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Shopping With Mum
The girl in the foreground could easily be me with one of my brothers in his pram. It was usual to be left outside the shop to look after one or all of my brothers - and of course very safe to do so - when my mum went inside to ...Read more
A memory of Kidderminster
New Park Road/ Gleneagel Stables
So many memories i don't know where to begin! I remember learning to ride at New Park Road Stables. The wooden stairs going up to the office above the stalls to book in. Vodka and Gin the greys, Cossack, Cherry ...Read more
A memory of Streatham by
White House
My grandfather, Thomas Haskard, was proprietor of the White House inn for 25 years until his death in 1951. I spent many happy holidays there with my brother, Roger, and my three cousins lived in a house just across the road. I still bear a ...Read more
A memory of Ambergate by
Washington Brady Square
One of three children who lived at Hillthorn Terrace, just next to the railway lines. I can remember as if it was yesterday when the coal train used to travel from Washington "F" Pit down towards Brady Square, through the ...Read more
A memory of Washington by
Kitchen Staff
I worked at Moorlands with Chef Freddie Davis, a Basque Chef, great man, brandy and a garlic clove before we started the day, had a pastry cook who drove an Austin Champ. I believe the manager was called Smith. Freddie gave me a ...Read more
A memory of Haytor Vale in 1967 by
Whit Tuesday Walk And Yetton Rant
All of us who attended Kirkheaton Church and Sunday School looked forward to the Whit Tuesday Walk around the village behind the Grange Moor Band. We would all contribute cakes or sandwiches for tea, to be eaten in ...Read more
A memory of Kirkheaton in 1958 by
Ex Garw Man
I was born in 193 Oxford Street, Pontycymer in 1935. I left to go into the army for National Service at the age of 18 in 1954. I returned for just 1 year in 1956 when I returned to the Midlands, to Birmingham. The house I lived in was ...Read more
A memory of Pontycymer in 1945 by
Brady's Square
I lived and went to Biddick Junior School, very close to here. I believed at the time, it was Brady Square (not Brady's) but learned later that it was named Brady's Square because the newsagent's shop there was originally 'Brady's'.
A memory of Washington in 1950 by
Ben Rhydding
I moved to Ben Rhydding at a year old and grew up there with my brother and sister. We loved living there, exploring the river and the moors. I distinctly remember the large detached house Thornycroft when it was still owned by a wealthy ...Read more
A memory of Ilkley by
Maindy And Canada Road In The 1950s/60s
Hello Lyndon, I too have many vivid memories of Maindy and the surrounding area. I was born in 62 Canada Rd in 1945 and lived there until 1967...the so-called summer of love! I was sort of brought up by my ...Read more
A memory of Maindy in 1950 by
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A peaceful view showing Otter Rock and Brandy island, taken on a still day, with the boats' reflections hardly stirring in the water.
Yateley has an area known as Brandy Bottom - a reminder of the days when smuggling was rife here.
The beach may have been home to bathing machines by day, but at night there were other things going on - in 1853 a raid by customs men revealed 153 casks of smuggled rum and brandy.
Coverack men were infamous for smuggling, and early coastguards reported that '7,000 ankers of brandy' had been covertly run ashore in the bay in the previous twelve month period.
This part of the Sussex coast was once a favourite haunt of smugglers, with tea and brandy among the booty brought ashore.
Lee was a favoured spot for smugglers, who did not do things by halves - in September 1820 it is recorded that 1,500 gallons of brandy and gin were landed here in one night.
Brandy, tobacco, lace and velvet were brought up from Pilling shore by horses.
respectable, though gout-ridden, old age, writing his memoirs and receiving a small pension from the respectable local worthy Lord Rolle, who admired the wily Jack's nerve - and may have received a keg of brandy
This was yet another popular spot with smugglers, who often ensured the silence of the local parson with the odd cask of brandy.
though gout-ridden, old age, writing his memoirs and receiving a small pension from the respect- able local worthy Lord Rolle, who admired the wily Jack's nerve—and may have received a keg of brandy
Under cover of darkness, brandy, tobacco and bolts of lace and velvet were brought along Velvet Lane from the shore.
respectable, though gout-ridden, old age, writing his memoirs and receiving a small pension from the respectable local worthy Lord Rolle, who admired the wily Jack's nerve - and may have received a keg of brandy
Coverack men were infamous for smuggling, and early coastguards reported that '7,000 ankers of brandy' had been run ashore in a single 12-month period.
The lettering on the windows closest to the camera advertises teas and dinners, while that on the far window lists brandies, wines and whiskies.
Marlon Brando stars in 'Mutiny on the Bounty' on the advertising board (left).
It also evidently stocked Daren bread - a popular Hovis-like brand in its day.
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