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Holy Trinity Church 1891 Margate
The Margate cliffs were chalk. An extremely tall church named The Holy Trinity Church sat in the middle of Trinity Square about 800m from the sea. During the war, the roof had collapsed leaving the outer walls, ...Read more
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Bela Lugosi At Moreden Hall Park
I'm researching Bela Lugosi's 1951 British tour of Dracula. I would like to hear from anyone who attended the Sunday Pictorial Film Garden Party at Moreden Hall Park on Saturday June 16 1951 and saw or spoke to ...Read more
A memory of Morden in 1951 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
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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
Brandling Park, A Little Park, Between The Moor And Gosforth
This was called Tittie Bottle park because all of the Nannies met there with children in their prams from the nobs houses at that end of Gosforth
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Brands Hatch
Soon after I began motorcycling in the mid fifties I began to take what has been a lifelong interest in motorcycle racing. In those days it was a good trek to Brands Hatch as there were no M1 or M25 motorways and the journey ...Read more
A memory of Brands Hatch Circuit by
Brandy
I'm pretty sure this photo is of me on a my pony Brandy outside our house (Barclay House) in St Keverne Square. I recognise the jumper and shoes .... pretty bad!!! Awful to think that he's long gone now, he was such a lovely animal. Those were the days!
A memory of St Keverne in 1968 by
Bridgetown Bridge
The consensus in the Albert Inn is that the gent with a folded coat under his arm is Owen MacLening, with his nephew Bill behind him. The youngster with the bicycle could well be Andy MacLening, also nephews to Owen. Andy is currently (Jan 2009) barman in the Albert Inn.
A memory of Totnes in 1955 by
Burnt Oak A Way Of Life
What a great place this web site is. I certainly love the Burnt Oak as I knew it between 1947 and 1969 when I then emigrated to SA (since back in Weston super Mare). All the memories you folk have mentioned are mine too. I ...Read more
A memory of Burnt Oak in 1960 by
Buses
I too remember our bus service in and around Tarpots, as I recall one that ran out of the bus station on the left going in to Hadleigh just after the turn off to Dawes Heath and Rayleigh, was it called the Benfleet bus company,they ...Read more
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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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