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A Memory Of Chopwell By John Hind
I was born on 9.2.1922 son of Henry Gowland Hind and Eliza Hind of 28, Thames Street. Henry worked at Chopwell Pit. I attended primary school at Chopwell from 1927 until 1930, followed by Chopwell West Council ...Read more
A memory of Chopwell in 1930 by
3 Jacks
Hi, my name is Robert Hartness l went to BRANDON/Dalziel from 1963 till 1966, l would like to hear from any.old classmates who were in 3 jacks, it's been just over 50 years since I left Motherwell and would like to hear from you. Cheers
A memory of Motherwell by
Acton Bridge Cruising Club
My memories of Acton Bridge go back to the mid 1950s and early 1960s. The picture of boats at Acton Bridge Cruising Club takes me back to my teenage days. We had a boat called 'Scampi' which was a 32-foot ex-Norwegian ...Read more
A memory of Acton Bridge in 1957 by
An Old Mans Memories
I was born in 1922 in the village of Mundford. My Father was the village policeman. The village was then a self-contained society and provided all the necessities of life, including a doctor, blacksmith, carpenter and general ...Read more
A memory of Mundford in 1920 by
Barnes In The Sixties
My name is John Lines. I will always consider Barnes to be my home. I was born in 1951 in Railway Street which had allotments and even Jack Sedgewick's Pigs between the end of the road and the railway line. The Old Barnes ...Read more
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Boating On The Broads
Two years after our first visit we came again, bringing our own river cruisers towed by our own cars. We had located a slipway to launch at Martham boatyard prior to starting the holiday. The location at Martham was ...Read more
A memory of Potter Heigham in 1970 by
Bob`s Cafe.
Does anyone remember Bob`s Cafe ? This was a place just behind the old fire station, in the same street as the Youth Club. I used to come home on leave from the Navy and head straight for Bob`s Cafe. All the teenagers used to go there on ...Read more
A memory of Redditch by
Boyhood
I was born in 1922 in Mundford where my Father was the village policeman. We had no motor car, indeed in those days there were not many people who could afford this luxury. The village was small, however it was self-contained and provided all ...Read more
A memory of Mundford in 1920 by
Brandon Children's Home
My half brother was sent to the above home when he was around 13-14. I was wondering if there is anyone out there that knows of this home and has any photographs. Did anyone have a good experience of this home? Please ...Read more
A memory of Brandon in 1977
Brandon House
We remember well Mr Arthur Harry Read telling us about his father Henry who was employed as gamekeeper at Brandon House. It was his inlaws who were last of the flintknappers. Henry was also gamekeeper at Kimberley Park, and raised his family in Thetford forest.
A memory of Brandon in 1890
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This view looks towards the main entrance ranges, which were altered and added to by Brandon in the 1860s and 1870s.
Brandon's on the right is now Brandon House, and Broadway Court beyond lost its shopfronts in the 1980s.
Brandon was famous for its flint knapping industry, which supplied gunflints throughout the world.
This rather ponderous Victorian Gothic building, designed by Raphael Brandon (1817-77), is faced in ironstone, with a heavy spire and tower.
This rather ponderous Victorian Gothic building, designed by Raphael Brandon (1817-77), is faced in ironstone, with a heavy spire and tower.
Barges once travelled up the Little Ouse as far as Brandon and Thetford, although here it is much more the province of pleasure boaters.
Taken from the footbridge over the river, the towerless Christchurch was designed by Raphael Brandon and dates from the 1860s.
On the left is the white render of the former Brandon's department store, a somewhat overpowering building, and to the right of The Cock Tavern is the 1950s neo-Georgian Barclays Bank,
Struck by lightning in 1672, it was restored in 1862 by the architect David Brandon.
As Bristolians had enjoyed free access rights to Brandon Hill since the 16th century, the Radicals simply held their meetings there, attracting large crowds; they were almost impossible to police.
The picture shows Sompting General Supply Stores with a sign fixed to the shopfront advertising Players Weights cigarettes, a popular budget brand. On
Struck by lightning in 1672, it was restored in 1862 by the architect David Brandon.
To the left of the Clocktower and the County Hall is the Jacobean-style Town Hall and Corn Exchange building by Brandon, dated 1865.
The County Lunatic Asylum was built at Stone, three miles west of Aylesbury, in the early 1850s by the architects Thomas Wyatt and David Brandon.
The church is Holy Trinity by David Brandon, built in the 1840s in flint pebbles and stone, with further Victorian additions in brick and stone.
This attractive three-storey building is in the Jacobean and Tudor style much favoured by its builder, David Brandon.
The church was built in 1841-45 by Thomas Henry Wyatt and D Brandon for the Rt Hon Sir Sidney Herbert, Secretary of War, a member of the Earl of Pembroke's family.
David Brandon rebuilt the hospital in 1859 to 1862 in a similar style to the earlier one; it had been a Georgian country house, with wings added in 1832.
The picture shows Sompting General Supply Stores with a sign fixed to the shopfront advertising Players Weights cigarettes, a popular budget brand. On
Brandon's department store with its classical pilasters concealing its steel frame is now shops and offices.
Looking towards Blucher Street the old and admittedly somewhat run down cottages survived until Brandon's store replaced them in the 1930s, a three-storey white painted block at odds with everything
At the end of the broad drive leading to the castle grounds are the fine entrance gates, beyond which is the 12th-century church of St Brandon.
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