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1872 Painting
Have a rather small painting which is nicely framed from Shreveport, LA that has handwritten script mounted under the picture in the frame that says Weston Mill, 1872. There are other paintings from the same time, one of which says ...Read more
A memory of Weston Mill in 1870 by
A Bad Memory Of A Lovely Place
I was sent to Hayling Island in 1947, I was about 7 years old and had suffered 2 bouts of Scarlett fever. This had left me in a low state of health & it was thought I would benefit from a spell in a ...Read more
A memory of Hayling Island in 1947 by
Architectural Notes
As a former resident of Bath I recall that this building was not particularly liked. In 1959 the hotel was demolished and a block of 33 flats at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor level with shops at the ground floor was built. The quality of ...Read more
A memory of Bath by
Aston Terrace
I remember sliding down Outcrop and sitting on wooden steps leading to Brookhouse pit. On pay day miners used to give us some coppers and we would share them out. I used to go and see Guddy Pearson, a homeless man who lived in one of ...Read more
A memory of Aston in 1955 by
B B And Evening Meal In A Constantine Home
I believe I was about 12 years old when I stayed with my parents in a bed and breakfast house in Constantine that also did an evening meal. They were a beautiful Cornish couple and had a water pump ...Read more
A memory of Constantine in 1956 by
Benfleet Creek
I was born on a houseboat right near the bridge to Canvey. I don't remember too much as we were only there for 4 or so years. But things I do remember are running round the rail on the boat and falling in, more than once! and ...Read more
A memory of South Benfleet in 1953 by
Bournmouth In The 50's
When Dad had the motorbike and sidecar it was okay for day trips, but when we went for the fortnight summer holiday the bike could not carry us and the suitcases, so we had to go by other means. To get to Bournemouth we ...Read more
A memory of Bournemouth by
Brambletye Preparatory School
Memories of Brambletye Boys Preparatory School 1967 – 1971. When I went to Brambletye at the age of nine, in September 1967, it was my fifth school in the last four years. As my parents were routinely being ...Read more
A memory of Brambletye House in 1967
Clifton Bed Sit
In 1962-3 I rented a bed-sit in Hughenden Road Clifton for my final year at Bristol Uni. Shared with another chap, also a student. The winter was the year when snow seemed to fall over many nights, the pavements were very slippery with ...Read more
A memory of Clifton by
Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which was ...Read more
A memory of Dunsmore by
Captions
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A beautifully tranquil scene is created by the water in the foreground.
Fiddle Bridge, a large stone, formed a way across the water – it is now overgrown.
The fact that there are so many streams and burns feeding into the river system makes the area even more fascinating.
Before this date, and even in medieval times, the village had at least two ale houses.
The Black Lion hotel is over 400 years old; although holy water is available from the spring in the shrine of Our Lady, even visiting clergy have been known to enjoy a chat over a glass of ale in this
The balls were inscribed 'Wind and Water is Dorking's Glory'.
The Croydon brewery of Nalder & Collyer sold its ales at a rural-looking Harrow Inn 100 years ago.
An old coaching inn on the Emsworth to Harting road, which sold Henty and Constable's ales at the time of the photograph.
church of St Mary was rebuilt in 1849, with a timber bell turret and a shingled spire.THis photograph shows the old coaching inn on the Emsworth to Harting road, which sold Henty and Constable's ales at
Two draught horses are watered at the tree-fringed roadside pond.
Broadstairs was the queen of all watering places as far as Charles Dickens was concerned; he first visited here in 1837, and subsequently wrote 'Nicholas Nickleby', 'Barnaby Rudge', 'The Pickwick Papers
To the right of the island, the River Kensey is drawn off into a leat for the cloth mills and the tannery.
