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Drayton Jottings
Drayton Jottings. Auntie Alice, in Kings Avenue, regularly seen, out on her front doorstep, she kept it clean, the 'raddled' red stone was buffed to a shine, 'Old fashioned traditions', here continued,so fine. one day, from ...Read more
A memory of Market Drayton by
My Dear Home Town Of Bournemouth
I was born there in 1928, in Boscombe Hospital, Bournemouth, and lived in Bournemouth till 1962. There is no where like Bournemouth, lovely beaches, stores, theatres, the Chines, and Shell Bay. An excursion to ...Read more
A memory of Bournemouth in 1940 by
Christmas Eves 1960s
I was born in Stroud and lived in Cashesgreen and Paganhill until I was 11 when the family moved to Hertfordshire. My aunt lived at Minchinhampton in a house my sister now owns. As children we remember making the then very ...Read more
A memory of Rodborough in 1963 by
A Year To Remember
How well I remember arriving at Wells-next-the-Sea from Leicester as a new bride. My husband was a former high school pen-friend who was now in England serving in the U.S Air Force, having been in the country from his ...Read more
A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea in 1951 by
Where I Was Born
My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more
A memory of Sole Street in 1946
We Knew This As Four Wents Pond!
We lived at Henfold a couple of miles from here, I used to be a pain in the neck to my older brother who used to come & fish at this pond. I caught my first "Red throat minnow" here. In the winter when it ...Read more
A memory of Holmwood Corner in 1952 by
Sweeping Staircase
I also have memories of St Nicholas, and was a pupil at the school from 1949 aged four, till 1952. Miss Garrard was the headmistress, and I seem to remember she was very kind. I had a kindergarten teacher who was absolutely ...Read more
A memory of Mickleham in 1949 by
Bicycles And A Happy Hunting Ground.
Being the offspring of parents otherwise engaged, and only partially supervised by a succession of Nannies, whose only concern was that we should be clean and respectably dressed when we got up to mischief, we ...Read more
A memory of New Milton in 1950 by
Many Memories
I was born in Madeley in 1951. My father was a coach driver for A.L.Jones of Victoria Road. I spent a lot of my early years sitting on the front seat of the coach, and sometimes on the engine cover next to Dad. I'm sure ...Read more
A memory of Madeley in 1963 by
How Good Barking Was In The 1950s
I was born in Shirley Gardens in 1935, right opposite Barking Park where I spent most of my childhood at Barking open air lido. What a magnificent place that was! My father was a policeman in Barking so we always ...Read more
A memory of Barking by
Captions
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The White Bull inn dates from the 18th century, and still believes in a roaring coal or log fire in winter.
The minster's twin towers dominate most pictures of East Street, but Hawker's new drapery shop (centre right) comes a close second in this shot.
The esplanade at Freshwater Bay is a favourite place to stroll on long summer days, though in the winter it serves as a sturdy defence against wild weather and channel gales.
The hay would later be stacked before being taken to a hay barn to be stored as winter feed for the livestock.
The path, one of the most popular in the Peak District National Park, is now boarded on this section, which often floods in the winter rains.
The river floods in the winter, and can rise up to the height of the walls.
Such lamps were often removed during the summer months and were often left unlit on moonlit nights in winter, an impressive example of early civic cost-cutting.
Monk Bar on Goodramgate is one of the finest gates in the York city walls, and the closest to York Minster.
Danny Howell writes about it in 'The Warminster & District Archive', Winter 1988.
Behind stands the magnificent York Minster.
Here, in freezing winters, Londoners enjoyed skating on the pond.
Looking north towards the pier, the photograph shows the promenade before the Winter Gardens were built.
The minster of Deerhurst-on-Severn is known to have existed in the early 9th century, but was later destroyed by Danish raiders.
A concert is taking place at the bandstand at The Fort, a few seasons before massive construction work took place here to create the new Pavilion and Winter Gardens.The tram running along Fort Crescent
The cost isn't helped by the fact that each winter around half a million starlings roost on the bridge!
The calligraphic Ten Commandments (far right) have been replaced by a brass to King Ethelred, killed in battle in 871 and buried in the Minster.
below: MINSTER-IN-THANET
In the same year they purchased the glass Winter Garden from Torquay, dismantled it and erected it beside the pier entrance.
The town was cheery enough in holiday weather, but winter could bring disasters.
Defoe records that he saw 'perhaps two hundred sail of ships' lying by the town during the winter months, 'as safe as in a wet dock'.
Now the view is clearer, and any fine day will give a view across to Winter Hill and the Pennines.
The ford was replaced by a bridge over the beck in the winter of 1966/67.
We can assume that it is winter by the look of the tree.
Despite the grand appearance of the building, the acoustics in the Winter Gardens pavilion were suspect.
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