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The Wade Family Hols
I love Weymouth and would like to retire here one day! We came on holiday in July, bringing our little girl, Isobel, on her first holiday, also two of my other children and other members of the family. I love this picture, ...Read more
A memory of Weymouth in 2012 by
Clog Morris Dancing At Torquay Harbour On An August Evening
This view of the harbour taken in 1888 has by chance captured dead centre the very spot where 120 years later the dancers and musicians of Heather and Gorse Clog Dancers turned out to ...Read more
A memory of Torquay in 2008 by
The Slate Islands Easdale
THE SLATE ISLANDS By Walter Deas Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old ...Read more
A memory of Easdale in 2005 by
You Are Codding
A memory and what a memory it was! There were eleven of us lads who had booked a fishing trip on one of the boats that went out from the harbour in Berwick. It was early in the day when we went out for a five hour ...Read more
A memory of Berwick-upon-Tweed in 2000 by
Fond Memories Of Old Friends In Nairn
My wife Carol was a Highland lassie by birth and when we split up she left Leeds. She lived at Trades Park and eventualy married again up there. I visited Nairn a lot on trips to see my four kids, it was an 800 ...Read more
A memory of Nairn in 1987 by
Summer And Sadness
It was the summer of 1981 and we had rented a cottage in Mousehole for the summer school holidays. My friend's aunt and uncle lived just across the road and it was through them that we were able to rent the cottage. I took my ...Read more
A memory of Mousehole in 1981 by
Houseboats In The Picture Of Bursledon Bridge
In the photo are several houseboats and yachts moored up to the bank on the LHS of the picture, which was 'Deacon's Boat Yard' (no relation to me!). I lived on the large white motor torpedo boat (when ...Read more
A memory of Bursledon in 1974 by
Whitby Harbour And Captain Cooks Museum
I remember going to Captain Cooks Museum that year. I don't quite remember the walk up the hill. We went through the quaint little museum. Its at that point, I guess when my father and mother lingered to see ...Read more
A memory of Whitby in 1973 by
The Fleetwood I Left Behind
I was born in Fleetwood in 1947 but seemed to oscillate between there and Malaya for a number of years up to the age of 12 just before dad died. My first memories are of starting at Stella Maris convent and then ...Read more
A memory of Fleetwood in 1970 by
Fishing At Craufurdland Lake.
I was born in Armour Street in Kilmarnock in 1959. Around 1963 we moved to Onthank. I went to Onthank School. My friend Bryce Herbert and I from about the age of 10 onwards used to go to Craufurdland Lake to fish ...Read more
A memory of Kilmarnock in 1969 by
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Ornate arbours and a Moorish-style pavilion provided seats sheltered from the wind and a floral hall hosted shows and concerts.
The thatched arbour has recently been restored.
They wear late 15th-century armour and strike the two bells on the quarter hour.
Bovington is the home of the popular tank museum, where a great many tanks and armoured military vehicles can be seen.
Bovington Camp dates back to the First World War, and is the home of the Royal Armoured Corps.
This statue by Brock is of Edward of Woodstock, better known as the Black Prince on account of his black armour.
This statue by Brock is of Edward of Woodstock, better known as the Black Prince on account of his black armour.
In full armour, knights rode down the lists, trying to unhorse one another with lances.
A 25-pounder gun and a Saladin armoured car are preserved on the site.
The alabaster effigies of the armour-clad John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and his wife Margaret lie recumbent on their elaborate 15th-century tomb in the presbytery.
'Gentlemen are our best customers.
During the Second World War, there was an encampment of the Black Watch Regiment here: they kept their armoured vehicles on the green, and had their canteen in the village hall.
Eglinton was the scene of the famous tournament of 1839, when knights in armour once again showed their skill at arms.
It fired a heavy, hard-hitting bolt that could penetrate armour at ranges up to 250 yds.
HMS 'Belleisle' was a coast defence central battery armoured ship.
When built they were rated as first-class cruisers; however, they were under-gunned, mounting only 8 x 4-inch, 8 x 3-pdrs and 2 x 14-inch torpedo tubes, and their deck armour was only two inches thick
Classical statues are placed at each end of the building, and stone knights in armour stand in protective pose near the main entrance.
Another effigy portrays a knight who probably fought in the Wars of the Roses, for the links of the chain attached to his armour are joined by the roses of York.
Somewhere along this steeply-sloping, shingle beach the armoured legionaries from Julius Caesar's invading army waded ashore in 55BC.
Somewhere along this steeply-sloping, shingle beach the armoured legionaries from Julius Caesar's invading army waded ashore in 55BC.
Another recreation ground available to Rugbeians was the Whitehall Recreation Ground on Hillmorton Road, which housed a 28-ton, armoured First World War tank presented to the town in 1919,
Later, the Belgian Brigade's armoured car division were also billeted at Coney Beach until the unit left Porthcawl in 1942.
The Majestics carried over 4000 tons of armour plate, varying in thickness from 4 inches on the deck slopes to 14 inches on the conning tower and barbettes.
A flotilla of assorted sailing vessels speed on the ebb tide towards the light house marking the harbour entrance, whilst a lone sculler (to the lower left) makes ponderous progress as he battles with
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