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Memories Of Barnstaple
My aunt was the Manager of the Imperial Hotel which once stood on the bank of a river (whose name escapes me), in the 1940s. I spent several holidays with her which were great experiences for a young boy from a relatively ...Read more
A memory of Barnstaple in 1953 by
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I was at the convent 1955 and loved it ,the nuns the wagon wheel's at teatime and even the walks .Gave me great emotional strength for the rest of my life and sister Magdalene was not that bad!! my favourite was sister Ann ,then sister ...Read more
A memory of Bridport in 1955 by
11 Years Of Age And Gazing
I never swam here but I remember going there with my family and walking around the Abbey Fields and coming across the Swimming Pool. It was a hot summers day and we spent the afternoon sunbathing and me well...sunbathing and gazing of which I loved to do.
A memory of Kenilworth in 1965 by
1939 Onwards I Remember
I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which I ...Read more
A memory of Harborne in 1940 by
1940 Ace Pilot Killed On Purley School Playing Field
In September 1940 I lived in Meadway and witnessed a Hurricane fighter crash in the Purley Boys Grammar School playing field. The pilot, an Ace pilot of the Battle of Britain was known as Caesar and ...Read more
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1946 1951 Age 2 Years To 7 Years
I was in St Claire's Orphanage with my two sisters after my father died in 1945. The Rev Mother Sister Phillomina had been a childhood friend of my mother's. This fact did not give us any added privileges. I ...Read more
A memory of Pantasaph in 1948 by
1970 1980s Harrogate
I spent some of the happiest years of my life in Harrogate, working in "The Grange" hotel (an old peoples home basically, along West Stray), I also worked in "Blind Jacks" behind the Prospect Hotel (we sold Old Peculiar ale and wow ...Read more
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A Bike Ride
I recall one of my younger days where I and a young girlfriend of mine decided to go on a biking holiday. I bought two Dawes Racing bikes which were equipped with panniers. Off we went from Royston, near Barnsley where we'd have to ...Read more
A memory of Grimsby in 1969 by
A Saturday Ramble At Fingle Bridge For The Morris Dancers
The Heather and Gorse Clog Dancers organised a ramble to celebrate the New Year and so we met on a beautiful sunny January Saturday at the Fingle Bridge Inn. My wife Elizabeth and I ...Read more
A memory of Drewsteignton in 2009 by
A Bad Memory Of A Lovely Place
I was sent to Hayling Island in 1947, I was about 7 years old and had suffered 2 bouts of Scarlett fever. This had left me in a low state of health & it was thought I would benefit from a spell in a ...Read more
A memory of Hayling Island in 1947 by
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Over the centuries a number of inns were established in Ringwood, many brewing a variety of local ales.
By the rules of the foundation, for eight centuries travellers have been given bread and ale on demand—the Wayfarers Dole.
The cantilevered pub sign over the front door advertises Home Ales from the Home Brewery in Nottingham, now a cog in Scottish & Newcastle's big wheel, but still producing good real ale.
Inscribed on timbers around it are the words 'a jug of ale (and) a whispered word can be found within these old walls', and it advertises 'good ale and dry stables'.
Home brewed Wiltshire Ales can be obtained at the New Inn, and Ushers Ales are still brewed today in the town.
The cantilevered pub sign over the front door advertises Home Ales from the Home Brewery in Nottingham, now a cog in Scottish & Newcastle's big wheel, but still producing good real ale.
Still independent, it has a range of real ales and guest ales and serves food.
The Cooper's Arms, just after the turn of the 20th century; McMullens advertise their 'fine ales and invigorating stout'.
An old coaching inn on the Emsworth to Harting road, which sold Henty and Constable's ales at the time of the photograph.
The Midland Bank occupies the site of Scales' boot and shoe shop and Spencer & Co's grand frontage has fallen victim to an infestation of 'Magnet Ales' signs on behalf of the Wheat Sheaf.
Patrons are enjoying the riverside milieu of the Holt Fleet Hotel.
Scottish Courage's Bristol brewery is said to be the largest in the UK now dedicated to the brewing of real ale.
Signs for Seville Orange Marmalade and Strongs Romsey Ales can be seen to the right of Bargate.
In 1888 landlord J Grice was offering his patrons home-brewed ale.
Note the hanging board on the left advertising Vale of Neath Ales and the petrol pumps opposite.
It is selling Westerham-brewed ales, though its sign is, unfortunately, illegible.
taken over the running of the family business from his father James in 1918, but it was very much 'business as usual' for, amongst other things, the store is advertising furniture for sale
Offilers' Ales have long disappeared from the re-named Wheatsheaf.
An interesting view of the church of St Cross from the porter's lodge, where a visitor can be seen receiving the tra- ditional 'Wayfarer's Dole' of bread and ale.
In those days it was Fosters for clothes and the Corner Shop for wines, spirits, Butler’s Ales, and the dreaded Armadillo sherry.
In those days it was Fosters for clothes and the Corner Shop for wines, spirits, Butler's Ales, and the dreaded Armadillo sherry.
Other than Burton, brewing in Staffordshire received a shot in the arm with the opening in 1992 of the Lichfield Brewery, which produces such delights as Resurrection Ale and Xpired.
The Crown Inn, seen here, offers the locally-brewed Badger Ales.
Westerham ales.
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