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The Squads Dance Bandi
I used to play bass&sing with Sammy lee band in Bellshill welfare in 1955 then nat service in57 I joined the squads playing Coatbridge town hall every wed &Airdrie on Mondays .I started the drumbeats . ...Read more
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Brandy Sherry And Beauty And Snaffles
I remember me and Shirley ramshaw getting drunk at our house in hedworth lane in our dinner hour from school, also riding brandy Shirley's pony who taught me how to fall of correctly, and getting my ...Read more
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William Bernard & Frances Honer (Witts) Taylor
William was born in 1812 in England and, at the time od his marriage, was a parishioner of Great Conard, Suffolk. He married Frances Honer Witts on the 26th November 1834 in St Peter's in the Parish of ...Read more
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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 ...Read more
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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 ...Read more
A memory of Kirkheaton in 1958 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 ...Read more
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Under Holy Trinity Church
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, tower and ...Read more
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Top End Of Gilfach Goch
My maternal grandparents lived in Talbot House at the end of Scotch and Pritchard Row (Elizabeth and George Reed) my paternal grandmother lived in Blandy Terrace Robert (dec'd) and Mary Elizabeth Stephens. I used to ...Read more
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The Wartime Liverpool Evacuees
William Manning was allocated to us in Church Street. On the day of his arrival he climbed onto the rear of the stone pier and watched the waves breaking against the stones, became dizzy and fell in. He was rescued ...Read more
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The Lion & Swan Congleton Cheshire
The Lion & Swan Hotel Congleton Story has it that The Lion & Swan in Congleton was made from ancient timbers, even today there are some solid twelve inch by twelve inch supports on display but who knows ...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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