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Dunstaffnage War Years
Like your other contributors I also spent my very early years in Dunstaffnage. Dad had spent the early part of the war from day one as a young Engineer Officer on North Atlantic convoys in the Merchant Navy. When you were lucky to ...Read more
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Growing Up In Buckhurst Hill 60's 70's
I used to live in The Meadway, and went to St Johns infants School-a few memories of playing on 'the boxes' at play/lunchtime. These were actually old beer crates, and long before health and safety spoiled ...Read more
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My Memories Of Melworking At Leybourne Grange Hospital
Hi yes I remember my time at the hospital well,I worked in the play therapy from 1971 to 1976. I loved working at the hospital and have many happy memories. I worked as a night nurse for two ...Read more
A memory of West Malling by
School Days And Beyond
Having just stumbled on this website I felt compelled to add my recollections of living in Fenham in Cheeseburn Gardens from circa 1961 to 1980. I lived 2 streets down the hill from the first contributor who lived in Ovington ...Read more
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Beachbank Caravan Site, Ulrome, East Yorkshire.
My Grandparents Sydney and Ellen Simpson built Beachbank between the world wars. Sydney had served in the Royal Flying Corps in WW1 and left seriously injured but that never prevented them from buying this plot ...Read more
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When We Were Young!
Way back in the early 1950's my friends and I went everywhere on our cycles. On one occasion three of us set out from Grays and went across the ferry at Tilbury to Gravesend then down the old A road to Canterbury where we had a ...Read more
A memory of Corringham by
Downshall Secondary School
I have very fond memories of Downshall Secondary where I was between 1958 and 1962. I used to live in Downshall Avenue, and we used to walk everywhere, to school, to Seven Kings Park and the park up Meads Lane. We ...Read more
A memory of Seven Kings in 1960 by
No.1 Jetty And The Tsmv New Prince Of Wales 1, S.M.N.Co.
This twin screw motor vessel at the Jetty belonged to our family company, the Southend Motor Navigation Co. Ltd. She was built for the company in the 1920's by the local Hayward's Boatyard, ...Read more
A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1950 by
East Anglian Marshland Memories
I sat and talked with a man of God, about people and places we have known and loved. As part of my life being spent on the Marsh, formative years that were oft-times harsh. Such happy memories tumbled back to ...Read more
A memory of Holbeach St Marks in 1960 by
25 Parkgate Road
I was born in Battersea 1950, son of Mr & Mrs Redpath (Wally & Edith) I had two other brothers Terry & Garry. Fond memories of Battersea Park and of spending many days in and around the park with other kids from Elcho ...Read more
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Just off to the left is the site of the earliest Baptist chapel in Suffolk, registered in 1731.
Skoulding's shop (to the left) now has a window across the whole building.
Looking at a tranquil summer scene like this, it is difficult to imagine the furious weather to which Torcross is sometimes exposed.
The clock tower was built of red and white brick in 1864.
By 1913 the electric tram is operating, and the motor car has arrived to mingle with the horse carriages.
The old church and churchyard lie in the trees on the left, and the old wooden church hall - now gone - can be seen in the right foreground.
The substantial building behind the trees is Billericay church, which was rebuilt in 1780, though retaining its fine 15th-century brick tower.
Looking towards Beachy Head, this view shows the 'combe' of Holy Well with its paths.
The High Street has a fascinating diversity of provincial architecture dating from the 16th century through to the late 19th century.
Even at this time, the visual appearance of the slipway at Swanbridge had become a cause for concern.
The two buildings either side of the turning into Albert Road have long gone, to be replaced by new offices.
The Ilfracombe Hotel (centre left) was built by the Ilfracombe Hotel and Esplanade Company.
The sign 'Luncheons and Teas' on the right, just beyond the White Hart, advertises the Two Sisters Café, which from 1939 to 1949 was also a guest house.
The brick and white weatherboarded smock mill still stands in Mill Lane on the banks of the River Tillingham, though it is now converted for use as a guest house.
The park had focussed around Prospect Hill House, now known as The Mansion House, which after being a problem building for years is now a pub/restaurant with marvellous views south from its hilltop
Consecrated in August 1830, St Peterís church is built in brick and stone; it consists of chancel, nave, north and south porches, and an eastern tower with a spire containing a clock and six bells
Watling Street has a good range of buildings, mostly dated 18th and 19th century, built in a mix of materials - stone, brick and render.
We can almost feel the peace and tranquillity typified by a road deserted apart from a solitary horse-drawn delivery cart, standing near an attractive row of brick-built thatched cottages.
Cattell's Mill is a black-tarred weatherboarded smock windmill on an octagonal single-storey brick base.
For centuries, Stoneleigh was home to the dozens of estate workers employed by the Leighs.
In 1775 a brick tower-mill was built near the crossroads by John Matchett, a Colchester millwright.
Since 1895 the two buildings to the right of the mill have been replaced by a four- storey brick-built roller mill.
The White Horse is a timber-framed building of 1694, later encased in Victorian brick when the far bay was added.
This bridge over the Stour leads from The Croft (adjacent to St Gregory's Church on the right) to Fullingpit Meadows, part of Sudbury freemen's land, on the left.
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