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Great Grandfather
It is strange to see one of the two portraits that hung in my grandparents' hallway, for sale on the web. Issac was born in 1837 in Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire. Taught himself to read and write while an agricultural labourer, ...Read more
A memory of Marlborough by
Brushing The Cobwebs Off
My mother, Mrs Pat Bishop, was Headmistress of Boddington C of E School from November 1949 until sometime in 1962. In the beginning there were only about 9 children in the school, 5yrs to 11, no mains water or flushing ...Read more
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Growing Up In Greenford In The 1960s And 1970s
Here are some random memories: Lists Bakeries on Greenford Broadway. Lovely aroma, tasty bread. The paper bags all used to have the slogan 'Good Flavour Always Finds Favour'. The covered market near ...Read more
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Life At Avon Carrow For A Yank Abroad
I moved into Avon Carrow in the Spring of 1970. I was stationed at RAF Croughton but moved my family to this small village in Warwickshire because that life was what we were used to, coming from the small ...Read more
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A Town Of Inbreds
1) Highest known amount of people infected with chlamadia in one place. 2) Most teenage pregnancies in all of Britain 3) EVERYONE here is on some kind of drugs, usually pills 4) This includes is right now, and we are primary ...Read more
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Bigbury
I remember bigbury on sea very well. my aunt miss Nellie yeoman owned the korniloff hotel from 1914 to 1945, an I used to be taken by my parents every year in the thirties and had a good time there as it is a lovely beach. my aunt sold ...Read more
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Banbury Street And Price's Candle Factory
From the end of WWII until Sept 1957, my parents rented rooms in one of the houses in Banbury St that still stands. I was five when we moved to Surrey but have vivid memories of the house. I remember the ...Read more
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Unforgivable Memories At St. Mary's, Broadstairs
Maiden name Sandra Banbury. As far as I know I was admitted to St Mary’s for convalescence following pneumonia, early fifties, and 4- 5 yrs old. Dr Fuller paid £4.4 s weekly, no idea for how long. He ...Read more
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Happy Childhood
I was just reading the memory by Geoff Taylor and thought how weird it was that his grandad Robert Bignell was a shepherd at the Manor House and I Patricia Bignell am currently employed at the Manor house as housekeeper. Could ...Read more
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I Lived There As A Child
My parents managed The White Hart pub when I was about 9 years old (I'm now 60) and I went to the village school. I have fond memories of the village and remember getting the train to Banbury with my Mum to go shopping.
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Banbury once boasted a castle which enabled the town to grow in the shadow of its protective walls.
Bigbury-on-Sea lies on the shores of Bigbury Bay within site of Burgh Island, which may give the village its name.
Bigbury-on-Sea lies on the shores of Bigbury Bay within site of Burgh Island, which may give the village its name.
Banbury's splendid Town Hall with its noble entrance and tower, built in the 15th-century Gothic style, opened in 1854.
Situated near to the junction of two Roman roads and several prehistoric trackways, the Iron Age hillfort of Badbury Rings dominates the surrounding downland.
The long avenue of beech trees which lines the road beyond Wimborne, towards the ancient hillfort of Badbury Rings, is one of the finest sights in England.
Thurlestone takes its name from a holed, or thirled, rock just out at sea in Bigbury Bay, which was mentioned in a Saxon charter way back in 845.
Bigbury-on-Sea stands on a promontory above the River Avon, which rises high on southern Dartmoor.
The Oxford Canal was first opened as far as Banbury in 1778 and to Oxford in 1790.
The second largest town in Oxfordshire, Banbury has long been famous as the main meeting point of routes from the Midlands to London and Oxford.
Adderbury, south of Banbury, evolved as a result of the wool trade.
The splendid 17th-century panelling from this room was rescued from a London warehouse and returned to Banbury in the 1970s.
This photograph of the village of Byfield, on the old turnpike road midway between Daventry and Banbury, shows plenty of pedestrians, but no traffic.
The Oxford Canal was first opened as far as Banbury in 1778 and to Oxford in 1790.
Banbury is famous for its cross, a nursery rhyme and its cakes.
Above a great double avenue of beech trees, which line the road from Wimborne, lies the huge hillfort of Badbury.
The old village lies to the east of the Banbury road, and the magnificent 15th-century church spire is visible from miles around.
The long avenue of beech trees which lines the road beyond Wimborne, towards the ancient hillfort of Badbury Rings, is one of the finest sights in England.
This weird contraption takes visitors out to Burgh Island, which stands just off the mainland at Bigbury.
There was one death, the Conservative Club was stoned, and the visiting Emily Pankhurst had to take refuge in Banbury's County Stores (in the background, behind the horse).
Heading south-west towards Banbury, we now reach Upper Boddington, close to the Warwickshire border.
Since the 1960s this village has grown quite substantially, mainly to accommodate workers from Banbury, 3½ miles away.
The view from Kingston Lacy House shows the wooded Badbury Rings on the horizon.
Aynho, on the Oxfordshire border south of Banbury, is a beautiful ironstone village dominated by its great mansion, Aynho Park House.
