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Peterlee Then And Noe
I don't remember any of my childhood until I moved to Peterlee in 1971. I was 5 years old at the time and was started at Eden Hall infants. When I moved to the big school aged 7 I was placed in Mrs Hoy's class, she was a ...Read more
A memory of Peterlee in 2014 by
Walking Around Collessie In Late Spring
We came to live in the centre of Collessie nearly three years ago, and it is a beautiful, quiet hamlet that is truly untouched by the modern world that surrounds it. The village is a peaceful haven with a ...Read more
A memory of Collessie in 2012 by
A Lovely Girl And A Bonny Place
It's a bit unfair to say my memory is from 2000, as it actually goes back to when I was born (1980) and only ends last year (2008). My earliest memories are of being at my Aunty Stella's. She wasn't really an ...Read more
A memory of Denton Burn in 2000 by
The Last Village Policeman Keith Brookes
My wife, family and I jumped at the chance of moving to Roxwell in 1982 for me to take over the position of resident Police Officer for Roxwell and its surrounding area. It transpired to be the best move we ...Read more
A memory of Roxwell in 1998 by
Peter & Elizabeth Tayman ~ In Memory
My parents bought an old railway carriage bungalow at 66 East Front Rd, on Pagham Beach in the early 1990's. The place was a total dump, so they burned it down on the beach and built a brand new ...Read more
A memory of Pagham in 1994 by
Piglet
We came to live in Downley Road in 1987 at The Barn which was in a bit of a state in those days. Wife, daughter, me and three cats. The very first memory I have is of our first weekend here when we thought we would quickly nip out to the ...Read more
A memory of Naphill in 1987 by
Move To Horton
I think it was about 1986 when I moved to Horton, I was around 7 years old. We only moved from Wraysbury Road near Staines but it may as well have been 500 miles, leaving all my friends that lived all along the road to moving to Horton. ...Read more
A memory of Horton in 1986 by
Mid Eighties
From early 1984 to March 1987 I had the pleasure of being the Landlady of this public house. Many good times (some bad), many lovely customers, some of whom became friends and not forgetting all the people who came to ...Read more
A memory of West End in 1986 by
Horror Uniform
One memory of my time spent at St Peter's as a border (my house been The Rise )were the God awful brown blazers purchased from Moss Bros (of York). It wasn't that they were uncomfortable that was the problem, it was the rule that they had ...Read more
A memory of York in 1985 by
St.Georges Junior School
I left St.Georges in 1984 to go to Fred Longworth High. I had some good days at St.Georges. Me and some pals used to play cars in the yard and I was always the one who had to take one back and come back 'on the bus'. ...Read more
A memory of Tyldesley in 1984 by
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Edinburgh fell, Holyrood was burnt.
During the 1830s this pretty village was the scene of a major uprising among farm labourers, with angry mobs burn- ing hayricks and destroying machinery.
During the 1830s this pretty village was the scene of a major uprising among farm labourers, with angry mobs burning hayricks and destroying machinery.
We are looking back across the Wye to the village.
The following year, Hertford was back in Scotland, burning five market towns, sacking 243 villages, and laying waste to crops.
She remembers the two classrooms with old paraffin lamps and tortoise stoves which 'used to get red hot so we burned in the front and shivered in the back'.
Poltross Burn, which flows through the middle of the village, marks the border between Northumberland and Cumbria.
The corn mill burned down in 1961, and then in 1964 Dr Beeching swung his axe and the pretty railway line from Buntingford to Ware was closed.
The stall backs are fine pedimented panels dating from the 17th century, and came from Oxford Cathedral.
Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.
Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.
Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.The Sessions House is just beyond it on the right.
Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.
Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.
This photograph captures the great changes that were going on in Blackburn during the post-war period.
This bridge is a railway bridge, and is now part of the west coast main line.Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.
Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.
This photograph captures the changes that were going on in Blackburn at the time.
Stationers and Bookshop.The large window proudly proclaims that they have a Bible and Prayer Book Department.The horse-drawn tram heads off towards the Town Hall.The Sudell family can be traced back
Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday, when this photograph was taken.
Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.
When this photograph was taken, Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday.
Blackburn means 'on the black stream'.The town guards the entrances to the river valleys we have been looking at in earlier pages - the Ribble, the Hyndeburn and the Hodder - and was the starting
Blackburn Road is at the very heart of the town.
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