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Childhood Memories
I moved to Spencer Avenue, Hayes, when I was 5 and the war had just finished. My earliest recollections were of starting school at Yeading Lane and walking there through thick snow. Luckily we had school dinners so mum ...Read more
A memory of Hayes in 1947 by
Childhood Memories Of South Molton
This is a belated response to Patricia Huxtable who recorded her memories of South Molton on 28th May 2008. My name is Guy Alford, I too was born in South Molton in 1941. My father Cyril Henry Alford owned a ...Read more
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Chislehurst & Sidcup School For Girls
My parents were so pleased when I won a scholarship to the Sidcup branch of the school and my father bought me the new-fangled biro (was there a propelling pencil the other end?) as a present. Mum could only ...Read more
A memory of Sidcup in 1950 by
Christmas
This is about Christmas Day 57 years ago, and how things have changed. Even though we had nowt it was still a very exciting time, as it is now, but money was tight and we could only have the presents that each family could afford. What I ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1952 by
Church School On The Green
My memories start long before there was a Tithe Farm estate. In my time it was a farm and the footpath I used to go to school started there, it meandered al the way over the fields to Carcutt farm, where I lived all ...Read more
A memory of Houghton Regis in 1940 by
Convelescent
I think I might have been here in the 1950s, I was sent here after I left hospital with pneumonia and brochitis. I was sent there for 6 weeks. I remember they made you drink hot milk, yuk. My parents never came to visit, I think it ...Read more
A memory of Broadstairs in 1955 by
Cranford Shops 1980s 2010
Starting from Tesco Express: This used to be a block of about 2 or 3 shops which included a building society and a travel agent. Next to this was Barclays Bank which closed down in the late 1980s/early 1990s. It remained ...Read more
A memory of Cranford
Croydon In The Mid 1950's
What a fantastic website. So many fond memories. I moved to Croydon with my parents when I was two years old. Even in the mid nineteen fifties it would be considered a little too expensive to afford ones own camera, let alone ...Read more
A memory of Croydon by
Dai 'the Globe'
Dai 'the Globe' was friendly with Briyn Williams, Ifor Rees, David Alford. We all used to meet at the Coronation Ballroom, Coronation Road. This was the main meeting place for us all. We would listen to the Four Aces and dance the ...Read more
A memory of Gilfach Goch by
Dance Hall
Just on the edge of the Commercial Road car park is the building on the left where I, and just about every other teenager that couldn't afford to go to London to socialise, spent our Monday nights. I an remember paying 5/- to see Tom Jones ...Read more
A memory of Woking by
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While it has intermittently afforded shelter and refreshment to those that make the summit, and with a train to the top these are usually legion, many feel that a rather crude box is hardly an edifice
Temple Sowerby commemorates the Knights Templar who afforded protection to pilgrims journeying to Jerusalem and held the manor here for over a century and a half.
Commercial hotels evolved to offer businessmen, company representatives and travellers (salesmen) comfortable and affordable accommodation.
This late 19th-century improvement afforded the fishermen some protection from the weather.
The roof is thatched with local reed, and the principal rooms are elevated to avoid floods and to afford excellent views of the waterways.
Situated by the side of the main road through Alford, the church of St Wilfrid is built mainly of Lincolnshire green stone, which does not wear too well.
Part of a series of gardens laid out by Margaret, later the first Lady Gisborough, the rose garden afforded picturesque views of the neighbouring priory ruins.
This extravagant jettied veranda is an amusing addition to this catering establishment, which attempts to afford some additional dining space at the expense of the traditional facades we see in the rest
The boats were built to a high (and expensive) specification, the original 22ft-class later being supplemented by the more affordable and manageable 17ft-class.
Our picture was taken eleven years before Wenvoe was so badly damaged by fire that the owners could not afford to restore it.
To the left of the photograph a glimpse is afforded of a weather-boarded timber barn converted relatively recently to restaurant use.
of 1894 was added to an older building, recording that from these offices Mr Thomas Cook arranged the world's first cheap day rail excursion (to Loughborough) in 1841, and went on to provide affordable
Situated by the side of the main road through Alford, the church of St Wilfrid is built mainly of Lincolnshire green stone, which does not wear too well.
We had family holidays each year at Chapel St Leonards, and in the days before cars were affordable we went by train to Skegness and onwards by 'bus to the caravan.
We had family holidays each year at Chapel St Leonards, and in the days before cars were affordable we went by train to Skegness and onwards by 'bus to the caravan.
The one thing that has not changed about Dudley Castle is the spectacular views afforded from Castle Hill.
The story goes on that the duke, surprised that his tenants could afford such a memorial, immediately put their rents up.
Storms in that year destroyed most of their equipment, and they were unable to afford replacements.
The boats were built to a high (and expensive) specification, the original 22ft class later being supplemented by the more affordable and manageable 17ft class.
Here we have a range of hotels for those who could afford the comfort.
Co-operative stores sprang up everywhere in places like Bedwas to bring affordable shopping to the valley areas, where they were often the main or only source of groceries and goods.
As always, the railway made all the difference; the mansions on the skyline were followed by accommodation for those who could afford to get away from it all for a spell.
The popularity of Box Hill, once called the White Hill from its chalk bluff and affording a splendid view across the Weald from its summit of just over 600ft, reached an apogee during the late Victorian
But they have gone; a double dose of death duties and an extravagant sixth Lord Stanley meant they could not afford to continue living on the estates they had owned since the 15th century.
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