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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
Alger & Blackmore Hardware Shop No 28 Westgate
'The Grate People'. Famous for cooking ranges, fireplaces etc as well as general ironmongery. Opened in 1905, wound-up in 1965. Started by my great-grandfather & partner from the west country. There is ...Read more
A memory of Gloucester by
Beacholme Camp
I remember vaguely seeing trolley buses and motor buses which were converted into living accomodation, even a tram car with the upstairs windows painted out,that would have been the sleeping quarters I would imagine, and at the ...Read more
A memory of Humberston in 1949 by
Brambletye Preparatory School
Memories of Brambletye Boys Preparatory School 1967 – 1971. When I went to Brambletye at the age of nine, in September 1967, it was my fifth school in the last four years. As my parents were routinely being ...Read more
A memory of Brambletye House in 1967
Coronation Day In Shillingstone Plus Other Memories
I can remember Coronation Day in Shillingstone, the weather was not settled and there were showers, I can remember watching the crowning of the Queen on a TV which was in Mrs Fudge's house at ...Read more
A memory of Shillingstone in 1953 by
Down St Mary School
Down St Mary School was built in 1878 on the site of the Bell Inn by the Rev. W T A Radford. In the 1930s I was a pupil in the infants' class which was divided from the upper class by a green curtain on a pole. There were ...Read more
A memory of Down St Mary in 1930 by
Eunice Blakely Nursing At Bretby In 1956
In August 1956 I went to Bretby Hall as a Cadet nurse, in 1957 I became a student nurse but sadly had to leave in January 1958 because i developed Dermatitis .We spent so much time cleaning the wards, the trollies ...Read more
A memory of Bretby by
Half A Crown To Spend.
My Twin sister Georgina and I (Catherine) would run up from No77 East Street once a week to spend our pocket money at Bennetts,we used to get halfpenny chews they were called Black Jacks and were liquorice( they used to make our ...Read more
A memory of Wareham by
Handsworth 1956 1970
I worked at Avery's in Foundry Lane. The Avery's "bull" used to blow for start of work and lunch time and could be heard for miles. Soho Road was full of great shops including Woolworths, Tibbits, Pendries, Wilkinsons, The ...Read more
A memory of Handsworth
Interest Is Family Tree 1700
Have discovered a wedding of William Blackmore (my ancestor) to Sarah Furze on 8th June 1752 in Ash Priors. Her dad was born 1700, then my trail goes cold so thought I would explore (online) the village which looks ...Read more
A memory of Ash Priors by
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This is a typical Nottinghamshire brick tower mill, tall and black-tarred.
Here we see paddlers belonging to the Weymouth, Bournemouth & Swanage Steam Packet Co with the 'Premier' nearest the camera and the 'Victoria' behind her.
Among the old boys of Blundell's are Jack Russell, the famous hunting parson of Swimbridge, Archbishop Temple, and the author R D Blackmore, who was sufficiently impressed to send his most famous character
The houses on the left are known as Woodrow Terrace, and the ones on the right Blackmore Terrace.
The excellent quality of the buildings at Marnhull shows that this part of the Blackmore Vale was wealthy from agriculture.
It is now well-known for its formerly 'secret' government nuclear bunker.
The high plateau has been the gallops on which jockeys have put their horses through their paces since the days when Fred Archer and Black Tom Oliver raced into the history records in
R D Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone, was born in the village.
This is a typical Nottinghamshire brick tower mill, tall and black-tarred.
This small historic black-tarred weatherboarded post mill with an open trestle is powered by two common and two spring sails, and is turned to the wind manually by a tail pole.
John Blackmore was rector of St Mary the Virgin, and it was here that his grand- son Richard set the scene for the tragic marriage ceremony of Lorna Doone to John Ridd in his famous novel
Cattell's Mill is a black-tarred weatherboarded smock windmill on an octagonal single-storey brick base.
The lovely old parish church of Ibberton is on a slope of the chalk downlands around the Blackmore Vale.
Teddington's population grew from around 1,000 inhabitants in mid-Victorian times to over 25,000 just a century later.
The houses on the left are known as Woodrow Terrace, and the ones on the right Blackmore Terrace.
R D Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone, was moved to describe the walk to Lee as `one of the finest in England`.
Blackmore is a typically well kept Essex village.
A brick tower mill, this was photographed at about the time it was purchased by a mill enthusiast for preservation.
In this 1960s view of the top of Cheap Street can be seen the White Hart public house; the area known today as Blackmore Vale was previously called the Vale of the White Hart.
The hilltop town of Shaftesbury has wide views over the Blackmore Vale and thousands of acres of rolling Dorset countryside.
