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Shopping With Mum
The girl in the foreground could easily be me with one of my brothers in his pram. It was usual to be left outside the shop to look after one or all of my brothers - and of course very safe to do so - when my mum went inside to ...Read more
A memory of Kidderminster
New Park Road/ Gleneagel Stables
So many memories i don't know where to begin! I remember learning to ride at New Park Road Stables. The wooden stairs going up to the office above the stalls to book in. Vodka and Gin the greys, Cossack, Cherry ...Read more
A memory of Streatham by
White House
My grandfather, Thomas Haskard, was proprietor of the White House inn for 25 years until his death in 1951. I spent many happy holidays there with my brother, Roger, and my three cousins lived in a house just across the road. I still bear a ...Read more
A memory of Ambergate by
Washington Brady Square
One of three children who lived at Hillthorn Terrace, just next to the railway lines. I can remember as if it was yesterday when the coal train used to travel from Washington "F" Pit down towards Brady Square, through the ...Read more
A memory of Washington by
Ben Rhydding
I moved to Ben Rhydding at a year old and grew up there with my brother and sister. We loved living there, exploring the river and the moors. I distinctly remember the large detached house Thornycroft when it was still owned by a wealthy ...Read more
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Holy Trinity Church 1891 Margate
The Margate cliffs were chalk. An extremely tall church named The Holy Trinity Church sat in the middle of Trinity Square about 800m from the sea. During the war, the roof had collapsed leaving the outer walls, tower ...Read more
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Living In Binfield 1946 1971
I moved to Binfield with my parents Rose and Cyril Richardson and my brother Brian in 1946. We lived in Rose Hill at a house called “Athlone”. It isn’t there any more, it was demolished and six houses built on the site. ...Read more
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Brandling Park, A Little Park, Between The Moor And Gosforth
This was called Tittie Bottle park because all of the Nannies met there with children in their prams from the nobs houses at that end of Gosforth
A memory of Gosforth by
Growing Up In Foxton Cambridgeshire
How a Family that came to south Cambridgeshire Clifford John Masters, My Story I was born in 4 Chaucer Cottages Foxton on the 9th February 1940 The houses backed onto the “park” all ...Read more
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A peaceful view showing Otter Rock and Brandy island, taken on a still day, with the boats' reflections hardly stirring in the water.
Yateley has an area known as Brandy Bottom - a reminder of the days when smuggling was rife here.
Coverack men were infamous for smuggling, and early coastguards reported that '7,000 ankers of brandy' had been covertly run ashore in the bay in the previous twelve month period.
This part of the Sussex coast was once a favourite haunt of smugglers, with tea and brandy among the booty brought ashore.
Lee was a favoured spot for smugglers, who did not do things by halves - in September 1820 it is recorded that 1,500 gallons of brandy and gin were landed here in one night.
Brandy, tobacco, lace and velvet were brought up from Pilling shore by horses.
respectable, though gout-ridden, old age, writing his memoirs and receiving a small pension from the respectable local worthy Lord Rolle, who admired the wily Jack's nerve - and may have received a keg of brandy
This was yet another popular spot with smugglers, who often ensured the silence of the local parson with the odd cask of brandy.
though gout-ridden, old age, writing his memoirs and receiving a small pension from the respect- able local worthy Lord Rolle, who admired the wily Jack's nerve—and may have received a keg of brandy
Under cover of darkness, brandy, tobacco and bolts of lace and velvet were brought along Velvet Lane from the shore.
respectable, though gout-ridden, old age, writing his memoirs and receiving a small pension from the respectable local worthy Lord Rolle, who admired the wily Jack's nerve - and may have received a keg of brandy
Coverack men were infamous for smuggling, and early coastguards reported that '7,000 ankers of brandy' had been run ashore in a single 12-month period.
The lettering on the windows closest to the camera advertises teas and dinners, while that on the far window lists brandies, wines and whiskies.
Marlon Brando stars in 'Mutiny on the Bounty' on the advertising board (left).
It also evidently stocked Daren bread - a popular Hovis-like brand in its day.
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