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Newcomer Road
That must have been just before we moved in to number 57 newcome I was actually born in the prefabs at the bottom of newcomer road . We did move next door to you & I do remember Mr & Mrs cote and I do remember you .My mother was ...Read more
A memory of Shenley by
I Was Born In Vicarshall Lane At No23 Born 1948
my dad was the local rag a bone man everyone new him has Sammy carter one of your past memorys a gentleman was not sure what was nextdoor to jack hanky as he was known the local barber it was a pie ...Read more
A memory of Boothstown in 1953 by
Childhood Memories
I was born in the house that was opposite Allens the chemist. I remember going into the butchers to get a bone for my dog every Saturday. Outside the bike shop was some bubble gum machines, which I used a lot along with my 2 ...Read more
A memory of Oadby in 1964 by
Yr Hen Felin
The Old Mill I remember playing alongside the old mill. There was a family in the nearby farm - Edna and Audrey were the names of two of the sisters. The old pub went on fire during that period. There was an area for the children to play ...Read more
A memory of Penycae in 1956 by
Tyn A Don Farm Llanengan
The first time I stayed at Tyn-a Don farm I was about 6, I fell in love with the place straight away. I remember we borrowed a tent from a friend of the family who took us there that first time. The kids of today would be ...Read more
A memory of Llanengan in 1969 by
The Plough Inn, Kibblesworth
This is for Margaret Elliot, I am from Kent but my adopted Grandad, Fred (Frederick Joseph) Johnson was the landlord of the Plough Inn during and after the Second World War and my mother and I were evacuated there and ...Read more
A memory of Kibblesworth by
The Good Old Days At Betws Yn Rhos
Seeing this picture brings back many memories of helping my father to serve Petrol at our small village shop, called Min Afon Stores. Not too sure if that is not me, in the picture, as we actually went out to ...Read more
A memory of Betws-yn-Rhos by
Surveying At Newry
In the early 1950s Mining undergraduates at the University of Birmingham practised land surveying at Llanfairfechan. They lodged for most of June at Newry Cottages, now Plas Heulog. The task was to traverse the area south of ...Read more
A memory of Llanfairfechan by
Prefabs In Ripple Road Dagenham 1947 To 1959
I was born in Upney hospital in July 1947 and lived in a prefab at 703 Ripple Road. Opposite was a bone/scrap yard and along the road the Ship & Shovel pub. I went to Campbell and Dawson schools and ...Read more
A memory of Dagenham by
Pontypool Town Centre
I lived in Upper Bridge Street and remember a few of the shops in town, I think! On the corner of Upper Bridge Street and the Bell Pitch was Franketti's fish shop with an awesome Art Nouveau till and free chips if you took ...Read more
A memory of Pontypool in 1960 by
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Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.
Corris, which gave its name to the Welsh narrow-gauge railway line, is a slate-quarrying village in the valley of the Afon Dulas.
Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.
Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.
This finely-composed study shows the Afon Bowydd, the road bridge, the railway bridge, the ranks of terraces of Blaenau, and the mountains beyond.
This beautifully proportioned stone bridge (Y Bont Fawr means 'the big bridge'), built over the Afon Conwy in 1636, has been a well-known beauty spot and subject for artists for centuries.
Set on the south coast of the Lleyn peninsula, at the mouth of the Penrhos river, it was once a thriving commercial port; but the sea threw a sandbank across the mouth of the Afon Erch, causing the maritime
Centre left of the picture we can see a Bon Marché shop; the Bingo Hall now stands on this site.
Inside the church is a bone: according to legend, it is a rib from a cow that provided all the milk for the village!
Later the race served a bone mill and a small woollen and cotton mill nearby.
The village sits astride the A6, only two miles north of Mountsorrel, and although deeply embedded in granite country, the buildings in the photograph lack any of that hard-edged quality.
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