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Croydon

My first time visiting this site and a message from "Simon" prompted me to add a message. I too remember with fond memories the old Parish Church Infants School. I remember my first day to Facing the church was a pathway on the left leading to ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Carol Day

Raynham Road School In Edmonton

I lived in Kimberly Road by the Willoughby Lane gas works from about 1952 and recall the late Queens 1953 coronation when our road was full of tables and chairs for the street party. Raynham Road school was more like a ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton by David Hard

I Was An Evacuee.

I remember Wrens Warren camp vividly as I was one of many sent there during W.W. 2. It was a happy period in my life as a young boy in the 1940's. I and my friends spent many hours exploring the surrounding woods, making a dam ...Read more

A memory of Colemans Hatch by John Thomas

A Childhood In Selsdon.

My parents had a chicken farm in Selsdon Vale, where I was born in 1948. I lived there until I left home to go travelling and then to university, at the age of 18, in about 1966. This was about the same time that Selsdon Vale was ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Helen Krasner

The Carpenters Of Boxford

I would like to add a memory of Boxford, no, wonderful memories that I have of Boxford 65 years ago. As a child of four, I was evacuated with my grandmother Mary Jane Farthing, nee Carpenter, to Boxford to stay with her ...Read more

A memory of Boxford in 1930 by Alan Lloyd

Abbotsham School In The 1960's

Growing up at Fairy Cross, Alwington and as our village school had closed in the late 1950s we had to catch the school bus daily morning and afternoon to Abbotsham Primary School. (Shown in the centre back of the ...Read more

A memory of Abbotsham by Derek England

Strange But True

Our first home was a ground floor bedsit at 40 Castle Corner opposite the castle. The old part of the road formed a hammer head and had three parking bays. One dark rainy winters night my husband parked outside and ran in to get ...Read more

A memory of Beckington in 1976 by Christine Mabbett

The Visitation Convent Bridport Dorset.

For unruly behaviour, I was delivered to boarding school at the age of 4, after enjoying wonderful times on a Devon farm. I was taken to the Convent by my parents in an Austin 7. I remember crying and staring at ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1948 by Rex Duffy

Grounds Of The Royal Military Academy

While I was growing up in Sandhurst, the grounds of the College was open to the public and we could walk from the village of Sandhurst through to Camberley. This building with parade ground in front is famous for ...Read more

A memory of Sandhurst in 1940 by Mary Back

America Woods

I lived in the house called Abbotsford in about 1934 which to this day, stands by the side of the America Woods. Once a year, the scouts would camp in the field at the back of the house. I spent many happy times playing in those woods, ...Read more

A memory of Shanklin by Claire Spencer

Captions

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Caption For Seaview, Salterns Cottages 1918

The name 'saltern' suggests that this was a place where early inhabitants of the island would come to the seashore in search of salt for the winter preservation of meat.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Bandstand 1933

Its famous Symphony Orchestra often gives concerts at the nearby Winter Gardens.

Caption For Wimborne, West Borough 1908

With the towers of the Minster in the background, this street lined with red brick and white-rendered Georgian cottages has a pleasing elegance and symmetry.

Caption For Downderry, Coastguard Bungalows 1901

The village slipway, up and down which fishing boats are still hauled to protect them from winter storms, is down the road to the left.

Caption For Freshwater Bay, The Beach C1965

He described the scene in verse: 'Groves of pine on either hand To break the blast of winter, stand; And further on, the heavy channel Tumbles a breaker on chalk and sand'.

Caption For Babbacombe, The Beach 1925

Several winding walks form an alternative way to return to Babbacombe for the energetic, or in the winter months when the cliff railway is closed.

Caption For Freshwater Bay, The Beach C1965

He described the scene in verse: 'Groves of pine on either hand To break the blast of winter, stand; And further on, the heavy channel Tumbles a breaker on chalk and sand'.

Caption For Gulval, The Church 1893

The farthest headland is Penlee Point, home of the lifeboat 'Solomon Browne', which was lost with all hands in December 1981 during a gallant attempt to rescue the crew of the coaster 'Union Star' in a winter

Caption For Christchurch, The River Stour 1918

The circular estuary of the Stour and Avon, where the two rivers penetrate far inland, and the shores of Christchurch Bay, attract thousands of sea and wading birds, particularly during the winter months

Caption For Lincoln, Eastgate C1955

This view is along Eastgate, east of the crossroads with Northgate (‘gate’ being Danish for street, rather than gate) and Minster Yard.

Caption For Minster In Thanet, High Street C1955

This view shows R E Attwell's to the right, which was the village newsagent's and tobacconist's; the proprietor was Chairman of Minster Parish Council.

Caption For York, Low Petergate C1960

Scaffolding is in place on one of the Minster towers, as serious repairs were taking place.

Caption For York, Minster 1897

There has been very little change to the appearance of this magnificent structure owing to careful restoration and repair, but the surroundings of the Minster have altered.

Caption For York, Minster 1897

There has been very little change to the appearance of this magnificent structure owing to careful restoration and repair, but the surroundings of the Minster have altered.

Caption For Ingoldmells, Beacon Restaurant C1965

The restaurant was closed for the winter here, but it certainly looked neat and tidy and waiting for the rush of summer visitors.

Caption For Wimborne, Minster, North Side 1923

A tablet inside the minster names 164 Wimborne men who lost their lives during the Great War.

Caption For Hever, Chippens Bank Road 1906

Its steep banks and overhanging trees would have provided protection for travellers when the winter storms came.

Caption For Bardsea, The View From By Well House C1955

The hay would later be stacked before being taken to a hay-barn store for winter feed for the livestock.

Caption For Plymouth, From Mount Edgcumbe 1890

In the centre is the Edgecumbes' Winter Villa, which later became the convent and nursing home Nazareth House.

Caption For Redcar, Newcomen Street 1901

Once winter set in, postal services operated on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Caption For Ivybridge, From River C1876

A view in winter of the river Erme near Ivybridge.

Caption For Blackpool, From North Pier 1896

The picture gives us an indication of the size of the Gigantic Wheel at the Winter Gardens and the imposing bulk of the Tower.

Caption For Woodhouse Eaves, The Village C1955

Apart from working in Leicestershire, he designed Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square and was also employed on Ripon Minster, Yorkshire.

Caption For Rugeley, Market Square C1955

John Glasman supplied stained glass for the East Window of York Minster.