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Memories
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Beanz Dreamz...
Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more
A memory of Abbey Hulton 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
A memory of Ilkley by
Childhood Memories
I was born 1949 in Huddersfield and lived in Skelmanthorpe until 1970. I was delighted to see the photos of Skelmanthorpe taken in the fifties. It brought back wonderful childhood memories of things that I'd already forgotten. ...Read more
A memory of Skelmanthorpe by
Gypsy Beauty
Our Barge King Edward V11, was moored at The Lock Waltham Abbey C 1954 I was 14 years old. I loved the mooring and used to go often to the Cinema's in Waltham x. I became a member of the Drama Group in the Abbey. One Sunday I saw a ...Read more
A memory of Waltham Abbey by
Happiest Early Days
I grew up in Elmstead Market moving there when I was 18 months old and left in 1965 when I was 8. I went to Elmstead School where Vera Norfolk was my first teacher and the headteacher was Mr Clegg. Vera's sister Muriel ran the ...Read more
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Ledsham Court, St Leonards, Sussex ...Great Memories! By John Franks, (Ex Rascal Boarder).
Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more
A memory of Great Parndon by
My Days In Rosedale Abbey
My Life in Rosedale Abbey - Raymond Beharrell During the last war my brother and I lived in York very near to the main railway yards. The area was always on the target for the German bombers, being railway sidings. ...Read more
A memory of Rosedale Abbey by
Queen Anne's Place, Bush Hill Park
Queen Anne's Place was actually quite posh, and my mum, brother and I used to catch the train from here to go shopping in Enfield Town in the 1960's and early 1970's. The other entrance to the station was in St. ...Read more
A memory of Bush Hill Park by
Reflections Upon The Changing Face Of Stafford Since 1964
It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before ...Read more
A memory of Stafford by
My School And Shop,Where I Spent My Pocket Money
my names norbert, I lived at the abbey in the early 1960 s. so Ionly had a 5 minuets walk to the school. my teacher was mr. vale. if i remember right the headmaster was a mr curd. i used to ...Read more
A memory of Sutton Courtenay by
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One was Castle House, whose owner, Joseph Moore, was licensee of The Old Bell and mayor of Malmesbury in 1894 and in 1909.
This was the water tower for St Mary's Abbey.
This fine view of the Howden Dam, with the forbidding moorland of Bleaklow beyond, is taken from Abbey Bank, on the edge of the Howden Moors.
Nestling just under the hills surrounding the North York Moors is the old settlement of Ampleforth, built around the early abbey of St Lawrence.
Bruce's heart was carried on a crusade against the Moors of Granada by Sir James Douglas.
The small hamlet of Rosedale Abbey sits in the heart of Rosedale on the southern edge of the North York Moors, seen in the background.
Monks from nearby Jervaulx Abbey began the tradition of horse breeding in this dale.
The chapel is prominent on the right in this view of the small hamlet of Rosedale Abbey, which sits in the heart of Rosedale on the southern edge of the North York Moors, seen filling the background.
East of the town and the Abbey, Glastonbury Tor rises abruptly to 525 feet above sea level from the 'island' above the Moors on which Glastonbury is built.
Much of the village was built from the stone of the old abbey.
William I founded Battle Abbey on Senlac Moor, the site of the Battle of Hastings.
This was the water tower for St Mary's Abbey.
Down in the harbour, the tall ship is moored just in front of the Angel Vaults, still here as a waterside inn.
Down in the harbour, the tall ship is moored just in front of the Angel Vaults, still here as a waterside inn.
The abbey was founded in AD670 as a nunnery by Sexburga, widow of Ercombert, King of Kent; the original building was burnt by the Danes.
The monument stands in the centre of an area known as the Sanctuary by the west door of the abbey and on the site of the abbey gateway.
West Dorset's medieval seamark on a conical hill above the Chesil Beach was retained after the closure of Abbotsbury Abbey in 1539, and repaired in 1742.
The Working Men's Club is now at The Lodge, Welton Road, just out of sight to the left down Abbey Street.
