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- Bowling, Strathclyde
- Bowling, Yorkshire
- Bowling Green, Shropshire
- Bowling Green, Gloucestershire
- West Bowling, Yorkshire
- Bowling Alley, Hampshire
- Bowling Bank, Clwyd
- Bowling Green, Hampshire
- Bowling Green, West Midlands
- Bowling Green, Cornwall (near St Austell)
- Bowling Green, Hereford & Worcester
- Bowling Green, Cornwall (near Callington)
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Memories
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Almondsbury
I know the above scene well! I attended the Knole Park house - now sadly demolished - which was then a boarding school, St. Catherine's. One weekend we went on a day trip to the shore of the Severn.......fascinating place. Would ...Read more
A memory of Almondsbury in 1952 by
Re Tony Bros Ice Cream
I remember Tony Bros ice cream parlour off Acton High Street. On some Sundays my father would take me for a treat for a cornet or wafer scooped out of the big drum on the counter, it was always after giving our dog Sally ...Read more
A memory of South Harefield by
Childhood Days
I too have happy and sad memories of Thurnscoe. I started school in 1952 at Hill Infants. Mrs Cartlidge was our teacher. I still remember where I sat behind the door and being given a small blackboard and chalk on my first day there. ...Read more
A memory of Thurnscoe in 1952
Barking
If I remember rightly, coming round the corner from Ripple Road into East Street, there was a hole in the ground courtesy of the German bombers. Later, Timothy Whites was built there. Anyway, as youngsters, we used to head for the Capitol ...Read more
A memory of Barking by
My Childhood Years In Stebbing
My Grandparents, Harry and Hannah Young lived in the first cottage on the left as you enter the village. I spent most of my school holidays there with them and my Mother and I were evacuated to live with them during ...Read more
A memory of Stebbing in 1940 by
Paglesham History
Well no personal memory for me - but my family go back to the mid to late 18C and was landlord of the punch bowl, and oyster dredgermen to the 1960s. We have a massive collection of photos from this area at www.familyunited.co.uk.
A memory of Paglesham Churchend in 1900 by
Memories Of Times Long Gone Miss You Guys!
I remember the years of growing up in Steeple Aston, and the fond memories that I had from back in those times. The times as kids we would all go down to the river from the time we couldn't swim as ...Read more
A memory of Steeple Aston in 1970 by
My Childhood In Burton In The 50's And 60's
I was born in the village in 1949, in an end terrace No.1 Woodview. It was down a small road in the centre of the village and at the top, I believe at one time there was a timber yard/sawmill. The ...Read more
A memory of Burton in Lonsdale by
History Of Peacock Cottage, Cleeve Prior
In 'Spring Onions' the autobiography of farmer and market gardener Duncan McGuffie, published by Faber & Faber in 1942, the author rents Peacock Cottage. This is the quote from p 49: "Peacock Cottage ...Read more
A memory of Cleeve Prior by
Burgh Heath Sugar Bowl
I remember the Sugar Bowl very well as I used to swim there. I was a boarder at Red House School further down the Brighton Road, does anyone remember that? Best days of my life (another story), Walton on the Hill for Boys' ...Read more
A memory of Burgh Heath in 1960 by
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Over-arm bowling arrived officially in 1864, and the first Test Match was played in Australia in 1877.
Over-arm bowling arrived officially in 1864, and the first Test Match was played in Australia in 1877.
The need for additional leisure facilities had long been recognised and an important move in this direction came with the opening of the Eat 'N' Bowl bowling alley in Huntingdon Street in August
The White Horse Hotel, right foreground, advertises its select bowling saloon.
The White Horse Hotel, right foreground, advertises its select bowling saloon.
This wooded area to the north of the town was laid out and intersected with walks in the latter half of the 19th century and remain today a pleasant, if steep walk to the northern rim of the bowl
The corner shop, here selling crockery, tin bowls and leather bags, is now Peter Briggs, a shoe shop, but it remains largely unchanged, even preserving the same windows we see here.
The corner shop, here selling crockery, tin bowls and leather bags, is now Peter Briggs, a shoe shop, but it remains largely unchanged, even preserving the same windows we see here.
The complete sign on the left, Tetley's Fine Ales, was fixed to the old Bowling Green Hotel; it marked the narrowest point on the London to Edinburgh Great North Road.
The Old Gang Mine, one of the oldest workings, is a few miles from here, and would have brought the miners to the warmth of the Punch Bowl Inn, which was built in 1638.
On the right the Westminster Bank has replaced Bowles the draper's (see 51156, p.27), Sketchley dry cleaners has replaced the fish shop, and the imposing Lloyds Bank stands next door.
Back in 1880 an orchard, stables, piggeries, a bowling green and two cottages surrounded the pub.
The corner shop, here selling crockery, tin bowls and leather bags, is now Peter Briggs, a shoe shop, but it remains largely unchanged, even preserving the same windows we see here.
The picture is from the terraced Tennis Grounds; by Victorian times these were the town's main exercise area, after bowling fell out of favour and golf courses had yet to be constructed.
The blacksmith's shop and the wheelwright's were next to each other, and the smith obliged with extras: 'blowers' to 'wuther up' the fire and iron hoops for the boys to bowl.
It dates from the 16th century, and was originally the Chequers and Punch Bowl.
Broth with dumplings cost one penny a bowl. We
Its original name was the Punch Bowl Inn; it was built in 1780 and designed by Sir John Soane (1753-1837), the distinguished architect and collector of Greek and Roman artefacts.
Sailor, circumnavigator, mayor, MP, bowls player, scourge of the Spanish – he crammed a lot into his 51 years.
The exciting Festival Leisure Park has a wide mix of attractions including a multiplex cinema, a huge ten pin bowling centre, an indoor tennis and fitness centre, nightclubs, family entertainment
A bowler-hatted gentleman contemplates this tranquil river scene looking towards the gracious arches of the viaduct that carries the railway to Effingham junction.
One of the huts of Blackdown Camp, with a group of soldiers and a bowler-hatted civilian.
An evocative picture of this attractive village some two miles north east of Wadhurst and now close to Bewl Bridge Reservoir.
Standing outside the village Post Office on the left, the bewiskered elderly man leaning on two sticks and wearing a bowler hat was probably a figure of some status in the village, where there were a
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