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Timber
I lived in Malvern Road and remember the winter of '47 when we had six weeks of snow and wonderful tobogganing on the slopes. My dad was the manager of Park&Brown Jeffery Street and a skilled wood man who was able to build me an excellent ...Read more
A memory of Gillingham by
Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital Sandy Point
At the age of 12 I was a patient at Treloars in Alton, having been diagnosed as having TB knee - a clout with a cricket ball was a little more serious than just a swollen knee, and I was sent to Treloars ...Read more
A memory of Hayling Island in 1953 by
A Child's View.
I moved to Woldingham with my Mother (she worked for Sir James and Lady Marshall at Whistlers Wood) when I was five years old (1951). I remember my Mother ordering food from Saffins and this I believe was delivered. Also remember ...Read more
A memory of Woldingham by
Clapham Church
I visited Clapham and the Church in the summer of 1999. At different periods during the 1800's my Collins family lived and worked there. Thomas Collins of Burpham was buried at Clapham on September 13th, 1855 at 55. His first ...Read more
A memory of Clapham by
Before School
Mr & Mrs Potter managed Bon March shop and they had two young boys, Robert and Edmond. My mum, Edna Griffiths, helped to look after the children and, being pre-school age, I used to go along with her. Mrs Potter used to bring us ...Read more
A memory of Kington in 1955 by
Student Days
Was an accountancy student from 1969-1971. As a foreign student so far away from home (Singapore), i was able to settle down very quickly as everyone I met was so friendly. After I completed my accountancy studies, I tried to find a job ...Read more
A memory of Wednesbury by
Lord Mayor Treloars Hospital 1953 1958
Starting when I was eleven I was a patient over 5 years for three spells, 2 years, 18 months and 9 months with an infected hip joint which became a deep routed abscess. Many different ‘ new’ antibiotics were tried to ...Read more
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The Leeds And Sunderland Cup Final
I watched so many cup finals on black and white television when I was a boy never dreaming of the day that I might actually be there. But it happened in 1973! Would you believe my neighbour was a long retired football ...Read more
A memory of Wembley in 1973 by
Lost Opportunity?
I was born in Drayton in 1943 and was at Solent Road School and the Northern Grammar School for Boys. I then went to London University and subsequently worked abroad while returning to Portsmouth regularly where I have my UK Home for ...Read more
A memory of Portsmouth by
How Burghfield Common Has Change.
I have lived all my 60+ years in Burghfield Common and I have seen it totally transformed. I was born and brought up in Three Firs Way, and lived here until 1987 when I got married and moved to Hunters Hill. ...Read more
A memory of Burghfield Common by
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Acle lies on the main road between Norwich and Yarmouth.
Acle is a busy market town, one of the early possessions of the Bigods, who founded a priory here during the reign of Edward I.
One of the most frequently-painted sites on the Broads was the old Acle Bridge with its three arches, which we see here.
The marshland all around, much of it reclaimed from the sea, is dissected by dykes, the grazing parcelled out by ancient custom.
Holidays on the Broads were already big business when this photograph of cruisers was taken of the moorings near Acle.
Acle Bridge now has a thriving boatyard with leisure-boating facilities.
Acle is a small market town, now really a village; it was granted its market charter in the 13th century.
Before it was developed with grand apartments and hotels, gentlefolk, and even ladies on their own, as here, were able to stroll peaceably along this quiet stretch of West Cliff.
Acle Bridge now has a thriving boatyard with leisure-boating facilities.
Acle is a small market town, now really a village; it was granted its market charter in the 13th century.
Away from the cold winds, the Victorian gentry were able to pursue their favourite pastime - a gentle stroll.
High above the river stands the Petersfield House Hotel, whose guests are able to relax by the summer house under the chestnut tree.
He is a general jobber, able to sharpen knives and tools, re-set saws, repair locks and cut replacement keys.
Like the nearby Butlin's Holiday Camp, it was a pioneer venture; the miners were determined that their people should be able to enjoy cheap holidays of the same kind.
By the turn of the century, it was able to boast a 'Grand tepid swimming bath ...
The photographer would certainly not be able to set up his tripod in the middle of the same street today!
This was the only boat in Saundersfoot able to take visitors to Caldey Island.
founded by Bishop Henry de Blois in 1136 and is the oldest almshouse in England, originally built to house, clothe and feed 'thirteen poor impotent men, so reduced in strength as rarely or never to be able
Now bypassed by the M20 motorway, half a mile away, it has been able to regain some semblance of its former tranquillity.
Theatregoers used to be able to hire a boy from the Barbican to queue for them, a service which cost the princely sum of 6d in the 1930s.
The painted advertisement for Bass on a window is the only indication that this farmhouse beside Acle bridge is an inn.
founded by Bishop Henry de Blois in 1136 and is the oldest almshouse in England, originally built to house, clothe and feed 'thirteen poor impotent men, so reduced in strength as rarely or never to be able
The two cyclists meandering down the middle of the road would not be able to do so for long today!
The two cyclists meandering down the middle of the road would not be able to do so for long today!
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