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Maps

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1902, Blackbow Hill Ref. RNC642271
1899, Blackbow Hill Ref. RNE642271
1947, Blackbow Hill Ref. NPO642271
1921, Blackbow Hill Ref. POP642271

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Memories

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Ravenscroft School From 1951 1958

I attended this school from 1951 -1958 and Mr Henry Francis Bailey ( with his wife Mary ) was always the head. At least till the time I left in 1958. They had one son Christopher who I believe wanted to become a ...Read more

A memory of Beckington by patwalker37srpen

Selby 1940s

During 1943 we were evacuated to Kelfield after being bombed out in London and Manchester, being an RC our nearest RC school was St.Mary's in Selby. My sister (older by 2 years) I was 5 used to walk from Kelfield to Selby every day to ...Read more

A memory of Selby by Ivan Cloherty

100 Melody Road. Wandsworth S.W.18

In 1943/4 My mother, brother and myself were bombed out of our home in Summerly Street. In that house we had a Morrison shelter and the night the bomb hit, a few houses away from our house, it affected our shelter ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by jcunife

1940s And 50s

I was born in 1942 and lived in Ovington Grove behind The Lonnen. My memories would fill several books, but for starters:- the Regal; Quadrini's; Number 2 blue bus; Holy Cross Church; Cowgate then Wingrove Schools; playing football ...Read more

A memory of Fenham by David Kemp

1956 Onwards

Jennifer and I started our married life in South Wales in a little village called Caio, at that time all Welsh speaking. You may have gathered from my writings I was recalled back into the army for the campaign that was called The Suez ...Read more

A memory of Caio in 1956 by George Larbey

1960's Kidderminster

Dear old Kiddy. My youth and teenage years during the late 1950s and early 1960' spent here. I remember a busy medium sized market town. Full employment was provided by the numerious carpet factories, Adams, Brintons, ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster in 1960 by Malcolm Knowles

80 Years Turnchapel

Hi, my name is William John Maunder and I am 81 years old and my first memory of Turnchapel is the early years of the WW2 . At the time I was living at Crownhill at that time on the outskirts of Plymouth, today day near B&Q ...Read more

A memory of Turnchapel

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I think it was July 1967. We arrived at Leverington hitch-hiking from the Continent. We were nineteen years old, and we had so little money that we had decided never to pay for accommodation until we got to Leverington. I remember we slept ...Read more

A memory of Leverington in 1967

A Brief Interlude

I have little knowledge of Ludwell, other than my grandparents, and a few aunts and uncles lived there for an unknown number of years in the 1910s. The cottage they occupied stands on the left at the foot of the hill coming from ...Read more

A memory of Ludwell in 1910 by Barrie R Collins

A Child Of The Fens Remembers

I was child of Ramsey St Mary's in the period 1939 to 1960. My family lived in the last 'grey pebble-dashed' council house going north out of village (3/4 of a mile from Ponders Bridge). My father's name ...Read more

A memory of Ramsey St Mary's in 1948 by Terry Jacobs

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Captions

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Caption For Horsforth, The Green C1965

Instead of horses and carts, cars now clog the pavement outside the Black Bull.

Caption For Horsforth, The Green C1965

Instead of horses and carts, cars now clog the pavement outside the Black Bull.

Caption For Horsforth, The Green C1965

Instead of horses and carts, cars now clog the pavement outside the Black Bull.

Caption For Willenhall, Stafford Street C1965

Willenhall has changed less than many Black Country towns, despite the impression created by this picture.

Caption For Willenhall, Stafford Street C1965

Willenhall has changed less than many Black Country towns, despite the impression created by this picture.

Caption For Malpas, The Cross 1898

Notice how the children stand unconcernedly in the middle of the road in this charming photograph!

Caption For Smallhythe, The Village 1900

Here we can see the red brick church of Flemish design, and beyond it the attractive black and white timbered Priests House.

Caption For Loughborough, All Saints Parish Church C1950

Close by is Loughborough's Manor House, now a hotel and restaurant.

Caption For Warwick, Guy's Cliffe House 1922

Nearby on the summit of Blacklow Hill is a monument to Piers Gaveston, the favourite of Edward II.

Caption For Caernarfon, Castle From The Ferry C1890

Here we can see clearly the banded masonry along the south front, which was designed to impress, and the Eagle Tower, the Queen's Tower, the Chamberlain's Tower, and the Black Tower.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Cattle Market C1965

Since the outbreak it now only sells on Wednesdays.

Caption For Grangetown, Broadway C1955

How amazing to see such a lack of road traffic by comparison with today!

Caption For Morpeth, Chantry Place, Bridge Street C1965

On the right is the Black Bull Hotel, noted for its two-storey bow window which projects into the street.

Caption For Windermere, 1887

This is the original hand-rowed ferry service across the narrowest part of the Windermere at Bowness Nab.

Caption For Windermere, 1887

This is the original hand-rowed ferry service across the narrowest part of the Windermere at Bowness Nab.