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The Old Village
I remember George's second hand shop in the village, my nan would take me and my brother there for a treat that was the highlight of the week for us. Also the pie and eel shop, with the brightly coloured tiles outside on the wall. ...Read more
A memory of Dagenham in 1951 by
Tanktops And Bellbottoms
Tank tops and bell bottoms-memoirs of a Birkenhead lad I was born in Birkenhead in 1954 at the back of Central Station, opposite the Haymarket, and still remember being hungry all the time. We were poor, as was everyone we ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead by
Re The Buffs
The Royal order of Buffalos..... Next door but one to the nurses home (as was), now a nursing home. I was born in Highfield hospital, Mill Lane, lived in Wallasey until I was 62 and now live in the north of Scotland. When I was a ...Read more
A memory of Wallasey in 1993 by
Working At Tooting Police Station
I have been stationed at Tooting Police Station since 2005. We will soon all be moving to Earlsfield Police Station, along with officers from Lavender Hill and Wandsworth Police Stations. Many of the rooms in Tooting ...Read more
A memory of Tooting in 2005 by
War
The Blitz started with the Sirens wailing in the early evenings, to warn of the approach of enemy planes. Then complete silence for quite a long time as we waited with mounting apprehension in the passage way, mother, myself, Dennis and David ...Read more
A memory of Bristol in 1940 by
Wallasey Memories
Hi Lynda, I don't recall your name but recognise many of your memories. I remember Brertons, and I think the general store was Downeys, at least a Mr. Downey ran it. An assistant's name was Dixie. Also there was a shop called ...Read more
A memory of Wallasey in 1940 by
The Hole In The Wall
Way back in the 50's I had not been long in Bury where I had arrived to join the staff in the Borough Offices on Angel Hill. It was Armistice Day, and the Councillors and senior staff paraded to the Cathedral for a service..On ...Read more
A memory of Bury St Edmunds by
The Bearsted Boys
I have put 1947 but infact it is from earlier than that to 1954. I think this was a great place for us as kids as we had freedom and not much parental control, I think mainly due to our parents who had just survived the war years, ...Read more
A memory of Bearsted in 1944 by
Talke A Forgotten Village
As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more
A memory of Talke in 1959
School Days And Beyond
Having just stumbled on this website I felt compelled to add my recollections of living in Fenham in Cheeseburn Gardens from circa 1961 to 1980. I lived 2 streets down the hill from the first contributor who lived in Ovington ...Read more
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This view of Borough Hill was taken from neighbouring Newnham Hill.
We are looking across the Headlands estate towards Borough Hill and the BBC masts.
A borough since around 1100, its name derives from St Michael's Hill to the west, in Latin 'mons acutus' or steep hill.
A steep hill leads away from the estuary to the top of Kingsbridge town.
A steep hill leads away from the estuary to the top of Kingsbridge town.
A steep hill leads away from the estuary to the top of Kingsbridge town.
Flemish weavers began to arrive in the town in the 13th century, at about the time that Kidderminster became a borough.
Market Hill House, Grade II* listed (centre), has had a variety of uses over the years: a doctor's house, a dormitory for St Mary's School and bank premises.
This Norman church atop Crayford Hill is probably the oldest in the borough of Bexley.
Summer Hill House, on the west side of Charmouth Road, was the Victorian home of the borough magistrate Walter Banfield Wallis.
The Palace was built to rival the Crystal Palace on Sydenham Hill in South London.
The town now forms part of the Borough of Dacorum, a name of Danish origin.
Indeed, there is nothing of the civic ceremony which is an important part of Richmond life, despite the loss of borough status in 1974.
Indeed, there is nothing of the civic ceremony which is an important part of Richmond life, despite the loss of borough status in 1974.
A view of Borough Hall, Bride Street.
We are looking from the slopes of Brough Hill, the site of a Roman fort which has been extensively excavated.
In Roman times a fort stood on nearby Brough Hill, and a garrison was maintained here from about AD 80 to around the end of the 4th century.
In Roman times a fort stood on nearby Brough Hill, and a garrison was maintained here from about AD 80 to around the end of the 4th century.
Beyond is the Borough Hall of 1906, uninspiringly neo-Georgian.
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