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Boats
I had a cruiser ('Hely'n) at Pyrford marina in the 1990s, and remember some great barbeques moored in sight of Newark Abbey. Moved to Thames, to Penton Hook in the 2000s.
A memory of Pyrford in 1993 by
The Bike Shop The Sweet Shop Leighton Court And The Last Neston Family To Catch Shrimps
On The High Street, Neston as you look towards Liverpool Road with The Cross just behind you you may still be able to see two alleyways. One used to end in a shed ...Read more
A memory of Neston in 1975 by
The Abbey Moor Park The Ghost Of Jonathan Swift
I went to Farnham art school in 1968-1971, and at that time, Moor Park was used as a conference centre, available for hire, and inclusive of staff and an elderly chaplain called Dr Bird. As ...Read more
A memory of Waverley Abbey Ho in 1969 by
Mossford Garage
I started work at the age of 15 years as 'the boy', apprentice mechanic at Mossford garage. I remember going down the High Street to Pither's bakeries to get ham and cheese rolls, as well as pies for the mechanic's tea breaks. The ...Read more
A memory of Barkingside in 1965 by
Happy Hartford
When I turned 13 my family moved from Warrington to Hartford, and although I only lived there for a little over four years, these four years provide some of the happiest times of my early life. 13 must be one of the worst times to ...Read more
A memory of Northwich in 1963 by
The Mansells
1952 is apporoximate. I know I wasn't very old as I went to the village school (now converted to private dwellings) next to the little church. My mother was housekeeper to the ex Bishop of Malmesbury for about nine months and we ...Read more
A memory of Upper Minety in 1952 by
Laleham Abbey 1947 1952
My sister Catherine and I attended Laleham Abbey from 1947-1952. Sister Margaret Rose was the Head and Sister Catherine Mechtilde her Deputy. We were sent away to boarding school after various entrance exams to day schools. My ...Read more
A memory of Laleham in 1950 by
The Army Call Up.
The Army My call up papers came with a railway warrant for Gloucester, where I and another group of lucky lads, were picked up by army lorry and taken to the barracks of the Gloucester Regiment for our six weeks basic training. Unloaded at ...Read more
A memory of Bristol in 1947 by
Dorstone In The Golden Valley
In many parts of the world the countryside is largely unclaimed, untamed, even uninhabited; consider, say, the large swathes of Australia’s Kimberley region, Indonesia’s Kalimantan, or the interior of Baffin Island. ...Read more
A memory of Dorstone in 1940 by
Molesey Moles Eye
I believe the town got its name from the merging of the rivers Mole, Ember & Thames (forming the shape of an eye - hence 'Moles Eye'. I was born at the Bearsted hospital in Hampton in 1949 and from Kingston in 1951 came to ...Read more
A memory of West Molesey in 1860 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.
