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A Wartime Reminder Of Italian Prisoners Of War
During the Second World War there was an Italian prisoner of war camp at Penleigh, on the outskirts of Wells in Somerset. The Italian POWS were put out to work on local farms, and one of them was Gaetano ...Read more
A memory of Wells in 1940 by
A Very Happy Childhood At Westbury
My name is Andy Pike, getting on a bit now but lovely to read other folks memories of Westbury. Here are a few reminiscences of my childhood in Westbury on Trym in the 50's and 60's. Maybe this will ring a few ...Read more
A memory of Westbury on Trym by
Abbey Road Barrow & The Ritz Cinema Circa 1962
I was born in Barrow in 1954, later living in Dalton and Ulverston up to 1970. Many happy memories of a trip to the Ritz Cinema, but the one that stood out was Mutiny On The Bounty made in 1962 starring ...Read more
A memory of Barrow in 1962 by
Alveley Memories
I remember before the houses on Seabright Way, Whittal Close and the newer part of Greenway Avenue were built, we used the field as a general play area, all the kids from Arden Way, Chapel Road and Church Road did. We used to have ...Read more
A memory of Alveley
Barrow Boy
Both my husband and I have lived in Fareham all our lives and we are researching our family histories. His grandfather, we believe, used to sell fruit from a barrow in West Street, Fareham, near the top of Portland Street in the 1940s and ...Read more
A memory of Fareham by
Barrow Football Team 1946 47
My dad met my mam, who lived in Romney Road, when he played football for Barrow FC. They were married on 31st of July 1947 at St James' Church. My mam and dad moved to Gateshead where my dad played for Gateshed FC until ...Read more
A memory of Barrow in 1947 by
Barrow Hill
My father bought the land on Barrow Hill, and built a house called Carrick Lodge (1961). I am not sure that everyone at the bottom of the hill were totally impressed with the house although it did not effect the view. We did have our ...Read more
A memory of Worcester Park in 1946 by
Barrow Hill School
I went to Barrow Hill School in the early fifties, Mr. Rees was the Headmaster. On a Friday evening we would go into his home and watch the Cisco Kid on television, the first television I ever watched. I also remember one ...Read more
A memory of Frimley Green in 1951 by
Barrow Hill School, Frimley
I come from Battersea, SW London. My mother sent me to Barrow Hill School when I was 8 years old, I stayed there for 3 years. We lived in dormitories. The head master at that time was Mr Churchill. I had a nice time ...Read more
A memory of Frimley Green in 1956 by
Brick Cottages (Old Barrow Brick Huts) Barrow Island
Can anyone please let me know when these cottages (huts) were distroyed and what is in their place now. My husband's Grandfather was born in one of them in 1877 and his birth was registered as born in 64 Brick Cottages. PatriciaMartin17@msn.com
A memory of Barrow in 1870 by
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Dronfield parish once consisted of the townships of Dronfield, Dore, Coal Aston, Holmesfield, Unstone, Little Barlow and Totley.
In this picture, Anton Mill, some distance down-river beside Barlows Lane, can be compared with the Town Mill.
Nearby is Angel Yard; Barlow Road broke through here some years later.
The 'Belmont' (centre left) is the butty to the 'Stanton' (next to it), belonging originally to Barlows.
Across the road James Barlow, 'family grocer and provision merchant,' had the biggest food shop in the town; from the open doorway an appetising smell of ground coffee drifted into the street.
When Samuel died, he left £2.5 million, and the bank passed to his son Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, who lived at Barlow Hall, Chorlton, and was MP for Altrincham.
Barrow-in-Furness sprang from a tiny hamlet in the 19th century to become the world's largest producer of iron and steel, and a major force in the world of shipbuilding.
Here we see the statue of Sir James Ramsden, the first mayor of Barrow-in-Furness.
The public opening was on 30 June 1908, and the mayoress of Barrow, Mrs T F Butler, performed the ceremony.
Following the First World War, many changes took place once again around Britain, and in Barrow and Furness in particular.
Templand is the farm to the upper right in this view, which was taken from Wart Barrow.
Carlisle and Sons' delivery van waits at the level crossing near Silecroft Station on the west coast route between Barrow and Workington, which opened to traffic in 1848.
To the left is Wart Barrow Lane, whilst the road to the right is Green Lane, which leads towards Boarbank Hall.
It is possible that bodies were left here on funerary platforms - in the watchful presence of priests - to decompose, before a skeletal burial was carried out later in one of the many long barrows that
It belongs to the Neolithic period, and is a fine example of a long barrow.
It belongs to the Neolithic period, and is a fine example of a long barrow.
There is a fine Neolithic long barrow on Telegraph Hill, which is 534 feet high.
Other street names were taken from ships that had been built at Vickers shipyard in Barrow.
It was also possible to sail to Douglas from Barrow, Silloth, Whitehaven and Glasgow.
Long Row leads westwards uphill into Chapel Bar, now truncated by the Maid Marian Way roundabout junction with Derby Road.
Displays of various kinds decorate the entrance hall; these may include photos of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, who made numerous visits to Barrow to launch ships from
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