters the space to relax indoors, sheltered from Buxton's notoriously cold weather.
Carr's other work includes the Crescent (1780-84) and the Great Stables (1789) at Buxton, Derbyshire, commissioned by the fifth Duke of Devonshire after seeing some of Carr's work at Wentworth Woodhouse
Carr's other work includes the Crescent (1780-84) and the Great Stables (1789) at Buxton, Derbyshire, commissioned by the fifth Duke of Devonshire after seeing some of Carr's work at Wentworth Woodhouse
We are high on the limestone White Peak plateau with this photograph of farm buildings and cottages in the hamlet of Small Dale, north of Peak Dale, to the north east of Buxton.
neo-Tudor pub of 1936 by A E Sewell; he also designed the Crown and Anchor in High Street, Chipping Barnet, and the Goat near Forty Hill, Enfield, in the same style for the brewers Truman, Hanbury and Buxton
Carr was one of the great architects of the late 18th century; his work includes the most important buildings in the former spa resort of Buxton, Derbyshire.
Carr's other work includes the Crescent (1780-84) and the Great Stables (1789) at Buxton, Derbyshire, commissioned by the fifth Duke of Devonshire after seeing some of Carr's work at Wentworth Woodhouse
By 1934, more than two thousand houses had been built within half a mile of Stoneleigh Station, and in March of that year Hanbury & Buxton successfully applied for a provisional licence to build and operate
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